Old pony bent, caps and roller nest on the east pier of bridge 35. It started out as a small project for the 1891-built Bridge 35: replace several timbers under…
So you think you can repair a bridge? Well great, you start tomorrow! Now if only it were that simple . . . Damaged sections are obvious but the method…
A recent wind storm has had a devastating impact on the Northwest Railway Museum’s bridge 35. A large cottonwood tree that measures more than five feet at the base has…
Bridges are vitally important to railroads. They allow trains to cross rivers and gullies, swamps and streams, roads and highways, and sometimes other railroads, too. It was evolving bridge technology…
The Jackson tamper was introduced in the 1950s on the Northern Pacific Railway and continues in a new role at the Northwest Railway Museum. It has been an unusually long winter…