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[quote user="7j43k"]He implied that when he mentioned soon after the term "a Howe Truss if wooden".[/quote] I just overlooked Selector's first post and therefore misunderstood his next one. [quote user="7j43k"]Finding a 100' wood beam bridge that will carry trains might just be more of a challenge. [/quote] As a civil engineer (structural design) I wouldn't even look for one. [quote user="7j43k"]We "all" know there are wood framed trusses longer than 100'.[/quote] Having seen lots of model railroads with the wrongly selected types of railroad bridges I thought I show an example (after misunderstanding the question). It doesn't happen on American layouts alone it is even worse in my country (Germany). But in the USA you have the luxury of a number of good books on the subject that we don't have. Two were already mentioned here. Regards, Volker
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