I have two the atlas is large
but I love the kibri It has tons of detail
I will get some shots of it
I have seen some other’s and realy like tham
Budliner
I like this Heljan kit trestle.
Here’s a shot at the base:
It’s a plastic kit and very versatile.
Here’s an IHC 2-6-0 pulling the “president’s car” across the trestle.
holy cow
thats exquiset work
you got me beat
K
Keddie Wye and a altas chord bridge that I mounted on one of my four swing ups that spans the door ways…John
I envy you guys. The only bridge I have is a small tressle that spans a three inch gap…
Tracklayer
My kitbashed Faller. Here is the bridge, some detail and where it sits on the layout.
I seen that faller for $100
whats the name of that bridge
someone had bashed it with some other and it was wicked
K
http://www.hunterline.com/Assets/images/tres_ful.jpg
I found this one. It’s the perfect size for what I need.
Both Twhite and I added a variety of Central Valley girders and I cut the top apart on mine. Anything that adds open detail will Americanize it. I left the top plates off and built wooden stringers and a wooden walkway.
Budliner, that’s a pretty cool scene with the bridge and the skyscraper in the background.
Arthill, that bridge is absolutely impressive!
Walthers will be releasing and “Art Deco” style railway bridge. I like these as I often saw this style here on the east coast. There’s a few of them left on the former SAL and ACL railroads.
I too feel its a great bridge but needed the work you have mentioned
the top just looked like it needed to be Americanize like you stated
I think thats going to be a hard project for me
but how can the atlas cord truss compair to that art work of yours
K
p s I tryed to fix my images for faster view
wow now I feel left out! I dont have any brides or tressels. In the modern era everything gets filled in so we have a flat area to work with. Should have moseled the past. JK Joe A.
click each to enlarge.
The most impressive:
The best isn’t even for the trains:
The most used:
The heaviest and lighest in a single picture:
Approaching the arch:
Yikes!
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Good gawd, the bridges in this thread are awesome. Thanks for making me drool guys![^]
WOW, It’s a good thing I am sitting down. I need a towel. I didn’t think you guys could make look that real.
ennout
ArtHill and I have both used the Faller Beichstahl bridge on our layouts–mine is used to span the east end of Bullard’s Bar reservoir instead of that spectacular floor-to-ceiling gorge of Art’s, but the bridge does the job just fine.
My other big one is the Deer Creek Viaduct (scenery not yet installed) it’s made up of two Microscale Tall Viaduct kits, and was built on a 36" radius curve.
There are other bridges on the Yuba River Sub, either straight from the kit or kitbashed. All totaled, I have 15 bridges. Okay, I’m a Bridge Freak, LOL!
Tom [:P]
I have four major bridges on my MA&G. The first two cross the Wolf River on the approach to west Wharton, MS. The railroad bridge is a Central Valley Pratt Truss which has some additional plate girder approaches. Otherwise it was built per the instructions. In the foreground is the State Route 53 highway bridge. It was kitbashed from an Atlas curved pony truss bridge and several Rix highway bridges. The supports were scratchbuilt from wood covered with joint compound.
The third bridge crosses the Jourdon River west of Kiln, MS. This two span single track bridge was kitbashed from two Walthers double track bridges - this was years before they came out with their current single track version. (D’oh!!) There is a Central Valley plate girder bridge approach at each end. The bridge piers here were made from balsa covered again with joint compound.
Lastly is my favorite - the double track swing bridge crossing the Pearl River west of Edna, MS. This bridge was built from a Walthers kit without any modification other than adding Central Valley bridge tie strips and N-scale track for the guard rails. The wooden guard rails in the water were scratchbuilt and add a lot to the scene.
I also have a scratchbuilt low pile trestle which crosses my Hines Lumber Company log pond which you can see on my website. Hope you guys enjoy the pictures.
Thanks to everyone for sharing their work. All of the bridges and trestles are most impressive. Ain’t model railroading great?!