KentKeith
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For those of you who have watched the growth of the EG&SNNR (Ever Growing and Still No Name Railway) will know that apart from the creation of a number of mountains, a similar number of bridges have been built to get the trains up, down and over the mountains.
The first bridge built was Big Bridge, a Pola product. This was the first bridge I stuck together and, I think, is the most impressive of all the bridges on the EG&SNNR. Only problem is that the local wildlife have adopted the bridge as part of one of their hiking trails and demolished most of the railways. Don't think we have any meercats here, though
Next bridge encountered is Grey Bridge which is normally hidden from view in the bushes and therefore not usually seen or photographed:
Just round the bend from Grey Bridge is Stone Lantern Bridge constructed of super-duper expensive marine plywood (had to buy the whole sheet at just under £100!!). The bridge is rather basic and probably needs some handrails to make it look a bridge.....
On the other side of the garden is Black Bridge, a metal bridge made-to-order by Bridge That Gap, a small company sadly no longer trading:
Onto New Mountain and the site of what will be Waterfall Bridge. Not sure what this will look like apart from the waterfall being behind the bridge, dropping into a short river under the bridge and then down into a pond in front of the bridge. Hope to make it over to Sandwich next week to visit what I'm told is a good water feature outfit to see if they've got what I want:
Last major bridge on the line, and that most recently completed, is the Blue Bridge. This is another Pola product but, unlike the Big Bridge, is mainly screwed together:
Last pic is a helicopter view showing some of the bridges to give you some idea where the bridges are in relation to each other:
.......and, before anyone asks, there is no documented track plan. The railway just sort of grew, no written plans, just some ideas and boxes of straight and different radii Aristocraft track. Simples
The first bridge built was Big Bridge, a Pola product. This was the first bridge I stuck together and, I think, is the most impressive of all the bridges on the EG&SNNR. Only problem is that the local wildlife have adopted the bridge as part of one of their hiking trails and demolished most of the railways. Don't think we have any meercats here, though
Next bridge encountered is Grey Bridge which is normally hidden from view in the bushes and therefore not usually seen or photographed:
Just round the bend from Grey Bridge is Stone Lantern Bridge constructed of super-duper expensive marine plywood (had to buy the whole sheet at just under £100!!). The bridge is rather basic and probably needs some handrails to make it look a bridge.....
On the other side of the garden is Black Bridge, a metal bridge made-to-order by Bridge That Gap, a small company sadly no longer trading:
Onto New Mountain and the site of what will be Waterfall Bridge. Not sure what this will look like apart from the waterfall being behind the bridge, dropping into a short river under the bridge and then down into a pond in front of the bridge. Hope to make it over to Sandwich next week to visit what I'm told is a good water feature outfit to see if they've got what I want:
Last major bridge on the line, and that most recently completed, is the Blue Bridge. This is another Pola product but, unlike the Big Bridge, is mainly screwed together:
Last pic is a helicopter view showing some of the bridges to give you some idea where the bridges are in relation to each other:
.......and, before anyone asks, there is no documented track plan. The railway just sort of grew, no written plans, just some ideas and boxes of straight and different radii Aristocraft track. Simples
Thanks for the suggestion