One railroad bridge I would love to see modelled is the 7 mile bridge one in the Florida Keys. It was a magnificent construct in it's day. Thanks for the video DJ.
My favorite railroad feature, the Bridge. Great stuff, I am more partial to the concrete or stone viaduct, I've seen the Harrisburg 3 in person, but not how you just showed them, that was great thank you
Hey DJ, heard your comment about boating lights, and not 100% sure it's correct, but a sailing friend taught me that Red and Green are for left & right of safe boating passage, like a "gate". Red will be in the left heading "out" (downstream in a river?) and green therefore on the right. He taught me the mnemonic "Red Right Return" which was to keep the red lights/buoys on the right when passing through a red/green pair while returning to port. Just an interesting detail...
“RRR” is correct. On occasion, some bridges will have a white light denoting the center of the channel between the red and green lights for those vessels that might be concerned about their draft depth. The color lights then denote the safe outer channel limits.
Excellent as usual. I love seeing all of the different bridges. Pennsylvania has great topography and lends itself well to having all types of bridges. Thanks for your perspective.
Some of the best footage I've seen and now being able to build weather my own bridge on my small n scale layout . Great Job DJ. Thanks for sharing this Video. Bruce
DJ, I'm a newbie to the hobby. I had a set of Lionel O gauge trains about 60 years ago. I'm getting back into the hobby, but I'm taking my time. I'm having a tough time deciding on a time period, the design of the layout. I have a small spot in my attic where I can put an L style layout...one 3'x6' and the smaller end of the L 2'x5'. I'm just about done with my benchwork, which I'm making it very strong. 1"x4"s with 1/2" sande ply with 1" foam. I love a lot of different things in a layout...like a logging camp, or a coal situation. I'm pretty good at building structures and miniature things in scale. I love painting anything. Especially I would love to weather all kinds of stuff. I love that kind of detail. It really makes the whole layout more realistic. I'm trying to narrow things down to what locomotives that I like....What type of landscape am I depicting...and the kind of houses or buildings would fit everything else. I know I'm rambling a bit, but it's very frustrating to put it all together so I can get started. If you can suggest anything, please let me know how I can go about finding some pictures or areas that I can at least get an idea of what I can compress into the space I have allocated. Thank you so much for reading this long-winded comment. Take care DJ!! Incidentally, I love your video's. You make them so easy to comprehend everything about the Railroad that relates to what your trying to build. Thanks again!!
@@djstrains Fair enough! I live in Jackson NJ right now, so I'd like to see a video where I can model my train layout to it. Or if you have a video from Lehigh Pennsylvania where my son lives, that would be great. Thank you so much for getting back to me! MG
Just saw this video. I know its been up for some time....but.....this has helped me so much in trying to figure out how to support my elevated sections of the layout. Time to take the wooden-block support down. On another note, I love industrial settings. Especially the ones that appeared in the 40s, 50s, etc. I think they are works of art with tradeoffs between form and function. In your rail travels if you come across interesting structures, please put them up. I know its not easy to be a content creator/publisher and I want to say thanks.
If you go to my channel home page, look for PLAYLIST: prototype information I think that may be a good place to see some videos I did with the drone that shows interesting structures
Your videos fascinate me because I have no railroad background. My father had an HO layout, my brother and I could not touch it! Never the less , I have grown up with an interest in railroading. I would like to build HO or N scale layout that is more realistic. Your videos show me how real railroads lay over the countryside. Thank you for this!
Your drone videos are gorgeous! Like traveling virtually with amazing areal views and great description and narration! Know they're meant for modeling ideas but what a treat to see historic and active train sites from such a UNIQUE perspective and vantage points! Think you may have yet another career in the making! :)
Man, love the drone pictures DJ 👍,learning more about bridges & learned something’s about how their constructed & other neat stuff, thanks for sharing, take care bud & stay safe. 👋😎🛤🚂
I really enjoyed this video. Probably because I grew up in Harrisburg PA! I always thought the viaducts were an amazing sight compared to the iron beasts! You are really providing a great service to model railroaders. You are helping me think way beyond the norm as I hope to start building a modest legacy layout at the prime ol age of 68.
I appreciate that. I do try very hard to help people see sights they may not have seen before. Still lots of cool railroad sights for me to find myself!
Another great! video. I thought I would share this: You mention that the bridges are the safest part of a railroad. You may know it is because of the "Bussy Bridge Diester of March 14, 1887". After a trestle collasped under a passenger train of the ' Boston & Providence Railroad" the federal government created the agency responsible for the inspections. It was replaced with a beautiful stone arched bridge / viaduct. I only know of this because I live around the corner. I'll be happy to get you pictures if you like.
A lot of model railroader's are afraid of turnouts on bridges and grades. As seen in this video it is used often and I have used these also on my model railroad.
Wow awesome video DJ, some very beautiful bridges you’ve shown, it’s amazing how old some our! I live near the Banning Trestle that Wheeling & Lake Erie runs across, I’m sure you’ve been on the CSX mains that run under it. It’s massive and they just recently replaced all the ties on it, I can’t imagine what that cost! Great video 👍🏼😎
Awesome bridges DJ. Many unique and interesting forms. Most of our bridges are of the simple girder type and some concrete also but a lot smaller. Our rivers are not as wide normally. Always look forward to the next.
I swear western PA has the most bridges and the greatest variety. And so much track crammed in so little space makes for very interesting prototypes to model. Story about the Monaca-Beaver (CSX/Chessie/P&LE) bridge. My wife, when she was about 14, tried to cross that bridge with a friend. A train came, and they ran back, and jumped over the side with just seconds to spare.
Hi Djstrains. You should check out some restored train stations in Leesburg Virginia and in purcivill in the downtown along the Washington &Old Dominion railroad that is now the W&OD trail and the Historical society has kept the old railroad buildings and bridges alive and the buildings and bridges and structures have not been demolished because the historical society has put the buildings and bridges and structures protected and the W&OD bicycle trail has placards that talk about the W&OD railroad and you will love reading the history of the W&OD railroad and the buildings have been repurposed
Great footage with the drone as usual D.J.Lights on bridges I had not considered. I had wondered about switches on bridges,a few places I could use this.Love that 3 in a row arch bridge view,also another bridge in the distance.Most of the euoropean old arches are in stone,the modern ones are more simple ramps or steel/concrete combos.
Excellent video again! I would love to see a big truss bridge from the engineer's POV but I imagine you aren't permitted the potential distraction of setting up a camera in the cab.
Another really great video D.J. My layout depicts the 1960's-1980's and the bridges have some, but not as much rust as these! Maybe I should add a little more each year! Really fun stuff to think about and add to a layout.
Another awesome video !!! I have photographed quite a lot of CSX, Amtrak, and NS trackage and scenes in the Baltimore area so I can build a large layout that wil include all three of the class one railroads with many of my favorite scenes, including a scaled down Curtis Bay yard.
You could have played " Bridge over Trouble Waters" by S and G And do not burn any bridges behind you Thanks, great timing with the trains going over the spans
@@djstrains I'm from Erie (Lawrence Park) but moved as a child. I really love your channel. Some of my favorite memories have been near RR structures including the buildings at the GE locomotive division which was a few blocks away and the BAR RR bridge between Brewer and Bangor ME.
djstrains great video i enjoyed the breakdown on the modeling potential maybe a part 2 might be in the works, i am in the planning phase for a small concrete bridge over a dry creek bed i want to scratchbuild it, thank you for sharing.
D.J. - I just watched this video again tonight and was wondering who can through the powered switches like the one on the Union Railroad truss bridge? Can you control any switches from the engine cab, or are they all thrown remotely by someone?
Great question! On CSX we have mainline powered switches controlled by the dispatcher in Jacksonville, Fl. But on non signaled branch lines, we have switches that we control via the radio. We tone in the correct number to throw the switches and usually it will announce over the radio the name of the switch and its position (normal or reverse)
I guess I just never gave it much thought, and never paid much attention to the angles of the bridges to the river, since many are 90 degrees to a river.
@@djstrains well that is mostly due to the course of the tracks. Straight across is usually the most cost effective way as it reduces the length of the bridge and lowers cost... But you always want to minimize water effects on anything you build in a river due to water's corrosive effects on everything that causes a change to the current.
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I am returning to the hobby after 30 years and have found all of your videos to be very informative, entertaining and helpful. Keep up the good work.
Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh have really cool bridges for trains and cars.
I know, right! From industrial bridges, to glorious concrete ones, so many!!
These videos are so relaxing. Beautiful photography.
Glad you like them!
One railroad bridge I would love to see modelled is the 7 mile bridge one in the Florida Keys. It was a magnificent construct in it's day. Thanks for the video DJ.
My favorite railroad feature, the Bridge. Great stuff, I am more partial to the concrete or stone viaduct, I've seen the Harrisburg 3 in person, but not how you just showed them, that was great thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
Perfect!! I love bridges. And now a video on djs trains with them in it?!! What. ?!! U just made my day. Thanx. Great video
Glad you enjoyed!
Fantastic video DJ. Thank you for putting this together.
Glad you enjoyed it
Hey DJ, heard your comment about boating lights, and not 100% sure it's correct, but a sailing friend taught me that Red and Green are for left & right of safe boating passage, like a "gate". Red will be in the left heading "out" (downstream in a river?) and green therefore on the right. He taught me the mnemonic "Red Right Return" which was to keep the red lights/buoys on the right when passing through a red/green pair while returning to port. Just an interesting detail...
“RRR” is correct. On occasion, some bridges will have a white light denoting the center of the channel between the red and green lights for those vessels that might be concerned about their draft depth. The color lights then denote the safe outer channel limits.
What would Gilligan and Skipper do lol?
Love the gothic look of that long bridge
Me Too!!!!
Very informative DJ, and great way to plan for bridges on a layout!
Thanks for sharing
Muse
Glad you liked it!
Good Afternoon DJ! Hope you’re having a great week!!
Same to you, my friend!!
Great information about bridges also when you are at always work safe
Always!
Excellent as usual. I love seeing all of the different bridges. Pennsylvania has great topography and lends itself well to having all types of bridges. Thanks for your perspective.
Glad you like them!
Very enjoyable video. You always make your videos interesting, informative and inspiring. Thanks for your time and efforts.
Rich
So nice of you
Some of the best footage I've seen and now being able to build weather my own bridge on my small n scale layout . Great Job DJ. Thanks for sharing this Video. Bruce
Awesome, thank you!
DJ, I'm a newbie to the hobby. I had a set of Lionel O gauge trains about 60 years ago. I'm getting back into the hobby, but I'm taking my time. I'm having a tough time deciding
on a time period, the design of the layout. I have a small spot in my attic where I can put an L style layout...one 3'x6' and the smaller end of the L 2'x5'. I'm just about done with
my benchwork, which I'm making it very strong. 1"x4"s with 1/2" sande ply with 1" foam. I love a lot of different things in a layout...like a logging camp, or a coal situation. I'm pretty good at building structures and miniature things in scale. I love painting anything. Especially I would love to weather all kinds of stuff. I love that kind of detail. It really makes the whole
layout more realistic. I'm trying to narrow things down to what locomotives that I like....What type of landscape am I depicting...and the kind of houses or buildings would fit everything else.
I know I'm rambling a bit, but it's very frustrating to put it all together so I can get started. If you can suggest anything, please let me know how I can go about finding some pictures
or areas that I can at least get an idea of what I can compress into the space I have allocated. Thank you so much for reading this long-winded comment. Take care DJ!!
Incidentally, I love your video's. You make them so easy to comprehend everything about the Railroad that relates to what your trying to build. Thanks again!!
sorry to be direct, but can you just give me a simple question that maybe I can link a video to. Thanks.
@@djstrains Fair enough! I live in Jackson NJ right now, so I'd like to see a video where I can model my train layout to it. Or if you have a video from Lehigh Pennsylvania where my son lives, that would be great. Thank you so much for getting back to me! MG
Just saw this video. I know its been up for some time....but.....this has helped me so much in trying to figure out how to support my elevated sections of the layout. Time to take the wooden-block support down. On another note, I love industrial settings. Especially the ones that appeared in the 40s, 50s, etc. I think they are works of art with tradeoffs between form and function. In your rail travels if you come across interesting structures, please put them up. I know its not easy to be a content creator/publisher and I want to say thanks.
If you go to my channel home page, look for PLAYLIST: prototype information
I think that may be a good place to see some videos I did with the drone that shows interesting structures
Once in the 6th grade we took a field trip on the Gateway Clipper right under that first bridge!
Your videos fascinate me because I have no railroad background. My father had an HO layout, my brother and I could not touch it! Never the less , I have grown up with an interest in railroading. I would like to build HO or N scale layout that is more realistic. Your videos show me how real railroads lay over the countryside. Thank you for this!
That is awesome!
Nice shots DJ !!
Your drone videos are gorgeous! Like traveling virtually with amazing areal views and great description and narration! Know they're meant for modeling ideas but what a treat to see historic and active train sites from such a UNIQUE perspective and vantage points! Think you may have yet another career in the making! :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great photography and very useful information! Thanks DJ.
Glad it was helpful!
WOW DJ perfect timing for me,I'm looking at building bridges for my layout thanks for the info.
Glad I could help!
Hi ya DJ. You are a wonderful source for modelers. Great bridges in this one. Thanks. See ya.
Glad you like them!
Man, love the drone pictures DJ 👍,learning more about bridges & learned something’s about how their constructed & other neat stuff, thanks for sharing, take care bud & stay safe. 👋😎🛤🚂
Glad you enjoyed it, my friend
I like how on the viaduct you can see repairs, and in one spot they used two steel bars, instead of replacing to concrete.b
Good stuff, nice video work too.
Much appreciated
Awesome video, I live right along the Susquehanna and model Norfolk Southern in the area. Nice to see more angles of the bridges.
Wonderful. Thank you.
Thanks for watching
I really enjoyed this video. Probably because I grew up in Harrisburg PA! I always thought the viaducts were an amazing sight compared to the iron beasts! You are really providing a great service to model railroaders. You are helping me think way beyond the norm as I hope to start building a modest legacy layout at the prime ol age of 68.
I appreciate that. I do try very hard to help people see sights they may not have seen before. Still lots of cool railroad sights for me to find myself!
As always you show great idea....thanks for sharing 👍👍👍👍
So nice of you
Interesting and informative as always. Thumbs up my friend.
Thank you! Cheers!
That was a real nice video. Thank you DJ.
I appreciate that
Very good shots as always, very informative
Many thanks!
Another great! video. I thought I would share this:
You mention that the bridges are the safest part of a railroad. You may know it is because of the "Bussy Bridge Diester of March 14, 1887". After a trestle collasped under a passenger train of the ' Boston & Providence Railroad" the federal government created the agency responsible for the inspections. It was replaced with a beautiful stone arched bridge / viaduct. I only know of this because I live around the corner. I'll be happy to get you pictures if you like.
A lot of model railroader's are afraid of turnouts on bridges and grades. As seen in this video it is used often and I have used these also on my model railroad.
Wow awesome video DJ, some very beautiful bridges you’ve shown, it’s amazing how old some our! I live near the Banning Trestle that Wheeling & Lake Erie runs across, I’m sure you’ve been on the CSX mains that run under it. It’s massive and they just recently replaced all the ties on it, I can’t imagine what that cost! Great video 👍🏼😎
Very cool!
Awesome bridges DJ. Many unique and interesting forms. Most of our bridges are of the simple girder type and some concrete also but a lot smaller. Our rivers are not as wide normally. Always look forward to the next.
Thanks, my friend
I swear western PA has the most bridges and the greatest variety. And so much track crammed in so little space makes for very interesting prototypes to model.
Story about the Monaca-Beaver (CSX/Chessie/P&LE) bridge. My wife, when she was about 14, tried to cross that bridge with a friend. A train came, and they ran back, and jumped over the side with just seconds to spare.
WOW!!!
3,000 foamer trespassing bonus points awarded lol
@@Enjoyer.762 HAHAHA
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Time stamp 3:28 lol.
Hi Djstrains. You should check out some restored train stations in Leesburg Virginia and in purcivill in the downtown along the Washington &Old Dominion railroad that is now the W&OD trail and the Historical society has kept the old railroad buildings and bridges alive and the buildings and bridges and structures have not been demolished because the historical society has put the buildings and bridges and structures protected and the W&OD bicycle trail has placards that talk about the W&OD railroad and you will love reading the history of the W&OD railroad and the buildings have been repurposed
I eventually want to move to Virginia. Beautiful state!
Great footage with the drone as usual D.J.Lights on bridges I had not considered. I had wondered about switches on bridges,a few places I could use this.Love that 3 in a row arch bridge view,also another bridge in the distance.Most of the euoropean old arches are in stone,the modern ones are more simple ramps or steel/concrete combos.
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellent video again! I would love to see a big truss bridge from the engineer's POV but I imagine you aren't permitted the potential distraction of setting up a camera in the cab.
no cameras while working rule. Sucks, lol.
Another really great video D.J. My layout depicts the 1960's-1980's and the bridges have some, but not as much rust as these! Maybe I should add a little more each year! Really fun stuff to think about and add to a layout.
Sounds great!
Very interesting video on bridges, Viaducts
Thanks for visiting
Great video. Very informative.
Glad it was helpful!
Another awesome video !!! I have photographed quite a lot of CSX, Amtrak, and NS trackage and scenes in the Baltimore area so I can build a large layout that wil include all three of the class one railroads with many of my favorite scenes, including a scaled down Curtis Bay yard.
Very cool!
Very nice video. Lots of good info.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent!
Glad you liked it!
Very cool
Nice job of flying the drone, nice looking bridges. Keep up the flying and thank you for sharing
Thanks, will do!
very cool
The Susquehanna is a non-navigable river, giving reason for the arch viaducts.
You could have played " Bridge over Trouble Waters" by S and G
And do not burn any bridges behind you
Thanks, great timing with the trains going over the spans
copyright, lol.
Very nice!
Thanks for the visit
@@djstrains I'm from Erie (Lawrence Park) but moved as a child. I really love your channel. Some of my favorite memories have been near RR structures including the buildings at the GE locomotive division which was a few blocks away and the BAR RR bridge between Brewer and Bangor ME.
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
djstrains great video i enjoyed the breakdown on the modeling potential maybe a part 2 might be in the works, i am in the planning phase for a small concrete bridge over a dry creek bed i want to scratchbuild it, thank you for sharing.
Sounds good!
D.J. - I just watched this video again tonight and was wondering who can through the powered switches like the one on the Union Railroad truss bridge? Can you control any switches from the engine cab, or are they all thrown remotely by someone?
Great question! On CSX we have mainline powered switches controlled by the dispatcher in Jacksonville, Fl. But on non signaled branch lines, we have switches that we control via the radio. We tone in the correct number to throw the switches and usually it will announce over the radio the name of the switch and its position (normal or reverse)
I suppose it take some serious dedication to tag the top of bridges lol.
Really great drone videos! I noticed that you are able to fly your drone a considerable distance from your location. What kind of range does it have?
it says 3 miles, but the law says "line of sight"
Ooooh someone watches Ken Patterson lol 😅
I am fairly familiar with some of his older stuff, what makes you say that?
Im surprised you did not know that concrete peers are always 90 degrees to the river flow to minimize the impact of water pressure on the bridge...
I guess I just never gave it much thought, and never paid much attention to the angles of the bridges to the river, since many are 90 degrees to a river.
@@djstrains well that is mostly due to the course of the tracks. Straight across is usually the most cost effective way as it reduces the length of the bridge and lowers cost... But you always want to minimize water effects on anything you build in a river due to water's corrosive effects on everything that causes a change to the current.
The bridge over the Ohio River is that ex PLE trackage?
yes
@@djstrains Thank you, my great grandfather worked for the P&LE before becoming a boomer and relocating to the St. Louis area.
If engineers drive trains, how do call the ones that design those trains?
What?
Civil engineers are structural engineers that design bridges.
Mechanical engineers design vehicles.
Why aren't bridges painted more often?
These days, its all about shareholders and profit. No money to be made by cleaning or repainting anything.
@@djstrains I know the CSX bridge near my old house was last painted in the early to mid 80s
That's Herr's Island
This is Monaca and Beaver....not beaver falls
and if you look at the lower left at the 5:20 second mark, you will see that it says that.