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 Post subject: Trestle Bridges
PostPosted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 12:44 pm 
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This one is from the Manitoba Historical Society.
It shows a Winnipeg Hydro train over the Winnipeg R. at Lac Du Bonnet.
The line went 85-90 miles from the city to the Pointe Du Bois generating station town on the same river.

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I think this is from the Free Press.
June 30, 1914. The wooden trestles gave away here, near the west shore.
The conductor escaped un-hurt, but the engineer died on site.

Never did trust timber trestle bridges that much myself. I've seen enough of them collapsed on the back roads out where I hunt...

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 Post subject: Re: Trestle Bridges
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The way some of those steamers blew sparks, it's a wonder more trestles didn't burn to the ground.

I've still got an old RR rule book from when I started with a passage saying if a bridge or trestle is seen to be burning, the train is required to stop and the entire crew try to put the fire out. SW

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