RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted March 4, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2012 Further to the 'Mystery structure in mystery location' thread in the Wheeltappers, here are some more photos of this structure, which I visited recently. The formation of the old Cheltenham to Stratford-on-Avon main line between a point just to the south of Stratford and Long Marston has been made into a cycle way, and one of the spans of this impressive girder bridge is used for this purpose. This is the view looking towards the bridge from the Stratford direction (Stratford-on-Avon being behind the camera). The former Down line span is in use for the cycleway, the up line span is disused and looks to be in a poor condition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Looks like the prototypye for Triang's old girder bridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted March 4, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2012 Some nice prototype weathering colours there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 The Irn Bru Bridge. "Made in Scotland, from........" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar Side Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Guess that's by the Stratford race course? We camped there a couple of years back & found the bike hire place & cafe in a couple of mk1s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I walked across it a few years ago when I lost a coach party of international students in Stratford! Surprisingly enough, I wasn't invited on any other trips... Given the thickness of the girders, I suspect there's nothing wrong with the bridge that a good sand blast and repaint wouldn't fix. I believe there is a plan to re-lay a single track alongside the cycle way at some point in the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I was going to say that that bridge is in better condition than some of the road bridges still in use in New York City (Bronx and Brooklyn in particular)...... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
owentherail Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I remember crossing that bridge when i was younger, had to balance across the girders as it was years before the cycle track came along, scarey. Would look lovely with a Hall or Manor crossing it still tho. owen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I can remember that as a lad, I lived in Luddington Village as a young lad before I joined the Navy. We used to row up the river from Luddington to the Racecourse. I was a lot fitter then. Can also remember when the prisoners came every day to Luddington to dig out the new lock. Completely ruined our island, which used to catch all sorts of goodies when the river went into flood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted March 18, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2012 Thanks to a superb link to this site provided by Chard - http://www.lhi.org.uk/project_imageviewer1231.html?image_id=3031&project_id=738 - I now know that this bridge is known as Stannells Bridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Apologies for digging up this old thread, but it seems a good starting point for a question I was about to ask. On a new baseboard on our club's N-gauge layout Meacham, we will have a number of rail bridges over a canal. One of them, used for two lines chiefly used to get coal and ash wagons in and out of an MPD will mask some rather nice canal scenery, and so we were wondering about using an open girder structure so that some of the scenery can be glimpsed through the bridge. So, looking at a bridge like this, how would the track have been supported on the girderwork? Would the track constructions be different from the normal arrangement of sleepers perpendicular to the rails? Are there any good sources I should look at to see what would be involved in modeling such a thing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Even with rails down I reckon the rest would of been boarded over for safety reasons. Looking at the open part of the bridge it looks like there were 2 baulks fitted under the rails. Probably there were cross braces between them, then what ever was needed to hold up the deck timbers. Something like floor joists I would imagine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Apologies for digging up this old thread, but it seems a good starting point for a question I was about to ask. On a new baseboard on our club's N-gauge layout Meacham, we will have a number of rail bridges over a canal. One of them, used for two lines chiefly used to get coal and ash wagons in and out of an MPD will mask some rather nice canal scenery, and so we were wondering about using an open girder structure so that some of the scenery can be glimpsed through the bridge. So, looking at a bridge like this, how would the track have been supported on the girderwork? Would the track constructions be different from the normal arrangement of sleepers perpendicular to the rails? Are there any good sources I should look at to see what would be involved in modeling such a thing? Hi Nick. I'm certainly no expert on this, far from it in fact, but as Peter said, there was probably two baulk timbers running the whole length of the bridge bolted down to the two main longtiudal girders and those 'L' brackets I would suspect were cross timber ties functioning as railway sleepers but in this case, set much wider apart. Terrific bridge though and I'm sure something like it would make a terrific model for your clubs layout. Please let us all know what you decide on and how you get on. Cheers. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratford Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 A very old thread but much nicer to see the bridge in railway use. This was the GW route of the Castle hauled "Cornishman", until September 1962, and other West of England and South Wales trains from Birmingham Snow Hil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Had to build something very similar for Heaton Lodge, a 180ft O gauge layout under construction. Here's a few pics. Cheers. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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