eastwestdivide Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 If you think you need a bridge on the layout, but there's not a lot of room, how about this sort of thing - the span is smaller than the width (double-track). I was quite taken with it - nice stone-capped brick, and maybe over-engineered for a location where you might just expect a culvert: It's just south of Doncaster on the line to Maltby, nr Loversall Carr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 If you think you need a bridge on the layout, but there's not a lot of room, how about this sort of thing - the span is smaller than the width (double-track). I was quite taken with it - nice stone-capped brick, and maybe over-engineered for a location where you might just expect a culvert: It's just south of Doncaster on the line to Maltby, nr Loversall Carr. What RM used to call 'Prototype for everything' department! That sounds like a good title for a thread on here... Looks like it was made from offcuts in the scrap box, or as an exercise for the latest intake of apprentices Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 ... over-engineered for a location where you might just expect a culvert: Maybe that a culvert wouldn't carry expected flood water and you'd need something that would not restrict the flow? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Bernard Lamb Posted April 6, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2010 What RM used to call 'Prototype for everything' department! That sounds like a good title for a thread on here... OK then challege accepted. Bridge No 152 at Chelmsford is for a footpath under the railway with 6' 0" headroom. Bernard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Here's one then, that must have some claim to fame: Alrewas (station as was) full barrier level crossing (on the Lichfield - Wichnor line) and its controlling signalbox, provides access to a dead-end of only 100 metres of highway, Croxall Road (cut off by the realigned A38). EDIT: It just so happens that this entire stretch of road is visible in the shot at the end of this link: http://www.derby-signalling.org.uk/Photos/AlrewasPrior.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 There's also the bridge under the main line just east of the old Plympton Station (50deg 23' 30.37" N, 4deg 3' 18.83" E from Google Earth). This was/is Coleford Road and had a headroom of 6ft in the late 1950s/early 1960s. It is not a footpath and may have been deepened, but at the time quoted was a road. I remember seeing a sit up and beg Ford Popular going under it and my father saying he'd never try it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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