As most of you will know, the bridge which crosses the B&O’s Metropolitan Branch and Georgetown Branch lead at Georgetown Junction is slated to be torn down. The sides of the bridge, which once belonged to a turntable, are to be saved and placed along a new stretch of the Capital Crescent Trail, which is nice. The bridge was constructed at some point around 1918 and has seen several refurbishments over the years. Much of the support structure rusted away over the years and as such the bridge has been condemned for the last year or two. Thankfully, it was recently re-opened to pedestrian traffic.
Photos from our visit are here in my Gallery.
Greg C. and I spent a morning at the bridge documenting it both with a measuring tape and with a camera. All in all, it was a very successful trip and I feel confident that I have enough data to accurately model the bridge in HO scale for my layout. Unfortunately, the model will have to be modified a bit to fit in my space, but I plan on being as accurate as I can. I think once complete, it will be a really neat model. Here are a few a sneak peeks at the drawing I am developing of the bridge structure:
I’m sure you’ve probably heard of the site, hiveminer.com that this photo is from, if not def give them a look, hopefully it’ll be on a day the website decides to work! This pic is cool because it’s one of just a couple that shows what was probably a very rare two engine lashup coming off the GB! https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4499/37665030452_8d53fd76eb_b.jpg
Hayden – I am familiar with this photo. I own it. The Hiveminer site scrapes content from Flickr, etc. This one is from my own collection. There are several more from the photoset, here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cpl_clegg/albums/72157661477078718