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Originally Posted by bomberjet
Not trying to be rude. But that seems like a pretty extreme scenario. The bridge could potentially remain standing and in service much like other damaged bridges.
Brandon only has one fire hall and it's on the outskirts of town?
There is also another crossing that was being installed at 34th street, which would fall under the same fate of train blockage.
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The fire hall is fairly central but it's across the tracks from the majority of the city. It's not likely that it would be cut off from the rest of the city but it's certainly not out of the realm of possibility... imagine a scenario where an eastbound freight derails and hits a bridge pier at 18th Street, while blocking the 26th Street crossing. If something happens in Brandon's West End, that's a very long detour. If the 1st Street Bridge happened to be out of commission for some reason, then it basically involves a highway detour way outside the city. But then I suppose that even if the fire hall was south of the tracks, it would be the northern part that would be compromised... moral of the story is that Brandon needs either a second fire hall, or more bridges.
Incidentally Brandon's fire hall is architecturally the nicest one in Manitoba that I've ever seen, at least among newer (post WWII) builds. A Cibinel design.
