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I built my staging yard and lift bridge today! It's really solid, with brass door hinges, quality hardwood for the bridge and staging tracks. I added a fence to keep trains from taking the dive, made out of old brass flextrack. I read about that tip somewhere on the TRAINS.Com forums. [IMG]http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee261/TrainManTy/P1040368.jpg[/IMG] The tracks don't extend as far as I'd wanted, since I didn't buy enough shelf wood, but it's easily long enough for 10 car trains. [IMG]http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee261/TrainManTy/P1040369.jpg[/IMG] The bridge is aligned with dowel "teeth" on the bottom of the bridge that fit into holes in the benchwork. I rounded the edges of the teeth with a sanding block so that they would correct for warping and expansion, and force the bridge into alignment. When the bridge is down, they keep it right where I want it, so I have no worries at all about rail alignment. [IMG]http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee261/TrainManTy/P1040370.jpg[/IMG] Here's my amazingly complicated and expensive way to keep the bridge up when not in use! NOTE: This does not hold any weight at all, since the bridge leans against the wall. This is just to control sway. [IMG]http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee261/TrainManTy/P1040371.jpg[/IMG] Questions and comments welcome...
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