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Re: Building Bridges
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 27 Nov 1999 05:11:56 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jeff Elliott writes:
> Hi, all:
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> I'm in the midst of a large bridge project myself. I'm adhering to the
> 2 plate slope / 1 plate rate-of-change guideline, but for other reasons.
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> The reason for the climb, btw, is that I needed to put machinery under
> the track to support a lift-bridge that spans a hallway; the ledge is
> 5', and when idle, the train needs to allow, say, 6'6" clearance. This
> is simply too high to build a permanent bridge, so I've built a vertical
> lift bridge to span the 28.75" gap that carries two parallel tracks.
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> The whole layout is about 26'7" long.
I would love to see pictures of this? Do you have a website?
Steve Martin
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| (...) (URL) - I'm notoriously bad at keeping it up-to-date. I've got 2 snaps of the 1st edition bridge - chain-link, single-track, very thin deck. Send me mail & pester me to take some more shots of it tomorrow when I'm at work :) I'll post them at (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Building Bridges
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| I've finally put some pictures up at this site: (URL) there's anything anyone wants better pics of, or more description on, let me know. Jeff Elliott (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| Hi, all: I'm in the midst of a large bridge project myself. I'm adhering to the 2 plate slope / 1 plate rate-of-change guideline, but for other reasons. I'd add that you probably shouldn't climb sharply through turns - that just complicates the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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