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Title: Bridges in the UK,
Post by: Oldman on August 20, 2016, 05:49:28 PM
Looking for ideas of bridgesto build on a layout.. Want to do a true representation of the original. Had originally thought of the Brittania bridge over the Menai straight but the pre70's bridge would just have been a big tube as such.The current one is only single track.
I don't really want to do a viaduct and w9uld like it to be double track for simpler train operations- large dogbone type layout with the loops partially hidden
Title: Re: Bridges in the UK,
Post by: port perran on August 20, 2016, 06:06:05 PM
Royal Albert bridge at Saltash?
Title: Re: Bridges in the UK,
Post by: Oldman on August 20, 2016, 06:10:28 PM
Forgot to mention stock will be DMU and the odd diesel freight or passenger special.
BR blue/grey and more modern
Title: Re: Bridges in the UK,
Post by: Papyrus on August 20, 2016, 06:21:53 PM
The bridge at Sandsend, nerar Whitby?

(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/43/2975-200816181801.jpeg)

My Dad came from the area and I remember this vividly from childhood holidays.

Cheers,

Chris
Title: Re: Bridges in the UK,
Post by: Oldman on August 20, 2016, 06:49:23 PM
If the design is spectacular enough I would also consider a suitor flyover. Don't really want brick built..
Happy to consider all bridges incorporating rail up to a maximum of 900 feet actual length ( real size)
Title: Re: Bridges in the UK,
Post by: steve836 on August 20, 2016, 07:58:50 PM
How about a swing bridge? There's a beaut at Oulton Broad. Couldn't find my pics on file, but did post them on a thread in the real railways section called something like "goodbye to semaphore signals"
Title: Re: Bridges in the UK,
Post by: Agrippa on August 20, 2016, 08:31:47 PM
There is also Banavie swing bridge which carries the W Highland line
over the Caledonian canal at Fort William.









Title: Re: Bridges in the UK,
Post by: Oldman on August 20, 2016, 11:33:29 PM
Thanks guys,think a swing bridge might be fun especially if I can get it working
:thumbsup:
Title: Re: Bridges in the UK,
Post by: njee20 on August 21, 2016, 12:25:59 AM
Widnes Runcorn bridge?
Title: Re: Bridges in the UK,
Post by: TylerB on August 21, 2016, 10:11:22 AM
It's a bit unusual but you could do something like this...

https://2e0mca.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/47xxx-west-hampstead.jpg

don't see many under construction scenes like this... the tracks underneath could be purely scenic
Title: Re: Bridges in the UK,
Post by: Chetcombe on August 21, 2016, 06:33:23 PM
How about something smaller, but grand nonetheless. This is a bridge over the drive to Canford House near Wimborne in Dorset:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Wimborne_Bridge#/media/File:Lady_Wimborne_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_485616.jpg
Title: Re: Bridges in the UK,
Post by: Safety Engineer on August 21, 2016, 06:47:17 PM
Seem to think there was a railway bridge somewhere that slid on the diagonal. Advancing years mean I can no longer remember where.
Title: Re: Bridges in the UK,
Post by: Dorsetmike on August 21, 2016, 07:55:53 PM
Another Dorset bridge, this one on the Swanage Raiway at Corfe Castle, in Purbeck stone.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2330/2600670047_52fe41254b.jpg (https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2330/2600670047_52fe41254b.jpg)

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