Newport Bridge Gets All Lit Up-Photos

Can't get away fom Rhode Island can you. Absolutely awesome. How about a Del's Lemonade truck crossing the bridge?

WOW Brian what a beautiful bridge set in an awesome scene.

Alex

Brian...that is beautiful!!  It reminds me of the way the bridge going into Memphis is illuminated...

Alan

Nice. I like the reflection in the "water".

Great looking model of the bridge!

I just took this one of the real thing yesterday

Mathew

That bridge is fantastic and the pattern to the lights is perfect! What a great sight. Terry

Did you have a nice meal on the "Newport Dinner Train"?  I have enjoyed that many times.  We take our grandchildren to have cookies with Mr & Mrs Claus. 

Newport sits on an island called Aquidneck Island with a beautiful bay surrounded by a land mass called Providence Plantations.  Welcome to my home....

Brian, 

That looks great. Every time I go to Newport, I stay at a hotel that faces the bridge.

Alan Graziano

WOW - that is terrific. Thanks for sharing.

Paul

Looks great!  I use Evans LED’s, too.  BTW, when I lived in Newport, we had to take a ferry to Jamestown!

Bill

Very nice.

I actually live right over in Bristol and work for them as an engineer and conductor. I've been working and volunteering on Aquidneck Island since I was a Freshman almost four years ago.

Mathew 

Brian, Great work.  That beautiful bridge invokes memories of my native state. 

Many thanks,

Billy C

Thanks to you all for your comments. I see it has brought back many memories to those who have lived in Rhode Island or still do.

Captain John, I would love a Del's Lemonade truck on the layout. When I lived in the Bay Area (CA), we went to a craft fair in Pleasanton and we were shocked to see a Del's Lemonade truck. Of course we sampled the home grown product and the folks who manned the truck were relatives of the owner from Rhode Island.

Bill, I have taken the Jamestown ferry also many times.

When I built the current layout, I wanted a memory from my home State. Since I love Newport, I decided to use the Newport Bridge for this memory or for nostalgia.

Thanks for your comments Andy.

Great model, it reminds me of my stay in Newport. While in the Nay around 1970, I was stationed there, first at the Naval Station, later at Sachuest Point (spelling), a which was on the southeast tip of the island, nd over at beavertail Point which was the southern tip of Jamestown. I also visited from the sea a few times aboard a Destroyer, and in fact once took the ship to a,floating drydock over at Quonset Point Air Station. Long time ago. Thanks for the memories.

I actually live right over in Bristol and work for them as an engineer and conductor. I've been working and volunteering on Aquidneck Island since I was a Freshman almost four years ago.  Mathew 

Good for you Mathew...  Email me and maybe we can share some hobby time.

Brian - Wow! That really brings your bridge to life. Your improvements to your layout are all very good, but this has to rank as one of the best. The bridge always looked great, but now it really stands out! Very nice job.

Art

Art:

Your son Jim was responsible for turning me onto Evans Designs for the LED string lights. Without his help, this would not have happened. A big thanks go out to Jim.

Many of you may not know it, but Jim does custom layout work. He is a master electrician and has just helped me with new rotary controls for the new switch yard.

I couldn't figure out how to email you, my email address is mhorning432@g.rwu.edu

Mat

Absolutely stunning, in the second shot the light reflecting off the 'water' is incredible, it shows how well you have done the scene, I almost smelled salt water looking at it.

Brian, very nice job on the bridge!  The lights really make it stand out.

So the light strings were custom made by Evan's?

Brian, that's correct, Evans Designs made the custom lighting package. It was very easy to install and the strings had some good stiffness to them making the project much easier than I expected. They are sending me two blinking red lights for the towers. There is a Coast Guard rescue helicopter nearby, so I thought this would be a good idea.

Again, thank you all for your very nice comments.