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Hey Ron.. finally got around to getting the pics of the Milwaukee Road bridge in Beverley, Wa... here is the link.http://www.cascadenscale.org/Evergreen/milw.htm

Brian E. Bundridge
Seattle, Wa

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Most of the usable parts can be found in the SRVOCBrd.zip which has similar deck spans. You may be able to find a suitable arch span in the updated bridges.Excellent selection of pics.Let me get the Forth Bridge done - most complex bridge yet.SRV Ron

SRV Ron

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Holy Smokes!!! Just Looked at your pictures from the forth bridge.. that is incredible... just.. wow :O

Brian E. Bundridge
Seattle, Wa

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There is enough difference in the Mawaukee Road / Beverly Bridge that the OC parts are not quite right including if you want silver or rusted black. Also, there is a power pole built on the bridge sections.Here is a revised test span. The entire bridge is just 3 styles of span not including ends.Forth Bridge has sure caused excitement over the UK forum.SRV Ron

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I still can't get over how fast you do these things.............At least the Beverly bridge is under 2000meters (IIRC) so you'll be able to see the whole thing. Todd

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Wow, looks nice! need anymore pictures? Just a note: I won't be doing the Seattle Route until I figure out how the new mainline relocation is going to be along with CTC... *we have CTC islands in Auburn*soo..i'm gonna work on Stampede Pass...............After I get my computer running again...

Brian E. Bundridge
Seattle, Wa

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Do you plan on using the bridge as new or abandoned? Both photos were present on the pic site.So far, there are four bridge types on that span. Looks like a 150ft deck span, 200ft deck span, hanging 200ft deck span, and a 250ft arch span. I also see some box beam viaduct at the approach and end piers. Both new and abandoned are textured.I have the prototypes of the first three made. Just need to fix the top long girders - they're too long, make the arch span, and piers. May take some time since work is occupying 10+ hours a day not counting the commute time. Leaves little time if any for train sim during the week.SRV Ron

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LAST EDITED ON Jan-21-03 AT 08:49 PM (EST)

Numbers sound about right Ron. I was just looking through some books and found one with a four unit Boxcab set on the first span east of the through truss. It looks like that span, just off the through truss, is just a touch shorter than a four unit set which is 224'.The photo is at an angle however so it's a bit difficult to tell for sure.Edit- Found another photo, posted below. (Sorry about the quality) Judging from this, it would appear the span is 225'. That's a three unit set on the bridge, but going off the trusses compared to the motors four motors equals the length of the bridge.Perhaps this straight on side shot will be helpful. End Edit....I just posted a message to a Milwaukee mailist I'm on that has a lot of Lines West guys, so hopefully one of them has the exact span lengths.btw-Brian, just which lines are you guys working on? ALL of the Cascade crossings? Best,
Todd

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That pic will make it easy to adjust the length using the scaling tool. I'll keep watch for the length post and can also scale the existing parts to size.SRV Ron

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Here's the span lengths Ron;
EE-2661-82' concrete abutment east end
1-80' deck girder span
3-156' trusses
1-216' truss
1-266' thru truss
3-216' deck girders(?)<==This is what his profile said. Obviously they are deck trusses from the photos.
7-156' deck girders
1-80' deck girder
1- 34' 7" deck girder
1-50' deck girder w/endHope this helps,
Todd

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Thanks for the info. Have printed it and placed it on the stack of pics. I can scale the sections to specs when I am satisfied with their design.The 216ft truss and hanging truss are the same length judging from the pics of the number of braces in the span.SRV Ron

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Ron, the bridge will be used as new, i have more specs on the bridge but.. it's on the other computer....

Brian E. Bundridge
Seattle, Wa

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Just a progress report on the MR Bridge.Need to do the end pier at the highway, the other end pier, and the power and telegraph poles.I'll supply the kit as silver as it went to rusty brown after being abandoned.SRV Ron

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Geez Ron, That's one gorgeous bridge. If it winds up in our file library I'll be forced to put together small route just so I can use it. Super!I find myself missing the Milwaukee Road now for some odd reason ...Dave Mikulec (dmikulec@bellsouth.net)
Ohio Southeastern System - a freelanced route
http://www.rdimages.com/OSE/

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Looks great Ron. Beautiful work as usual.btw-Milwaukee painted it's bridges black. Probably not a big deal for the end user to repaint though. I'll take it either way.Todd

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oh wow Ron... that is incredible.. you outta come up with a website on the many bridges you have recreated. Bret's computer is back up and running, just need to hook him up to the net and he'll start on the Milwaukee Road route again.Keep up the awesome work!

Brian E. Bundridge
Seattle, Wa

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The photos submitted show it in silver although this type of bridge is usually in black as in the pics when it was abandoned. It's easy to change the textures with the right tools. Or, if you don't mind a 3 meg download, can be supplied in both colors.SRV Ron

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LAST EDITED ON Jan-27-03 AT 08:03 PM (EST)

See how this looks. It is the rusty brown converted to a nice fresh black paint job.It was done by processing the texture through the color adjust, hue -saturation - lightness. to Hue (Doesn't matter), Sat -100, Lightness -33. The setting removes all color and darkens the remaining grey scale. The track texture was isolated from the change. The alpha channel is not affected.SRV Ron

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Awesome.That'll look great with a set of boxcabs cruising across it.Thanks for all the work Ron. Your bridges really help out us routebuilders.Todd

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After a lot of fiddling with orientation of assembled segiments to align rails to the West, Berm end to the South and all the piers to face the correct way, all that is left is the 82 foot concrete end pier to construct. The Milwaukee Road kit is about ready for upload. Here is a pic in the test route.SRV Ron

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Wow. Almost speechless!Great work Ron.Gonna have to download the dems for Beverly Washington to make a mini route just to set this thing up.Thanks again for this great piece of work.Todd

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Did the telegraph and power poles on the bridge last night when this forum shut down. Still have the concrete North viaduct to finish.Final plans are to upload this as three kits.Kit 1 will be the complete bridge as pictured above in black. It will contain the preassembled sections to construct this bridge as it is pictured in Beverly. All power poles and telegraph poles are included.Kit 2 will be the complete bridge as in kit 1 but will be silver.

Kit 3 will be just the basic components spans, piers, and poles. The TSModeler parts will be included.SRV Ron

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Here is the completed span. Just need time to package it up.SRV Ron

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Looks great!Even with that Bunsniff power on it. The catenary supports and high tension lines really make the bridge distinctive.Looking forward to dling it.Thanks for contributing this Ron.Todd

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THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!!!!!! I'll transfer it over to Bret's computer as soon as it's uploadedI wish my computer would work, but it seems there is a conflicting problem with the mainboard, not a processor issue...

Brian E. Bundridge
Seattle, Wa

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Just uploaded three kits.SRVMRKT1.zip (may be SRVMWKT1.zip) This is the seven section kit in black texture as pictured above.SRVMRKT2.zip (may be SRVMWKT2.zip) This is the same bridge but in silver texture.SRVMRKT3.zip This is the TSModeler version. It is just basic parts and textures. TSModeler is required.If there is interest, I'll put together a RE version of parts.Next projects; New Zeeland lattace iron viaducts and the Tower bridge - located South of I Street Bridge.SRV Ron

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You are absolutely incredible. I don't know how you can crank out these masterpieces like this.You are indeed, the Bridge Meister.Andre

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Indeed he is. And his generosity is to be commended.Thanks Ron!Dave Mikulec (dmikulec@bellsouth.net)
Ohio Southeastern System - a freelanced route
http://www.rdimages.com/OSE/

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Uploads now available.Well, it seems that the typos popped in the names. Not a problem. If you read the discriptions, file_id.diz, as posted, you will download the proper file.SRV Ron

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This is one sweet bridge. Nice and easy to put together. Terrain DEM'd from actual location of bridge, Beverly Washington. The mountains don't show up right from such a distance though.Thanks once more Ron.(Unfortunately, terraserver doesn't even have the topomaps for just east of this area. Makes it hard to do markers.....)Todd

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What does this B*** S*** have to do with a bridge request by a fellow simmer? Take your flame wars elsewhere!!!SRV Ron

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Well Stated Ron. You have done super work. A few neanderthals can't stop us now. thanks again.
Joe Cooney, Ocala, FL

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Glad to see that the (offensive and unrelated to the topic) replies were deleated. Plan to start some work either on lattacework iron viaducts, another large West Coast bridge, or the Tower Bridge - depending on when I have additional specs on those items.SRV Ron

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Would you like a nice small project for a change? A 70' lift span?Gotta say a lot of routes would be less or impossible without your bridges.Best,
Todd

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LAST EDITED ON Feb-03-03 AT 05:20 PM (EDT)

I'm looking for a lift span as one is needed for an upcoming project currently on hold.Edit, Need the lift span for the Suisun Bay Drawbridge project.SRV Ron

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This one would be pretty small compared to the Suisun bridge. Wouldn't work for that.Here is the only photo I have found of it.(Sorry for the quality. Had to shrink it a lot to fit here.)Best,
Todd

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Looks like a small channel or canal span. I'll file it with the download pics for future reference.SRV Ron

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Yep, it's over the old Portage Canal. The girder portion of it is still in use. However, the lift towers are long gone.The abutments are a bit different due to it's former life.Best,
Todd

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