Proof that not only the Eating House was built on stilts at Forks Creek.

[Robert McFarland]

Did he have to go to the Bat Room?

[Todd Hackett]

Here's another view at Forks Creek, from a Weitfle stereo view:


The excursion car is interesting. Is it just a flatcar conversion?

[Chris Walker]

Love that shot Todd.  

Funny how you should bump this thread again.....


Another slightly later view by C.E.Emory showing the construction of a covered porch on the Eatinghouse.  

While I believe this view is unpublished, I add the rider that somewhere in some forgotten book, there is a companion view of the other down train, which I recall was the Black Hawk section, that arrived/departed ahead(or behind) this one.

[Todd Hackett]

Nice! The extension to the lunch room that shows up on my 1887 view a few posts up is under construction in this view. It looks like they boarded over the whole side before cutting in the window. I don't even see any framing for the window.

[Chris Walker]

Looks like #13 in the background(rear Headlight).

[Chris Walker]

This view is better off in here, if only for completeness and continuity...

Bridge #6(#706) replaced by a steel truss in 1908.



Note two people on top of the truss and what appears to be a carriage wheel as well.

[Todd Hackett]

The people and the wheel in this photo stand out better when viewed in stereo. I've always assumed that the wheel is used to tighten the vertical tension rods in the bridge.

[Chris Walker]

Thanks Todd, you would be correct, and for jogging my memory too.  I now remember the NZR Bridge gang having a large-ish ship's wheel for just that; back when I started in '77, we were still running across several Howe ponytrusses in my area.  The handles on the rim of the wheel allowed for pulling with a block&tackle.

[Chris Walker]

Todd's timely resurrection of this Thread reminded me of some unfinished business here



A closer inspection reveals the C.C.R.R. 1 Powder Car hiding behind the locomotive.  Another interesting detail is the sprung closure Frog with the alignment for Black Hawk.



Bridge #1 Telegraph Insulator closeup...


 

[South Park]

CD 127.1 Brookfield "Western Union Standard" style from 1870-1877.

[Doug Heitkamp]

Folks,

I'm moving files to a new computer and thought this should go in this thread. I copied this from an eBay auction a while back. Not sure if it has been posted here, if so, I'll pull it down.

Enjoy!

[South Park]

  That bridge is spectacular !  As a kid, I was deeply fascinated with spindly,
ornate bridges, especially those with Victorian decorative elements that managed
to survive in quiet backwater places.  Sadly, they are pretty much extinct today.  
Replaced with boring freeway architecture type bridges and culverts.  This header
sign managed to escape the scrapper's torch that took the rest of its bridge.

[Chris Walker]

Found this awhile ago and put it away in a less-used folder.

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD MUSEUM Photo Collection.


Graffiti is a blight on society, even back then.