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Re: Small Train Bridge Scene
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 20 Aug 2002 02:42:04 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton writes:
> To inherit from a Larry-ism I'm inclined to class this as 'selective
> depression', but that sounds too much like what you get working in IT.
hehehe... Good one!!! but it's not a Lar-ism, as much as I'd like to take
credit. Selective Compression is a well known scale MR term that dates back,
oh, to the 1940s and the days of Frank Ellison and John Allen...
You're spot on though. Bridges don't need to be very high, unless you're
deliberately wanting something dramatic. Most bridges are NOT dramatic, as
most bodies of water to be crossed are just little things. There are 20
culverts for every small bridge and 10 small bridges for every one big
enough to drive a car under... or something like that.
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| (...) look at the bridge this train is going over: (URL) you believe that the track is only actually a single brick above the baseplate? (Sorry if this picture looks too dark - it seemed fine at home, but on my work PC I can't make out any of the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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