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Angel Eyes(?) Thanks for the post. There are a few other threads discussing wiring here which you may find helpful. My biggest recommendation is to buy a copy of the Atlas book on wiring. I think it costs less than ten bucks. It is an excellent primer on two rail wiring. After that, consider buying the book by Andy Sperandeo on Wiring Your Layout. The Atlas book is cheap because they want you to learn how to use Atlas products which I think are quite handy and cost effective. As for the bridges ... I am a bridge engineer so I am a bit picky about how I locate bridges on my layout. My style is to model the mundane every day stuff, so I avoid most of the spectacular. However, I realy like the looks of some of the newer bridges from Walthers, the Bascule and the swing span bridges. I may add a branch line just to have a place to put these. Actually, I have been planning to model a branch similar to the one the NS operates from Richmond VA to West Point VA. West Point is at the confluence of two rivers and each has a swing span highway bridge used to get into West Point from Rte. 30. It would be a simple bit of artistic license to have the railroad enter West Point via a swing span instead. I have been looking at the foundation elements (piers and abutments) of the bridges too to improve the appearance of my stuff. I have a small tub of Scale Crete which produces excellent results on the two things I have done so far. I am currently building a model of the bridge in Gordansville Va which is a two span double track thru-plate girder bridge on a skew of about twenty degrees. I am building custom abutments for that with my father's help (he has all the best woodworking tools). Good Luck with your wiring. If you have specific questions, I will try and help the best I can. - Ed
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