Colleagues,
When the 1963 line relocations were done on the CNO&TP (Southern Rwy.) to eliminate most of the remaining tunnels, one change was between Helenwood and Robbins, TN and it eliminated initially the southern half of the line that went through Brimstone, and later all of the line. To accomplish this, a massive viaduct, more than 1200 feet in length and over 300 feet above the mean water level, was constructed over the New River which in Tennessee is a relatively short stream that rises a few miles east of the railroad bridge and empties into the Cumberland River some miles west. When I was testing the track on this route (required every 30 days) and at the time was a student pilot, I always though that this was about how things should look when turning from base leg to final on landing. So here is how it looks. In an issue of TRAINS not long after the line was completed this structure was referred to as the Collosus of the New River.
Jerry Sullivan Collosus.jpg
When the 1963 line relocations were done on the CNO&TP (Southern Rwy.) to eliminate most of the remaining tunnels, one change was between Helenwood and Robbins, TN and it eliminated initially the southern half of the line that went through Brimstone, and later all of the line. To accomplish this, a massive viaduct, more than 1200 feet in length and over 300 feet above the mean water level, was constructed over the New River which in Tennessee is a relatively short stream that rises a few miles east of the railroad bridge and empties into the Cumberland River some miles west. When I was testing the track on this route (required every 30 days) and at the time was a student pilot, I always though that this was about how things should look when turning from base leg to final on landing. So here is how it looks. In an issue of TRAINS not long after the line was completed this structure was referred to as the Collosus of the New River.
Jerry Sullivan Collosus.jpg