08-14-2009, 08:02 AM
That float bridge would look fantastic on your layout. I’ve been searching HABS/HAER for "float bride", though I could not find any plans, here are some pictures that might interest you (if you don’t know them already): <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhphoto&fileName=nj/nj1600/nj1606/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Greenville%20Yard,%20Transfer%20Bridge%20System,%20Port%20of%20New%20York%2fNew%20Jersey,%20Upper%20New%20York%20Bay,%20Jersey%20City,%20Hudson%20County,%20NJ&displayType=1&itemLink=D?hh:3:./temp/~ammem_LGnX">http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?co ... ammem_LGnX</a><!-- m -->:
In addition I found some plans and pics that might help you to build your pier: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhphoto&fileName=ny/ny1500/ny1595/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=South%20Brooklyn%20Freight%20Terminal,%2029th%20Street%20Pier,%20Opposite%20end%20of%20Twenty-ninth%20Street%20on%20upper%20New%20Y,%20Brooklyn,%20Kings%20County,%20NY&displayType=1&itemLink=D?hh:8:./temp/~ammem_Jl7e:">http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?co ... mmem_Jl7e:</a><!-- m -->:
Did you find this site on floatbridge operations: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/Floatbridge.html">http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloc ... ridge.html</a><!-- m -->. I found it on this site with lots of information about the New York terminal railroads: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/IndustrialLocos.html">http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/IndustrialLocos.html</a><!-- m -->
In addition I found some plans and pics that might help you to build your pier: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhphoto&fileName=ny/ny1500/ny1595/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=South%20Brooklyn%20Freight%20Terminal,%2029th%20Street%20Pier,%20Opposite%20end%20of%20Twenty-ninth%20Street%20on%20upper%20New%20Y,%20Brooklyn,%20Kings%20County,%20NY&displayType=1&itemLink=D?hh:8:./temp/~ammem_Jl7e:">http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?co ... mmem_Jl7e:</a><!-- m -->:
Did you find this site on floatbridge operations: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/Floatbridge.html">http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloc ... ridge.html</a><!-- m -->. I found it on this site with lots of information about the New York terminal railroads: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/IndustrialLocos.html">http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/IndustrialLocos.html</a><!-- m -->
Kurt