moveable bridges

[Anonymous]

Im building a bridge from one side of my layout to the other and I was wondering what articles people reccomend for them either lift or just push give me some ideas lol

[NZRMac]

Here's my gate between my moveable suspension bridge and computer desk.





My layout is temporary till we move.

Ken.

[Anonymous]

thats neat but any reccomendations how to do that and safety precautions to take?????????????

[NZRMac]

A gate is easier if the shape is like this

Build something like this shape, mines just bent, and add hinge. get it working and a nice fit against your layout. Add a latch (mines just a door bolt, slide across) Then add track. I glued one piece of track across both joins and once the glue had dried cut the tracks.

On the end opposite the hinge the top rail is longer on the layout side and the bottom rail is longer on the gate side so they don't hit when swinging the gate.

That's basically it. Steve Blackledge has a better one.

this a link to his profile.http://www.trains.com/community/forum/member-profile.asp?id=94741

Enjoy!!

Haven't worked on the safety side of it yet. I'm just going to use microswitchs to power the track, just one rail needs to be isolated.

Ken.

[MisterBeasley]

Remember to isolate the tracks a couple of feet on either side of the bridge, and have the power to those sections cut out, too. If you ever run trains in a push configuration with the engine at the back, make sure your dead zone is long enough to accomodate that.