NO EASY WAY OUT WHEN 3-TRACK TGB BRIDGE IS DEMOLISHED

Problems encountered and fast work required to overcome them when derailment caused Burlington Northern span on Chicago Line to be dumped onto tracks below are discussed. The problems came about because the derailment resulted in the virtual destruction of a three-track, through-girder bridge carrying the line across four tracks of the Indiana Harbor Belt.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1977-10

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 19-23
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 73
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge members; Bridges; Derailments; Girder bridges; Railroad crashes; Railroad facilities; Railroads; Reconstruction; Trusses
• Identifier Terms: BNSF Railway
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00173399
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1978 12:00AM