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Dismantling of Charlotte Swing Bridge continues

Built by the King Bridge Company in 1905 for the New York Central Railroad, the so-called Hojack Swing Bridge replaced an earlier span built by the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad (nicknamed the "Hojack" line). Operation of the route passed to Penn Central and Conrail, and the last movement over the bridge took place in the mid-1990's. With no customers remaining, the route over the bridge was abandoned, and successor CSX petitioned (along with the Coast Guard) for its removal. Crews began the dismantling process at the beginning of November, delayed a few days by storm conditions created by Hurricane Sandy. This view is from the west side on November 6, 2012, photo by Otto Vondrak.

Dismantling of the control house began before the rest of the bridge. CSX has set aside several artifacts from the control house for preservation. Photo by Otto Vondrak, November 6, 2012.

A few days later, a significant portion of the bridge has been removed. Two workers can be seen on the bridge planning their next move. Photo by Otto Vondrak, November 16, 2012.

As seen from the west side. Many folks were out observing the dismantling and taking pictures. Photo by Otto Vondrak, November 16, 2012.

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Work continues through November at the museum

Volunteers Rob Platt and Mike Walsh were busy packing up and cleaning up workbench areas inside our Restoration Shop. Eventually this whole wall will need to be cleared to make way for new construction inside the shop.

 Museum manager Dave Scheiderich and museum president Mike Dow greased our mechanical Tamper the other day so it would be ready to help complete a track repair project near Reid's Crossing.

 Mike Dow used our museum's backhoe to realign a section of track near Reid's Crossing, with the help of Dave Scheiderich as a spotter. The area was backfilled with ballast and tamped to help repair the alignment through this section.

The father and son team of Charlie and Jesse Marks have been hard at work stabilizing and repairing our New York Central wooden caboose. One end has been repaired and primed.

We're always busy through the fall and winter at the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum! We welcome anyone interested in volunteering for our museum. We have lots of different things to do for any skill level or skill set. Find out how you can help!

Monthly Museum Meeting - November 15

Frostbite Ferroequinology: The Sequel with Duncan Richards: "This is a follow up presentation to one featured a bunch of years ago. The railroad themed images will have the common thread of some form of frozen water in each picture. Although there are a few requested "favorites" included, the bulk of the pictures were not shown in the original presentation. Come on out and watch the snow fly on the screen!"


Please join us on Thursday, November 15th, 2012 at the 40&8 Club, 933 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607. You do not have to be a member to attend! Doors open at 7:00pm, brief business meeting starts at 7:30, and the program usually begins by 8:15. See you there!