Not my bridge(s) but a train show module from a club out of Dallas, nice eye candy.
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I have 3 on my layout
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Although I haven't gotten to the scenery around the bridge, here it is nonetheless .
Jarrell
Tom, I get nose bleed just looking at this one!
twhiteThe Deer Creek Viaduct--two ME tall viaduct kits on a 36" radius curve: Tom
The Deer Creek Viaduct--two ME tall viaduct kits on a 36" radius curve:
Tom
Tom, that looks like a couple on the old NYO&W way back when.
Jarrell, here is one that is the opposite. Little tiny thing, but the scenery is done.
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We'll get there sooner or later!
heres an old pic...
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N Scale Diesels......I like 'em
I don't know why 3 pics last post but heres another oldie.....
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obviously I don't know what I'm doing with these pics.
jacon12 Tom, I get nose bleed just looking at this one! Jarrell twhite The Deer Creek Viaduct--two ME tall viaduct kits on a 36" radius curve: Tom
twhite The Deer Creek Viaduct--two ME tall viaduct kits on a 36" radius curve: Tom
Jarrell:
I have had guests avert their eyes when I run a train over it. My son told me when I installed it: "Dad, that's SCARY!"
Actually, I don't think it's as tall as JWar's Keddie Bridge, though. Mine's only about 20 actual inches high.
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!
Here's one from the N scale layout I built 32 years ago (1977). The whole layout was hand laid code 55 rail on wooden ties. I had to give it away before I added vegitation, but I still take some pride in how it looked:
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
Yeah, great thread! It's chilly here in the Northeast, and the cool air feels like the start of Train Season...
An Atlas chord bridge, in need of some work. There's a paint crew on the right side, but they've been pretty slow...
A small stone roadway bridge over a stream...
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Here's a couple I finished up last winter, BILL
Yippee, a "happy" thread!
Terry, I really like that low water algae look. Just looks slimy.
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I love threads like this one! I know I've shown my bridge before, but here it is again. Since being able to cross the bridge safely, I've moved to another section of the layout. Some day I'll return to this area to finish the scenery. Oh, and set up a properly staged photo. One step at a time!
Corey:
I've already mentioned earlier how much I like both that railroad and highway bridge of yours. It's nice to see them again.
For anyone interested, here's another shot of the Deer Creek Viaduct, also showing all of the unfinished scenery surrounding it, LOL!
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The bridge over the LION creek on my Maclau River RR in Nscale named from my loved girlfriend.
Marc
Well, mine's not a train bridge but it is a bridge and it is near trains. This is my custom built freeway overpass that I made. The one behind it is not finished yet but almost.
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Margaritaman Yippee, a "happy" thread! Terry, I really like that low water algae look. Just looks slimy.
Thanks that's the look i was trying for !
twhite Corey: I've already mentioned earlier how much I like both that railroad and highway bridge of yours. It's nice to see them again. For anyone interested, here's another shot of the Deer Creek Viaduct, also showing all of the unfinished scenery surrounding it, LOL! Tom
Looks like an ooops moment to me Tom
How are you gonna get back there to finish ?
C&O You nailed it! Those are great looking bridges, I am attempting and I stress the word attempting to do something very similar on the new layout.
This bridge isn't mine but just wanted to share it with the group. It's Harold Werthwein's Starrucca viaduct on his HO Erie railroad. I have the pleasure of knowing him and visiting his layout. Nothing short of spectacular. Every stone on that bridge is individually glued in by hand no sheet stock etc. here..
Allegheny2-6-6-6 C&O You nailed it! Those are great looking bridges, I am attempting and I stress the word attempting to do something very similar on the new layout. This bridge isn't mine but just wanted to share it with the group. It's Harold Werthwein's Starrucca viaduct on his HO Erie railroad. I have the pleasure of knowing him and visiting his layout. Nothing short of spectacular. Every stone on that bridge is individually glued in by hand no sheet stock etc. here..
You, mean, that bridge is an actual stone bridge? How much does it weigh?
Amazing!
Not actual stone...but each is an individual styrene stone laminated to a substrait.
Nick
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Terry:
Yah, that DOES look like an 'oops!' moment, doesn't it? Actually, there's two very large access holes behind the mountain that makes it easy for me to get back there. I'll be able to get the scenery done with no problem (when I get around to it, I mean!
Nick: Tell your buddy that I think his Starrucca Viaduct is just SPECTACULAR!
arjay's (Robert's) bridge is spectacular. I am going to be running CF7's over it on Sunday!!!!
And as I recall, that bridge has been "in production" for over 9 years, because he bought most of the plastic shapes from my hobby shop nine years ago.
This is a question directed to those of you who have built one of the ME Tall Steel Viaducts on a curve. I'm building one of their N-scale tall viaduct kits for a 30" radius curve. In the instructions with the kit, they tell how much to cut off each end of the 80' girders that will be on the inside of the curve for a 28" and 32" radius curve. I contacted ME to see if they had a formula for calculating the amount to cut off each end for any radius curve. They said they did not and that I should simply cut off enough so the inside girders would fit my 30" radius curve. Since this is the first ME kit I've built, I'm not sure exactly how this should be done. Maybe I'm being too compulsive about this since we're probably dealing with only a few 1/1000th of an inch. I thought about drawing a 30" radius curve on a piece of paper, fitting the ME bridge flex track section to the curve with the ties up and then placing the girder sections on the ties in the proper location so the track would be properly supported when the bridge was fully assembled.
Do you have any suggestions on how to determine how much to cut off?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Bob
C&O - like that arched bridge (one closest the camera in your first post)
Allegheheny - awsome stone viaduct!
Bob:
When I built the Deer Creek Viaduct, I did pretty much what you're describing--traced out the 36" radius curve on a piece of butcher paper, then laid my track (in my case Sinohara bridge track) upside down on the curve, and then placed the OUTSIDE girders first. Then I 'eyeballed' the inside girders for fit while I was building the girders upside down one at a time. Instead of sawing the inside girders, I clipped them and then filed them for fit. I was both surprised and pleased at how small an area I had to cut to obtain the 36" radius. In fact, if I remember correctly, I did not have to do any clipping of the lattice at all. Not all were exact, but it came out close enough that when the towers were attached, the structure was nice and sturdy.
I don't know how helpful this will be in N scale, but in HO, it worked well for me.
For now this is it for bridges on the layout. However am working on what is known as SP's First Crossing of the LA River.
RFinch This is a question directed to those of you who have built one of the ME Tall Steel Viaducts on a curve. I'm building one of their N-scale tall viaduct kits for a 30" radius curve. In the instructions with the kit, they tell how much to cut off each end of the 80' girders that will be on the inside of the curve for a 28" and 32" radius curve. I contacted ME to see if they had a formula for calculating the amount to cut off each end for any radius curve. They said they did not and that I should simply cut off enough so the inside girders would fit my 30" radius curve. Since this is the first ME kit I've built, I'm not sure exactly how this should be done. Maybe I'm being too compulsive about this since we're probably dealing with only a few 1/1000th of an inch. I thought about drawing a 30" radius curve on a piece of paper, fitting the ME bridge flex track section to the curve with the ties up and then placing the girder sections on the ties in the proper location so the track would be properly supported when the bridge was fully assembled.Do you have any suggestions on how to determine how much to cut off? Any help would be greatly appreciated.Bob
If they tell you the proper amount to remove for a 32" and a 28" curve, the amount for a 30" curve should be pretty-much halfway between those two.
I layed mine out on the plywood roadbed, before it was removed for installation of the bridge, by placing the assembled towers (upside down) where they would be situated, then fitting the girders in between the towers. When it came time for the actual assembly, I cut the appropriate piece of roadbed from the layout, flipped it over and assemble the bridge, upside down, right on it. The hard part came when I had to do the layout of the footings for the towers and then shorten the tower legs to suit the terrain, which was already in place.
Wayne
Here are a few of mine.
Tom and Wayne,
Thanks for the suggestions for getting the girders cut to the correct size for my N-scale ME tall steel viaduct. This gives me some confidence that I can get it right myself.