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Posted by C&O Fan on Friday, September 18, 2009 6:53 PM

duckdogger

 C&O - like that arched bridge (one closest the camera in your first post)

Allegheheny  - awsome stone viaduct!

Thanks

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never got around to weathering it

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Posted by Jimmydieselfan on Friday, September 18, 2009 8:02 PM

Grampys Trains

 Here are a few of mine.

 

 

 

  

Hey Gramps, about time you put up some of your bridges. They are top shelf.Thumbs Up

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Posted by Jimmydieselfan on Friday, September 18, 2009 8:05 PM

Dr. Wayne yours are top shelf too......Bow

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Posted by secondhandmodeler on Friday, September 18, 2009 10:01 PM

Very impressive bridges everyone.  I seems that a model railroad is incomplete without at least one bridge, even if it's only a culvert!  Now, if I could only justify a tunnel in Southern Minnesota, then I'd be set!Big Smile

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Posted by Allegheny2-6-6-6 on Friday, September 18, 2009 10:41 PM

nik .n

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..

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You, mean, that bridge is an actual stone bridge? How much does it weigh?

Amazing!Bow  

 

 

. You can see it in  the Allen Keller Great Model railroad video series #18 & #61

Harold had the bridge built by a friend Harry McGowin  it's sub structure is Masonite 1/2" plywood and homasote he made the castings for every stone on the bridge and the top sections above the legs are individual pieces of styrene the leg sections were individually cast from had carved molds and no two legs are exactly a like. He told me the real bridge took about a year to construct the model bridge took five years. Pictures really don't do it justice.

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Posted by doctorwayne on Friday, September 18, 2009 11:09 PM

secondhandmodeler

Very impressive bridges everyone.  I seems that a model railroad is incomplete without at least one bridge, even if it's only a culvert!  Now, if I could only justify a tunnel in Southern Minnesota, then I'd be set!Big Smile

 

 

Corey, surely if you're capable of re-railing a locomotive with one hand, you need to justify to no one a tunnel in Southern Minnesota, or anywhere else, for that matter. Smile,Wink, & Grin  I was questioned  for putting one in Southern Ontario, but it seems that the layout police are just a myth. Laugh

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, September 18, 2009 11:25 PM

 Many more great photos have been added. Nice work.

Arjay.... I'm glad the rock technique worked well for you. I think your prototype, the Canyon Diablo Bridge is one of the rgeatest bridges of all time.

I'll add more to the thread. Located in Valley Heights on my railroad is the double track mainline with a pair of basic Atlas girder bridges and also a covered bridge behind them. The waterfall is called "Standing Falls".

GARRY

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Posted by secondhandmodeler on Saturday, September 19, 2009 7:58 AM

Wayne, shhhh, the layout police want you to think they are a myth!  Now you have me thinking of adding an arbitrary tunnel.Big Smile

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Posted by HHPATH56 on Saturday, September 19, 2009 8:25 AM
The scratch built arch bridge is a small replica of the Cape Cod Bridge (still unfinished). It is unique in that the Faller Car System road passes over this bridge. I used slot car track and placed heavy wire just below the surface of the slot, to accommodate Faller cars and trucks traveling in both directions between two towns. The railroad bridge in the background handles all the rail traffic on my layout, where dozens of tracks merge to pass over this single link to the two multi-switch and reverse loop sections of the DCC HO layout. Bob Hahn Click on photo to enlarge it, and then click on series of small photos to the left, to see photos of some of the rest of my layout.
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Posted by Allegheny2-6-6-6 on Saturday, September 19, 2009 9:08 AM

I've seen these bridges in person and pictures don't do them justice just like the rest of his layout.....

 

Grampys Trains

 Here are a few of mine.

 

 

 

  

 
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Posted by doctorwayne on Saturday, September 19, 2009 10:24 AM

Allegheny2-6-6-6

I've seen these bridges in person and pictures don't do them justice just like the rest of his layout.....

 

Well, I've not seen them in person, but the photos are absolutely stunning:  nicely composed, sharp, and with breathtaking depth-of-field, Bow  not to mention, of course, the excellent modelling.

Wayne

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Posted by Allegheny2-6-6-6 on Saturday, September 19, 2009 10:49 AM

 I have a question for all you bridge masters, when you install your bridge on your layout do you use rail-joiners to connect to the lead in tracks? I was told by one modeler that he prefers using PC ties at the end of the track that enters and exits the bridge and makes a positive electrical connection otherwise. I assume by other wise he means soldering a feed wire to the rails on the bridge track. I ask because I am currently working on a scene involving 4 bridges and negotiating the rial-joiners is a bit of a hassle but nothing major except on a wooden trestle that has hand layed track so I treat the thing like it's made of match sticks which isn't very much of a stretch.

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Posted by spidge on Saturday, September 19, 2009 11:39 AM

Wow, nice thread with tons of inspring work. I only have one bridge with some rough scenery to show and hopefully by the end of the year will have my other bridge in to. Now if I could only settle on the scenery and glue it all down I would move on to scenicing the remainder of the layout.

bridge_photo_031

 july_weathering_063

bridge_photo_017

 

I would show more but I cannot do attachments here.

 

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Posted by PASMITH on Saturday, September 19, 2009 1:40 PM
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Posted by CascadeBob on Saturday, September 19, 2009 1:49 PM

 John,

What was the source of the concrete foundations at the bottoms of the ME trestle legs?  Are they commercially available or did you scratch build them and if so, how?

Bob

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Posted by spidge on Saturday, September 19, 2009 3:11 PM

RFinch

 John,

What was the source of the concrete foundations at the bottoms of the ME trestle legs?  Are they commercially available or did you scratch build them and if so, how?

Bob

http://www.finenscale.com/architectural.html

FNA3608. There may be other items of interest there to.

John

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Posted by steamage on Saturday, September 19, 2009 3:17 PM

 

I do have two highway over crossing bridges at each end of the layout. Their used as a view block.

 

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Posted by doctorwayne on Saturday, September 19, 2009 5:17 PM

Allegheny2-6-6-6

 I have a question for all you bridge masters, when you install your bridge on your layout do you use rail-joiners to connect to the lead in tracks? I was told by one modeler that he prefers using PC ties at the end of the track that enters and exits the bridge and makes a positive electrical connection otherwise. I assume by other wise he means soldering a feed wire to the rails on the bridge track. I ask because I am currently working on a scene involving 4 bridges and negotiating the rial-joiners is a bit of a hassle but nothing major except on a wooden trestle that has hand layed track so I treat the thing like it's made of match sticks which isn't very much of a stretch.

 

I used rail joiners at the ends of all of my bridges, but don't solder them in place as I do for all others on the layout.  They're there simply to keep the rails in alignment.  As I mentioned, all of the multiple-span bridges can be removed as one-piece units simply by sliding the rail joiners clear.  I did drop feeder wires from each bridge rail, though, and connected them to jumpers below the layout, which connect to the track beyond the ends of the bridge.  No problems with either track alignment or electrical contact.

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Posted by CascadeBob on Saturday, September 19, 2009 8:36 PM

 John,

Thanks for the source.  I bookmarked it for future reference.

Bob

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Posted by wholeman on Saturday, September 19, 2009 9:04 PM

I am so glad that someone started a bridge thread.  I was thinking about asking the same thing months ago.  Since I don't have a layout, this has given me inspiration.  Keep up the great work everyone.Bow

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Posted by twhite on Saturday, September 19, 2009 10:48 PM

spidge

Wow, nice thread with tons of inspring work. I only have one bridge with some rough scenery to show and hopefully by the end of the year will have my other bridge in to. Now if I could only settle on the scenery and glue it all down I would move on to scenicing the remainder of the layout.

bridge_photo_031

 july_weathering_063

bridge_photo_017

 

I would show more but I cannot do attachments here.

 

John: 

I've already told you earlier how absolutely IMPRESSED I am with that beautiful bridge of yours--to say nothing of the railroad you have chosen to run over it! Tongue 

I do have a question, though.  What's the radius on that curve?  In the overall photo, it looks pretty generous, but on the up-angle shot from the bottom, it looks almost tight.  Perhaps it's the perspective.  But it's sure handsome!

Tom Bow 

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Posted by jwar41 on Sunday, September 20, 2009 12:02 AM

Tom, Still owe ya that cup of coffee. Your bridge is about two inches higher then the wye I built. Dang...should not of told you....I rip it out and start over? LOL

has been a year or so and after looking at all the fantastic work on this thread by all of you, Makes me want to get the dust off the layout and get back to it. But have to finnish the exterior of the house, perhap in another month or so. 

This is a great thread and another old pic http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/100_0367.jpg

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Posted by selector on Sunday, September 20, 2009 1:03 AM

To return for a moment to the type of bridge that got railroads started in N. America...an overhead shot with the hill's shadow beginning to creep across the trestle late in the day.

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Posted by spidge on Sunday, September 20, 2009 1:33 AM

twhite

spidge

 

bridge_photo_017

 

I would show more but I cannot do attachments here.

 

John: 

I do have a question, though.  What's the radius on that curve?  In the overall photo, it looks pretty generous, but on the up-angle shot from the bottom, it looks almost tight.  Perhaps it's the perspective.  But it's sure handsome!

Tom Bow 

 

Tom,

Thank you for your support and heartfelt pat on the back. I do agree that the photo does depict the curve as a little tight but in N sclae 17" is fairly generous. There are easements on both ends including the 80' girder section.

John

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Posted by spidge on Sunday, September 20, 2009 1:58 AM

Dang it Tom. Even though you are in the same state you live about 8 hours of driving away. Some day I will get up there and visit you and many other accomplished modelers. Hek it may be cheaper to fly.

 

John

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Posted by GARYIG on Sunday, September 20, 2009 10:36 AM

This is my pride and joy all scratch built.

100_0582.jpg RIVER SEE THROUGH picture by GIIG21

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Posted by TBat55 on Sunday, September 20, 2009 10:59 AM

Walthers double truss

Letchworth,NY State Park

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Posted by georgev on Sunday, September 20, 2009 6:34 PM

Here's a couple of mine - a wooden trestle and a double track steel trestle, both scratchbuilt.  These are located at the end of the peninsula on the track plan. 

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Posted by leighant on Sunday, September 20, 2009 8:26 PM

 

Bridge for Lionel O gauge built from scrap sheet metal bent into angles and soldered together by my father for my Christmas when I was 5 years old, back in 1949.

Bridge on Galveston-theme N-scale layout presently being built 

 

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Posted by trainnut1250 on Sunday, September 20, 2009 9:35 PM

Man, I love a good bridge... Lots of good ones here and nary a cross attitude in this thread....

 

The old layout:

 

Three from the new layout:

 

 

 

 

Guy

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