An interesting short-span bridge, the Howe Pony Truss was not tall enough to be completely covered with a roof, but offers an interesting sheathing on the sides. Could be constructed quickly without interior detail and still be a point of interest, or completely modeled with some sheathing left off to showcase your work.
A great project for any 19th or 20th Century Railroad, this covered bridge is one of just eight left in the U.S. An interesting point of interest, it could be modeled with some of the sheathing removed to show off the double-web lattice, with workmen adding the covering planks. We have six sheets of plans.
Although built for vehicular traffic rather than railroad use, The Range Line Road Bridge, a single-span Warren standard truss bridge, would be a great subject for a model railroad layout.
The simple bridge could be adapted for a branch line track bridging a small creek or gulley, or for a roadway overpass.
It’s simple design would be easily replicated using sheet and angle stock, either brass, or for the ultimate ease of construction, styrene.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge No. 451/1 crosses the Cuyahoga River carrying a switch track serving the Jaite Company, a paper mill in Summit County, Ohio.
Bridge No. 451/1 is a through Pratt truss. It is 138 feet 9 inches pin to pin, and has a clear width of 13 feet 9 inches and a 19 foot 10 inch height clearance. Carnegie steel supplied the steel.
This bridge is the ideal size to recreate in scale for a model railroad layout and our Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge No. 451/1 page features five plans including detailed exploded isometric views.