Union Pacific Railroad

UPRR Crew,

We're facing a big challenge. A bridge across Dale Creek has to be built. Can you build a trestle bridge for us here?

Mr. Dodge,

The crews have been working seven days a week, 12 to 16 hours a day. They have just finished building the 650 foot bridge. (That's equal to two football fields.)  It is the longest trestle on the Union Pacific Line, so far.  It rises 150 feet up from the bottom of the canyon.  Our only worry is that it sways in the wind when the engines cross it.¹