Earthquake Damage to Railroads

W. G. Byers Collection: 1995 Japan

Thumbnail Image Image-B2814 Near Sannomiya Station (Hanshin)
Thumbnail Image Image-B2815 Near Oishi Station (Hanshin)
Thumbnail Image Image-B2816 Elevated railroad collapsed near Ishiyagawa Station (Hanshin)
Thumbnail Image Image-B2817 Near Shukugawa Station (Kobe Line, Hankyu)
Thumbnail Image Image-B2818 Dai 1 Noma Viaduct (Sanyo Shinkansen)
Thumbnail Image Image-B2819 Tokitomo Viaduct (Sanyo Shinkansen)
Thumbnail Image Image-B2820 Hansui Viaduct for the Bullet train (Sanyo-Shinkansen)
Thumbnail Image Image-B2821 Nakatsuhama-Sen elevated railroad bridge (Sanyo-Shinkansen)
Thumbnail Image Image-B2822 Hankyu Imazu Sen over railroad bridge (Sanyo-Shinkansen)
Thumbnail Image Image-B2823 Kanno overpass bridge (Sanyo-Shinkansen)
Thumbnail Image Image-B2824 Ikawa Railroad Bridge (Sanyo-Shinkansen) collapsed.
Thumbnail Image Image-B2825 Around Rokko-Michi Station (Tokaido Main Line, Japan Railways)
Thumbnail Image Image-B2826 Separation of wingwall from abutment.
Thumbnail Image Image-B2827 Column with collars.
Thumbnail Image Image-B2833 Example of damage to the elevated bridge (JR-Sanyo-Shinkansen)
Thumbnail Image Image-B2834 Girders moved laterally and collapsed near Sannomiya Station, Kobe Express Railway.
Thumbnail Image Image-B2835 Brittle failure of steel piers near Sannomiya Station, Kobe Express Railway
Thumbnail Image Image-B2836 Tracks of Sanyo Bullet Train line as seen from the eastern entrance to the Rokko Tunnel. Damage to the ballast and rails is slight, despite the failure of the viaduct.
Thumbnail Image Image-B2837 Failure of rigid-frame abutments (Ikawa River bridge, Sanyo Shinkansen). Upper and middle girders in contact after destruction of the upper-deck side columns.
Thumbnail Image Image-B2838 Earthquake damage to Hansui Viaduct.
Thumbnail Image Image-B2839 Hankyu Imazu Sen railroad viaduct.
Thumbnail Image Image-B2840 Kanno railroad viaduct.

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