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Re: Building Bridges
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 29 Nov 1999 10:01:00 GMT
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Impressive piece of engineering says the civil engineer in me. Not to
sure about you choice of blue for the columns though.
> In lugnet.trains, Steve Martin writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, Jeff Elliott writes:
> > > The whole layout is about 26'7" long.
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> > I would love to see pictures of this? Do you have a website?
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> > Steve Martin
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> http://www.telepres.com/~jeffe/lsite/projects/trainbridge/index.html
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> Kinda - 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 the same site.
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> I'll try to photograph the rest of the layout, too. No buildings,
> as yet. That will change by the Holiday party - my deadline.
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> Jeff Elliott
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| (...) Glad you didn't design any bridges *I* have to cross. :-) I wasn't too surprised to hear the deck flexes. it needs to be a truss, or at least a much deeper girder. No way is 4 bricks of depth enough for a 20-30 inch span. c.f. "Galloping (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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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)
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