I think this is a pretty neat setup. I can think of dozens of places in cities where I’ve seen elevated rights-of-way like this. I might have to see if there’s a place on the layout where I can try to shoe-horn something like this in [:-^]
Sure, there’s nothing here that couldn’t be scratchbuilt, but they have made some nice options available for those who may not have the time or skills for such an endeavor.
I am still planning my layout and was ignoring the passenger station. That Corner stone stuff works for me. I think my super capacitor passenger car lighting will charge on the station track via isolated track and a DCC booster.
Thanks for bringing those new products to our attention. I don’t think they will fit in with my club’s new layout, but I did discover an excellent resource in the descriptions. That is a comprehensive explanation for how to mount different Walthers bridges together so that the track levels are all the same. We have several bridges to build so the information will be invaluable. Have a look here:
Pretty neat information there, Dave [Y] I had missed that! And I do love bridges being from Cleveland and also admiring the Pittsburgh area (lots of bridges, of course).
Sometimes I hear grumbling that Walthers has “gotten too big for it’s britches” but, as a modeler, I sure am glad they have been so prolific in their offerings and that they research the background of many of their offerings.
If I went around my layout and removed all the Walthers stuff, I wouldn’t have too much left! And I do support all the other manufacturers as much as possible.
Here’s a great example of how models like these could be used…
The whole New York City West Side Line (NYC RR) was on elevated viaducts as was much of the Park Avenue line going out of Grand Central.
Many urban areas benefited from elevated “grade separation” projects throughout the 1920s and '30s. Up until 1936 the New York Central main line ran right through syracuse, New York, in the middle of the street.
It is a good generic elevated. Or good starting point for modification to something more accurate to the railroad you are doing. To bad the Reading through Manayunk PA elevated grade seperation is of thier own design. So it still a scratch building project.
I wish these would have come out about 5 years ago! I still may use them on the new layout I’m building. May have to reconfigure some track and do more planning. They do look nice!
I find it amazing what Walthers continues to come up with for bridges etc. We have never had it so good for American buildings ,industries and bridges. Thank You Walthers !!! — Ken
Thanks to all for the heads-up. This will be the umpteenth time I’ve had to “revise” my in-progress layout to include new kits Walther’s releases. No wonder I’ll never get it done. LOL! But thats part of the fun, right?
