Osborns Trestle Bridge

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NGS-PO

November 21, 2018, 11:13:39 AM
Osborns have released a very fine looking laser cut wooden trestle bridge:

https://www.osbornsmodels.com/brunel-timber-viaduct-modular-kit-300mm-deck-length-46833-p.asp
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emjaybee

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November 21, 2018, 11:57:54 AM
Holy crap!

That's impressive!

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cjdodd

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November 21, 2018, 03:26:38 PM
That is nice, shame it's only single track, I would need four of them and I think they would look very weird next to each other without some bashing.

jpendle

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November 21, 2018, 04:05:40 PM
Quote from: cjdodd on November 21, 2018, 03:26:38 PM
That is nice, shame it's only single track, I would need four of them and I think they would look very weird next to each other without some bashing.

Osborns offer custom models as well (see their website), I think it would be fairly easy for them to do a 2 track version, a 4 track would be pushing it, especially as most wooden trestles in the UK were eventually replaced by stone or brick viaducts.

Now if it were a 2 track stone viaduct I could use it on my model set around Wigan. Whelley Loop Viaduct anyone?

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keithfre

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November 21, 2018, 04:38:20 PM
Quote from: cjdodd on November 21, 2018, 03:26:38 PM
That is nice, shame it's only single track
Were trestle bridges ever used in the UK (or elsewhere) for more than single track? Seems unlikely but I stand to be corrected.

Dizz

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November 21, 2018, 04:57:50 PM
As far as I am aware all Brunel's trestle bridges were built as broad gauge single track.  As the need to double the line or replace the woodwork arose the timber structures were either upgraded to masonry arches or by-passed in total with a new bridge/viaduct built alongside. 
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