[AllenB]

A bridge or tressel spanning one 18" 30 degree curve? I can't find one anywhere

 

[tankist]

you use something like this to suspend the rail. but without the steel girder. these i only seen streight.
however watch the grades and don't be over optimistic. learned the hard way

or

i didn't have those and my experiment with grades went like this

 

[Big Ed]

A bridge or tressel spanning one 18" 30 degree curve? I can't find one anywhere

I have seen them but they were all scratch built.
I never looked for a kit though.
Did you give any thought to scratch building one?

 

[AllenB]

I have seen them but they were all scratch built.
I never looked for a kit though.
Did you give any thought to scratch building one?

I did. I thought about taking two straight tressels and putting them together to make it wide enough. Should work. Just going to be twice as expensive

 

[tejohn]

I think JV Models or JL Inovations makes a long curved tressel. It's a wooden tressel and worth the time to build.

 

[tankist]

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BOT. don't click links.
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EDIT:
oh wow. that was fast!

 

[Reckers]

I'm not knowledgeable about HO scale (or much else), but I can tap on the keyboard. Would this work?

http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/jvm/jvm2016.htm

 

[AllenB]

I'm not knowledgeable about HO scale (or much else), but I can tap on the keyboard. Would this work?

http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/jvm/jvm2016.htm

Yikes! My river is more like a creek spanning a total of about 4-5 inches.

 

[tankist]

from what i read ,in prototype the bridges are actually streight but wider to accommodate the curved track .

imho -> calls for a scratch build

 

[Reckers]

Yikes! My river is more like a creek spanning a total of about 4-5 inches.

Then my suggestion will definitely work, huh? *LOL*:laugh:

 

[Big Ed]

Then my suggestion will definitely work, huh? *LOL*:laugh:

I would say that would work.
Look under the trestle and I would estimate it's only 6 or 7 inch if that. Perfect for his river and nice looking to boot.

 

[tejohn]

The nice thing about the JL bridge is you can make it any lenght or hieght. When I got this kit I had enough for 4 bridges. Once you have the blue print for the basic design, you can modify it however you want.