There is another firth you rarely hear of. Its in the area of Scotland where they produce most of the scotch liquor. It is the Firth of FIFTH.
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 6511 (20111002) __________ 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/
