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| | | (...) The GMLTC had a bascule bridge on our last layout: (URL) is a vertical lift bridge behind it, but that one didn't work very well... :-( ) I don't have a picture of the bascule in the 'up' position, but I can explain it pretty easily. Pivot (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Bridge Building Questions —Josh Baakko
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| | | | | (...) The counterweight should also create a great obstruction to protect from one side. Josh (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Bridge Building Questions —Ronald Vallenduuk
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| | | | "John Gerlach" <john.gerlach@bestbu...om.nospam> wrote in message news:GCo6oJ.5v5@lugnet.com... <snip> The GMLTC had a bascule bridge on our last layout: (...) </snip> That's a very unusual design for bridge.... Is it modelled after an existing (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Bridge Building Questions —Josh Baakko
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| | | | | (...) Its real, I live near a large one: (URL) are some great pictures of it (The bottom of the page there is a panaramic shot of my hometown, Hancock, the bricge is on the right.) Josh (24 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Bridge Building Questions —John Gerlach
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| | | | (...) We found a picture in a book on bridges. There was only the one picture, in the 'down' position. We took a pencil and drew arcs on the picture (from all the pivot points) to figure out how all the moving pieces worked. It was a very popular (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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