Nice bridges! Here is the Roseland bridge from the FEC one-trak module of the same name: my best, Jan
Wow Scott that's nice.... I've been working on a mini Colorado River bridge for Santa Fe (not true scale of course) Just a bridge to capture the feel of the bridge at Topock.
Scott Lupia: That is a heck of a job on a big project bridge. Very nice! Most of the big model bridges I recall are steel and trusses of some type. Is there some history behind this model bridge or am I thinking about another? The prototype bridge is longer than this in scale? Thanks. It is a really nice scene; I did check your photos. :thumbs_up:
Wow, Scott, that's nice! There's a stone arch bridge in Hamilton, Ohio that rivals it. I'll have to take pictures.
I don't mean to speak for Scott, but I know that this bridge is a model of the Paulinskill Viaduct in New Jersey. The prototype for this bridge is just east of the Delaware Water gap where the double tracked Lackawanna mainline from Hoboken to Binghamton, NY via Scranton, Pa crossed the Lehigh and New England over the Paulinskill Creek. A website for the bridge can be viewed at Paulins Kill Viaduct - The Lackawanna Cutoff - Then Now - presented by the GSMRRClub The DLW built a number of significant concrete structures along this section of the mainline including the famous Nicholson bridge in Nicholson, Pennsylvania, just north of Scranton and it's smaller cousin the Martins Creek bridge in Kingsley, Pa about 10 miles to the north. There are pictures of these bridges at George Elwood's magnificent Fallen Flags website: EL Structures - Pennsylvania. Additional information about the Nicholson bridge at Nicholson Bridge .com Scott's layout was featured in a Railroad Model Craftsman article, I believe back in 2002. It is a faithful representation of the prototype and a magnificent piece of modeling.
Thanks guys. MrHedly nailed it. My model was, if I remember right, an arch or two short of the real deal. The bridge is something like 5 feel long on my old layout. It took lots of doing to get that to fit on my layout but it went in there and looked nice. The scene below is the Susquehanna railroad which also had Lehigh and New England trains running through on trackage rights. The river is the Paulinskill river. One funny note about the construction was that one day, while painting the bridge, I was transporting it under my left arm when somehow my shoelace got caught on something. The bridge basically became a battering ram against the bottom step coming in from my garage. The last arch took a real beating. Like we used to say where I once worked, "if itisn't done twice, its not worth doing?" That layout is long gone now and I have started on my new one. I am currently working on a new "bridge". Bridge 60 in Scranton. Scenery is starting and it is looking good. Anyone that is familiar with Scranton or at least that area, will be able to recognize the scene. I am going the total prototype route on this layout. It is almost scary. Scott
Not seen in this collection of photos: Are wooden country trestles built humped, with a ramp up and ramp down, on the trestle itself? (It may require a slight bend to the track on a small Z layout.)
This bridge is build by FREMO friends, not me. Here's a video [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyPLuTY6GjA"]YouTube - US Convention Rodgau 2009[/ame] and the HowTo english Enjoy it! Wolfgang
Hey Scott, where exactly is Bridge 60 in Scranton? I'll be there this weekend, running the Steamtown marathon, and if I have any legs left on Monday, I plan to hit Steamtown museum and some of the other notable rail sites in the area to also get some snapshots for when I get around to modeling portions of the Scranton area on the website. I'd also like to see the prototype for your new layout. I'm looking forward to seeing your progress. Ron
Wolfgang, I enjoyed your video above. A ton of really good work in so many respects. I liked how the engines and cars surged upward a bit, and not at all unrealistically, where there must be a join at the right hand far end of the bridge? It isn't a hop as if the join is misaligned, but a visible and slower lurch as if the roadbed had risen an inch or so in the real world. Very impressive, overall.
Although not in it's final resting place heres my rock island bridge over the columbia river in washington.
Yes, there's a module joint. Here Blog are a few more pictures I made at a previous meeting. Heath, your bridge is very large. I'm looking forward for more pictures. Wolfgang
Ron: Bridge 60 is immediately west of Scranton yard. Trust me, if you are there, you can't miss it. It is also right next to Bridge 60 tower. Enjoy your time at Scranton. It is a great place. Scott
Holy Cow, I've never seen such great bridges on a single thread in my life!! Here's two of mine. Actually, the Yuba River Sub has about 15 bridges total, but they're mostly shorter deck or girder. Here's two of my big ones, though: A couple of shots of my Deer Creek Viaduct--it's two ME tall viaduct kits combined on a 36" radius. Again, pardon the unfinished scenery. And the Bullard's Bar Reservoir bridge--an "Americanized" Faller Beichstahl kit: Tom
This thread has been a revelation to me. I'm wondering if posters could humor me just a little, to answer these questions: When did your build your bridge(s)? What inspired you to build them, or design them into your layout? I'm under the weather tonight, so I won't lead off except to say that I built my first long-span bridge in about 1975. I would have built long bridges earlier, as they do have a function in the spaghetti-bowl layouts of the late 60s, as one solution for a vertical problem. But I didn't, as design philosophies changed.