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| | | Hi Train Fans, I am a Lego Fan from Germany, but I like US Trains. So I have build a model from the Hell Gate Bridge near New York. Please look at: (URL) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —John Neal
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| | | | | Wie schön, Arne! You have created a beautiful looking arch. That's one of the finest LEGO bridges I have ever seen:-) Well done! -John (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —Steve Chapple
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| | | | | (...) in the world. :-) It looks good - a more "European" feel than mine. I've managed to get enough beams to make a few of my bridges, but I don't know if I'll be able to have one ready in time for Christmas like I had hoped. I don't want to post (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —James Trobaugh
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| | | | | | Looks like the arch is made from 4.5v curved rails, right Arne? I really like the look of it, very sturdy and even looking. Nice job. I'd have to argue with the "two" arch bridges though, I have a technic arch bridge that I made earlier this year. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —Arne Hackstein
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| | | | | | | (...) Dear James, yes it´s the old 4,5V rail, and the complete middle-part of the bridge is made only with 1x2-1x10 plates. Arne (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) Well, no, I'd have to categorise it as a type of through truss. Hell Gate and Sydney Harbor Bridge, for example, are suspension arch bridges. Essentially all members below the arch are in tension and the deck is suspended from the arch. (The (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | | | | (...) I was going to leave this, but now that you started... I agree that is not a arch, and I expect that is was modelled on a truss. However, I'd call it a frame as it is pin jointed (trusses, I think are not). However, to be a frame all the (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | I'm not a civil, thanks for refining my critique. (...) Oh, indeed, it looks nifty. It's just not an arch. I'm not competent to comment on whether trusses can't be pinned, though. While we are identifying arches, though, I thought Ben "April Fool" (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) If we are talking bridge spotting, I'll be crossing this (road) one today: (URL) I cross it, I'll be looking at this (rail) one: (URL) picture: (URL) are about 8 miles from my office. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Mighty Mac... (URL) (I've posted links to it in the past I think) (...) bridges that look like it in shape (with the inward sloping cantilever towers) or in expanse and it was a ground breaker in its day. My hero, D. B. Steinman, (1) took a (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —Christopher Tracey
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| | | | | | | | | | | Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snipped> (...) Speaking of civil engineering, the American Society of Civil Engineers produces a 'Bridges' calender every year that features some very interesting and unique bridges. I have the 1999 and 2000 ones and I have (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —Steve Chapple
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) That was my initial thought, but in the photos, the curvature of the arch appears to vary, (hence it couldn't be curved rails) but it must just be an optical illusion from the lens curvature. As for arches, James Trobaugh's and Reinhard "Ben" (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) I'm not referring to his blue rail bridge, I mean that huge huge suspension arch he built. C'mon Ben, post another link. (last few UK hours) ++Lar (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) In fact that's not mine, but Torsten Wernecke built those: (URL) more detailed: (URL) I mean that huge huge suspension arch he built. That would be this one: (URL) this is the still existing smaller version, which will be used in our train (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | My arch bridge (was Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY) —Steve Chapple
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Unless I get a large (a few hundred) influx of beams, I'm only going to have the one arch bridge. Given that it's the only one in the world, it's more important (especially with the bridges <grin> trying to be built between LEGO trains and (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (off-topic) Forth Bridge Rivets —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) The Forth Bridges Visitors Centre Trust (a registered charity) has a limited number of encapsulated Forth Bridge rivets for sale. The rivets were removed as part of the ongoing maintenance of the structure and donated to the trust by Network (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —James Trobaugh
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| | | | | | | | | See I learn something new every day. I know geometry but not much about structural engineering, so I saw an arch and figured it was an arch bridge. But now I have been inlightened, cool. jt (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —John Matthews
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| | | | | | | | The yellow Technic bridge is a bow truss. It is not an arch. Truss members are either in tension or compression and truss joints are assumed to be pinned or hinged. An arch works in compression. All of the bridges mentioned are cool! Build On! John (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —Steve Chapple
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| | | | | | | | (...) See, this is what I get for going into Comp.Eng. instead of Civil. :-) So unless I'm mistaken, (and yes it happens all too often) Arne's, (and James') and all of Ben's are all various examples of bow truss bridges. All the more reason to get (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Thanks! :-) When the Guiness PNLTC stuff was going on with (...) Yes, I agree, but you need a foundation or a masive ballast, because the strings try to tilt the pillar. The bow bridge has the advantage to stand on two points (or lines in (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —Steve Chapple
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) You could probably make a larger truss - yes - but a suspension bridge will always be able to be made longer - and from less LEGO. The counterweight and bending tower problem is easily fixed at the same time the span length is increased. ie. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | 48x144 (was Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY) —Steve Chapple
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| | | | | | | | (...) Correction - that should be 48x144 grey "brick" It's the height of a brick, but there's no holes on the bottom. SRC StRuCtures (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —Christopher Masi
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| | | | | | (...) Don't forget Gianluca's bridge. I do not have the knowledge to categorize it with any authority, but it looks like and arch that is getting a little bit of help from a trussed deck. It too is a very nice bridge. The really neat thing about (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —Christopher Masi
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| | | | | (...) Love that bridge. It looks like the span carries the whole load. What I mean is that a lot of people use bricks under the track to stiffen the track, but your track is supported at six or maybe 8 points, and the rails and tiles do all the (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | | | (...) Great model Arne! Do you have the chance to come along after x-mas and join our train event in Braunschweig? I would love to see the bridge in real. BTW: Does anybody know something about this guy or has seen these pictures before? It's a (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: My newest creation, Hell Gate Bridge NY —John R. Clark
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| | | | Wow. Very beautiful. Hope to see some close-up pics soon. I'm very interested in how you attached the 4.5 curve track to the rest of the structure. Do they pop off if the bridge gets bumped, or did you come up with a clever solution? Are those (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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