First Train over the New Arch Bridge in Letchworth State Park!
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- Well the day has finally arrived when the Norfolk and Southern Rail Road has abandoned the old 142 1/2 year old Iron Trestle and switched their tracks over to the new Arch Bridge just 70 feet away from the old Trestle. This video shows the first train to approach and go out onto the new bridge. This was a very historic event as the last time a new bridge was first crossed was in 1875. At the beginning of the video you will hear the warning whistle and see the engines emerge from the neighboring woods as it makes its way into a tight turn before crossing the bridge. I hope you enjoy this historic look at this first crossing!
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Why so slow though?
They were preparing to stop the train on the bridge for the rail road photographer to take pictures of the track crew and other Norfolk and Southern people involved in the bridge project. They will pick up speed soon.
Slow order perhaps?
We plan on visiting that park this summer.
That bridge looks like it could handle about ten trains.
No suspense at all. Solid engineering.
What a beautiful location. It will be popular with railfans. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for watching! This has been an amazing project to watch unfold. The new bridge is nicely designed to fit in well with its surroundings. I'll be watching many trains pass over this bridge in the near future.
Didn't even know they were building it.
You can see some of the trestle supports of the old bridge in the background.
Terrific. Beautiful bridge, nice colours and all. Thanks.
WOW purdy sight! Ill have to check it out next time I am back home. Great job
Love railroading! Especially the scenic structures like portals, tunnels, bridges, etc.
Wow that’s a sharp turn
It sure is, and there is one on the other side of the bridge just about as sharp. It limits the speeds in this section of tracks.
Nice addition to the layout,looks great!
The new bridge design looks like the old bridges design from the 1800’s. Very nice video. Thank you.
Thanks for watching and commenting D A E! I agree, it does look a lot like the old design from the 1800's.
You’re welcome.
I love Letchworth! It was one of my favorite places to go when I lived in Lima. Im sure it was more than time to replace the old trestle, but it added an air of charm to the park that the new bridge just doesn't have.
I had to look it up, but this is a bridge crossing the Genesee River east of Buffalo in New York state. I'd guess the former Erie RR, not the New York Central.
Yes this is the Norfolk and Southern Southern Tier Line that travels between Buffalo and Binghamton.
Awesome train video
Thanks, I was excited to capture this historic moment on video, and I have watched it over and over. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
I wish the park would have purchesed the older bridge
Damned appliances. You'd think they could have rounded up a trio of EMDs for the event.
Unbelievable construction if you ask me. Thanks for the heads up,had no idea they were done so to speak with such an undertaking. Happy holidays to you Ken.
Thanks Jon! This has been fun to watch take shape, now the next thing is the removal of the old Trestle, you may see a video or two on that here on my channel. Then in the Spring I hope to start making some flintknapping technique videos.
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Bet there was some pucker factor going on with the engineer. I enjoyed this, thanks filming and sharing it
For sure! LOL!
The new bridge is very solid looking, saw it in person.
Wow! NS got the bridge in fast, once they got the OK from the State Parks Department.
Sadly now a days it takes longer to get the paper work done than it does to build the bridge. I heard they will be increasing the crossing speed to 30 MPH soon. It is 25 MPH now. Before this bridge was built the Old Trestle could only handle 10 MPH traffic.
Very nice video Ken,always looking for new ones from out your way.
Wonderful re-watching this again, Paleoman52! Such a historic AND emotional moment for so many! I'm wondering: do you have video of the crew stopping on the bridge, getting out, and taking pics? Or did they do that at the other end? Can't remember now, but would love to see that video!
tough to see an old friend pass, but it was time. Snuck up there plenty of times as a kid, scary place to look at let alone take a train across. Out with the old, in with the new.
Thanks for making this great video. I have never seen such a Sharp 90 degree intense railroad curve in my life. I didn't realize railroad trains can go around such sharp turns and from reading the comments it seems like you say there is one on each end of the tressel?? So do the tracks head north and south along the river and then cross at the middle??
Those curves definitely slow the trains down as they approach the bridge. The line actually runs East and West but it is not a true East and West. Trains coming from Buffalo actually run Southeast. The curve you saw in this video wasn't always this sharp. Back in 1852 when they first set down tracks here, the curve approaching the bridge was much more gradual, but back around 1880 they moved the tracks to there present location.
@@Paleoman52 Thank you very much for the reply and full explanation!!... And thank you for your videos Bud!!
The old one served it's while, dismantled and a new one built, no catastrophic collapse and disruption of no crossing so all is well Also the waterfall head will continue to advance upstream which would destroy the original so having a single arch is better for resilience
If you look very closely at the upper right, I think someone is flying a drone. It's a little tiny black dot at the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
It was flown by NS.
In the description you mentioned "tight turn". Yes'r you are correct. That must be the absolute minimum radius the undercarriage can negotiate. I'd say the same slow speed need be used every time lest the Norfolk Southern end up sideways like my Lionel. :) Thanks for the update.
Wow, really nice catch! Sure was lots of horn action. I am sure they sounded the horn many extra times. Anyone know the normal horn signal for bridges? Thanks. Cheers, Dan
that new bridge looks great, a lot of serious man hour's, always enjoy your train videos, Ken if you don't make another video before next Monday, wanted to tell ya Merry Christmas my friend hope you and the family have a great holiday, wish we could get a little snow around here lol misses us every time they call for it lol
Merry Christmas to you too Brooksy! We just had over a foot of lake effect snow dump on us all day yesterday so I would love to share some of it with you. Thanks so much for watching!
Looks like they did a fine job....can’t quite figure the blaring of the horn, usually happens at crossings where I’m at, maybe the official grand opening!
They were told to make lots of noise by the dispatcher as there were a lot of workers and photographers around, plus I think the train crew was enjoying the experience of being the first train to cross the new bridge. The engineer that designed this bridge did an awesome job. It will really blends in nicely into its surroundings once they paint all the bolt plates to match the bridge color it will look better.
Maybe NS can electrify it to keep the taggers from ruining it.
so what happens to the old bridge ?
That is getting taken down and removed. The piers in the river bed that support the old trestle will also be removed.
Trains moving slower than the last bridge.
kuttycrew it’s a photoshoot for the maiden crossing.
jstoli996c4s Mr Squires could careless as to why his freight is moving so slow,
It's just a slow order across the bridge because it was the first time the track had a chance to carry tonnage and finish settling
@@nolantherailfan5048 bridge needs to settle? Don’t build anything where the public’s involved
Will they keep the 1875 stamps from the old bridge ?
There are 24 date plates on the the trestle. One at the bottom of each leg. They all have been spoken for and the State Park is getting 2 of them for their museum and other displays.
The bridge isn't making noises so that's a good sign. Lol
A sacrificial crew and a load of new cars - just hope the new bridge holds the load (if the bridge design engineers were any good, that is. )
Thank you Ken , Great Video . I assume this was Monday , Do you know if our Sunday Afternoon train was the last Daylight train on the old Bridge ? Gosh you take good videos !
I believe that the train that passed over the bridge Sunday about 4:40pm was the last daylight train over the bridge. I returned around 7:30pm with John Kucko and saw a train pass in the dark. The last train that did pass over was around 1:15am. The track crews came in around 5am and made the cut on both ends of the old bridge and spliced the tracks to the new bridge before 10am that morning.
Thank you very much for the reply with accurate info . I saw channel 8 about 20 minutes ago and caught part of what John Said . I imagine you will give us the latest video showing us what is happening with old bridge . I saw what turned out to be assembly of the 1300 crane on Saturday , Mike was there also in the morning .
How many trains do you think will go on this track daily? I visit letchworth each year during the summer. It’s beautiful there. Before the bridge was built I didn’t have any luck getting to see the ns trains
Yaa sorry broo
No problem, glad to have you watch my video!
now that is too cool, are they leaving the old bridge?
Sadly they are tearing the old one down Tim. Norfolk and Southern offered it to the Park but they didn't want the liability and upkeep of it.
I thought the train's could go fast over the new bridge
They do about 25 to 30 MPH over the new bridge now, this was the first train to go out onto the new bridge and they were doing a photo shoot of this, so that is why it is so slow. They could go much faster across but the trains are restricted by the curves on each end.
Paleoman52 ok that's cool
Guinea pig crew lol. Bridge looks nice.
I thought you might appreciate this vid. They stopped the train on the bridge so the NS track crew guys could get their pictures taken with the engine on the new bridge. NS employs a staff photographer and he held that train there for a while to get all the pics he wanted to take. He also had a drone he was using. I think there will be a slow order for a while on the bridge.
The new bridge is beautiful in person.
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Twin track, or single like its predecessor?
Single track
Does anyone know when the trail on the east side of the park that passes under this bridge is scheduled to reopen?
The whole project is expected to be done in October of 2018. All the trails should open up then.
LOL Back in the day, like middle ages or something, they used to use cats or some other kind of animal to test the bridges... Funny how tentative the crew was on this new one compared to the older piece of scrap - with all due respect. Yeah, they could have used the old one for foot or automobile traffic...
Great..no water cannon!!
Out with the old, in wth the new...bittersweet I bet... Is that a test run?? I thought they replaced it so it could go faster??
It was the first train to cross so I would consider it a test run. They will pick the speed up soon, this train was slow so the Norfolk and Southern people could take some photos of this first train with the track crew and other NS people involved in the project. Max speed eventually will be around 35 MPH even though the bridge could handle speeds over 50 MPH. Their only restrictions are the tight curves on each end of the bridge which causes them to cross at a lower speed.
You stole the thunder from WROC-TV’s John Kucko! Great vid, though!
I was surprised that I was the only one shooting that train from that vantage point. John was at the East side while I chose to get the first train from the West side. John does a great job documenting this new bridge.
New bridge and its already sagging dead center!!!!!!
America needs a new freight rail bridge to replace the Poughkeepsie bridge in order to eliminate the Selkirk Hurdle. Our elected politicians were too stupid to include a Hudson River rail crossing into the new recently completed Tappan Zee bridge project.