Railroad Drawbridge over Duwamish Going Up

This railroad drawbridge is usually kept up. I managed to find it in the down position with a train carrying containers going to Terminal 5 in the port of Seattle.

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[mrbrunopolska]

oh sweet i saw that bridge many times when i go to church either up or down. does any locomotive trains go on it anymore?

[ArchTeryx00]

For most drawbridges, marine traffic gets automatic priority, but in many cases, passages under drawbridges are planned in advance to minimize traffic disruption either on the waterwar or on the rails.

[AnastasiaCaine18]

I'm wondering what will happen if there is a boat and a train coming through. What would they do?

[SteveCarras]

I have a very, very, old [1941] Encyclopedia Britannica that has a picture of t.

[Arky83mi]

We have a double Strauss Heel Trunion Bascule up here in the Sault, the laregst of its kind in the world I believe at over 300'

[SteveCarras]

Neato..we used to have one like it in Los Angeles Harbor, Calif. (See "Fruitvale Bridge", and my comments underneath).That's a very common turss cdrawbridge, Strauss Overhead Heel Trunnion Bascule (what a mouthful).