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a prototype for everything
Posted by dbduck on Thursday, December 6, 2018 10:56 AM

saw this on the web...

 

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Posted by dbduck on Thursday, December 6, 2018 11:02 AM

share any other interesting  modelling ideas

have seen in person flat cars used as bridges 

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Posted by chutton01 on Thursday, December 6, 2018 2:25 PM

dbduck
share any other interesting  modelling ideas

have seen in person flat cars used as bridges 


These guys make a business out of it: "Paragon Bridge Works"  They have a YouTube channel where in different videos they describe and show the conversion process along with various installed examples.

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Posted by 7j43k on Thursday, December 6, 2018 3:15 PM

dbduck

 

 

 

Looks like someone added some framing for a deck.  Might be a great spot for fishing.

 

Ed 

 

 

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Posted by BigDaddy on Thursday, December 6, 2018 5:10 PM

Henry

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Posted by dh28473 on Thursday, December 13, 2018 3:11 PM
what kind of coach is that any railroad name on it?
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Posted by 7j43k on Thursday, December 13, 2018 7:38 PM

At first, I thought it might be Milwaukee Road.  Milwaukee loved horizontal ribbing.  But, looking at the car end, I suspect it's in a land far, far away.  Where they, too, love horizontal ribbing.

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Thursday, December 13, 2018 8:50 PM

7j43k

 

 
dbduck

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like someone added some framing for a deck.  Might be a great spot for fishing.

 

Ed 

 

 

 

Yep put some deck boards on top of the stringers, a rim joist and a railing. The current looks a little swift for fishing though Ed.

I am seeing the bigger picture here..... Creek Bridge Walkthrough Diner. The toll to get to the other side of the creek is not free. You have to stop and get something to eat on the way.

Spruce the place up, give it some paint, throw a few umbrella tables on the deck and there you goDinnerLaughLaugh

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Posted by chutton01 on Friday, December 14, 2018 9:23 AM

7j43k
At first, I thought it might be Milwaukee Road.  Milwaukee loved horizontal ribbing.  But, looking at the car end, I suspect it's in a land far, far away.  Where they, too, love horizontal ribbing.

Apparently it's in Georgia (the former SSR) - Train Wagon Bridge (warning - annoying popup on that site, but they do have other images of the converted rail carriage-bridge).

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Posted by 7j43k on Friday, December 14, 2018 9:56 AM

Track fiddler

Yep put some deck boards on top of the stringers, a rim joist and a railing. The current looks a little swift for fishing though Ed.

 

 

 

Yeah, probably.

 

 

Ed

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