Abandon RR Bridge in Waxahachie, TX
Feb 17, 2016 01:54:14 #
davefales wrote:
Great lighting. No. 3 for me too.
Thanks..... Sometimes ya just get lucky!
:) :)
Feb 17, 2016 01:56:27 #
Feb 17, 2016 01:58:21 #
CLF wrote:
Very nice set. I also enjoyed the story about the cows.
Thanks....... That may not be an 'exact' translation...... :) :)
Feb 17, 2016 02:04:49 #
jederick wrote:
The evening light on this subject was marvelous and really highlighted your captures! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Thanks.... Using Photomatix to balance out the histogram really helped....
Feb 17, 2016 02:21:25 #
Shelton2 wrote:
In Dallas and would like to shoot this bridge. Would you tell me where to locate it?
Thanks, Jim
JimBreeden@sbcglobal.net
Thanks, Jim
JimBreeden@sbcglobal.net
You bet, Jim..... Waxahachie is a great spot for a day trip. The Ellis County court house may be the best example of turn of the century court house architecture in Texas. Lots of other historic buildings on the town square. I'm sending you a link to bridgehunter.com with the exact location of the MKT - Waxahachie Creek Bridge.... PM me If I can help in any other way....
http://bridgehunter.com/tx/ellis/bh64273/
Feb 17, 2016 02:33:03 #
Silverman wrote:
Very nice Railroading images, I am a Railroad enthusiast and I find it rather sad to see old Railroads abandoned, a time gone bye, they were the backbone of the USA economy at one time, and a very main way of real people getting from one town to another. I took a 3 day trip from Michigan to Florida on Amtrak with my Grandson, we had a "Roomette", which included all meals, it was a special memory this Grandpa will always cherish.
When I was a kid I would go from Dallas to San Antonio on the train.... I stop to shoot railroad bridges any time I get a chance. I frequent a site called bridgehunter.com It's really great for I.D.'ing a particular structure. Here's the link for this one.
http://bridgehunter.com/tx/ellis/bh64273/
I threw an album together with a few other bridge shots in it you might like....
https://www.flickr.com/photos/25131076@N06/albums/72157664070524799
Feb 17, 2016 02:40:10 #
Feb 17, 2016 03:26:12 #
Don L G wrote:
Grate set
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Thanks kindly.......
Feb 17, 2016 07:29:49 #
ajohnston3, #2 is a vanishing point winner. If one were teaching a course, this would be an example el primo. One suggestion, trim off the incline so that we start with the vertical post. The partial incline makes us want and wonder why we are not seeing the whole thing. Once trimmed off, we never knew you did not include it all.
Feb 17, 2016 08:16:10 #
ajohnston3 wrote:
About 40 miles south of Dallas, Waxahachie is the ... (show quote)
ajohnston3, these are nice pictures of the old, abandoned bridge. Thanks for sharing. :thumbup: Tejaswrangler :)
Feb 17, 2016 09:17:52 #
No bolts, only rivets. Worked in a structural fab shop in my youth and "bucked up" on a special job we had. bucking up is after the catcher catches the hot rivet from the heater and puts it in the hole and then you buck up the hot rivet so the man on the rivet gun can form the head of the rivet without pushing it back out of the hole. A team effort effort. An experience to remember. Dave
Feb 17, 2016 09:44:59 #
Feb 17, 2016 10:18:05 #
ajohnston3 wrote:
About 40 miles south of Dallas, Waxahachie is the ... (show quote)
Great, my daughter lives in Midlothian, can you share exactly where it is, go through Waxahachie often. Thanks
Feb 17, 2016 10:38:42 #
Not real sure of my history here but I think what few narrow gauge railroads there were in Texas were gone by the late 1800's. The bridge is definitely heavy duty and most likely for standard gauge track. There must be a name plate on it somewhere. I just saw a steel bridge near Denver that is used by BN with a readable nameplate that says "Mfg in1914."
Feb 17, 2016 11:23:25 #
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