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Re: MOC: Bridges for Trains
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lugnet.build, lugnet.trains
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Wed, 3 Jan 2001 16:18:15 GMT
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Thanks to the digital camera, I'll have photos of the bridging used in my
"Limacion" track layout up around Wednesday, and since the far end where
the trains come around and make a u-turn (so to speak) you can see some
photos of my curved design.
Someone asked earlier (Stephen F Roberts) with what method did I use to
build the bridges? I did do some sketches, just basically drawings of a
parabola, hyperbola, cantenary and other such forms (ok, I admit, I used my
graphing calculator and a book of tables) and used them as templates. I
then used some right angle geometry, 3-4-5 or 5-12-13 triangles, etc but I
also used good'ol "trial and error" to find lengths that would work.
Concerning those lengths that weren't whole values, I found the 1x1 w/ a
single hole and 1x2 w/ two holes very useful!
"Brian Williams" <brian_williams@ameritech.net> wrote in message
news:G6K0Ey.5Lq@lugnet.com...
> Adrian,
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> Some very impressive pieces of engineering! The outside trusses and sheer
> scale must make it very exciting to follow a train across. Please, some
> shots of your curved bridges too.
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> -BMW
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> *******************************************************************
> In lugnet.build, Adrian Egli writes:
> > It took a while and some of the images didn't come out to quite the • exposure
> > I wanted them to, BUT, I finally got down to posting photos of some • bridges
> > I built the past several months. Just check out the recent in Brickshelf • or
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2554
> >
> > I try to post some images of my curved bridge design latter this week.
> >
> > C-Ya
> >
> > Adrian
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 | | Re: MOC: Bridges for Trains
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| Adrian, Some very impressive pieces of engineering! The outside trusses and sheer scale must make it very exciting to follow a train across. Please, some shots of your curved bridges too. -BMW (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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