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We have a long steel trestle in Richmond, VA. It is not especially high but it is quite long. It was built for the C&O along the north bank of the James River as part of a major East-West coal route. The bridge is now part of the CSX railroad. Another special feature is that at one point in Richmond, there is a triple crossing where the NS is at grade, another CSX line crosses on a bridge, and the trestle crosses above that, all at the same point. I have been told this is the only triple crossing in North America. You could contact the Virginia Department of Transportation to get a photo of the triple crossing. There have been several publicity photos there and VDOT has a few on file. You could contact the Richmond Times Dispatch newspaper to see if they have photos of the trestle. You may even inspire them to do a local interest news piece about the bridge. Of course, you could contact CSX but I don't know if that will yield fruit. I intend to include a compressed model of this bridge on my next layout, the one that comes with the big basement. I plan to take a digital picture of the North bank from the south. I will have that blown up to a good size and put on foam core board. That will be the backdrop. Next I will get a 1x4 board about six feet or so and paint it grey. Then I will glue 50' MEI plate girders to the near side. The board is wide enough for two tracks so I will just lay Code 83 MEI bridge flex track on top and build the little barrel water stations along the length (about every twelve inches). Finally, I will mount it so the ends are obscured by trees and build artificial piers under it matching the style of the prototype piers. I think this will serve as an excellent elevated run (with a passing siding) along the back edge of the layout and it will be spilling over with local nostalgia. Good Luck - Ed
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