hon30critterThe bridge alone spanned more than six feet and the approaches would have almost doubled that.
Ah, yes, Dave. The moment when that grim reality sets in for many modelers. I bought (but never recieved) a resin kit of the Edmund Fitzgerald thinking it would look nice alongside my Huletts. She would have been nine and a half feet in HO
Speaking of neat bridges, I got to ride across the Mighty Mississippi in Cuda Ken's neck of the woods some years back:
The Mac Arthur bridge has an interesting history, and a l o n g approach trestle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur_Bridge_(St._Louis)
Cheers, Ed
gmpullmanImagine having one in HO on your layout?
Hi Ed,
When I was first exploring the possibility of building my own layout many years ago I naively thought that it would be nice to have an operating model of the Manitoulin swing bridge. I made a drawing of the bridge in HO scale and I quickly realized that, unless I won the lottery and was able to buy a house with a much bigger layout room, building the bridge was a pipe dream! The bridge alone spanned more than six feet and the approaches would have almost doubled that. Scaling the bridge down just didn't work. The proportions were all wrong. I didn't bother to calculate how much brass stock would be required.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
RideOnRoadRemember these?
Mine was way better than that, everyone needs a steering wheel and an abacus
Terry great news. Anonymous sources would tell us who "they" were.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Hi, all! Raining here again. There were some tornado touch downs south of me last night.
The ops session was a huge success this last Sunday!! Zero derailments and no loco hesitations! There were 6 guys amd me here, I mostly ran around and worried. I shouldn't have.
Two of the operators turned out to be some guys that are , ahem, well known. I did not know they were attending. Their layouts have been published in more than one well-known magazines, and they operate on some VERY(VERY) well known layouts around the country. I was overwhelmed, to say the least! These guys know their stuff.
The short version is I did good!! They want to come back and gave some amazingly good constructive criticsm to make the layout even better. Nothing major, just add some panels here, flip these turnouts there and add some train instructions. I was asked to do the scenery on one guy's layout!! You would know of him!! I could not believe it. Kinda felt like a Bar band meeting Eric Clapton. Ha! I was extended an open invitation to any of their Ops sessions, and I will definitely go! One attendee offered to put me in touch with a guy whose by-line you would recognize for a potential article in our host's publication. We'll see. I don't think it's quite there yet, but they certainly did. It really was quite amazing!!
I apologize for " tootin' my own horn". But it WAS pretty cool!
Glad you are doing better, Garry!! Prayer works.
Terry
Top of page! Dinner is on me.
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
York1Most of us here grew up when car safety meant your mother or father put their arm in front of you when the car stopped so that you didn't hit your head on the steel dashboard.
Remember these?
(No, that is not me in the picture.)
Richard
Heartland Division CB&QI like seeing all of the photos of prototype bridges here.
One of my all-time favorites, The Forth Bridge:
One of my "Seven Wonders" that I'd like to travel to see someday.
Imagine having one in HO on your layout?
Good morning ...
MLC .... Thanks for posting the phto you took of the Mrs. Hippy River Bridge.
Thanks to everybody for the kind remarks about my layout.
JR .... Your side-by-side bridges look fantastic.
I like seeing all of the photos of prototype bridges here.
I hope everybody is having a good Wednesday.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good morning. 57° degrees. Perfect outside weather for walking or working.
I'd like bacon, eggs, and black coffee. Just like every other day. I never get tired of it.
I'm making a picture frame for a poster I bought on vacation.
Other than that, not much going on today.
Hope everyone enjoys the day, even if you have to wxxk today, TF.
York1 John
Good morning.
Breakfast is on me. It's a beautiful Fall morning, nice and cool out. I enjoy fall. My favorite time of the year. You have to enjoy it while it's here because it goes by so fast. I think Ulrich said only 91 days till Christmas.
I enjoyed waking up to all the beautiful bridges posted. I remember when I was a young kid I would stand mesmerized, just sizing them up trying to figure out the structure and how they were built.
Well I'm glad my knee feels better this morning, that's a relief and thanks for the positive support on the subject. It looks like it's back to that four letter word for me (wxxk), at least I have a nice cool day for it.
Have a great day all
TF
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Good Morning All,
I like bridges too. This is a partially finished Bietschtal Bridge kit in the back and a Central Valley truss bridge flipped upside down in front.
A coffee to go and a blueberry frosted donut to go with that please Zoe.
I am catching up posts but like that most of us are feeling better. I can sympathize with the Arthuritis though. May have to try some of the topical medicine as I don't like the side effects of the scrips and therefore haven't asked for them.
Lion - when we were in the Tonkin Gulf my friend cross-decked to the Chorale See but we all knew it as the Zippo it caught fire so often. I spent a lot of time on Hancock but though it was just about the same age, it was much better and rarely had fires. I got off Saratoga just before it went to port in Singapore and had a big fire there - that after nearly sinking off Naples when one of the prop shaft seals let go while at anchor and minimal crew was on board. The other endearing issue with the Coral Sea is she would drop her propeller whenever she was due to relieve us on station and be anywhere from a week to a month late arriving depending on how deep the water was where the prop dropped off. I think I would have checked the thing before I left the docks but that's just me.
Got in early today to do an engine change on the Lotus 23 and try to catch up shop jobs too. Ciao, J.R.
Müngsten Bridge is the highest railway bridge in Germany. The bridge is 107 metres (351 ft) high and spans the valley of the river Wupper, connecting the cities of Remscheid and Solingen.
Originally the bridge was named Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke (Emperor Wilhelm Bridge) to honour Emperor Wilhelm I. After the end of the monarchy the bridge was renamed after the nearby settlement of Müngsten, which no longer exist.
Hack of Germany makes a nice HO scale model of this bridge. The bridge is about 5´3" long and handmade (metal). Not cheap at about $900...
91 days until Christmas - time to think about presents!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
My favourite bridge is the swing bridge at Little Current on the Manitoulin Island.
I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but if you click on the icon below you will see the first train crossing the bridge.
Here it is in action:
The bridge was built starting in 1912. It still carries vehicular traffic, and when the water is open (not frozen) it operates once every hour.
Good night my friends.
Evening all, it was a beautiful sunny day today and it was yard work for most of it.
I was taking a pic of my diesel by a bridge when this guy butted into the photo saying something about how his diesel was bigger than my diesel.
Bridges are old school, implants are the way to go.
TF, I know a lot of people that have received new joints and to a person are delighted to be pain-free and able to be really active again. They don't throw your old ones in the garbage, they take them home for the dog.
I see Jason has a new video out, that's always good for a chuckle.
My daughter is following in her brothers' footsteps, she applied for the interest-free Government student loan and got $7400.00. She got so many scholarships and grants for working really hard and getting good grades she does not need to use it so she sent it to me to invest for her. She does not have to pay interest on it until six months after she is out of University at which time she will repay the loan and keep whatever she has made by investing it. If she goes to school for ten years and gives me the same amount every year to invest, she should have a real chunk of change.
My other kid is doing the same thing and because he made the Deans list got, even more, grant money for this year so he has well over $20,000.00 invested in his little nest egg.
The old Arthritis has been killing me lately and my wife reminded me to start taking my vitamin D3 and magnesium to compensate for the shorter days and less sun exposure. That made me feel quite a bit better. With lousy weather/low-pressure systems upon us, the scar tissue in the joints expands and gets inflamed much easier. I am lucky to have her as she looks after me so well.
I have been in a few accidents in my time always as the passenger though. A couple of them were significant crashes and I was fortunate to walk away without a scratch. I would sit in on accident review panels for the federal Government and write up accident reports on occasion, people just don't get the distracted driving thing. British Columbia now has a graduated licensing system and that has gone a long way to reducing the carnage on the roadways.
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
maxman you're good people I have talked to you before
Now I would like to state something here
We've all had a few blurry nights when we wake up the next morning and think... that's not what I wanted to say
Oh well.... we've all been there done that
So there you go
Track Fiddler
Always have been. Why else are we alive? Are you?
Happy that is.
Is everyone happy now?
Can you at least put a laughy face on that sort of thing
In a better word of a song artist
No time left for you, on my way to better things, no time left for you, I got myself some wings
The Bridge is in the background as you are and the Steamer is nice
Kind of like this is kind of nice
You're a good man maxman..... I've chatted with you before
Track fiddlerI hope for more bridges here
How about this one:
gmpullman Wheeling_Ohio-br by Edmund, on Flickr
Wheeling_Ohio-br by Edmund, on Flickr
Nice. You can see how she reaches out to span to the next Pier. I really love bridge architecture.
Thanks for the side view Ed
PS The river was really still the day of the picture I noticed. Good green water and the reflection is perfect.
Just got a call from a cousin, I haven't talked to in years, telling me his oldest sister 71, has an acute onset of Alzheimers, hallucinating, unable to take care of her dog or finances.
I spent the summer with her family when I was 10, saw her again when I was 13 and didn't see her again, until another uncle remarried maybe 40 years later. I was looking forward to seeing her and she was quite cold. I don't think her sister spoke to her in recent years either, but still sad to hear.
gmpullman I had to resort to Google for a side view since I was on a train it was tough to ask the engineer to stop for a photo
I had to resort to Google for a side view since I was on a train it was tough to ask the engineer to stop for a photo
I gotcha Ed.
It isn't like turning around on the highway to go back and take a picture of a caboose and your wife asks you what the hell are you doing
I hope for more bridges here..... this is good
I almost forgot to Thank You. I really appreciated the side view Ed.
Yes, TF, the Wheeling was double track through these parts, then like so many others, the second track was ripped up. Some of this route was part of the Pittsburgh & West Virginia railroad.
IMG_2711 by Edmund, on Flickr
Here you can see part of the original track turned into a stub siding and the main centered in the tunnel to increase clearances:
Wheeling_Ohio by Edmund, on Flickr
Wheeling_Ohio-side by Edmund, on Flickr
Thank You!
Best wishes to everyone,
Regards, Ed
moelarrycurly4 Here is a bridge from Garry's layout.
Here is a bridge from Garry's layout.
MLC. Garry's work always floors me. You were there too!
I need to get down there and see Garry. Nice picture..... I hope he don't mind I copy that one.
gmpullman
Don't get me wrong here Ed. Something was driving me nuts about your posting of your Bridge and my recognition of certain similarity.
I'm sure you see the comparison. I like that bridge
I like it Ed
The bridge has antennas. Kind of sinister-looking like a creepy bug. The makeshift wood railing walkway on the side is interesting too.
Might you have a side view?
It definitely looks like something was changed since the bridge was originally built.
Maybe two tracks I think.
I like that Bridge TF
Track fiddlerAnyone else have a good bridge to share?
How about the Wheeling and Lake Erie at Mingo Junction crossing the Ohio River?
IMG_2786 by Edmund, on Flickr
Thanks John for your concern and words of encouragement.
The last time I had knee surgery about three years ago I was not out of pain until about 6 months later. I still wear a compression sock.
The thought of them taking out my bones and throwing them in the garbage and putting a fake knee in really freaks me out
I'm kind of a hard-nosed, tough kind of breed all in all. Not when it comes to this sort of thing though.
Track fiddlerMy surgeon said next time I come in I'm going to need a new artificial knee and I do not want to go there.
I know how you feel, but I want you to know about my wife. She suffered with her knees for years and finally decided to do something.
She had both knees replaced at the same time. In about 2 weeks, she was getting around very well, and in about a month, she was actually walking better than she did for years. That was 7 years ago, and she has never complained once about her knees hurting.
This is just what her story is. I'm not suggesting that you have the surgery. You will know if you should or not. Good luck.