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Found a couple neat videos of trains crossing the viaduct...
...from the front of an engine as it crosses the viaduct...
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...from a quad copter as a train crosses the viaduct...
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so... you'll be modelling this on your new layout, right?
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Hmmm, in N scale, that would be... 14' long. I might shorten it a bit!
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TrainNut Wrote:Hmmm, in N scale, that would be... 14' long. I might shorten it a bit!
Maybe its time to try T Scale? (a relatively new 1:450 scale)
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Chased a train yesterday...
![[Image: 1545fb3b7462328514e87eb24d7c047f_zps8c2639c5.jpg]](http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g151/TrainNut/Trains/1545fb3b7462328514e87eb24d7c047f_zps8c2639c5.jpg)
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Ahhh! Train chasing with minimal physical effort.
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ScrewySqrl Wrote:so... you'll be modelling this on your new layout, right?
Allright, it took some time to get things moving in the right direction but, the answer to that is yes!
I have an area 4 1/2' long on the new layout just for this. Granted it will be a shortened version at about 720' as opposed to the full 2,295 feet of the real one.
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I think I'll use 3 of the Micro Engineering tall steel viaduct kits and connect them with two of the 40' extension tower kits.
![[Image: MEC-75-518-2.jpg?1456472651]](http://cdn3.volusion.com/ztna9.tft5b/v/vspfiles/photos/MEC-75-518-2.jpg?1456472651)
![[Image: MEE-75544WAL.gif]](https://www.nscalesupply.com/Images/mee/MEE-75544WAL.gif)
That will give me a total of 8 towers.
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I visited my friends layout today to check out his Micro Engineering viaduct.
![[Image: IMG_4010_zpszwg3d0a3.jpg]](http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g151/TrainNut/Trains/IMG_4010_zpszwg3d0a3.jpg)
He's got a pretty sweet setup.
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