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Re: Building Bridges
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 21 Dec 1999 17:46:46 GMT
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I've finally put some pictures up at this site:
http://www.telepres.com/~jeffe/lsite/projects/trainbridge2/trainbridge2.html
If there's anything anyone wants better pics of, or more description on,
let
me know.
Jeff Elliott
Steve Martin wrote:
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> In lugnet.trains, Jeff Elliott writes:
> > Hi, all:
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> >
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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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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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| (...) That is a nice bridge Jeff! Couple of questions for you 1. How long does it take to cycle from top to bottom? 2. How many Rack Gears are in it (LOTS!) Again, very nicely done bridge...it puts mine to shame...although, I am not going to copy (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Wow, WOW WOW !!!!! That is insane, Jeff! Great job! If I did that at work, my boss would probably throw me out the window or something! I get enough bad looks from my Trade Federation Battle Droid army. Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn CAD (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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