06-18-2010, 09:11 PM
Well, Gary, I hate to change the subject in the middle of this interesting discussion on marking magnets buried under the ties (an important consideration) ... but I said I would go out and get images of Pipes, and I did.
Pipes Crossing Canals Along the Sides of Bridges ...
![[Image: GreenPipeattheBridgeresized.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Images%20of%20Florida/Florida%20Pipes/GreenPipeattheBridgeresized.jpg)
The Other Side of that Bridge ...
![[Image: TheOtherSideoftheBridgeresized.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Images%20of%20Florida/Florida%20Pipes/TheOtherSideoftheBridgeresized.jpg)
The Opposite Side of the Other Side of that Bridge ...
![[Image: AnotherViewoftheOtherSideoftheBridg.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Images%20of%20Florida/Florida%20Pipes/AnotherViewoftheOtherSideoftheBridg.jpg)
... Crossing canals without the benefit of a bridge ...
![[Image: BigPinkresized.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Images%20of%20Florida/Florida%20Pipes/BigPinkresized.jpg)
![[Image: LittleCanalGreenPipe-OppositeSidere.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Images%20of%20Florida/Florida%20Pipes/LittleCanalGreenPipe-OppositeSidere.jpg)
![[Image: GreenPipeoverLittleCanalresized-1.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Images%20of%20Florida/Florida%20Pipes/GreenPipeoverLittleCanalresized-1.jpg)
... And Just Popping Up Out of the Ground to Show Off Their Fancy "Patriotic" Valves ...
![[Image: FireDepartmentValvesresized.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Images%20of%20Florida/Florida%20Pipes/FireDepartmentValvesresized.jpg)
![[Image: WhitePipeValvesresized.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Images%20of%20Florida/Florida%20Pipes/WhitePipeValvesresized.jpg)
![[Image: BunchofBlueValvesresized.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Images%20of%20Florida/Florida%20Pipes/BunchofBlueValvesresized.jpg)
So ... if you use a view block like one of these, you should not have too much trouble hiding the point of intersection between layout and backdrop! Plus, if you put a couple of those "up-out-of-the-ground-show-your-valves-dive-back-into-the-ground" situations, the pipes crossing canals (or bayous) will be a reinforced detail.
Edit: I've moved these images ... Had to re-link them, but it was Fun (NOT!)
Pipes Crossing Canals Along the Sides of Bridges ...
![[Image: GreenPipeattheBridgeresized.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Images%20of%20Florida/Florida%20Pipes/GreenPipeattheBridgeresized.jpg)
The Other Side of that Bridge ...
![[Image: TheOtherSideoftheBridgeresized.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Images%20of%20Florida/Florida%20Pipes/TheOtherSideoftheBridgeresized.jpg)
The Opposite Side of the Other Side of that Bridge ...
![[Image: AnotherViewoftheOtherSideoftheBridg.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Images%20of%20Florida/Florida%20Pipes/AnotherViewoftheOtherSideoftheBridg.jpg)
... Crossing canals without the benefit of a bridge ...
![[Image: BigPinkresized.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Images%20of%20Florida/Florida%20Pipes/BigPinkresized.jpg)
![[Image: LittleCanalGreenPipe-OppositeSidere.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Images%20of%20Florida/Florida%20Pipes/LittleCanalGreenPipe-OppositeSidere.jpg)
![[Image: GreenPipeoverLittleCanalresized-1.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Images%20of%20Florida/Florida%20Pipes/GreenPipeoverLittleCanalresized-1.jpg)
... And Just Popping Up Out of the Ground to Show Off Their Fancy "Patriotic" Valves ...
![[Image: FireDepartmentValvesresized.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Images%20of%20Florida/Florida%20Pipes/FireDepartmentValvesresized.jpg)
![[Image: WhitePipeValvesresized.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Images%20of%20Florida/Florida%20Pipes/WhitePipeValvesresized.jpg)
![[Image: BunchofBlueValvesresized.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Images%20of%20Florida/Florida%20Pipes/BunchofBlueValvesresized.jpg)
So ... if you use a view block like one of these, you should not have too much trouble hiding the point of intersection between layout and backdrop! Plus, if you put a couple of those "up-out-of-the-ground-show-your-valves-dive-back-into-the-ground" situations, the pipes crossing canals (or bayous) will be a reinforced detail.
Edit: I've moved these images ... Had to re-link them, but it was Fun (NOT!)
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Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
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Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln
