Sugar Creek Bridge

[Tom Kepshire]

Sugar Creek Trestle, North of Crawfordsville, Indiana. MRHTS Archives.

[Victor Sauerheber]

Thanks for posting Tom. Just where is this location? Vic

[Tom Kepshire]

North of the Power Plant on the northside of Crawfordsville. Very hard to get to by vehicle I am told.

[James W Smith]

C'ville trestle-ophiles:
Take a road trip with Steve Long -- he will get you to this trestle.  BTW, it no longer looks like those shots; it now looks like the shot attached (assuming it attached correctly).  Question for the group:  When did it change configuration?

[James W Smith]

I forgot to add -- Ron has a really terrific photo of C420s sitting on the trestle -- in the "newer" configuration.

[Tom Kepshire]

You mean this one Jim?

[James W Smith]

Ron sent me a slightly different shot -- down the embankment looking along the side of the trestle.  But I like this one, too!   

[Joe Land]

C'ville trestle-ophiles:
Take a road trip with Steve Long -- he will get you to this trestle.  BTW, it no longer looks like those shots; it now looks like the shot attached (assuming it attached correctly).  Question for the group:  When did it change configuration?

Date of Photo +- year ?

[Tom Kepshire]

Ron sent me a slightly different shot -- down the embankment looking along the side of the trestle.  But I like this one, too!

Ah like this one??

[Geof Burns]

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

[James W Smith]

That trestle shot was scanned for me by George L.  I have 50+ other Ektachromes to choose from so may be able to get one of them scanned at higher resolution.  However, these shots show the rebuild -- Cookie's shot is looking north, and the north end had that underslung truss.  In Ron's photo and in mine, all spans are supported by girders.  So, while I search for more trestle shots to scan, perhaps the group can figure out when that truss was replaced by girders.  At low water on Sugar Creek, you can spot an unused pier near the north end of the trestle.  Now I know why it is there.

[Pete Pedigo]

Ron,

Nice shot with the crewman along side on the bridge......Hmmmmm, no wonder your our photo archivist.  Looks like a stage stop to me !  LOL

[Tom Kepshire]

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

This better Geof?

[James W Smith]

That shot of 518 atop Sugar Creek trestle -- no bell on short hood so time frame is late 1967 to sometime in1969.

[Ron Marquardt]

Actually it (they) was (were) shot in April 1968, and it was posed but not intentionally.  We had picked up some high-cube box cars at Linden, and as we came down past the brickyard an air hose came uncoupled six cars deep and we went in emergency.  We stopped where the pictures show.  Unfortunately, even though we could hear the air blowing, we couldn't get back across the bridge because no walkways on the bridge or head cars. Our flagman, Johnny Underwood, had to walk 130 carlengths to couple an air hose six cars behind the engine.  I needed something to do, so I took a few pictures while we waited.  / Ron