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Salmon Bay Bridge Operator Keeps Railroad Tradition Alive

Jim Schreier Posted on November 13, 2020 Posted in History
Salmon Bay Bridge Operator Keeps Railroad Tradition Alive

“The bridge itself kind of comes alive,” Elsasser said. “You get vibration of all of the tonnage on steel wheels on steel rails, and the place shakes and shimmies and there’s the clickety-clack of the steel rails on the rail joints.”

Salmon Bay bridge operator keeps railroad tradition alive

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