Highest Railway Bridge in Tasmania.

in #railway7 years ago

If you follow my blogs and checked out this one https://steemit.com/lake/@j85063/lake-rosebery-spilling-over.
You may have noticed a bridge in the back ground of one of the photographs. That bridge is the highest railway bridge in Tasmania from the bottom of the river to the top of the rail. That is what i have been told by a retired train driver from this area. The bridge is also around 200 meters above sea level.

The original bridge that crossed the river is now under lake Rosebery. This one is the needed replacement from the creation of lake Rosebery for hydro power production. This bridge is 139 metres long and of steel construction. Also passes around 58 metres above the river level.

I was able to find out the time frame for the train coming down from Burnie to cross the bridge. As i have wanted to photograph the train on the bridge with the lake spilling as it makes for a rare event. I took another drive out to Bastyan dam and it was well worth it as you will see.

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Now some closer photos of the bridge.
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I think i used race hastage when i was doing the targa tas race.

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Great photos. It's really nice when you picture a shot and then everything falls into place and you finally get it. Good job! Thanks for posting

Yes it is great to get this shot after wanting to for years.

Railway bridges looks amazing. Thanks for nice post.

I still remember that post. Nice post though! Thanks for sharing ;)

Your welcome mate.

Awesome! Annnd my upvote is starting to be worth a few cents which is pretty cool!

Thanks, and it is great your making headway on steemit now :)

You've helped out alot, thank you

The shots with the train crossing and the water feature in the background looks awesome, thanks for sharing, cheers.

Thanks it is a bit of walking to get into these spots to line it all up.

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