Does anyone have OMI's Camas Prarie 50' Pivot Bridge

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I was thinking about buying one of these on Ebay. But the problem I heard is that the new 89’ Tri Level Enclosed Auto Carriers WILL NOT fit across this thing. Does anyone have one that can shead some light on this?

Thanks

Here’s one on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/HO-Brass-Camas-Prarie-50-Pivot-Bridge-N-P-N-I-B_W0QQitemZ130259355221QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item130259355221&_trkparms=39%3A1|66%3A4|65%3A10|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

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For a starting bid of $875, I’d expect it to pick up and carry to the other side anything that won’t fit[:-^] I would also expect that at that price not a lot have been sold.[:O]

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You should ask the seller the question. Be sure to include the thickness of ties and rails in your calculations.

Mark

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Actually $875.00 is cheap for that bridge. I would go as high as $1250.00 for that thing. They sell about 1 a month on Ebay. I did ask the seller, he has no clue as to what he is selling let alone if anything would fit across it. I also asked him to measure it and he didn’t return my email.

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Hey, that price is a drop in the bucket compared to that “bridge within a bridge” (I think that is what it is called) that Overland released a few years back. That thing came in three huge boxes.

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Hey there 8500! I’m back in town :O) well, sort of. In the midwest atm. Drop me a line. You GOT to see a little something I picked in Pasadina at the Wistle Stop!!

And you might try to call OMI, or drop them an e-mail… Or maybe even send Dan Glassure (sp) a note, he knows brass.

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I remember seeing that bridge in an old MRR mag. It listed for $6799.00. I have tried to find one but I think they only made 20 of them. I would love to get my hands on one of those. That would surely be a $10,000.00 OMI brass bridge.

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Dan Glasure–phone number: 352-288-2222

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Sorry I forgot. Called OMI, was treated really great and they answered all my questions. The new 89" Auto Racks WILL NOT for across the bridge. That made my decision easier.

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Anyone got a photo of that Bridge with in a Bridge??? Would be interesting to see…

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I am looking now. I also have 98% of the OMI Bulletins. I saw it in there also. I’ll post it when I find it. The bridge is HUGE. It’s like 52" long. That’s big for HO.

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A guy here in town has two of them. One is being used on his layout (VERY large layout; house was literally built around the basement designed for the layout). It is something to see. Talk about a lot of painting. I did notice on the boxes that they were made in China.

I was looking through some of the old Overland flyers and found a CN bridge they imported that was around a scale 900’ long. It said that only 50 of those were imported. Would be really cool to own either one!!