Bridge ideas for EZ Track

[Terry Toenges]

Here are a few pics of bridges I made with EZ Track, balsa wood, and plastic sides.
I know they wouldn't make them like this in real life.

[Jhanecker2]

Nice bridges , your right about material choices of prototype bridges. Iron ,steel and concrete are definitly more typical but your choice of form looks pretty good . Planning to use plastic , wood and metals when building bridges of my own.    Currently busy building shelving and cabinets instead , got a new toy recently  a 10" Delta tablesaw .    John 2

[grumpy]

Watch your fingers . Always use the guards . I speak frrom experience.
Don

[Jhanecker2]

Thanks . I am &will be careful .  I have to be careful , I usually work alone & doing stupid things could definitely get me killed.  I happen to be a suspenders & belt person .  I have been metal worker & welder so I know the it is true what my welding shop teacher told the class long ago :" Be careful the machinery is stupid , it doesn't know not to kill you if you do something stupid."

[Casy jHOnes]

Those are awesome and I will need a bunch of 18"R curved ones. I was thinking of ways to cut in half lengthwise the $5 Atlas plate girder bridges. I am trying for absolute min. "headroom" like 2-3/4". Would you mind describing how you built those a little? Does the balsa wood support it or is there some styrene glued in? Thanks!

[pdlethbridge]

Grumpy, do your friends call you 4 finger?

[grumpy]

No . But it keeps me out of a lot of trouble because I can't give anybody a left finger.
Don 

[BIG BEAR]

   Hi Don,
   We'll just call you Stumpy instead of Grumpy.

            Enjoy,
                 Barry

[Terry Toenges]

Casy - I'll try get some more info up in a few days about how I did the bridges.

[Woody Elmore]

Some of those girder bridges with curved track look like things I've seen on the NYCTA. There are prototypes for everything.

Be sure to give your engineers slow orders - I don't see any guardrails.

Nice work!