Dual, but not Twin Bridges - Lancing, TN

[landnrailroader]

A few miles south of New River the railroad encountered Rock Creek a tributary of the Emory River which will figure a lot in the line south of NEMO, TN. The first bridge here was the typcal tower and plate girder type popular in the period of 1890-1930 or so. In this image we see where the new bridge on the west track, installed when the line was double tracked has been installed. At the bottom of the image the track seen there runs from Lancing to Gobi Village and slightly beyond to coal mines. This was the Emory River R.R. which died around 1946. Little remains of it today. The ER never owned a locomotive in it's later years, instead leasing a 2-8-2 from the Southern. It's total length was less than 20 miles.

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[landnrailroader]

So now the attached image shows both viaducts complete. Some terrain adjusting will need to be done around the base but otherwise it is good. On the current main track there are 4 large bridges or viaducts. Rock Creek here, New River, S. Fork (of Green River) and Burnside. The latter was done in 1950 or so when Wolf Creek dam was built. That flooded out the whole town of Burnside and the old bridge which required the new spans and also a new highway bridge just west of it. When we went across this bridge in the 70s, if the lake water was at it's lowest normal level you could see the old tunnel that was through the bluff at the north end of the old bridge. I plan to set the water level in the lake at this level so the rails barely show and since the bridge would not be visible I won't provide one. So here is Rock Creek near Lancing, TN. The 2nd track (top) was about 50 feet west of the old bridge.

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