I guess I was given the wrong story way back. Thanks The Armstrongs have been over here too long to remember. (1600's) At least they did not totaly give up on scotch for moonshine whiskey although some were involved in the Whiskey Rebellion
Those bridges are amazing. John Armstrong ----- Original Message ----- From: John Prior To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 9:05 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} The First Tay Bridge John The rail first bridge over the river Tay by Dundee, collapsed on 28 Dec 1879, causing the death of 75 people. I assume you crossed over the second bridge which opened on 13 Jul 1887? The rail bridge over the river Forth was opened on the 4 Mar 1890. At both points, the rivers are called 'firths', which is a Scottish term A search of Google will give more info. The S gauge content - I've yet to see a model of any of these bridges in S, (scale, hi-rail or AF!) Regards John the Sasenach On 1 Oct 2011, at 08:10, [email protected] wrote: > 2b. > Re: Hi SCALE - BC&G S Scale layout > Posted by: "John" [email protected] aikaioi > Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:01 am (PDT) > > > > I watched the sunrise over the Firth of Tay. Quite impressive. Had > ridden a night train. Got off at Dundee with my bicycle, It was > pitch black except for one light bulb hanging over the platform. > After waiting for daylight I went into town. Had a "workmans > breakfast" in a tiny , very plain little cubbyhole type restaurant. > Do not know if it was real Dundee Marmalade with it, (I was raised > on it). "biken and aigs" > I then got the next train back to Edinborough riding in the rear > vestibule with the brakeman. That Forth bridge is astonishing, > > The first Forth bridge collapsed due to the weight of the rivets > which had not been calculated. This was the same thing that happened > to the 2nd Montreal RR bridge. > > The chief engineer of the final (successful) Montreal bridge roomed > where I did when I first moved to Cleveland. Great stories. > > John Armstrong > ----- Original Message ----- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6506 (20110930) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6506 (20110930) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
