The P&WV Hi-Line

8870 · Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 4

Here is a film clip someone transferred to Youtube of the construction of the Speers-Belle Vernon I-70S bridge ca 1950. At about 40 seconds the end of a P&WV train moves west on the trestle behind the highway bridge--about a half dozen freight cars and likely a Northeastern caboose.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCdHP4WiEzw

I grew up in Speers in the 1960's and watched countless trains cross that trestle.

PWVJer · Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 946

Neat! Thanks for the Link & Post! Welcome aboard 8870.

BTW, Hi-Line fans... the web-masters are not "asleep-at-the-wheel", with up-dates.
Thanks again to Longview-(VW), we are working on a very large P&WV AFE/AFR Project.
JR will post more news/ information in the near future, don't want to steal his thunder...just yet.

Longview Station · Joined: 16 Apr 2005 Posts: 176 Location: Longview Station

Neat few seconds of the westbound crossing Speers River Bridge.
Notice he wasn't crawling across either.
I was at Speers Sunday afternoon watching a train crew cross the bridge.
Ever so slowly they went.

I still have a bundle of P&WV AFE's to go through for you guys.
I haven't had much time the past two weeks.
But, in another week or two I'll be at it again.

VW

8870 · Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 4

The speed of the train in this film is striking, maybe since we have gotten used to seeing what little traffic there is lately go so much slower. Is it a safety issue--can the tracks and structure take 40+mph traffic?