Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge
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I've included both names as I have seen folks address them with either name. I think what I am trying to create is principally a viaduct, but yesterday I inserted a bridge in a portion of it. I did it in a straight track portion, so I could alternately allow for it to be included in the final trackwork, or perhaps not.

The bottom deck of my layout is to represent principally the city Baltimore, home of America's start with the railroad industry. There is a neat stone arch bridge there in the suburbs, the Thomas viaduct that is even more famous as I read more about it. I wanted to include such a viaduct on my layout as a landmark representative of Baltimore.

I recently became aware that I had several photos I had posted of this viaduct that were not actually the Thomas viaduct, even thought they look very similar. One was a double track affair, the Thomas one, and one was a single track affair located in another state. I'll get into that later.

Turns out I have need of both a single track portion and a double track portion. How to construct them is another big question mark for me. I am making a mock-up using foamcore board right now, and it is presenting even more challenges than I originally anticipated.


from  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Viaduct
Quote:The Thomas Viaduct spans the Patapsco River and Patapsco Valley between Relay, Maryland and Elkridge, Maryland, USA. It was commissioned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O); built between July 4, 1833, and July 4, 1835; and named for Philip E. Thomas, the company's first president.[3]
At its completion, the Thomas Viaduct was the largest railroad bridge in the United States[4] and the country's first multi-span masonry railroad bridge to be built on a curve. It remains the world's oldest multiple arched stone railroad bridge.[5] In 1964, it was designated as a National Historic Landmark.
 
Interestingly, it was commissioned and built so early on by B&O's first president,...and its still in use TODAY !!
[Image: 800px-Thomas-viaduct-1.jpg]
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Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by railandsail - 08-30-2019, 10:26 PM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by railandsail - 08-30-2019, 10:30 PM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by railandsail - 08-30-2019, 10:36 PM
Tracks Underneath - by railandsail - 08-30-2019, 10:39 PM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by ngauger - 08-31-2019, 07:01 AM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by Charlie B - 08-31-2019, 08:01 AM
Expanded Foam PVC mock-up - by railandsail - 08-31-2019, 11:02 AM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by Charlie B - 08-31-2019, 11:25 AM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by railandsail - 08-31-2019, 11:49 AM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by railandsail - 08-31-2019, 11:52 AM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by railandsail - 08-31-2019, 11:58 AM
Paper Cutouts & Arch Shapes - by railandsail - 08-31-2019, 12:17 PM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by Charlie B - 08-31-2019, 12:48 PM
Durobond in Thin Form? - by railandsail - 09-01-2019, 05:23 AM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by railandsail - 09-04-2019, 08:52 AM
Flexible Stone Walls by Chooch - by railandsail - 09-01-2019, 05:30 AM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by railandsail - 09-01-2019, 06:35 AM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by Charlie B - 09-01-2019, 06:41 AM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by ngauger - 09-01-2019, 08:42 AM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by railandsail - 09-02-2019, 09:34 AM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by doctorwayne - 09-02-2019, 11:06 AM
brick facings? - by railandsail - 09-02-2019, 12:21 PM
RE: brick facings? - by doctorwayne - 09-02-2019, 03:57 PM
Bragdon Foam - by railandsail - 09-02-2019, 06:16 PM
RE: Bragdon Foam - by doctorwayne - 09-02-2019, 07:54 PM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by BR60103 - 09-02-2019, 07:37 PM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by railandsail - 09-04-2019, 09:14 AM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by cn nutbar - 09-04-2019, 09:51 AM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by railandsail - 09-05-2019, 08:13 AM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by railandsail - 09-07-2019, 09:08 PM
RE: Stone Arch Viaduct / Bridge - by railandsail - 09-07-2019, 09:16 PM

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