Mystery Metal Bridge

The metal stampings for the arched girders is Bing.  I can't find an exact match for the rest but the 1912 catalog does illustrate a 5 piece bridge (10150) that has rounded supports and two separate sections on either side of the arched section that have railings and lamps.  The illustration does not show the connector pins but I could see where those pins might have attached to the railing sections. The problem is the illustration indicates the arched section and the railing section share a single support whereas your bridge piece does not allow for that kind of support sharing. Given the excess soldering that appears to have been done to your span I wonder if that might indicate a home modification to change the location of the supports at some later date.

  The bridge below is a later rendition of the bridge span ca 1925 but, as you can see, the arched girder stamping is the same.

Thanks, Robert. Your analysis makes sense. I have the book Trains from my Grandfathers Attic, but it is still packed from a recent move. I’ll check out the reference. Thanks again. 

The underpinnings look like they could be Carette 

Certainly looks more like mine,  but my Bridge has no track or holders for track. I’ll settle for Bing or Carette any day! 

Or is it Märklin, like this one:

Regards

Fred

I’m beginning to think that an anonymous manufacturer made these bridges for several of the above mentioned brands. Who knows?

Has anyone noticed the wires at the beginning and end? This is a middle section of a larger bridge. And on the bridge is a diamond shape to see, a Bing sign. This is a part of the Bing bridge 10150 from 1909

Greetings

Arne

Thanks Arne, that is the bridge I was referencing in the post above.  It's also why I said I think BlueComet931's span has been modified since the stone supports in the catalog cut suggest the supports are shared by the arch and hand rail sections of the bridge.  Out of curiosity, have you ever seen a complete 10150 bridge?

Arne posted:

Has anyone noticed the wires at the beginning and end? This is a middle section of a larger bridge. And on the bridge is a diamond shape to see, a Bing sign. This is a part of the Bing bridge 10150 from 1909

Greetings

Arne

Did not see that listed in the 1913 catalog I was able to access. I need older Bing catalogs, I guess. Thanks for clearing this up, Arne.