In spaces that are really tight, I’ve seen railroads put turnouts over bridges. Harpers Ferry is an example of this.
My question is this:
How did the inner set (the guard rail) of the bridge track work with a turnout? Does anybody have an idea?
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Good question. I’ve noticed that not all bridge track has guard rails, especially through plate, ballasted deck bridges.
There is a prototype for everything, so unless someone comes up with, or you find, a photo of a turnout on a bridge with guard rails, I would go without the guards on a ballasted deck. You can always add guard rails later.
I seem to recall that they had guards up to the points of the turn out and then after the switch itself.