jjdamnit Hello All, wolf10851 (M)ine is an oval inside an oval inside an oval. So, you have three (3) separate concentric ovals that are not connected? How big is your pike (layout)? What size are the ovals? Are you using flextrack or sectional? Again, a diagram would be extremely helpful. Hope this helps.
Hello All,
wolf10851 (M)ine is an oval inside an oval inside an oval.
So, you have three (3) separate concentric ovals that are not connected?
How big is your pike (layout)?
What size are the ovals?
Are you using flextrack or sectional?
Again, a diagram would be extremely helpful.
Hope this helps.
DSchmittThis video shows 3 tracks on two bridges. One bridge is single track. The other is a double track gauntlet section. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-AfYxWXI44
Is that what is called a gantlet (gauntlet?) track? That would be both interesting to model and interesting to operate.
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wolf10851(M)ine is an oval inside an oval inside an oval.
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richhotrain MisterBeasley Bridges are attractive scenic elements, but is a draw bridge really justified? Would your water section support larger ships that would need a drawbridge to pass? Here in Chicago, bascule bridges and vertical lift bridges are used not for the passage of large ships but rather for tall sailed pleasure craft. Rich
MisterBeasley Bridges are attractive scenic elements, but is a draw bridge really justified? Would your water section support larger ships that would need a drawbridge to pass?
Bridges are attractive scenic elements, but is a draw bridge really justified? Would your water section support larger ships that would need a drawbridge to pass?
Here in Chicago, bascule bridges and vertical lift bridges are used not for the passage of large ships but rather for tall sailed pleasure craft.
Rich
jjdamnit Hello All, wolf10851 ...my tracks are not perfectly spaced apart so going with a factory made bridge wouldn't work. Is there any way you could merge two of the three tracks together so you would only have a two-track crossing? Then on the other side have the tracks diverge back to three lines. A track diagram would be very helpful. Hope this helps.
wolf10851 ...my tracks are not perfectly spaced apart so going with a factory made bridge wouldn't work.
Is there any way you could merge two of the three tracks together so you would only have a two-track crossing?
Then on the other side have the tracks diverge back to three lines.
A track diagram would be very helpful.
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wolf10851...my tracks are not perfectly spaced apart so going with a factory made bridge wouldn't work.
A girder bridge would not be difficult. A trio of trestle bridges would work, and most other fixed bridge types would be relatively easy to widen to three tracks.
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DSchmitt Don't know of any prototype for a 3 track bridge. Would two bridges work at your location. A double track and a single track. One could be an older design. Perhaps they were built by different railroads. This video shows 3 tracks on two bridges. One bridge is single track. The other is a double track gauntlet section. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-AfYxWXI44
Don't know of any prototype for a 3 track bridge.
Would two bridges work at your location. A double track and a single track. One could be an older design.
Perhaps they were built by different railroads.
This video shows 3 tracks on two bridges. One bridge is single track. The other is a double track gauntlet section.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-AfYxWXI44
That is what I might have to do IF I can get them to fit but it wouldn't help for a draw bridge
richhotrain You're right about that. I am not aware of any 3-track drawbridge ready built. Scratchbuilding a drawbridge is not exactly easy. I recently finished scratchbuilding a double track vertical lift bridge. I have posted several threads on this project. The closest that I can come to accomplishing something close to what you want to do was building a series of three single track bascule bridges from Walthers Cornerstone kits. Rich
You're right about that. I am not aware of any 3-track drawbridge ready built.
Scratchbuilding a drawbridge is not exactly easy. I recently finished scratchbuilding a double track vertical lift bridge. I have posted several threads on this project.
The closest that I can come to accomplishing something close to what you want to do was building a series of three single track bascule bridges from Walthers Cornerstone kits.
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on my new layout I would like to add some water to it and have it go off the side of the layout. I only have 1" foam under the layoutI would love to make it into a draw bridge but there are 3 tracks where the eater would go under. unfortunately my tracks are not perfectly spaced apart so going with a factory made bridge wouldn't work. not to mention I haven't seen any for three tracks. Has anyone made their own drawbridge from scratch? how hard/easy is it to do? and does anyone have pictures of their creations?