Your gonna love this one. We have a situation at PLS where we have a permanent "Girder type" bridge that lifts out. On run day weekends we set out buildings,stations, water towers and a nice wooden trestle bridge.
In other words, do both. Phil P (snip...snip) > The thing with the waterway and the adjacent "hills" is to give the > illusion of traveling through varied terrain, while letting the manually > controlled live steamers move with minimum hands-on in difficult > areas. I'm waffling between a wooden deck truss and a plate girder > bridge across the arroyo. Any suggestions? I think the wooden > bridge would look cooler, but the metal girders would hold up better to > being lifted in and out. > > -vance- > > "Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by > which we arrive at that goal." -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. > http://standforpeace.com > >