Cantilever Bridge in Edinburg Scotland

That's the Firth of Forth bridge.  Historically significant in both architecture and engineering circles.  There's lots of info on the web about it.

Jim

It is an amazing bridge, it had to handle both heavy rail loads and very strong wind loading. A predecessor bridge collapsed in 1879 I believe, this one was started in the early 1880's.

Hitchcock's film of 1935 "The 39 Steps" has a train stopped on that bridge and the hero climbs out onto the structure. Great shots of the bridge and an excellent early Hitchcock film.

Gorgeous railroad bridge......

It's a good thing that the bridge is so high above the water.......the British naval base at Rosyth (north side of the bridge) was the home of Admiral Beatty's squadron of battlecrusiers and Queen Elizabeth class superdreadnoughts during WWI....the tripod masts had to clear it.....

Peter

A few years ago l had a meal in a little restaurant that was under the west end of this bridge. As we waited outside for the tour bus, a short train of what looked like ore cars started to slowly trundle across this bridge.  I could not tell what the engine was, as it was out of sight . It took several minutes to cross the bridge to the east. (No caboose, of course)

One of my favorite days ever was when my wife and I went from Waverley station to Inverkeithing and back with the express purpose of riding across the Forth bridge. We found a cool little pub in Inverkeithing.

Super Cool! Thanks for sharing. I was able to take a screenshot from your video. Now I have to watch The 39 Steps. 😎

Both the bridge and the Tattoo are fantastic!

My family all met up In Edinburgh in 2018 to go to the Tattoo. Then we went up to Fort Williams to ride the Jacobite Express. A great vacation.

Crossed that bridge several times while on a port visit to Rosyth at the conclusion of a 30+ ship NATO exercise in November of 1975. Very impressive.   Earl G.

Tubi has available  a video on the Flying Scotsman.  The opening scene is of the train crossing the bridge.

https://tubitv.com/movies/4844...d-returns?start=true

Jan

Here is a you tube video I was alerted to showing a similar bridge done in O scale:

https://youtu.be/jULzaMq9w_M

Check at about the 17 second mark.

Peter

There were a couple of instances in the 19th century where British railways had to build bridges across rivers or inlets in such a way that they allowed clearance for Royal Navy vessels. Often it meant building them higher than they'd otherwise need to be.

I recall Michael Palin describing the bridge in his episode, "Confessions of a Train Spotter," in the BBC series "Great Railway Journeys of the World."

Stuart