Re: C&S Narrow Gauge in Color: Elk Creek

Posted by snapped_bolt on Oct 10, 2018; 4:03am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-Narrow-Gauge-in-Color-tp5158p12507.html

  Bridge Inspector's Report:

    Stringers Missing!!!

       Or should I say, "Wooden Stringers Missing!!!"

       Apparently (maybe not-so-apparent) after the washout, the bridge was reconstructed using rails in the place of the wooden stringers.
       The NP did this along Lake Whatcom on the Bellingham branch; the abutments there were concrete and the rails were cast in the pour. They used 112-28RE rails, grouped 4 per side.
       Narrow gauge probably would not need the same fixing arrangement with lighter equipment.

       Streams prone to slides during floods are armed with some true nasties, from abrasive slurries to logs in the form of battering rams. I imagine the Q installed oh, maybe #85 rails as stringers here, giving the bridge an additional 10" clearance over the stream.

       Cheers

        Stan