After I get done with my current major renovation of the Rock Ridge and Train City. I’m going to tear out this bridge…
…and replace it with a scratch-built trestle bridge. In doing so I am also going to remove the current base of the layout and drop it 6" so it is a taller bridge. Unfortunately, that means relocating the control panel. [dread!]
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This scene is one of the most impressive I have ever seen - and I have seen a LOT! Not only is the model work outstanding, but the roads, signs and scenery are breath-taking and soooo realistic. I love how everything blends so well together. Has your work ever appeared in the hobby press?
At first I thought I was looking at Harold Werthwein"s Erie layout. His Starrucca Viaduct is a museum-quality model and so is yours. They could be twins!!!
Man, what an honor it is to have you share your work with us. How about showing us some more?!? I would love to see some of your building structures!
Mark R. - You da man!!!
Cliff - Thanks for the compliments !!! Nope, no model railroad press … yet ! Funny you should mention Harold’s bridge and mine looking like twins - Harry McGowan built the Starrucca Viaduct on Harolds layout. Harry was kind enough to send me one of his casting masters he used to build Harold’s bridge. I made a mold from this and casted my own copies to build my version … so Harold’s bridge and mine SHOULD look like twins !!! LOL
Mark.
Mark: Stunning!! Just absolutely STUNNING!!
Tom [bow][bow][bow]
Timothy: Once you get the Beichstahl out of the box, you’ll be both amazed and pleased at how easily and well the bridge goes together, and how easy it is to ‘kitbash’ if you’re so inclined. I can guarantee you’ll like it, and it’s an attention-grabber no matter where you locate it on your layout.
When you get it built and installed, post some pics, okay? It’s really QUITE a bridge!!
Tom [:D]
Beichstahl is on ebay for $60
K
Tom :
I agree – it is one he!! of a bridge ! But I have not built any models since I was a kid, so my skill are a bit rusty, to say the least. The instructions do seem to be very clear and logical (leave it to the Germans!).
As to when I’ll have it built … considering I’m still only in the early stages of building the benchwork, I won’t dare venture a guess as to when I’ll be able to show people what it looks like.
love to see it when is done
the bridge is a complicated model to make
have fun, great work.
thanks for sharing
k
Those are all some pretty impressive bridges. I have a (scale) 350’ tressle on my garden railroad and one that is almost exactly like it paralell to it, the only difference is that it is an inch shy of the same length.
lets see some more
K
here is a link I had to push back up to the top
This is what happens to an Atlas bridge if it’s left out on the shores of Moose Bay:
Fortunately, the bridge is getting a new paint job, and will be shiny silver when the painters (Leo DaVinci and Sons) get through with it.
Added a little scenery. Still not done. I am working on the trestle for the lower track at the moment.
Pics
I am always in awe when I see these photo’s. I would love to have the corner available for a bridge like that. I have 14" depth where my bridges go. This is what I ended up with (still under construction.
ok I realy thought I had a nice bridge
thanks for setting the bar well over the norm
thats some work, must be a blast to sit there and run trains
wow this is some thread…
K
Soooo many nice bridges!!!
Lots of great craftsmanship, and so many are works of art!
Very enjoyable to just look at them and dream!
Ed
the Tunkhannok Viaduct is the cats a… bud
Wow!! Tons of impressive bridges here, and well worth the wait to view. My first three pictures are of bridges in areas awaiting scenery. The first photo, of two bridges over the Speed River, was an attempt to turn an operational problem into a scenic advantage. The lower line is dropping on a rather stiff 2.5% grade, while the upper line climbs at a similar rate. Where both lines reach the ends of their respective grades, the layout will be double-decked. The lower grade is only about 15’ long, while the upper is around 45’. I hope to be able to use a lot of trees to make the bridges fit into the scene a bit more inconspicuously. The bridges are a combination of Micro Engineering and Atlas parts.
My intention is to fill the valley under the bridge with tall trees, making the bridge blend into the scenery, as if it’s been here for a while.
This bridge, over Chippawa Creek, consists of two Atlas deck trusses, plus a Micro Engineering deck girder, hidden in the trees to the left.
This last bridge, over the Maitland River, near Lowbanks, is made up of Atlas, and M.E. deck girders, with a Central Valley truss over the deepest part of the channel.
Wayne
Alan, that is a great scene. What I added was cliff to the ceiling, and then put N and Z scale trees and scenery at the top for forced perspective. It makes it look even larger. You could do that and improve an already great scene.
