Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Railroad Model Craftsman 2006-05
Articles Listing

Railroad Road Overpasses

The author describes how he scratchbuilt a steel girder bridge that covers automobile roadways.

Tips on Modeling Wood Trestles: How to Avoid Common Engineering Mistakes

Focusing on frame bent trestles, the author explains why prototype railroads avoid bridges as much as possible, what the definition of a "frame bent trestle" is, how foundations were built, the situations where frame bent trestles were used, and finally, the mistakes us modelers make in placing and building those types of bridges.