With all this locked thread nonsense and people whining about this and that I am ready for a real model railroad thread .
I am in the middle of revamping a section on my layout to include three bridges. One is a truss bridge connected to a girder bridge and the other is another truss bridge.Looking for some new ideas here. I want to put more bridges on my layout but I don't really have a good place for any more without major remodeling.
Lets see your bridges
N Scale Diesels......I like 'em
I agree, more modeling threads.
ME combination through/deck girder 120 scale feet long. Modified to have rounded girder top plates.
OK by me! Here are a couple from the Seneca Lake, Ontario, & Western:
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Bridges? I've got one for you. Here's my Canyon Diablo Bridge module.
I've just finished the module, just in time for my club to set up at the Temple Model Train Show in Temple, TX this Saturday and Sunday.
Robert Beaty
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Arjay - kitbashed, scratch built? Great looking bridge. How long?
Arjay, That is sweet.
Arjay1969 Bridges? I've got one for you. Here's my Canyon Diablo Bridge module. I've just finished the module, just in time for my club to set up at the Temple Model Train Show in Temple, TX this Saturday and Sunday.
duckdogger Arjay - kitbashed, scratch built? Great looking bridge. How long?
Thanks! The bridge itself is scrathcbuilt from styrene shapes and sheet, and is 4' long. It's actually scaled down from actual HO scale...this version is approximately 2/3 of what a true HO scale version would be. I did that because I can handle lugging a 6' module, but an 8' one would be just a bit much.
Arjay1969 duckdogger Arjay - kitbashed, scratch built? Great looking bridge. How long? Thanks! The bridge itself is scrathcbuilt from styrene shapes and sheet, and is 4' long. It's actually scaled down from actual HO scale...this version is approximately 2/3 of what a true HO scale version would be. I did that because I can handle lugging a 6' module, but an 8' one would be just a bit much.
I was also going to add that I thought it did indeed look a little shorter than it would in HO because at first glance I thought it was N.
AWESOME BRIDGE
Jimmy,
Thanks!
And yes, the prototype still has the piers in place from the original bridge next to it.
http://www.somewherewest.com/Route66/Winslow-Williams/ATSF787ECynDiablo.jpg
I do need to buy one of the signal bridges from BLMA, though. It's the one piece that would complete the model.
Arjay1969 Jimmy, Thanks! And yes, the prototype still has the piers in place from the original bridge next to it. http://www.somewherewest.com/Route66/Winslow-Williams/ATSF787ECynDiablo.jpg I do need to buy one of the signal bridges from BLMA, though. It's the one piece that would complete the model.
It sure would....
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=112969
These are my latest:
Wolfgang
Pueblo & Salt Lake RR
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Have been gone from here a long time, and old pic, hope you enjoy
John
Here's my favorite bridge pic:
The bridge itself is an engineering marvel - a curved wood truss bridge - It couldn't exist in real life, but I bent the engineering rules (and bent the bridge) to make my track plan work out. Given that a small brass loco will cause the bridge to twist, I've named it "Thrillseeker Bridge." I tell folks that the engineer who designed it was a Colorado State University graduate (note: I'm a Wyoming grad - there is a rivalry between schools). I also explain that we make passengers walk across the bridge, just in case it lets go under a passenger train.
I love this hobby! You can even break the most basic engineering principles once in a while.
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
Not weathered or complete, but here it is...
Thanks for starting this thread Jimmy! Lots of great work, I've wanted to add a bridge to my layout several times, though I've never quite understood how to do it. Lots of ideas here though, hmmm....
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
I love bridge threads!! Gives me a chance to see not only what everyone else is doing, but give me some inspiration just in case I find yet ANOTHER place on my MR to carve a canyon.
rjay: That Canyon Diablo is just SPECTACULAR!!
John: It's so good to see your Keddie bridge again--it just blows me away! Beautiful!
Here's a couple of mine.
The Bullards Bar arch bridge--an "Americanized" Faller kit:
The Deer Creek Viaduct--two ME tall viaduct kits on a 36" radius curve:
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
Great thread, and great bridges, guys!
Arjay, I thought your bridge looked familiar. It was the subject of Tom Danneman's entry in a recent "Trackside with Trains.com" photo competition. Nice job!
Nelson
Ex-Southern 385 Being Hoisted
OK guys, your bridges really put mine to shame, but here it is anyway:
My model railroad is outside, footings are made with Quickcrete, bents are 4x4, 4x6 or 6x6 acq uprights with galvanized steel bracing, stringers are 6" H beams, the ties are 4x4 acq and the rail is 12 lb steel. The trestle is 55' real feet long and has my switch engine with a short work train on it. In all seriousness, I've worked with N and HO scales in the past, and I know that the other bridges shown in this thread take waaaay more talent and patience than what I have. My (engineer's) hat is off to you all!
- James
Wow! ...... i'm impressed, Arjay, with the Canyon Diablo bridge model..... Also I'm impressed with John's Western Pacific Kedee Wye Bridge.....And Tom White's bridges......And Wolfgang's narrow guage... And Ray's bridge......And Driline's Bridge ...Phil's curved wood bridge......... GREAT BRIDGES
Edit ....James.... I really like your outdoor railroad and its bridge!
Edit II ....Terry ...looks great!
Here is my MRS. HIPPY RIVER BRIDGE....... I have posted it in this forum before. It has a length of four feet for all spans added together. It has homemade wood ties and rail spiked by hand.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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old pics,
FWIW
Terry
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Nothing quite as spectacular as some of the posts, but here are mine:
Simple culvert over Webb Run:
Stone arch bridge over Barger Run:
Concrete arch bridge over Plaster Creek:
Plate girder bridge over Plaster Creek:
Nick
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There are some very well done bridges here, guys...I'm impressed!
Garry: I used your rock technique on the module rockwork.
So many beautiful BIG bridges. How about a minimalist version?
A light duty kingpost bridge like they used to use in the Catskills a couple of generations ago.
Karl
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Some great lookin' bridges, folks.
Here are a few of mine, with the first few pictures in areas where the scenery is yet to be done. This is a pair of bridges over what will become the Speed River. The upper bridge is owned by my free-lanced Grand Valley and is constructed of various Micro Engineering parts, while the one in the foreground belongs to the Erie Northshore. The two short girders are from M.E., the two deck trusses from Atlas, and the long deck girder is a modified Atlas through girder. The piers and abutments are cast in patching plaster. All bridges shown here are removeable as single entities, with the piers and abutments remaining as part of the scenery. (makes it easier to add the "water")
...and a reverse view, looking towards the aisle:
Another Grand Valley bridge farther up the same line, as seen from the south approach:
...and from the north. Mostly M.E. components, with a couple of Atlas deck trusses:
This is the bridge at Chippawa Creek:
An M.E. deck girder on the east end, then two Atlas deck trusses:
And the Maitland River bridge, with three M.E. deck girders on the west end:
...a Central Valley truss over the deepest channel:
...and another modified Atlas through girder at the eastern approach:
Wayne
Wish I could tell you I built them from scratch, but I didn't. They're brass. Makes for great detail though.
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I like trestles (you recognize the sign? An idea from my son Benjamin ):
And another one on a module:
Bridges add some much spice to our layouts - as can be proven by the pics in this thread!
Wolfgang - I can´t really identify the sign - is it the grim reaper?
Doctorwayne - your bridges are beyond words - I to thee!
Lots of spectacular stuff on here - especially yours Dr. Wayne, with the current ripples by the piers.
My layout topography doesn't accommodate anything very large, but here's what I've got:
-Ken in Maryland (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)
Few pictures of bridges at my LHS / Club K-10 Model Trains.
Ken
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