This is what I did with a section of flex - not Tomalco but similar
methods.
I've formed the guard rail but haven't attached it.  The guardrail will
extend past the bridge ends.

Ken

yes, work in progress.

http://home.cogeco.ca/~railroad/Model/projects/bridge.jpg




On 7/16/06, John Degnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Homemade bridge flex... this gives an INTERESTING idea!!!  I wonder how
> good the result would look if one were to take some regular Tomalco flex
> track and remove ALL of the webbing (the plastic connecting pieces directly
> under that rail) between the ties and slide all of the ties closer together,
> then mount it on top of the rest of the trestle structure?  Granted, the
> ties wouldn't be wide enough to add "stringers," but it I think it would
> look GREAT for an early-era trestle, especially considering that the ties on
> Tomalco track are not all perfectly centered in the first place (some stick
> out more than others on the sides) which should add to the "old" feel of
> it.  This wouldn't necessarily work for the era I want to model (the
> transition era)... but I might just use it anyway on industrial spurs.
>
>


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