Working rail roads and their tracks.

[caver]

MossRoad, there was a roundhouse in Grandin MO per the interwebs. It was a big logging yard in the late 1800's when they stripped the Ozarks of timber.
I found remnants of the old RR grade from Willow Springs to Grandin. Numerous times I've taken the dual sport down the section after it crosses the river near Big Spring Park all the way to Hunter. The National Park Service has a lengthy write up of the timber industry during that era and a roundhouse is mentioned. Grandin was a dead end but from Hunter another line was built to Elsinore and connected to a mainline at Williamsville which is still in use today.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The roundhouse was still there in 1995.

Removed in 1998

 

[MossRoad]

MossRoad, there was a roundhouse in Grandin MO per the interwebs. It was a big logging yard in the late 1800's when they stripped the Ozarks of timber.
I found remnants of the old RR grade from Willow Springs to Grandin. Numerous times I've taken the dual sport down the section after it crosses the river near Big Spring Park all the way to Hunter. The National Park Service has a lengthy write up of the timber industry during that era and a roundhouse is mentioned. Grandin was a dead end but from Hunter another line was built to Elsinore and connected to a mainline at Williamsville which is still in use today.

Looks like quite the wooded area.

 

[dfkrug]

Just West was the Dale Creek trestle. It was 150 feet high.

Yeah, that's the trestle I was referring to above. 1868, all wood, longest bridge on transcontinental railroad. It waved in any breeze when any train crossed it (slowly). No sign of it anymore except the abutments, if you look at GoogleEarth. They relocated the route by 1900 or so. Amazing feat of construction.

 

[bcp]

Yeah, that's the trestle I was referring to above. 1868, all wood, longest bridge on transcontinental railroad. It waved in any breeze when any train crossed it (slowly). No sign of it anymore except the abutments, if you look at GoogleEarth. They relocated the route by 1900 or so. Amazing feat of construction.

Dale Creek Crossing - Wikipedia

Bruce

 

[Fuddy1952]

I had an aunt & uncle who lived in Mills, Pennsylvania. My uncle loved trains and had a really nice HO train set he made in 50s-60s. One visit as a kid in early 60s my uncle drove me to an overlook where there was a large RR turntable.
Mills is a tiny "town" near New York border in central Pa. I'm pretty sure turntable was in Pa, about an hour drive. I always wondered where it was.

 

[RobS]

A largely hidden gem in southern Indiana is the Tulip Trestle, or Greene County Viaduct. Completed in 1906 it is 2,295 feet long and still in service. I've been by it via both car and bicycle and we hiked to the top on one trip.

Tulip Viaduct - Wikipedia

 

[Hay Dude]

A largely hidden gem in southern Indiana is the Tulip Trestle, or Greene County Viaduct. Completed in 1906 it is 2,295 feet long and still in service. I've been by it via both car and bicycle and we hiked to the top on one trip.

Tulip Viaduct - Wikipedia

Rob that is really cool, thanks for posting.
It amazes me that we seemed to have so much more courage to build tremendous feats of construction & engineering. Today, we seem to have lost that vision.

 

[MossRoad]

A largely hidden gem in southern Indiana is the Tulip Trestle, or Greene County Viaduct. Completed in 1906 it is 2,295 feet long and still in service. I've been by it via both car and bicycle and we hiked to the top on one trip.

Tulip Viaduct - Wikipedia

Rob that is really cool, thanks for posting.
It amazes me that we seemed to have so much more courage to build tremendous feats of construction & engineering. Today, we seem to have lost that vision.

Rob, I didn't know about that one. Will have to check it out the next time I'm in the area.

As for feats of engineering, there's still some pretty impressive highway bridges going up. U.S. 31 north out of Indiana into Michigan crosses the same river 3 times. A couple of those bridges are fairly long and built in my lifetime.

We drive to Pittsburgh several times a year. I've always found this bridge SW of Cleveland on I80 impressive.

 

[MossRoad]

I had an aunt & uncle who lived in Mills, Pennsylvania. My uncle loved trains and had a really nice HO train set he made in 50s-60s. One visit as a kid in early 60s my uncle drove me to an overlook where there was a large RR turntable.
Mills is a tiny "town" near New York border in central Pa. I'm pretty sure turntable was in Pa, about an hour drive. I always wondered where it was.View attachment 651202View attachment 651203

I'll look when I get home later this evening. :thumbsup: