![]() Montgomery County Courthouse (1891), Court House Square, Rockville, Montgomery County, MD A black and white photo of three men standing in front of a barn - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph Pennsylvania Railroad, West Philadelphia Elevated, Parallel to Schuylkill River, north of Arsenal Bridge, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA Pennsylvania Railroad, Brilliant Cut-Off, South Wye, Linden Avenue at Frankstown Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Skew Arch Bridge, North Sixth Street at Woodward Street, Reading, Berks County, PA Breslau Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River at Hannover Street, Plymouth, Luzerne County, PA Pennsylvania Railroad, Harrisburg Station & Trainshed, Market & South Fourth Streets, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA Pennsylvania Railroad, Harrisburg Station & Trainshed, Market & South Fourth Streets, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA Brady Street Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at South Twenty-second Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA North Sixth Street (Houses), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA Harrisburg, Pa. Spline sounds good as Pennsy had other stone arch bridges like this but shorter and possibly taller (Philadelphia comes to mind).Pennsylvania Railroad, Rockville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, North of I-81 Bridge, Rockville, Dauphin County, PA Pennsylvania Railroad, Rockville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, North of I-81 Bridge, Rockville, Dauphin County, PA Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Susquehanna River Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, North of I-83 Bridge, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Susquehanna River Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, North of I-83 Bridge, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Susquehanna River Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, North of I-83 Bridge, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Susquehanna River Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, North of I-83 Bridge, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Susquehanna River Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, North of I-83 Bridge, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA West Penn Bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad, spanning Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA West Penn Bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad, spanning Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA Pennsylvania Railroad, Rockville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, North of I-81 Bridge, Rockville, Dauphin County, PA ![]() Railing, it was not built with one and I would have to find out when it was installed. According to the wiki it is 43 feet from top to river bottom which is exactly what I got from myĢ) I would like 4 tracks that are replaceable.ģ) Tracks centers are the standard Pennsy practice of 13'.Ĥ) Would have to search as I have none personally.ĥ) Located in Rockville PA 5 miles north of Harrisburg and built in 1902. I would like the bridge close to as built but with the railingġ) Here are measurements taken from Surveyor Track at ground level = 106.70m river bottom 93.60m a difference I'll make this as a spline since other folks might like it in shorter versions (and a few crazy ones might like it even longer, lol). What center to center track spacing do you want? How wide is it and how many tracks? Looks like 4.ģ. How far above the water are the tracks? I make it close to 100 feet.Ģ. Locale Just south of Marysville, Pennsylvaniaĭark Granite Stone Block masonry arch bridgeĬlearance below 43 feet (13 m) bottom of arch, to avg. There is a pipeline and cabling running the length of the bridge, on both sidesĬarries 2 rail lines for Norfolk Southern Railway and Amtrak Keystone Corridor The Rockville Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in August 1975. ![]() It best represents the Pennsylvania Railroads monumental capital investment and desire for 'permanent' structures at the turn of the twentieth century. Just minutes from my house is the Rockville Bridge. The Zinc Railing I used from Trainz, was 2 pipes 2 1/2 inch diameter, and was most probably very rusty pipes The stone arch bridge at Rockville remains the worlds longest of its type, at 3,791-0'. I'm going to take you around where I live and show you the things that are in my back yard. So it would have to be 3 separate versions. If you made it tracked, that would lock out the 4 tracked modelers who want the old time trackage. The problem with making it tracked at all, is because it had a interlocking plant right on the span, and it is downgraded to 3 tracks, now is 2 tracked, due to collapsing stonework, and it now has many steel reinforcement straps, and through bolts. ![]() I believe it was originally 4 tracked, at an 3m spacing (PRR Spacing was 13') I think it looks like 80' higher than the water (but if you made it higher, someone else could height adjust the model. Rockville-Marysville Stone Arch RR Bridge, Susquehanna River, Penna. Bridge was not a simple straight span, as it had wide wye areas on both sides of the river
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