[CBQ] Old Truss Bridge into Burlington

["Louis Zadnichek via Groups.Io" <LZadnichek=aol.com@groups.io>]

January 27, 2020

Pete - The next time you're in the Moline area, you can walk across the bridge span to Sylvan Island that your great-grandfather used to run over when it was originally located at Burlington:   

https://www.johnweeks.com/river_mississippi/pagesB/umissBR14.html

Another point of Q trivia with this bridge span, the last Class G-4-A 0-6-0 type No. 1650 was assigned to Moline to switch the steel plant on Sylvan Island. 1650 was kept in service due to its relatively light weight needed to safely cross the ancient span. 1650 was finally retired and scrapped in March 1952.

From Charlie's post, I never knew before that some of the 1868 spans ended-up being reused on the Laramie Avenue viaduct in Cicero.  Yes indeed, the ever frugal Q wasted nothing if it could be repurposed for another use elsewhere on the system - Louis

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL

In a message dated 1/27/2020 4:07:17 AM Central Standard Time, t_pearson1212=icloud.com@groups.io writes:

Speaking of the old single track bridge, pieces of it survive in Moline as the access to Sylvan Island. 

Todd P.

On Jan 26, 2020, at 10:33 PM, owl_man_2000 via Groups.Io <owl_man_2000=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

Does anyone have a photo of the old railroad truss bridge that spanned the Mississippi River from Illinois into Burlington? Also,  was it a single track  or double track bridge?

I have been told that my Great Grandfather engineered the first train across the bridge!
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Peter S. Weber
Great Grandson of CB&Q Engineer

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