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After fire destroyed the smaller wooden trestle at Lilly, IPP&W management decided to replace both wooden trestles with steel bridges.

As it was safer and more cost effective to build around the trestles than tear them down, the mainline around Lilly will be re-aligned. The new alignment (in yellow) will remove the dog bone (in red) and widen the narrowest curve on the railway.

The new main line will bypass both Lilly and the Blue Mountain Mine. These areas will be served by the Mattawa and Rat Portage Railway from Glen Hammond. Gord Bellamy, President of the M&RT Railway, is studying the addition to his branch line.

The new steel bridges are in place. Two deck girders and a through trestle bridge, shown in the foreground, carry the new mainline around the remaining wooden trestle.The deck girder bridge in the background bypasses the burnt trestle with the realigned mainline.

A westward view of the new track alignment at Lilly.

An eastward view of the new track alignment.

June 10, 2005 - The mainline has re-opened, but cold, wet and windy weather postponed the first railway operations of the season.

	June 8, 2007 - Guardrails added in the center of the new through truss bridge.
	The new guardrails on the through truss bridge at Lily. Photo by Tyler Larabie.
	The new guardrails on the girder bridge at Lily. Photo by Tyler Larabie
	New spur and freight shed at Lily

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