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BNSF 4500 |
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A southbound BNSF frac sand train has reacied the Kentucky side of the Metropolis Bridge over the Ohio River, passing over the Oliver C. Shearer, a towboat operated by the Campbell Transportation Co. of Charleroi, PA. The Oliver C. Shearer was built in 1961 by the Marietta Manufacturing Co. of Point Pleasant, WV, and was repowered in 1965 with a pair of EMD 16-645E diesel engines, the same engines that powered GP40 ane SD40 locomotives. |
| Photo Date: |
4/8/2017 Upload Date: 5/8/2017 1:40:25 PM |
| Location: |
Metropolis, IL |
| Author: |
Jeff Van Cleve |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4500(C44-9W) |
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527 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 4500 |
| Description: |
A southbound BNSF frac sand train heads out onto the Metropolis Bridge over the Ohio River. The bridge was built by the CB&Q between 1914 and 1917, and was designed by Ralph Modjeski, the same engineer who designed the Thebes Bridge, Hanrahan Bridge and Government Bridge, all important rail crossings of the Mississippi River. The Metropolis Bridge also includes the longest pin connected simple through truss span in the world at 708 feet. I am assuming it ds the furthest span from the camera in this photo. |
| Photo Date: |
4/8/2017 Upload Date: 5/8/2017 1:18:54 PM |
| Location: |
Metropolis, IL |
| Author: |
Jeff Van Cleve |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4500(C44-9W) |
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177 Comments: 1 |
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