UPDATED VIDEO ADDED !!!!!!!! 3/7/16 !!!!! NEW ADDITION TO THE NEW JADA RAILROAD

Wow great job Alex! That looks terrific on the layout. Looks like John S and the guys at NJ Hirailers know how to build a bridge. 

Mike R

Nice work, Alex.

What is that nice truss bridge made out of?

Nice doesn't cut it. Terrific comes to mind. I find myself afraid to look, because I can't even come close. Guys like you make me keep trying, though.

jpc posted:

Alex

who makes the tug, and at what scale

fun to watch

thank you

jerry

Hi Jerry,

The tug is from Lionel, I'm really not sure of the scale. My guess is 1:43 scale.

Thanks, Alex

Alex, I'm guessing the position of the bridge on the layout is to prevent my elbow from connecting with any VL-BB locomotives coming by?

Paul Kallus posted:

Nice work, Alex.

What is that nice truss bridge made out of?

Hi Paul,  the bridge is made out of MDF Medium Density Fiber Board.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Alex, I'm guessing the position of the bridge on the layout is to prevent my elbow from connecting with any VL-BB locomotives coming by?

John, LOL!!! that was a close one!!!  Yes the bridge was installed to keep your elbow clear of the VLBB coming around the curve. LOL !!!!!

Thanks,

Alex

Moving along quite nicely, Alex.  

Alex M posted:

Hello everyone,

      First i just wanted to thank all of you for the kind words and encouragement, It was a ton of fun to work on my own layout for once. But i also very much enjoy working on everyone else's projects. Today will be one more day on this bridge project, then it will be back to my regular work.

     As mentioned above, John S  is a fantastic bridge builder and i couldn't be happier!!!!!!!! THANK YOU

     Track spacing is 6 inches on center in the bridge area, that spacing does change around different parts of the layout. It's pretty much 5 inches around the rest of the layout.

 Thanks, Alex

 

Good progress Alex, as the others mentioned a very nice bridge too.

With that track spacing you can run anything without side swipes?

Wow zowie!!! What great work. On the bridge and the layout.

Congrats,
Jay

Alex M posted:

Paul Kallus posted:

Nice work, Alex.

What is that nice truss bridge made out of?

Hi Paul,  the bridge is made out of MDF Medium Density Fiber Board.

Its not MDF    Its called tempered hardboard.  Similar to Masonite but has finished sides on both

bluelinec4 posted:

Alex M posted:

Paul Kallus posted:

Nice work, Alex.

What is that nice truss bridge made out of?

Hi Paul,  the bridge is made out of MDF Medium Density Fiber Board.

Its not MDF    Its called tempered hardboard.  Similar to Masonite but has finished sides on both

No it's not !! It's a hat pin box made with 2000 matchsticks glued together. 

Sorry Ben I meant to say Masonite, but I'm so exhausted I said MDF. That goes to show you how tired I am, I've been working with both types of material for many years. 

Alex 

Alex M posted:

bluelinec4 posted:

Alex M posted:

Paul Kallus posted:

Nice work, Alex.

What is that nice truss bridge made out of?

Hi Paul,  the bridge is made out of MDF Medium Density Fiber Board.

Its not MDF    Its called tempered hardboard.  Similar to Masonite but has finished sides on both

No it's not !! It's a hat pin box made with 2000 matchsticks glued together. 

Sorry Ben I meant to say Masonite, but I'm so exhausted I said MDF. That goes to show you how tired I am, I've been working with both types of material for many years. 

Alex 

Its a bowling ball bag

Video of the VL Big Boy running over the bridge. 

Love it Alex!

Nice video Alex. That layout is gonna look incredible when your done. 

Is there a second level in the future? Also what kind of scenery do you have in mind, Eastern with allot of buildings or western with mountains?

whatever you do it will be incredible. 

Very Nice Alex

Great looking video Alex!

I think the shot of the engine entering the bridge is just great!

Thank you all for the kind comments !!!

Dave, there will be a full upper level, in fact  Jim from Bridge Boss is just finishing up 10 feet of viaduct for me. There will only be one large mountain and a small mountain with many buildings. I'm going for a very realistic look this time around.

Thanks, Alex

Great work and stunning bridge and setting. Like the videos and continuing evolution of your vision.

Alex,

Very nice work!

The Casey Jones High Railers are also in the process of adding a bridge with a water feature on our club layout. Our bridge also came from the NJ High Railers - I think.

I am sending a link to your post to our group so we can keep up with your progress and pick up an idea or two

Thanks and take care,

Richard

Coming along nicely Alex!!  Am I seeing TWO roundhouses????  WOW!!

Alan

Looking good Alex. Were you able to find the Station Sounds Diner?

Richard Gonzales posted:

Alex,

Very nice work!

The Casey Jones High Railers are also in the process of adding a bridge with a water feature on our club layout. Our bridge also came from the NJ High Railers - I think.

I am sending a link to your post to our group so we can keep up with your progress and pick up an idea or two

Thanks and take care,

Richard

 

Yes that bridge did come from us but we didn't build it.  Bernie Winkler (scratchbuiler148 on the forum) built that one.  It used to be a double decker bridge  I see you removed the upper level.  Only reason we got rid of that one was the clearance problem on the two levels.  Looks better with just the one level.  We replaced that one bridge with two immense 6 foot long bridges.  Included a pic of your bridge before you got it

Alex, looks fantastic bud!  

Alex M posted:

Video of the VL Big Boy running over the bridge. 

WOW ALEX, I thought that Big Boy was gonna run me over, in the second video.  Now I gotta go change my drawers. 

Great videos.

Alex,

Are you going to add a catwalk on the bridge by laying in planks between outside rail and bridge beams?     just curious.

Loved the two videos.

Very impressive.  Best of luck as you continue the project.

Very nice Alex.  What are you going to use for water.  I see you pieced together the masonite so seams could cause leaks if you use one of the liquid products.

Alex M posted:

jpc posted:

Alex

who makes the tug, and at what scale

fun to watch

thank you

jerry

Hi Jerry,

The tug is from Lionel, I'm really not sure of the scale. My guess is 1:43 scale.

Thanks, Alex

Alex,

It's looking great. That tug is so nice I bought another one. Go figure. Now I need to figure out how to fit it in.

Mike

Hello everyone, once again I thank you all for the nice comments, input, and interest. !!!!!

Capt. John, yes i found the SS car from a great guy in Minnesota.

Richard, that's a beautiful bridge, leave it to the NJ-Hirailers to have a beautiful bridge!!!!

Alan, one roundhouse is mine the other is for a customer.

Randy, yes there will be some sort of cat walk, in the future.

Coach Joe,  Yes there's a seem in the bottom base, this won't matter because I'm going to try something different. I'm going to use a standard 3 Mil contractor garbage bag crumpled up and then i will pour epoxy over it. I will do a test section first and see how it looks.  See photo below.

Thanks, Alex

Sounds interesting.  Won't the black bak make it very dark?

coach joe posted:

Sounds interesting.  Won't the black bak make it very dark?

Actually the bag has a greenish color to it. I will do a test section first and see how it looks 

Thanks,Alex 

After all the posts about water over the years you may have actually come up with a new technique.  can't wait to see pics of the test section or finished product if test goes well.

Alex - the bridge and harbor area looks great. Will the bridge be removable?

I'm thinking that your crumbled bag will act like a pool liner, great idea. Let us know how that works out.

Sean

Alex, I have 2 industrial size plastic bags that are pale green and light blue. they are translucent also so different features painted on the base will show through slightly

mytrains posted:

Alex, I have 2 industrial size plastic bags that are pale green and light blue. they are translucent also so different features painted on the base will show through slightly.

That sounds even better, I sometime before i get to adding water. My next step will be to build the bulkhead and some kind of rock support formation for bridge supports. Next time i see you I'll get the bags from you. Once i have all the bags I'll test each one and will see which looks best.

Thanks,

Alex

Great idea and innovative

Dang!  That bridge looks sweet Alex!  Looking forward to seeing that harbor scene.

wmtrainnut09 posted:

Dang!  That bridge looks sweet Alex!  Looking forward to seeing that harbor scene.

Johnny, thanks very much.!!   there's a lot in store for my new layout !

Alex