Samart Wrote:
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> Hey everyone.
>
> I'm getting ready to build my Mears Junction pile
> bridge and wanted to see if anyone might have some
> answers to my questions. I do have the standard
> D&RGW pile trestle plans, which might be where the
> questions are being generated. Anywho...here we
> go.
>
> 1). The Mears bridge is a 5 pile bridge. My
> question is, would they have kept the same
> dimensions on the pile caps and load bearing
> stringers as they were on the standard 4 pile
> bridges. Or did the Grande use the standard gauge
> dimensions? I'm starting to wonder if they did a
> hybrid of the narrow and standard plans because of
> it being on a curve.
>
> 2) did the 5 pile dimension maintain the 1' 6"
> from the center line or plumb line the same as it
> was on the 4 pile. The angled bents I'd assume
> still are on the 2' centers.
>
> Thanks for any help on this stuff. Looking forward
> to getting going on this bridge.
Craig,
There's a lot of shots of Mears Junction with and without trains. It's too late tonight for me to go through my meager library but, I'll tackle it tommorow. Stringer dimensions will be tough.I'll let you know,
Bill Gould