N&W Bridges -- Guidance Sought for a Unique N&W Prototype

Tue Aug 11 16:19:12 EDT 2020

Thanks Matt. 
Bill D. 

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> On Aug 11, 2020, at 2:07 PM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Yes, long gone, Bill. The freight house was torn down in the seventies, and out of railroad use for longer than that.
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> Attached is a 1959 aerial to provide a sense of what was there (north is up). I bought a right of way map from the N&WHS Archives that made me aware the points were mid-span (closer to the north end) - it was only then that I noticed it on this image. I’ve attached a snip of the ROW map as well. 
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> Not a mountainous area, but space constraints still lead to practical solutions.
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> Matt Goodman
> Columbus Ohio
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> On Aug 10, 2020, at 6:49 PM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Thanks Matt.  Apparently no longer there — found the Hargus Creek crossing on Google Earth.  No siding.  But good to know there is an historical prototype.  I’m modeling mid-‘50s all steam, so entirely possible siding and switch were there at the time.  
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> Yes.  Great reminder for a “man bridge” for attendant to access the switch.  Will have to work on that.  
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> Real challenge was leaving sufficient space on the turning side for 80’ passenger cars to make the swing without hitting the rear on the opposite side or the overhang on the inside rubbing on the middle of the bridge.  
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> Bill Demarest
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