Building the Potomac Line

[Puddlejumper]

Matt,

The double trestle is very loosely based on a prototype coal dealer in Southeast Washington D.C. in the early part of the century. Here is an overhead view...



I have not yet been able to find any good photos of the facility, though here are some photos of other coal dealers in D.C. around the same time...

http://www.shorpy.com/node/5605

http://www.shorpy.com/node/5611

http://www.shorpy.com/node/5606

Also of interest, an article about a derailed PRR loco on a collapsed coal trestle in Southeast D.C....

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Dave