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The Technical Aspect:

The 24 Inch Deck Girder bridge: This bridge is a full 24 inches long, is fully assembled and is fabricated from heavy gauge steel and coated with a very realistic and durable appearing flat black powder coated finish to prevent corrosion. The rib & rivet detail is fantastic; at first glance you would think that this is some of the new process injection molded plastic.

As soon as you pick it up you're going to know other wise. This bridge weighs as much or more than an Aristo Craft SD 45. There are no visible welds or brazing on this bridge. I was not brave enough but I believe that I could put my 240 pounds on it and not hurt it. The bridge is constructed with all of the required cross bracing and other components found on the 1:1 counter part. These are neatly fastened to the side girders by the use of tabs, which are then hidden in the construction.

Each girder consists of two plates that are held together by the use of a top and bottom plate that slides on to each side of the girder to form the top and bottom. This is one of those things that you're going to look at and ask yourself why you did not think of that. On top of that the finish is flawless. It really needs some weathering and streaks of rust and grease to look perfect.

 

The Deck Girder Bridge is sold without the catwalk and can be used this way by simply laying the rail on top of the girders as is done on short spans by the 1:1 folks.

The Catwalk: The Catwalk is highly detailed, UV resistant injection molded plastic, the deck & catwalk portion features closely spaced ties in the same North American Pattern used by Aristo Craft and USA Trains on their track.

It has been engineered so that the catwalk from either side can be removed. This is an easy conversion to do as you simply cut off the support for the catwalk at the area where the tie strips have molded in end caps for this purpose. Each package contains four six-inch long tie strips with catwalk attached, 24 snap in handrail post and 8 twelve-inch handrails.