The bridge staging yard is finished.

[NevinW]

Last weekend I built the bridge this week I laid the track and wired it.  I used Atlas code 83 with #4 turnouts.  Had room for a siding and a fiddle track.  It is high enough to easily duck under.  It is fun to just let a train run around now.  Here are a few pictures.  I wired it with cutoff switches so I can kill the sound.  -  Nevin

[canazar]

Nicely done.  That looks like nice shelf layout.  Some day I want to go that route once I get the chance to build again.  Nice use of space as well. 

[richhotrain]

Awesome !

So, it is a duck under, not a lift out ?

What are the dimensions ?

How high off the floor ?

Rich

[NevinW]

It is 50 inches high, 6.5 feet long and about 8 inches wide.  It is designed to be a lift out but in reality, the duck under has not been much of a problem and I am thinking about leaving it in place with equipment on it most of the time. 

[tomikawaTT]

Very well done!

Am I correct in assuming that you've followed the Noh tradition (the black-clad stagehand isn't really there?)  Very effective - looks rather like a night scene between two day scenes.

Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - with netherworld staging below the visible scene)

[NevinW]

The painting of everything that isn't part of the actual scene black has been more effective than I thought it was going to be.  The next step is a black curtain hanging down below the layout to cover the bench work.  All I have to do is talk my wife into cutting the fabric I bought into 10 foot x 3 foot sections.  I plan on using cloth pins hot glued to the underside of the fascia.  -  Nevin

[rclanger]

Good job, well planned and executed.

[scalerious]

Great work. I planned a bridge just like yours and this is giving me the inspiration to actually build it.

Are there curves leading into the bridge? or is the bridge a dead straightaway?

Mine would have a slight curve leading in and out andI've been trying to figure out how to stableize it