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Re: Bridge Building Questions
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 7 May 2001 22:23:01 GMT
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"John Gerlach" <john.gerlach@bestbuy.com.nospam> wrote in message
news:GCo6oJ.5v5@lugnet.com...
<snip> The GMLTC had a bascule bridge on our last layout:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=11083
> (there is a vertical lift bridge behind it, but that one didn't work very
> well... :-( )
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That's a very unusual design for bridge.... Is it modelled after an existing
bridge? Here in Holland we have loads of bridges (gotta get across all that
water you know...) and allthough we do have bascules, I never seen this type
of bridge been lifted. I'd be interested to see pics of the real thing.
I'll see if I can find some pics of dutch railway bridges.
Duq
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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 (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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