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Back Bay Bridge on the MNGRR

This Former Grand Trunk bridge is a single track turning bridge and was pinned in the open position after a fire, started by teens in the 1980s left the bridge unusable with repair costs now estimated above one million dollars. You will have to do some walking or ride the train to see the bridge from the MNGRR side, it's at these coordinates 43.673307, -70.249459 on the Eastern Promenade Trail.

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Barefoot	Car or engine without brakes. (Many locomotives built in the 1860's and 1870's were not equipped with brakes except on the tender). This slang may still be used for cars that have had their brakes cut out as unusable.

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