This low which is currently getting us is going to heading that way I believe. Corn is up strong tonight that december chart is looking like it might go right vertical.
Anybody waiting in a John Deere tractor?
Downtown bridge collapses under river pressure
By ANDREW WIND, Courier Staff Writer
WATERLOO — At least a third of the Union Pacific railroad bridge parallel to Sixth Street in downtown was washed away Tuesday by Cedar River flood waters.
The bridge was ripped from the northeast bank of the river at about 2:45 p.m. Twisted remnants of the bridge railing could be seen above the churning brown waters of the Cedar.
Waves pounded against what remained of the bridge, with water pouring through several holes and covering the tracks.
Percy Burt was fishing alongside the tracks on the northeast side of river when the bridge broke. He and four other people were standing behind the sandbagged area on the tracks catching carp and buffalo fish.
"I was just standing there snagging and the guy from the railroad said, ‘You better get down from there. It’s liable to go,’" said Burt. That’s exactly what happened.
"The rails started popping and raised up," said Burt. "Everybody had to go."
Was he frightened?
"Oh yeah," said Burt, with a little laugh.
The power of the collapse was evident several yards in front of the bridge. A big gap could be seen in one of the tracks rails where it pulled apart.
People gathered on the Sixth Street bridge to watch the river despite police tape blocking it off from both sides. Numerous other people were standing or sitting on the levee near the railroad bridge on both sides of the river.
About 3:10 p.m., a truck filled with sandbags backed down the railroad tracks on the southwest side of the river. A crew of volunteers threw the bags in front of a corrugated metal wall erected on the tracks. Water continued to streaming through the bags, draining into a large low area next to Sixth Street.
A man on the nearby Sixth Street bridge on the river’s southwest bank heard the railroad bridge wash away.
"I was sitting right here on the other side (of the bridge) when I heard it," said the man, who declined to give his name. By the time he got across the bridge it was all over.
"All I did was see it floating down the river. I just heard it."
Roger Verch saw the debris heading his way.
"We were actually down on the 18th Street bridge," downstream when it gave way. He said the debris struck the 18th Street bridge.
"We really felt the vibrations," said Verch. A portion of bridge remained lodged in the 18th Street Bridge and another portion of it washed down river.
The bridge is used by the Iowa Northern Railroad to serve John Deere’s East Donald Street Tractor Works, and Deere tractors are transported by rail over that line to Cedar Rapids.
Iowa Northern general manager Mark Sabin said the railroad is assessing the flood’s impacts all along its line and had not yet had an opportunity to specifically assess the effects of the bridge washout.
Anybody waiting in a John Deere tractor?
Downtown bridge collapses under river pressure
By ANDREW WIND, Courier Staff Writer
WATERLOO — At least a third of the Union Pacific railroad bridge parallel to Sixth Street in downtown was washed away Tuesday by Cedar River flood waters.
The bridge was ripped from the northeast bank of the river at about 2:45 p.m. Twisted remnants of the bridge railing could be seen above the churning brown waters of the Cedar.
Waves pounded against what remained of the bridge, with water pouring through several holes and covering the tracks.
Percy Burt was fishing alongside the tracks on the northeast side of river when the bridge broke. He and four other people were standing behind the sandbagged area on the tracks catching carp and buffalo fish.
"I was just standing there snagging and the guy from the railroad said, ‘You better get down from there. It’s liable to go,’" said Burt. That’s exactly what happened.
"The rails started popping and raised up," said Burt. "Everybody had to go."
Was he frightened?
"Oh yeah," said Burt, with a little laugh.
The power of the collapse was evident several yards in front of the bridge. A big gap could be seen in one of the tracks rails where it pulled apart.
People gathered on the Sixth Street bridge to watch the river despite police tape blocking it off from both sides. Numerous other people were standing or sitting on the levee near the railroad bridge on both sides of the river.
About 3:10 p.m., a truck filled with sandbags backed down the railroad tracks on the southwest side of the river. A crew of volunteers threw the bags in front of a corrugated metal wall erected on the tracks. Water continued to streaming through the bags, draining into a large low area next to Sixth Street.
A man on the nearby Sixth Street bridge on the river’s southwest bank heard the railroad bridge wash away.
"I was sitting right here on the other side (of the bridge) when I heard it," said the man, who declined to give his name. By the time he got across the bridge it was all over.
"All I did was see it floating down the river. I just heard it."
Roger Verch saw the debris heading his way.
"We were actually down on the 18th Street bridge," downstream when it gave way. He said the debris struck the 18th Street bridge.
"We really felt the vibrations," said Verch. A portion of bridge remained lodged in the 18th Street Bridge and another portion of it washed down river.
The bridge is used by the Iowa Northern Railroad to serve John Deere’s East Donald Street Tractor Works, and Deere tractors are transported by rail over that line to Cedar Rapids.
Iowa Northern general manager Mark Sabin said the railroad is assessing the flood’s impacts all along its line and had not yet had an opportunity to specifically assess the effects of the bridge washout.
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