Sugar Creek Bridge

[Mark Johnson]

Ron:

Did you always carry a camera when you were working? It seems like you got a lot of great "opportunistic" shots in the latter days of the Monon...

Mark J

[Ron Marquardt]

Yes, I usually did Mark.  / Ron

[Victor Sauerheber]

Well I hope you bought johnny a steak dinner or something for that one. Vic

[Victor Sauerheber]

Also , What would you have done if it was a couple cars out on the bridge ? Vic

[Geof Burns]

Can Jim Smith or anyone else post a larger copy of the Photo posted by Jim earlier in this thread?
Geof

This better Geof?

Yes - a much better version!
Thanks,
Geof

[Ron Marquardt]

Also , What would you have done if it was a couple cars out on the bridge ? Vic

I expect we'd have made a cut at the other end of the bridge, and dragged them off with the brakes set until we got the defective car to the south end.   We'd have only had ahold of five or six of them, and would have slid some wheels, but shouldn't have hurt anything.  As each car came off the bridge, we'd have turned the angle cock behind it to release the brakes.  Eventually we'd have gotten to it.  / Ron

PS, for a lot of years the Monon had the philosophy that if you didn't put walkways on a bridge, it would keep the people off.  It didn't, of course, and all it did was trap bridge walkers, and make it difficult for the trainmen to get across when they had to.

[James W Smith]

Ron,
That was my Dad on the trestle.  We waited until the nearest train had passed, and then headed for the trestle.  Traffic density on the Monon being what it was, we figured that was safe.  Besides at that location you could hear the whistle for several miles.
Jim

I can look for a better scan -- the original is Kodachrome (I miss Kodachrome already).