saw this on an atlas forum
The Tyco kit is now or was a Pola kit. It has also been sold by AHM.
Read more: http://atlasrescueforum.proboards.com/thread/1717/cheap-swing-lift-bridge#ixzz4qhA8ki8u
I wound up finding an AHM version of the kit on the 'Bay for $55, no S&H. Best I can tell, it’s nicer than the Tyco one, and appears to have decking and under-deck details that the Tyco version (at least from the photo) lacks
I dunno. Looks a lot like this one at Wingo on the NWP:
CSX bridge across Manatee River:
Note the subtle differences. Actually, I’m not seeing many. Gets a person thinking there might be a buncha these little fellas around these United States. And in Canada:
Ed
Good finds there Ed.
BTW, I was inferring that the CSX bridge I posted was anything like the Tyco one. You found some real ones that look something like the model bridges
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Vsmith,
Good luck with trying to find one, which won’t cost an arm and leg…then again they are also limited to only a select few…swing bridge, Bascule, Lift, Girder lift, etc. I did quite a bit of research on what was available and just could not find anything out there that would fit My scene…had to be double track, look like it would lift, most important fit the space, which was limited vertically because of an angled ceiling. I decided after more research on a Scherzer Rolling lift Bridge which would fit with a little compression and still look like it lifts. I started with actual plans of the bridge and any and all I could find of all the details. I purchased a Walthers double track Truss bridge and the rest is scratch-built from various, Plastruct, Evergreen, Central Valley, laced girders and ME Bridge Flex code 83 track and the rest is history. The bridge in itself, is complete. I’m working on the rest of the area…which is taking a lot of time for I am repainted the walls and so forth. A few shots of whats going on…:
The plan of the real bridge in Cleveland OH…still works to this day:
Adding scratch built parts to the modified Walthers Bridge:
Where the bridge will be going on the other side of the working swing bridge where the brown piece is that holds the double track mainline:
And a shot of what I have so far for the Scratch/Bash Bridge:
Th
Ruderunner,
Well it is not a Bascule bridge per say…it is a Scherzer Rolling Lift bridge. I made an error when I stated that it is still working. I had looked at so many that I confused that one with one built in Chgo that is still up. The one I modeled after is the one that was the Cuyahoga River bridge. It was replaced in 1956:
Click ‘‘next’’ by the photos and you will see more pic’s of it.
https://bridgehunter.com/oh/cuyahoga/bh61128/
Take Care! [:D]
Frank
At the risk of starting a technical debate, isn’t a Scherzer Rolling Lift bridge a form of bascule bridge?
Rich
Any counterweighted lifting leaf bridge is a bascule bridge. The ones commonly used around CHicago are mostly fixed-trunnion type, with the complex looking counterweight structure. The Scherzer is the kind that rolls on a track at the base, and there is one other that is quite rare when the trunnion at the top rolls back along a rail.
So a Scherzer lift bridge is a bascule bridge but not all bascule bridges are Scherzers.
–Randy
Here is a link to the bridge in Chgo that I wanted to originally copy, but it required more vertical space than I had and would have been hard to compress. Aside from that getting drawings were not possible. I know for a fact that this one is still up…so far up that it is stationary in the UP position, but no longer used. I have actually seen this one. Quite an enormous structure to see straight up in the air, all the time. Take a look at the link and read the story:
http://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/2014/02/04/a-chicago-favorite-remains-open-for-all-to-see/
Take Care! [:D]
Frank
That Chicago bridge and the history was interesting
Brian
http://www.custommodelrailroads.com/ho.aspx He might be able to help you.