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Double track

65 bytes added, 13:20, 29 October 2015
Add Oldbury viaduct, minor grammar change.
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File:Bridge 28 20150610.jpg|[[Overbridge at north end of Eardington siding]] with siding alongside the single running line.
File:Overbridge Near Crossing Cottage 20110522.jpg|[[Accommodation bridge near Crossing Cottage]].File:Bridge 31 20150607.jpg|[[Pig Bridge]] . The embankment has been allowed to encroach upon the disused part of the trackbed.File:Bridge 32 20150610.jpg|[[Knowlesands Tunnel]] . The track has been realigned towards the centre of the bridge and the embankment has been allowed to encroach upon the disused part.File:Oldbury-Viaduct-DMU-1962-09-16.jpeg|[[Oldbury Viaduct]].
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Although the deck of Victoria Bridge is only wide enough for a single track, the abutments were built to double track width. Albert Edward Bridge at Coalbrookdale was built to an almost identical design and carries a double track by means of girders cantilevered out from the four main arched ribs.
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