Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Magazine Authors
Magazine Articles By David G. Lambert

Fire Protection for Open Deck Bridges

Describes how the railroad fight fires in various open deck bridges.

Tips on Modeling Wood Trestles: How to Avoid Common Engineering Mistakes

Focusing on frame bent trestles, the author explains why prototype railroads avoid bridges as much as possible, what the definition of a "frame bent trestle" is, how foundations were built, the situations where frame bent trestles were used, and finally, the mistakes us modelers make in placing and building those types of bridges.