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Sandusky, Ohio. Loading coal into a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania Railroad docks. The car that has just been emptied is going down the kick-back trestle

Sandusky, Ohio. Loading coal into a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania...

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A logging train loaded with huge logs crossing a trestle in the Cascade Mountains, Ore.

A logging train loaded with huge logs crossing a trestle in the Cascad...

2 women and a man seated on front of engine pulling flatcars loaded with logs. Stereo copyrighted by C.L. Wasson. No. 21855. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: P... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 790C, 11 miles west of Corrine, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 790C, 11 miles west of Cor...

Significance: This trestle is one of many remaining Promontory Route railroad trestles which were originally part of the first transcontinental railroad route across the United States. These trestles represent... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 790B, 11 miles west of Corrine, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 790B, 11 miles west of Cor...

Significance: This trestle is one of many remaining Promontory Route railroad trestles which were originally part of the first transcontinental railroad route across the United States. These trestles represent... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 790A, 11 miles west of Corrine, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 790A, 11 miles west of Cor...

Significance: This trestle is one of many remaining Promontory Route railroad trestles which were originally part of the first transcontinental railroad route across the United States. These trestles represent... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 789C, 11 miles west of Corrine, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 789C, 11 miles west of Cor...

Significance: This trestle is one of many remaining Promontory Route railroad trestles which were originally part of the first transcontinental railroad route across the United States. These trestles represent... More

Oregon Electric Railroad, Fanno Creek Trestle, Garden Home to Wilsonville Segment, Milepost 34.7, Garden Home, Washington County, OR

Oregon Electric Railroad, Fanno Creek Trestle, Garden Home to Wilsonvi...

Survey number: HAER OR-113-G Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marquette Ore Dock No. 6, Timber Trestle, Between East Lake Street & Ore Dock No. 6, Marquette, Marquette County, MI

Marquette Ore Dock No. 6, Timber Trestle, Between East Lake Street & O...

Significance: The timber trestle is an excellent example of mid-twentieth timber construction. This type of construction was common before the use of steel. The original plans called for the entire approach t... More

New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, Elk Creek Trestle, Spanning Elk Creek, south of Elk Park Road, Lake City, Erie County, PA

New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, Elk Creek Trestle, Spanning El...

Significance: The crossing is an excellent example of the long trestles required to cross northwestern Pennsylvania's irregular topography. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N607 Surv... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 788B, 11 miles west of Corrine, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 788B, 11 miles west of Cor...

Significance: This trestle is one of many remaining Promontory Route railroad trestles which were originally part of the first transcontinental railroad route across the United States. These trestles represent... More

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great Salt Lake, Brigham City, Box Elder County, UT

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great Salt Lake, Brigham City, Box Elder County, UT

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile southwest of junction of State Highway 83 and Blue Creek, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile sout...

Significance: After its completion in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad Line required continuous repair and rebuilding. The Southern Pacific Railroad Trestle #1, located on the Engineer Mountain grade west of... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile southwest of junction of State Highway 83 and Blue Creek, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile sout...

Significance: After its completion in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad Line required continuous repair and rebuilding. The Southern Pacific Railroad Trestle #1, located on the Engineer Mountain grade west of... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile southwest of junction of State Highway 83 and Blue Creek, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile sout...

Significance: After its completion in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad Line required continuous repair and rebuilding. The Southern Pacific Railroad Trestle #1, located on the Engineer Mountain grade west of... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile southwest of junction of State Highway 83 and Blue Creek, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile sout...

Significance: After its completion in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad Line required continuous repair and rebuilding. The Southern Pacific Railroad Trestle #1, located on the Engineer Mountain grade west of... More

Trestle no. 19 of A.C. Railroad, Alaska

Trestle no. 19 of A.C. Railroad, Alaska

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Crossing the trestle - 4 P.M.  Location: Westfield, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Crossing the trestle - 4 P.M. Location: Westfield, Massachusetts / Le...

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Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia Basin Reclamation Project. The east face of block 31 with a portion of the deep crevice shown in the foreground showing the high trestle, elev. 1028, high pour in center of picture at elev. 915; bottom of crevice at elev. 795; and deck of low trestle at elev. 950

Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia Basin Reclamation Project. The east face of...

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Railroad trestle at copper mining town of Calliment [i.e., Calumet], Michigan

Railroad trestle at copper mining town of Calliment [i.e., Calumet], M...

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Pennsylvania Railroad, Pickering Creek Trestle, Spanning Pickering Creek, south of Buckwalter Road, Pickering, Chester County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, Pickering Creek Trestle, Spanning Pickering Cre...

Significance: The trestle is significant as a high trestle with both horizontal and vertical curvature. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N596 Survey number: HAER PA-521 Building/str... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, Pickering Creek Trestle, Spanning Pickering Creek, south of Buckwalter Road, Pickering, Chester County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, Pickering Creek Trestle, Spanning Pickering Cre...

Significance: The trestle is significant as a high trestle with both horizontal and vertical curvature. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N596 Survey number: HAER PA-521 Building/str... More

[Two trestle bridges over a creek] (Andrew J. Russel)

[Two trestle bridges over a creek] (Andrew J. Russel)

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, San Juan Extension, Wolf Creek Trestle, Crossing Wolf Creek at Milepost 339.78, Chama, Rio Arriba County, NM

Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, San Juan Extension, Wolf Creek Trestle, ...

Significance: The San Juan Extension (SJE) of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG), now known as the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TS), is a relatively unchanged survivor of the first years of railroad... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 788B, 11 miles west of Corrine, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 788B, 11 miles west of Cor...

Significance: This trestle is one of many remaining Promontory Route railroad trestles which were originally part of the first transcontinental railroad route across the United States. These trestles represent... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 791B, 11 miles west of Corrine, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 791B, 11 miles west of Cor...

Significance: This trestle is one of many remaining Promontory Route railroad trestles which were originally part of the first transcontinental railroad route across the United States. These trestles represent... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Coal Trestle, 685 feet South of Bridge Street & Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Coal Trestle,...

Significance: The coal trestle of the D,L & W's Scranton yards supplied coal and sand to all locomotives working on the Scranton mainline. It represents the railroad's commitment to efficient and economical ma... More

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great Salt Lake, Brigham City, Box Elder County, UT

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile southwest of junction of State Highway 83 and Blue Creek, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile sout...

Significance: After its completion in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad Line required continuous repair and rebuilding. The Southern Pacific Railroad Trestle #1, located on the Engineer Mountain grade west of... More

Flume crossing trestle. Tumberton, British Columbia

Flume crossing trestle. Tumberton, British Columbia

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Trestle of narrow gauge railroad near Ophir, Colorado

Trestle of narrow gauge railroad near Ophir, Colorado

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Detail of wooden trestle for railroad. Cowlitz County, Washington

Detail of wooden trestle for railroad. Cowlitz County, Washington

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Wooden trestle for railroad. Cowlitz County, Washington

Wooden trestle for railroad. Cowlitz County, Washington

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Sandusky, Ohio. The kick-back trestle of the Pennsylvania Railroad number two dock. In the distance, a switch engine that has just delivered a trainload of coal, is going back to the storage yard for more

Sandusky, Ohio. The kick-back trestle of the Pennsylvania Railroad num...

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[View of the South side of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from Bluff St., showing railroad trestle work down to river]

[View of the South side of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from Bluff St., s...

Photograph taken from the downtown side of the Monongahela River looking towards Mount Washington. The Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections quotes a caption on an original print of this photograph at the Histo... More

Trestle work - Promontory Point, Salt Lake Valley (Andrew J. Russel)

Trestle work - Promontory Point, Salt Lake Valley (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows Central Pacific Railroad construction workers standing on railroad flatcars being pushed by locomotive across trestle at Promontory Point in Salt Lake Valley. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky ... More

Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, Y Trestle, South side of Monongahela River between Thirty-fourth & Twenty-ninth Streets, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, Y Trestle, South side of Mono...

Significance: Permitted access between the Monongahela Connecting Railroad and former Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad. P&LE was a major hauler of raw materials into and semi-finished steel products from form... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 790C, 11 miles west of Corrine, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 790C, 11 miles west of Cor...

Significance: This trestle is one of many remaining Promontory Route railroad trestles which were originally part of the first transcontinental railroad route across the United States. These trestles represent... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 790B, 11 miles west of Corrine, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 790B, 11 miles west of Cor...

Significance: This trestle is one of many remaining Promontory Route railroad trestles which were originally part of the first transcontinental railroad route across the United States. These trestles represent... More

Uintah Railway, Whiskey Creek Trestle, Baxter Pass Road & Whiskey Creek Road, Rangely, Rio Blanco County, CO

Uintah Railway, Whiskey Creek Trestle, Baxter Pass Road & Whiskey Cree...

Significance: It is the last remaining bridge along the abandoned Uintah Railway in Colorado. The Uintah Railway was built during 1905-1906 to haul gilsonite from Dragon, Utah to Mack, Colorado. This was a narr... More

Uintah Railway, Whiskey Creek Trestle, Baxter Pass Road & Whiskey Creek Road, Rangely, Rio Blanco County, CO

Uintah Railway, Whiskey Creek Trestle, Baxter Pass Road & Whiskey Cree...

Significance: It is the last remaining bridge along the abandoned Uintah Railway in Colorado. The Uintah Railway was built during 1905-1906 to haul gilsonite from Dragon, Utah to Mack, Colorado. This was a narr... More

Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, San Juan Extension, Wolf Creek Trestle, Crossing Wolf Creek at Milepost 339.78, Chama, Rio Arriba County, NM

Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, San Juan Extension, Wolf Creek Trestle, ...

Significance: The San Juan Extension (SJE) of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG), now known as the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TS), is a relatively unchanged survivor of the first years of railroad... More

Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, San Juan Extension, Wolf Creek Trestle, Crossing Wolf Creek at Milepost 339.78, Chama, Rio Arriba County, NM

Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, San Juan Extension, Wolf Creek Trestle, ...

Significance: The San Juan Extension (SJE) of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG), now known as the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TS), is a relatively unchanged survivor of the first years of railroad... More

Marquette Ore Dock No. 6, Timber Trestle, Between East Lake Street & Ore Dock No. 6, Marquette, Marquette County, MI

Marquette Ore Dock No. 6, Timber Trestle, Between East Lake Street & O...

Significance: The timber trestle is an excellent example of mid-twentieth timber construction. This type of construction was common before the use of steel. The original plans called for the entire approach t... More

Marquette Ore Dock No. 6, Timber Trestle, Between East Lake Street & Ore Dock No. 6, Marquette, Marquette County, MI

Marquette Ore Dock No. 6, Timber Trestle, Between East Lake Street & O...

Significance: The timber trestle is an excellent example of mid-twentieth timber construction. This type of construction was common before the use of steel. The original plans called for the entire approach t... More

New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, Elk Creek Trestle, Spanning Elk Creek, south of Elk Park Road, Lake City, Erie County, PA

New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, Elk Creek Trestle, Spanning El...

Significance: The crossing is an excellent example of the long trestles required to cross northwestern Pennsylvania's irregular topography. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N607 Surv... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Coal Trestle, 685 feet South of Bridge Street & Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Coal Trestle,...

Significance: The coal trestle of the D,L & W's Scranton yards supplied coal and sand to all locomotives working on the Scranton mainline. It represents the railroad's commitment to efficient and economical ma... More

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great Salt Lake, Brigham City, Box Elder County, UT

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great Salt Lake, Brigham City, Box Elder County, UT

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile southwest of junction of State Highway 83 and Blue Creek, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile sout...

Significance: After its completion in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad Line required continuous repair and rebuilding. The Southern Pacific Railroad Trestle #1, located on the Engineer Mountain grade west of... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile southwest of junction of State Highway 83 and Blue Creek, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile sout...

Significance: After its completion in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad Line required continuous repair and rebuilding. The Southern Pacific Railroad Trestle #1, located on the Engineer Mountain grade west of... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile southwest of junction of State Highway 83 and Blue Creek, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile sout...

Significance: After its completion in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad Line required continuous repair and rebuilding. The Southern Pacific Railroad Trestle #1, located on the Engineer Mountain grade west of... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile southwest of junction of State Highway 83 and Blue Creek, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile sout...

Significance: After its completion in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad Line required continuous repair and rebuilding. The Southern Pacific Railroad Trestle #1, located on the Engineer Mountain grade west of... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile southwest of junction of State Highway 83 and Blue Creek, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile sout...

Significance: After its completion in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad Line required continuous repair and rebuilding. The Southern Pacific Railroad Trestle #1, located on the Engineer Mountain grade west of... More

[View of a trestle bridge] - Color separation negative, public domain

[View of a trestle bridge] - Color separation negative, public domain

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Highway goes under wooden trestle for railroad. Cowlitz County, Washington

Highway goes under wooden trestle for railroad. Cowlitz County, Washin...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s bridge, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detail of wooden trestle for railroad. Cowlitz County, Washington

Detail of wooden trestle for railroad. Cowlitz County, Washington

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Bingham Canyon, Utah. Building a trestle bridge at the open-pit mines of the Utah Copper Company

Bingham Canyon, Utah. Building a trestle bridge at the open-pit mines ...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, Y Trestle, South side of Monongahela River between Thirty-fourth & Twenty-ninth Streets, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, Y Trestle, South side of Mono...

Significance: Permitted access between the Monongahela Connecting Railroad and former Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad. P&LE was a major hauler of raw materials into and semi-finished steel products from form... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 790C, 11 miles west of Corrine, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 790C, 11 miles west of Cor...

Significance: This trestle is one of many remaining Promontory Route railroad trestles which were originally part of the first transcontinental railroad route across the United States. These trestles represent... More

Secrettown Trestle from the west. Length 1,100 feet

Secrettown Trestle from the west. Length 1,100 feet

No. 48. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 790A, 11 miles west of Corrine, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 790A, 11 miles west of Cor...

Significance: This trestle is one of many remaining Promontory Route railroad trestles which were originally part of the first transcontinental railroad route across the United States. These trestles represent... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, Pickering Creek Trestle, Spanning Pickering Creek, south of Buckwalter Road, Pickering, Chester County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, Pickering Creek Trestle, Spanning Pickering Cre...

Significance: The trestle is significant as a high trestle with both horizontal and vertical curvature. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N596 Survey number: HAER PA-521 Building/str... More

Mahoning Creek Trestle, Spanning Mahoning Creek, 1 mile West of Goodville, Blairsville, Indiana County, PA

Mahoning Creek Trestle, Spanning Mahoning Creek, 1 mile West of Goodvi...

Significance: The Mahoning Creek Trestle is the largest structure of its type in Indiana County and played a large part in the county's transportation history. Survey number: HAER PA-266 Building/structure da... More

Oregon Electric Railroad, Hedges Creek Trestle, Garden Home to Wilsonville Segment, Milepost 38.7, Garden Home, Washington County, OR

Oregon Electric Railroad, Hedges Creek Trestle, Garden Home to Wilsonv...

Survey number: HAER OR-113-D Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pennsylvania Railroad, French Creek Trestle, Spanning French Creek, north of Paradise Street, Phoenixville, Chester County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, French Creek Trestle, Spanning French Creek, no...

Significance: With its sixteen plate-girder spans of various ages, is an excellent example of American railroads' practice of recycling main-line structures into branches and sidings. Unprocessed Field note ma... More

Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, San Juan Extension, Wolf Creek Trestle, Crossing Wolf Creek at Milepost 339.78, Chama, Rio Arriba County, NM

Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, San Juan Extension, Wolf Creek Trestle, ...

Significance: The San Juan Extension (SJE) of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG), now known as the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TS), is a relatively unchanged survivor of the first years of railroad... More

Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, San Juan Extension, Wolf Creek Trestle, Crossing Wolf Creek at Milepost 339.78, Chama, Rio Arriba County, NM

Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, San Juan Extension, Wolf Creek Trestle, ...

Significance: The San Juan Extension (SJE) of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG), now known as the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TS), is a relatively unchanged survivor of the first years of railroad... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 788B, 11 miles west of Corrine, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 788B, 11 miles west of Cor...

Significance: This trestle is one of many remaining Promontory Route railroad trestles which were originally part of the first transcontinental railroad route across the United States. These trestles represent... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 791B, 11 miles west of Corrine, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 791B, 11 miles west of Cor...

Significance: This trestle is one of many remaining Promontory Route railroad trestles which were originally part of the first transcontinental railroad route across the United States. These trestles represent... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 791B, 11 miles west of Corrine, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 791B, 11 miles west of Cor...

Significance: This trestle is one of many remaining Promontory Route railroad trestles which were originally part of the first transcontinental railroad route across the United States. These trestles represent... More

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great Salt Lake, Brigham City, Box Elder County, UT

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great Salt Lake, Brigham City, Box Elder County, UT

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great Salt Lake, Brigham City, Box Elder County, UT

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great Salt Lake, Brigham City, Box Elder County, UT

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great Salt Lake, Brigham City, Box Elder County, UT

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great Salt Lake, Brigham City, Box Elder County, UT

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great Salt Lake, Brigham City, Box Elder County, UT

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile southwest of junction of State Highway 83 and Blue Creek, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile sout...

Significance: After its completion in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad Line required continuous repair and rebuilding. The Southern Pacific Railroad Trestle #1, located on the Engineer Mountain grade west of... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile southwest of junction of State Highway 83 and Blue Creek, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile sout...

Significance: After its completion in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad Line required continuous repair and rebuilding. The Southern Pacific Railroad Trestle #1, located on the Engineer Mountain grade west of... More

[Railroad trestle with loading dock jutting into bay; snow-capped mountains in background]

[Railroad trestle with loading dock jutting into bay; snow-capped moun...

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Abandoned coal trestle, Kentucky, near Chavies

Abandoned coal trestle, Kentucky, near Chavies

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape with a watermill, water, decayed building, 18th, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Uintah Railway, Whiskey Creek Trestle, Baxter Pass Road & Whiskey Creek Road, Rangely, Rio Blanco County, CO

Uintah Railway, Whiskey Creek Trestle, Baxter Pass Road & Whiskey Cree...

Significance: It is the last remaining bridge along the abandoned Uintah Railway in Colorado. The Uintah Railway was built during 1905-1906 to haul gilsonite from Dragon, Utah to Mack, Colorado. This was a narr... More

Mahoning Creek Trestle, Spanning Mahoning Creek, 1 mile West of Goodville, Blairsville, Indiana County, PA

Mahoning Creek Trestle, Spanning Mahoning Creek, 1 mile West of Goodvi...

Significance: The Mahoning Creek Trestle is the largest structure of its type in Indiana County and played a large part in the county's transportation history. Survey number: HAER PA-266 Building/structure da... More

Oregon Electric Railroad, Cattle Pass Trestle, Garden Home to Wilsonville Segment, Milepost 41.2, Wilsonville, Clackamas County, OR

Oregon Electric Railroad, Cattle Pass Trestle, Garden Home to Wilsonvi...

Survey number: HAER OR-113-B Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad bridge, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pennsylvania Railroad, French Creek Trestle, Spanning French Creek, north of Paradise Street, Phoenixville, Chester County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, French Creek Trestle, Spanning French Creek, no...

Significance: With its sixteen plate-girder spans of various ages, is an excellent example of American railroads' practice of recycling main-line structures into branches and sidings. Unprocessed Field note ma... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 789C, 11 miles west of Corrine, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 789C, 11 miles west of Cor...

Significance: This trestle is one of many remaining Promontory Route railroad trestles which were originally part of the first transcontinental railroad route across the United States. These trestles represent... More

Oregon Electric Railroad, Fanno Creek Trestle, Garden Home to Wilsonville Segment, Milepost 34.7, Garden Home, Washington County, OR

Oregon Electric Railroad, Fanno Creek Trestle, Garden Home to Wilsonvi...

Survey number: HAER OR-113-G Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad works, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oregon Electric Railroad, Hedges Creek Trestle, Garden Home to Wilsonville Segment, Milepost 37.8, Garden Home, Washington County, OR

Oregon Electric Railroad, Hedges Creek Trestle, Garden Home to Wilsonv...

Survey number: HAER OR-113-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, Elk Creek Trestle, Spanning Elk Creek, south of Elk Park Road, Lake City, Erie County, PA

New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, Elk Creek Trestle, Spanning El...

Significance: The crossing is an excellent example of the long trestles required to cross northwestern Pennsylvania's irregular topography. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N607 Surv... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 788B, 11 miles west of Corrine, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 788B, 11 miles west of Cor...

Significance: This trestle is one of many remaining Promontory Route railroad trestles which were originally part of the first transcontinental railroad route across the United States. These trestles represent... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Coal Trestle, 685 feet South of Bridge Street & Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Coal Trestle,...

Significance: The coal trestle of the D,L & W's Scranton yards supplied coal and sand to all locomotives working on the Scranton mainline. It represents the railroad's commitment to efficient and economical ma... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Coal Trestle, 685 feet South of Bridge Street & Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Coal Trestle,...

Significance: The coal trestle of the D,L & W's Scranton yards supplied coal and sand to all locomotives working on the Scranton mainline. It represents the railroad's commitment to efficient and economical ma... More

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great Salt Lake, Brigham City, Box Elder County, UT

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great Salt Lake, Brigham City, Box Elder County, UT

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile southwest of junction of State Highway 83 and Blue Creek, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile sout...

Significance: After its completion in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad Line required continuous repair and rebuilding. The Southern Pacific Railroad Trestle #1, located on the Engineer Mountain grade west of... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile southwest of junction of State Highway 83 and Blue Creek, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile sout...

Significance: After its completion in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad Line required continuous repair and rebuilding. The Southern Pacific Railroad Trestle #1, located on the Engineer Mountain grade west of... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile southwest of junction of State Highway 83 and Blue Creek, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile sout...

Significance: After its completion in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad Line required continuous repair and rebuilding. The Southern Pacific Railroad Trestle #1, located on the Engineer Mountain grade west of... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile southwest of junction of State Highway 83 and Blue Creek, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile sout...

Significance: After its completion in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad Line required continuous repair and rebuilding. The Southern Pacific Railroad Trestle #1, located on the Engineer Mountain grade west of... More

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile southwest of junction of State Highway 83 and Blue Creek, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile sout...

Significance: After its completion in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad Line required continuous repair and rebuilding. The Southern Pacific Railroad Trestle #1, located on the Engineer Mountain grade west of... More

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