My Bridge{other hobby}
 

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...r/PDR_0078.jpg http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...r/PDR_0077.jpg http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...PDR_0154_1.jpg this is the Niantic River bridge in Niantic Ct we pass under it everytime we go in to Long Island Sound to fish. It's hand made and operates 1/4 scale and it's on my 10x32 foot lay-out and this is my winter hobby........

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Blu, that's cool as all giddy-up!! 8)...how long ago did work begin on that?...what would really be neat is if there was a model V20 in the river, headed out for a day's fishin'... ;) ;D ;D...

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Looks great!! I use to do a little of train work when I was young, But never could get past the crash and burn thing!
I use to light things on fire and burn them up!

Should have been there the day my mom came home smelled something burning, I was in basement with tracks on fire while racing the train thur it!

That was the end of that hobbyb :'(

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My buddy from the club that I'm president of Connecticut Socitey of Ferroeqinoligist and Model Railway Engineers out of Manchester Ct built this for me it takes about 200 hours to complete it even shudders going up and down.....I will build a V-20 out of styrene to put under it. *All the trains in the picture I custom painted *I do lots of it...Ted

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Still need some fire!! I like Fire!!

I have heard that if one likes fire, he is sexual deprived? :o

CB were are you??? :-*

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The only fire I've seen around you are the flames shooting out of your ***. :o


Nice hobby Blu. Looks like tedious work.

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Agreed! Very nice work, man!

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Thats cool as a FAN!!

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Amazing.

My family has a long history on the rails, very fascinating.

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thats very cool! I always loved those highly detailed train sets.

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yeah, i also have a long history on the rails... should've listened to my parents and finished college. :(

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You an engineer?

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I'm a machinst for the largest hand tool maker in the US. Some of the brands we own/manufactor is Matco and Craftsman,Allen,KD and NAPA.........Ted

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Have any 2nds cheap? *;D *I am always scaming *;)

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would like to see the rest of your layout. i've got a 12 x 24 HO layout inthe basement here and a G scale garden railway at the beach. here's the beach shots no recent ones though.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...h/MVC-002S.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...h/MVC-015S.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...h/MVC-017S.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...h/MVC-018S.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...LTrain-002.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...LTrain-004.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...LTrain-005.jpg

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stinky, i was a locomotive engineer but i got stir crazy in the box :P so i requalified as a conductor and the rest is history. plus we get to wear some spiffy uniforms.

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I work for Amtrak and used to operate that bridge!

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how long were you an engineer?

I have always heard if you are one there is a 100percent chance you will kill someone...that true or a horror story?

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..or something. I.E. skunks, deer, possum, wayward V-20s :)

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stinky, i had a hit when i was still a trainee. took a guy out east in a deisel goin about 65. still lookin for his other leg. we got one guy whos qualified 5 years and has 8 hits. got an old timer with something like 28 years on and never had a hit. yes, most guys on the property have one or more hits, i would say 90 percent. but about 20 percent of the roster is under 3 years. i was in the cab for 5 years. been a blue belly for another 5.

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Revmax...that's amazing you operated that bridge!!...when were you on it?... 8)...

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http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...icBridge-2.jpg...

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Wow, Blu...that thing's gotta go straight up 90* to clear...no wonder all the counter-weight... 8)...do ALL draw-bridges monitor ch 13 on VHF up there, too...is that universal?...

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That bridge opens to about 75 degrees and it is channel 13......I'll see if I can find one that's it open....

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The next picture is the same type rolling lift bridge that is gone now outside of East Providence, Rhode Island also on the New Haven Railroad circa 1964 both bridges opened the same amount. This bridge is identical as the center section of the bridge that is 9 sections wide over the mouth of the Connecicut River and Long Island Sound.....Ted

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Very cool guys!! ;D

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Ain't it though... 8) 8) 8)...

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Reelapeelin,
I hired out with the old Penn-Central in 75' and worked Mystic, Niantic and Conn River bridges till 85' when I went to Boston to become a train dispatcher.

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I give this thread a big....









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hey Blu, have you ever used this site for model parts. they have it all.

http://www.oakridgehobbies.com/