08-26-2010, 07:31 PM
I haven't decided on what I'll use for alignment/locking. I'm keeping my eye out for some kind of mechanical latch.
I did some more foam work and poured the river bed.one side will get a 2 track main that will represent the PRR line that ran to Phillipsburg NJ.
The next step (when it was dry enough) was to mock up the bridge. I don't think a bridge of this type was ever used to span the Delaware or Susquehanna rivers, but it's a freelanced road and I like it. I used The CNJ's DY draw as inspiration, at only a small fraction of it's length and 1/4 it's mechanics, it's small compared to the prototype, but takes up a large part of the roll out.
The lifting towers are about 120 feet high (minus the legs) and the lifting section is 180 feet long. The hole structure spans both mains.I am building this bridge with the idea that I will one day motorize the lifting section.
I did some more foam work and poured the river bed.one side will get a 2 track main that will represent the PRR line that ran to Phillipsburg NJ.
The next step (when it was dry enough) was to mock up the bridge. I don't think a bridge of this type was ever used to span the Delaware or Susquehanna rivers, but it's a freelanced road and I like it. I used The CNJ's DY draw as inspiration, at only a small fraction of it's length and 1/4 it's mechanics, it's small compared to the prototype, but takes up a large part of the roll out.
The lifting towers are about 120 feet high (minus the legs) and the lifting section is 180 feet long. The hole structure spans both mains.I am building this bridge with the idea that I will one day motorize the lifting section.
My other car is a locomotive, ARHS restoration crew