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I've had some time off from the job over the holidays and have been using up some of that time taking pictures.  Something that has interested me for quite a while is the quantity of bridges over the Youghiogheny river.  I know, another old guy going on about irrelevant crap.  But hey, this is my spot, I'll do what I want.   This is a railroad bridge near Banning.  It's pretty high.  I have heard people brag about walking across it.  I've even heard one or two say they have ridden a dirt bike across.  They are bat-shit crazy.  There are no cat walks on a railroad bridge.  There is only enough space across the top to lay cross-ties and track.  This one has no hand rails or bulkheads along side the track.  Trains cross this bridge.  Get caught on it with a train coming and you are dead, no ifs or buts or maybe, just dead. The obligatory Selfie Near this bridge is an abandoned concrete building.  It ap...