Love these videos! I always wondered for years what went on inside these ships. I always thought there was a couple of people on board having no idea a whole huge crew was needed to operate it. Thank to your amazing videos I now know how many people and how much skill from each person it takes to operate one.
I used to live in Fort Madison, and one of my favorite things to do there was go down and watch to barges pass through the bridge, but this is the first time I've seen it from this point of view. Very interesting! Thank you for posting this!
I could watch these vids for hours. I was in a boat company stationed on the panama canal and miss it so much. Your lock vids bring back alot of memories. keep them coming and thnx.
yep! the first bridge across the Miss. R. same as the Hannibul Bridge in k.c. mo. in 1857 BNSF now owns them both! in kc it was the Chicago Burlington and Quincy that operated the Hannibul Bridge.
hello I just had an idea when u go through there again go out the right side door when ur going the same way and wave cause there is a Live Stream of BNSF freight trains going through there 24/7 Live Streaming that area
That marina is where I used to run out of. That bridge is going to fall straight in the water one of these days. its coming apart underneath. BNSF owns it and i'm sure if they have to replace it the road deck will be gone. I thought at one time it was declared a hazard to navigation and was suppose to be replaced with a lift span bridge like the rail bridge in Burlington.
I know you know but can you imagine how much it will disrupt rail traffic if Ft. Mad has to be shut down even for a day? I know replacing the bridge is inevitable but it must give them ulcers. Although it could (temporarily) mean more trains here in Cedar Rapids.
There are enough bridges across the big muddy to re-route EB & WB trains across in a pinch, even for a short time. It would be expensive to do it over a sustained period of time. Cars could just drive N to Burlington or S to Keokuk.
