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[wow] Wow! this is a cool bridge And it's part of the Wishram Yard's Wye! [8D] <br /> <br />This photo is from the yard looking toward the bridge. <br />[img]http://www.somewherewest.com/gorge/wishram72.jpg[/img] <br /> <br />This link is looking at the bridge itself <br />[img]http://www.somewherewest.com/gorge/BNSF4948EBWishram.jpg[/img] <br /> <br />But wait ... it's not too complicated. You just need to break it down into its components. It's really just made of 8 Pratt Truss Bridges and a bunch of Deck Girder bridges. The second Pratt Truss can be raised vertically to allow boats to pass - a lift bridge. The approaches are all deck giders. So most of it is just a bunch of standard bridges either Pratt Truss or Deck Girder bridges <br /> <br />The tricky part is one side has the wye turnout so there's two legs. Kitbashing the deck giders should be fairly easy. And if you look through the magazine index I betcha you can find some info on lift bridges. And if I'm not mistaken isn't there something that you could modify from the Walters catalog? <br /> <br />You'll have to show this off to us when you're done. <br />
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