That's the famous bridge! I had shot from a much lower angle and
probably closer. Jess had built in a pop-up to access the area but he
made it for himself and Jess was not a 'wide' guy. When I got in
position he was concerned that would damage the scenery. I think he
mentioned that Peter Loeb had 'erupted' through that opening once. At
the time, I was able to make that happen, but probably not today!
Bob Werre
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On 6/25/13 4:17 PM, scale S only wrote:
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Hi Bob --
An amazing man in more than just the model railroading business. I was
fortunate to visit him (taken by the Chervens) in 2008. Photo of your
referenced bridge in action taken on that trip is attached.
Bill Winans
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Back in the modeling world where I was on one of the two shoots I did on
Jess Bennett's layout; we put his custom built FEF with some Overland
SD-40's I think--check out the article in either 3/16's or MR.
Jess had a 40 something car train of American Models boxcars. He brought
those down we put the power on and then he backed the train over a
large S
shaped trestle. I had trouble believing that this was actually happening
without any buckling, string-lining or derailments of any kind. I was
imagining all those cars tumbling off that trestle--a great tribute to a
fine modeler!
Bob Werre
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