You workin' out, hermano? Lookin' good, dude!

@railrol82

2 жыл бұрын

I like your attention to detail, Rob. Yes, I've been doing calisthenics lately. Hope all is well with you and the family!

@robertscharlow

2 жыл бұрын

@@railrol82 It is, brochacho! We're great up here in the Buckeye. Been doin' some stuff myself as well.

@railrol82

2 жыл бұрын

Lol @ brochacho!! Did you come up with that yourself?

@robertscharlow

2 жыл бұрын

@@railrol82 I think I heard it years ago. But you know what they say... good artists imitate. Great artists STEAL! I live for your amusement, senor!

You are not boring . . . That is for sure. The information you provide is vital and clear.

Lots of history on this bridge, thanks for sharing!

I've seen a couple of your videos of that bridge, but this one was much more detailed, thanks. Noticed you lost weight AND are working out too. Looking great!

@railrol82

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks J!

Crockett and Tubbs are coming!! Or maybe it's Tommy Vercetti?

@railrol82

2 жыл бұрын

Or maybe Lt. Castillo lol. Hope all is well with you!

@ferenctakacs3138

2 жыл бұрын

@@railrol82 😀👍

Thanks for the great tour my friend, and hey sorry for the lack of comments lately I've been really busy.

@railrol82

2 жыл бұрын

Me too C, hope all is well with you!

This was an enjoyable video, full of educational information.

This was a great video! I drive past this bridge every day, now I know what I’m looking at. Thanks for putting this video and historical information together.

Excellent Video bro

Cool video Rol!

Hey Roly! What an amazing bridge!! Thanks for the tour!

Dead chickens, you love it!

Great history of that bridge! I really like that bridge it's so cool!

Great video !

The bridge is a single leaf bascule, specifically a Scherzer Rolling Lift. The opening section rolls on the two quadrants which support the weight and as it rolls, it moves out of the way of the channel to provide a larger opening than if it just rotated up. The big box over the track is filled with concrete and steel for the counterweight of the span so the motor does not have to lift much weight to open or close the span. There are two heavy beams the quadrants ride on to provide support and guide the span back to open. I am sure the bridge is operable from the dispatcher's office by way of the signal system. At 4:20 and 6:38 are the expansion and guide rails for allowing trains to pass when the span is closed.

@railrol82

2 жыл бұрын

I like your attention to detail, Roy. Hope all is well.

@royreynolds108

2 жыл бұрын

@@railrol82 Thank you.

Awesome video

@railrol82

Жыл бұрын

Thanks as always for the support of my channel, Celio!

Great video God bless stay well and safe

nice

Great Vid as is NORM 👍

I had to look it up, but it's called a bascule (French for _balance scale_ ) bridge. This is a rolling lift, or single-leaf bascule. There is a large one in downtown Tampa over the Hillsborough River.

Great video. Amazing to see that the bridge shanty hasn't been vandalized or even tagged! Seems like a video from years ago before graffiti ruled the world.

Informative as usual keep the trains coming you should do plane videos to. Hahaha take care

@railrol82

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know the 1st thing about planes lol. Hope all is well, Alfonse.

Érdekes videó lett!😀👍

That's Cool ! Kinda looks like Northern New Jersey where the Reading Pennsylvania and Central of New Jersey use to interchange with each other. Stay Safe Dude!

Excellent Video 🍃💮🇮🇳🍃💮

ChainsawN&W1218, that's a cool 😎 old lift bridge,interesting story, the Norfolk & Western had alot of vasquel type draw bridges out towards Norfolk VA that I think are still in use today by Norfolk Southern.

Great video once again. I think it's a truss bridge.

Thank you for taking us on a tour of the former Atlantic Coast Line bridge over the Miami River that Tri Rail is still using. I do not think that I would be walking across an active railroad bridge during the evening commute. You would have had to be very aware of the train schedules on this line to walk across the bridge safely. Stay safe along the tracks!

@railrol82

2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir, I was very aware of the train schedule. Hope all is well with you!

Excellent video on this bridge. It's amazing at her age and how many Trains she sees now and will see in the future. With Amtrak looking to start out of MIA station and at some point it has to be logical that TriRail or somebody take passengers down the Homestead extension. The last time that saw that bridge open was right before TriRail started up.

This section of railroad must be very near Miami International Airport. Tri-Rail ends a MIA correct? Thanks for video footage and history too Roly!

@railrol82

2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir, you're right on the money!

Planes, trains, but no automobiles! Oh well, the boats make up for it. Awesome video and a great bridge tour, even with the planes coming and going nonstop (you must be right by the runway or something!). I LOVE drawbridges like this, and it’s a shame it’s not in action as much as it was, although considering the train traffic that still uses it that’s just as well. Great video and stay safe out there, Roly!

Good video would go by this area in the 1970's to the old passenger station I think some of the old Amtrak pics I sent sent you had this bridge in it

Holy voodoo chicken Batman! That's great footage of Old 26! How did you manage to get that picture? Was it that mysterious drawbridge detective guy? Sadly the old girl is looking a little weathered lately... hopefully it won't be replaced but that's likely. Awesome video Roly.

Nice video, great history lesson. I am wondering what is inside of the bridge tender house, I notice a light on inside. Have a great day. 👍🚂

@railrol82

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks as always for the support, DP! Hope all is well.

great video 🚅🚃🚃 the railroad bridge is a Bascule Bridge drawbridge that bridge days are number running out right?

Beautiful bridge! I love it! Thanks for he video Railrol! Looking at it, it doesn’t seem that this bridge has enough clearance for double stacks. If any intermodal facility is built in south Miami Dade County, these trains would have to go around the west end of the runway and use FEC.

American Bridge Company has been in business for a loooong time. I believe they started building bridges just after the civil war. I pass one of their RR bridges daily on my way to work in Washington DC. The bridge has the same type placard it says "American Bridge Company 1913" That bridge still see heavy daily use for Virginia Railway express, Amtrak, and CSX.

looks like you have a friend with you

There must be some plan to use that channel. Otherwise, why did they build the new bridge so high?

@railrol82

2 жыл бұрын

I'm assuming so there won't be any need for a drawbridge and as you said perhaps thinking of the future.

I know Alex was filming cuz he made sure to get a shot of the Graffiti.

@railrol82

Жыл бұрын

That's why you're great at what you do my bro! Today at 11:30AM EST I debut a new series on my channel! Thanks as always for the support.

I have a feeling that next week, the videos of homestead begins.

Hmm. Wonder why there's a fluorescent light on inside the bridge tender's shack @8:25?

@railrol82

2 жыл бұрын

That's very interesting question. Hope all is well, Mike!

@mikeskinner45

2 жыл бұрын

@@railrol82 All OK. Except gas prices curtailing exploring.

is the drawbridege operational or no also nice catch and stay safe mate i havent watched since i have vacation

Wow, no guard rails on that bridge. This type of movable bridge is called a bascule bridge, not a lift bridge. A bascule bridge only moves on one side of the bridge only and lifts up.

I have old Union Pacific Railroad spikes

Are you near the airport as well?

good morning railrol82 how are you doing this morning

The Vice Archaeologist

and how long you think csx will keep doing rock in miami

Cantilever also

how come it does not open no more

@andrewreynolds4949

2 жыл бұрын

Presumably there is not much boat traffic any more

@ericmercier466

2 жыл бұрын

You can't go any further due to a damn. There was a boat yard next to it that's out of business so its a dead end.

@trirail812productions8

2 жыл бұрын

do you think csx will go out of work down here

Where are the alligators?

@railrol82

Жыл бұрын

Probably lurking beneath the water. Thanks as always for the support of my channel, Gloria!

Safety first. Stay off of railroad bridges :-)

@railrol82

2 жыл бұрын

You're right! Hope all is wellJ!

@jovetj

2 жыл бұрын

@@railrol82 I'm hanging in there, thanks! Trying to survive the heat :)

Naggy

E wysocki 15238 48 train currently in motel 6 room 125 beechen drive at loriah Rd ; in crafton pgh pa 15205 July 17 2022 hi rail road 82 happy late fourth been busy with things ! But yes I was a real big fan of Miami vice in the 80s ; my aunt Grace used to live there on my mother's side her and her daughter Louise cut horses and dogs hair ; they were groomers anyway my aunt said it's noted for dope and crime ; yeah I watched Miami vice every Friday after my job at H ; N ; Crosby Co ; I remember that episode Don Johnson had a girl friend on dope he broke up with her she shot him he got better didn't have a memory he turned bad cop for a while then he was a good one for two or maybe three years till NBC decided to not raise his pay anymore he decided to quit and make movies ! So they had another girl friend shoot him in the heart he died in a white suit my mother saw that one and cried why I didn't watch it ; I had a big crush on him ! He was so cute ; so brave because I heard he did all his own stunts ; I had two posters of him in Miami vice on my bedroom wall that caught fire ; the bridge he jump off ; thank God no trains were running ! Also you kids who walk rail road tressles the one above it ! Those trains will crush you to death not only cut you up stay off ! And watch the Miami river this is summer the bull sharks have their young and they mate in the river now so the big sharks don't eat their young ! Stay out of the water they can kill you when their young too ! God bless you 😀

Trespassing

@railrol82

Жыл бұрын

Lol it's only trespassing if you get caught.