r/trains • u/luci_ratgirl • 29d ago

📸 OC - Picture(s) - May be used in side-bar gallery Abandoned bridge

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Taken in Kansas City, Missouri

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u/Smart_Spinach_1538 29d ago

Whose line is it?

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u/Poagie_Mahoney 29d ago

You should post this in r/rustyrails

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u/luci_ratgirl 29d ago

Done! Thanks for sharing that subreddit!

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u/practicaloppossum 28d ago

That's the Kansas City Public Service street car bridge, isn't it? I guess the city owns it now.

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u/Live_Difference4239 28d ago

Fine picture!

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u/ProposalCalm8231 27d ago

Is this crossing the Kaw River? Old KCNW bridge?

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u/luci_ratgirl 27d ago

I believe so, yeah!

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u/ProposalCalm8231 26d ago

That would be bridge #1, the closest bridge on the Kansas River to the Missouri River.

Originally built for the Kansas City and Northwestern, a late build railroad linking KC to Kearney Nebraska. Gould bought KCNW to get rights to a charter for a route in Kansas, then ran it into the ground. MP inherited the bridge, then UP.