Author: various authors
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Co.
Published: 1992
ISBN: 0-89024-128-7
Pages: 152
Cost: $19.95
This book is a collection of articles from Model Railroader magazine issues from 1962 to 1991.
| Chapter | Page | Title / Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Understanding Bridge Construction |
| This article, written by Harold Russell, first discusses how to pick the appropriate bridge to model, history of railroad bridges in the U.S., determining load capabilities, beam, girder, and truss bridges, trestles, viaducts, and culverts, arch bridges, continuous truss bridges, cantilever bridges, suspension bridges, and structural shapes used to construct steel bridges. | ||
| 2 | 8 | Beam and Through Plate Girder Bridges |
| This article written by Harold Russell covers steel beam bridges, track flooring, guardrails, stringer and floor beam systems for through bridges, through plate girder bridges, knee and lateral bracing on girder bridges, double-track bridges, skewed and curved railroad bridges, and briefly touches on available model bridges. | ||
| 3 | 14 | Through Truss Bridges |
| Harold Russell continues his bridge articles in this chapter with types of trusses, truss member construction, truss member joints, gussets and rivets, through truss nomenclature and typical proportions, general characteristics of truss bridges, top and knee braces, lateral struts, and portals, and typical truss bridges. | ||
| 4 | 21 | Deck Bridges and Movable Spans |
| Harold Russell returns in this chapter discussing deck plate girder bridges, deck truss bridges, bridges on curves, abutments, piers, and bents, pedestals, swing bridge and drawbridge spans, bascule bridges, vertical lift bridge. | ||
| 5 | 28 | Trestles, Arches, and Viaducts |
| Another article by Harold Russell covers timber trestles, bents, sway bracing, piers, bent-to-bent bracing, trestle floor systems, walkways and fire protection, double-track and curved trestles, bulkheads, concrete trestles, steel trestles, stone arch bridges and viaducts. | ||
| 6 | 36 | Culverts and Wood Truss Bridges |
| Harold Russell concludes his extensive series on bridges in this chapter which covers culverts, timber bridges, timber joints and construction, flooring systems, covered bridges, and finishing details. | ||
| 7 | 43 | Tackle a Timber Trestle |
| This article by John S. Corbett takes you step-by-step in how to build a trestle bridge. Includes construction of a jig and construction photos. | ||
| 8 | 48 | A Timber Deck Truss Bridge |
| Jack Work describes how to build a deck truss bridge in the middle of a long trestle bridge to add drama. | ||
| 9 | 54 | Girder Bridge and Approaches |
| Jack Work discusses how to build a girder bridge and approaches that rest on trestle bents, concrete piers, and completes the project by describing how to build the girder span. | ||
| 10 | 58 | Modeling a Covered Railroad Bridge |
| Using the prototype bridge near Cottage Grove, OR, Earl T. Johnson describes how he built an HO model of this bridge. | ||
| 11 | 62 | Bash a Bridge |
| Richard L. Whitney describes how to kitbash a model into something that you can use, such as using an HO-scale bridge to become a mainline span for an N-scale layout. | ||
| 12 | 64 | A Big Bridge for Your Double-Track Main |
| Dean Freytag took a Lionel bridge to act as an HO-scale bridge for his double-track main line. | ||
| 13 | 67 | Build a Straining-beam Pony Truss |
| Using a bit of creativity can make this bridge fit any scale, according to Whit Towers. | ||
| 14 | 72 | Steel Trestles from Central Valley Bridges |
| Steve Karas found that using parts from a Central Valley bridge kit made his job of building a lot of steel trestle bridges a lot easier. | ||
| 15 | 78 | John Allen Memorial Bridge |
| Al Kalbfleisch describes how he built his two-truss, two-girder span bridge. | ||
| 16 | 84 | Compact Drawbridge |
| This article by Al B. Armitage describes how he built a Scherzer rolling lift span of girder. | ||
| 17 | 92 | Modeling the Gloucester Draw |
| This chapter is both a prototype and model article about this bridge by George W. Konrad. | ||
| 18 | 105 | Big Warrior River Bridge |
| A brief article by Gordon Odegard about the wrought iron bridge near Cordova, AL. | ||
| 19 | 106 | Building Black Bear Bridge |
| This article by Jim Money describes how he built this fantastic model based on the CP's Stoney Creek Bridge. | ||
| 20 | 116 | Short Girder-type Overpass |
| This chapter discusses how the real world deals with small spans. | ||
| 21 | 121 | Common Standard Trestles |
| Scale drawings of Southern Pacific trestle bridge components. | ||
| 22 | 127 | Rural Road Overpass |
| Small bridges used for foot and car traffic over railroad tracks. | ||
| 23 | 128 | Wood King-post Truss Highway Bridge |
| This chapter by Gordon Odegard covers the king-post bridge used to span double-track mainline. | ||
| 24 | 130 | Forest Park Overpass |
| Using steel and concrete to create an ornamental bridge. | ||
| 25 | 133 | Bridge for a Country Road |
| A small bridge over a creek. | ||
| 26 | 134 | The Witherby St. Underpass |
| Roadways pass under railroad bridge, where the railroad bridge doesn't change grade. | ||
| 27 | 136 | Lattice Truss Bridge |
| This chapter describes this kind of bridge that was common from 1890 to 1930. | ||
| 28 | 140 | Western Pacific's North Fork Bridge |
| This chapter covers this concrete bridge. | ||
| 29 | 142 | B&OCT Bascule Bridge |
| This chapter describes this bridge. | ||
| 30 | 145 | Simple Truss Bridge |
| How to build a very short truss bridge. | ||
| 31 | 146 | Add a Covered Highway Bridge to Your Layout |
| Just photos and scale drawings of a covered bridge. | ||
| 32 | 148 | Covered Railroad Bridge |
| A brief article about the St. Johnsbury & Lamoille Country RR covered bridge. | ||
| 33 | 150 | Old Plattsmouth Truss Bridge |
| Prototype photos and scale drawings of this bridge. |