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Cape Cod Canal R/R Bridge

Started by rick1127, November 18, 2009, 11:49:27 AM

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rick1127

Anyone ever seen anything made to resemble the Cape Cod MA train bridge>
Rick Cohoon
Cape Cod MA.
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Joe Satnik

What scale?

Do you need or want to be able to raise it? 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Cod_Canal_Railroad_Bridge

http://z.hubpages.com/u/1127931_f496.jpg

You may have to make friends with someone in a metal shop. 

If your loco is too heavy to lift, you'd better be able to ride in, on or behind it.

rick1127

Scale guess that would be important, HO.  Not even sure I could fit it into my layout, but I live near it and have always wondered if it was relicated for HO.
Rick Cohoon
Cape Cod MA.
[email protected]

Joe Satnik

Dear Rick,

Most model bridges are "compressed" in length compared to the real (or "prototype") bridges.  (e.g. Lionel Hellsgate Bridge)

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/BRI/BRI005-HellGate.htm

http://www.auctionflex.com/auctionimages/6845/4625/1707429_2BE0Z486N.jpg

Cape Cod RR bridge:

544 ft span x 1:87.1 (HO scale ratio) = 6-1/4 feet long, or 75" long span, not including the approaches.

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Joe Satnik

   
If your loco is too heavy to lift, you'd better be able to ride in, on or behind it.

#94

Vollmer or Kibri or Helgian, etc used to make a plastic arched side truss bridge 18" long. There were flat top trusses also that could go at each end 9" long. You could use the flat top trusses stood on end for the upright. If 36" is too long shorten the approaches to less than 9".  I have built a couple of bridges one with a girder swing section and one with an Atlas deck truss. This saved me countless hours and comes out very satisfactory. I bet you can build a 26"-36" bridge from available parts that will satisfy 100% of the people that you show this to.