Railroad bridge

[Ikraos]

Hallo all
im starting to build a model railroad layout in 1:87 H0
So i was looking around the forum for a nice little bridge to build for my layout, but low and behold, i could not finde one

Ole

[Vermin_King]

There are a number of bridges on the internet. What type of bridge are you looking for? Modern? Old? High? Low?

[Ikraos]

I kinda fell in love with the Bollman Truss Railroad bridge

[Vermin_King]

I doubt you will find a model of that one.


I think you will probably have to scratch build it

[Ikraos]

yeah but just look at it, isnt it great?

[Vermin_King]

And last of its kind. Only the B&O Railroad used that design. It should be done, but you should talk to an airplane builder or ship builder for recommendations on rigging the support

[Kevin WS]

Should be easy to build using Plasticard (rod). Use stretched sprue or rod for the cables.

Will work in whatever scale you are modeling in....

[SCEtoAUX]

Here are a couple of places with some railroad bridges, but not like that picture of the bridge posted.
Not sure of the scale on this one:
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This one is HO scale:
teletrain

Do a search for Manila Folder Bridge Design. Some interesting information on how to design and build a bridge.

[Vermin_King]

Originally Posted by SCEtoAUX

Here are a couple of places with some railroad bridges, but not like that picture of the bridge posted.
Not sure of the scale on this one:
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This one is HO scale:
teletrain

Do a search for Manila Folder Bridge Design. Some interesting information on how to design and build a bridge.

Frankly, I was thinking a mod of the WestJR bridge would be the best way to go for the main body of the bridge, but wasn't sure how the best way would be to do the suspension

[dwyaneward]

here is a link to drawings of this bridge http://historicbridges.org/maryland/...n/drawings.pdf