The Bridge and Tunnel thread

Primavw Apr 23, 2014

  1. mtntrainman

    mtntrainman TrainBoard Supporter

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    Here are the same tunnels on my first N scale layout...a 32x78 HCD ... 06/19/08

    This HCD was later incorporated into the original THERR (see above) :)

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  2. Colonel

    Colonel Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    From my old layout

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  3. Bourkinafasso

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    Does highway bridge count?

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  4. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    I believe they do.
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  5. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Is that a small sand bar, in stream middle? Or a great white shark? :)
     
  6. mtntrainman

    mtntrainman TrainBoard Supporter

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    Loch Ness Monster ?
     
  7. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    Well, there is not much sand in the Brazos, so it would have to be mud.
     
  8. nscalestation

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  9. BCR 570

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    There are three bridges slated for installation on my N Scale version of the Dawson Creek Subdivision. Pine #4 is a high deck truss bridge measuring 1,013 feet in length and 163 feet in height:

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    This will be a signature scene on my layout, featuring a full size scale model of the prototype:

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    Just before the railway crosses the Pine River, it spans Highway 97 on a concrete overpass:

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    My N Scale version is full size, but I had to reverse and sharpen the curve to fit my layout:

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    Tim
     
  10. BCR 570

    BCR 570 TrainBoard Member

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    Here is the overpass in place on the layout for a test fit with a mock-up of the highway underneath:

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    The other major bridge on the Dawson Creek Subdivision is the wood Howe deck truss span with trestle approaches spanning the Kiskatinaw River:

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    My full scale model will be sctachbuilt from scale lumber; until then a temporary span is in place on the layout:

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    That is it for my bridges; no tunnels.


    Tim
     
  11. Kenneth L. Anthony

    Kenneth L. Anthony TrainBoard Member

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    “Two mile long” Suter Bay Causeway on my a-building Island Seaport layout.
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    Mostly just top sections of Atlas viduct kits. But LOTS of kits.
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    Plus the old AHM/Pola Scherzer rolling lift bridge for the center lift span.
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    My version of the Galveston, Texas causeway.
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  12. Kenneth L. Anthony

    Kenneth L. Anthony TrainBoard Member

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    My crude 1970 attempt at building a John-Allen-esque spectacular HO layout.
    Balsa sticks held together with sewing pins
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    concrete pier cast in plaster
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    Standard Atlas N bridge elements on a 1976 layout thrown together in ten days.
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  13. Arctic Train

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    Hi Tim,

    Nice bridges you got going there. Question about the concrete bridge. Did you scratch build that one? If so, what material did you use? I need something similar but haven't been too happy with my experiments so far.


    Brian


     
  14. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Scary looking bridge!
     
  15. pdx1955

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    The only bridge I have so far is this highway bridge representing Washington Route 10's crossing of the Teanaway River just east of Cle Elum on a NP layout I am building. The NP paralleled the highway and used a non-descript through plate girder bridge, so the highway bridge is just a bit more interesting to look at. The bridge is scratchbuilt from wood and paper and uses Rix railings and roadway sections.

    Peter
     

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  16. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Tunnel 25:

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  17. John Moore

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    A log time ago in many layouts and moves now far removed from memory I had a nice Campbell wood trestle. Long since succumbed to the ravages of storage and moves. So all I have to offer is the various kits and portals that will someday hopefully see life on the new layout.
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  18. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    Southern Pacific bridge over the Brazos River in Richmond, Texas.
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  19. SYROUS

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    Not yet finished or sceniced but here are a fee bridges on my under construction layout.
    [​IMG]My arched concert built from scratch highway overpass.
    [​IMG]Stright concrete deck metal girder beam bridge.
    [​IMG]Second curved concrete deck bridge leading to entrance of tunnel portal. All bridges scratched built

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  20. cosmic

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    It's just a cropped copy of Faller's advertising photo. I swore starting out I would never build a styrene kit. Then I saw this, and couldn't contemplate not having it! It'll go wherever I can find 2 feet of room for it.

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