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May 5—The Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad trestle bridge fire is contained but still smoldering, railroad personnel confirmed Sunday. Firefighters with the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR ...
It’s the latest achievement for the crew of 12 full-time employees that reopened the railroad in 2023. Then the calls came in. A fire on a bridge nearby. “We started getting messages on our ...
Rainier Scenic Railroad are reeling after a fire destroyed one of the railroad’s biggest bridges late Wednesday night. According to a Thursday morning Facebook post, a fire on the 28-span bridge ...
New drone video shows the extensive fire damage to the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad’s largest wooden trestle bridge and the surrounding area. The heat from the fire twisted and melted the steel ...
Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad’s wooden trestle bridge between Mineral and Morton caught fire Wednesday night and collapsed on Thursday afternoon in a blaze investigators say was “human-caused.” ...
A wooden trestle bridge on the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad has been destroyed in an alleged arson, putting the future of the railway’s plans to expand in jeopardy. The fire destroyed a 28-span ...
Ernst, 22, of California, Missouri, died when a bridge under construction at NE 148th Street collapsed, burying him and several other workers in concrete. Kaden Bax, Colton Wells and Braden ...
These are significant firsts — at 150 miles, it was the longest and highest when they built it in 1841,” Pierce said, including the first cluster of stone arch railroad bridges built in America.
Rachael Hood, Senior Editor The Stone Arch Bridge is a must-see for any architecture buff. This 2,100-foot granite and limestone bridge (featuring a total of 23 arches) was constructed in 1883 and ...