Model Railroad Bridges & Trestles: A Guide to Designing and Building Bridges for Your Layout...

Model Railroad Bridges & Trestles: A Guide to Designing and Building Bridges for Your Layout (Model Railroad ... | A Lot of Bridge Building Theory and Prototype Photos

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	Model Railroad Bridges & Trestles: A Guide to Designing and Building Bridges for Your Layout (Model Railroad ... Kalmbach Publishing Company, 1992 - 152 pages average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Model Railroad Bridges and Trestles brings together more than 20 years of Model Railroader articles on bridges and trestles, providing a single reference for building sturdy and stunning model bridges. (For both N Scale and HO Scale) PACKAGE INCLUDES: 1-Book, Model Railroad Bridges and Trestles - 152 Pages FEATURES: From: Model Railroader Brief history of bridges Learn the ABCs of bridges (beam and thru-plate girder bridges, truss spans, deck bridges, trestles, arches, viaducts, culverts, wood truss bridges, and more) Add a covered highway bridge to your layout Black and White diagrams and photographs Includes plans for the Gloucester Draw bridge 2/21/95sk

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Must have for all!

I know I have given high praise to "The Model Railroader's Guide to Bridges, Trestles & Tunnels", but in all honesty this is THE perfect resource for designing and building your OWN bridges. It gives great detail in almost every aspect of design and construction of bridges, it even gives explanations for what type of bridge would suit diffrent terrains and land masses. Buy this along with "The Model Railroader's Guide to Bridges, Trestles & Tunnels" and you will have THE COMPLETE resource for any and all types of bridge building.

A Lot of Bridge Building Theory and Prototype Photos

This book appears to be a compendium of earlier articles from Model Railroader. It starts with "Understanding Bridge Construction" and discusses various types of bridges including trestle design, plate girder bridges, and a look at some prototype bridges with measurements. There are some chapters on actual model bridge construction ("kit-bashing" or "scratch building") but overall, the book leans heavily toward the concepts of bridges so the modeler can make and use the structures as the prototype railroads would. (You don't typically use a huge span to cross a drainage ditch for example.) I found the chapter on wooden trestle and their "bends" (p. 30) useful and the chapter on "Building Black Bear Bridge" (p. 106) fascinating.

I would say this book would be good for the middle level to the experienced modeler. I personally think the novice would be better served buying some of the excellent model bridges available. Even they might appreciate the basics covered in the early chapters.

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A Wonderful Collection

Speaking as one who was formerly a civil engineer, this compendium is a wonderful collection of articles on building bridges for model railroads. It is not a book by a single author. Instead, it is a collection of reprints of articles from Model Railroader magazine. As such, some are better than others but all are good.

Particularly worthy of note is the first series of articles which is a survey of different types of bridges and their design. It is technically correct and conveys enough information to the modeler to do a creditable job but it is yet simple enough to understand for those without an engineering background.

Most of the later articles deal with the construction of particular bridges instead of general principles but they too are well written and adaptable to other situations. Since this work is intended for modelers and not engineers, much of the emphasis is on the aesthetics. This is as it should be as it is the information vital to the modeler.

All in all, this is a great collection.

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everfything for trestles

Great for bridges and trestles...you need some practical woodworking experience to master the construction procedures...BUT it wouldn't take long to if you concentrate.

Building Railraod Bridges? Then this book is for you!

This book is a collection of articles that have previously appeared in past issues of Model Railroader Magazine. While the articles are informative and insightful, the format that Kalmbach uses to copy the various original bridge and trestle articles and paste them into a book is not very slick. It would have been nice if they would have updated some of the information and added more color photographs. Books in this format appear to be another way for Kalmbach to re-hash old articles of a similar topic, put them under one cover and generate more sales from already published material. This book has become reference material for my library. I however would recommend the Kalmbach book "The Model Railroader's Guide To BRIDGES, TRESTLES & TUNNELS" by Jeff Wilson, this book is fresh, better organized, and a useful tool for modeling railroad bridges.

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