This thing is close to 4’ It’s built with cedar that was cut down to size. I used tytebondIII glue and a brad nailer. As you can see the roof is soda cans. My hans still hurt from the crimper. So here we go .
Let’s se how she holds up! Sean
That looks great. The effort to do all that framing will really pay off when you take pictures of trains in the frame of the bridge.
Sean, very impressed, I like the timber framing, just as it should be. You did a great job!!!
PS. Next time use beer cans then the hands won’t hurt so much. K
Randy
Nice bridge. Fine trestle too.
Ralph
ohhhh…those bridge-self-builders!!! They will kill us!! LOL
What an incredible work!
Congratulations!
Frank
Sure Sean, put the spray can at the entrance so we can see that Charlie Brown can ride on top of the snow plow with this thing in place. Great build and nice work. Like the framing care to reveal the sizes you decided to use?
That came out real nice. The paint on the roof really makes it. I just sprayed a few of my metal roofs, I couldnt take the silver color anymore. I found rudy brown as a base coat and a light spray of the camo brown works very well as well.
Very nice work. One of my builds this year is a corrugated metel mill for a mine. I’m stocking up on crimped soda cans!
Sean,
Nice work! I really like the “in place” picture.
Looks good but it is sure BIG! I like the wood structure, a shame to cover it all up!
Paul
Chief Enginnr, Smoke Valley Railroad
Sean, great job…
Reallllly Nice!
Sean -
Your bridge led me on a Google search for Covered Railroad Bridges. I was surprised to find that there are still a number of examples still in place. Of course, most of those are in New England 
I did find one fairly recent photo of one with rails still in place. I wonder if it is still used. Of course I didn’t write down the name or location.
Did you work from a prototype, or was this your own design?
Jon Radder said:
Sean -Your bridge led me on a Google search for Covered Railroad Bridges. I was surprised to find that there are still a number of examples still in place. Of course, most of those are in New England
Did you work from a prototype, or was this your own design?
That might be the one in Vermont up by stowe I think its the Fisher Bridge in Lamoille county Vt.
Sean,
That looks awesome!
Question on the base though as it appears to be a piece of FRESH P.T. lumber and might do some twisting?
Nice work!
Shawn said:
That might be the one in Vermont up by stowe I think its the Fisher Bridge in Lamoille county Vt.
Fisher Bridge is a pretty one…
(http://www.coveredbridgesite.com/vt/vt_images/fisher_500_2_p9070174.jpg)
Te one I’m thinking of has a curved track approach and some kind of a marker off to the right. Still looking
It does not see much traffic! Check out the rusty rails.
Paul
Found it… Clark’s Bridge - North Woodstock, New Hampshire. East of U.S. Route 3 in Clark’s Trading Post on Clark’s Short Steam Railroad in North Woodstock. The bridge spans the Pemigewasset River.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/2741522336_7a8f5ed09f_o.jpg)
http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/bridges/p107.html
NH.Gov Website said:
Clark’s Bridge was originally built in Barre, Vermont as a part of the Barre Railroad, a short line railroad which ran between Montpelier and Barre, Vermont. The bridge was built to span the Winooski River. In 1960 both the railroad line and the covered bridge were abandoned. Ed Clark and his brother Murray dismantled the bridge in East Montpelier and brought it piece by piece to its present site. The abutments at the site were constructed using granite blocks from an abandoned Maine Central Railroad bridge that crossed the Connecticut River in Coos County, New Hampshire. The bridge was reassembled on dry land next to the Pemigewasset River. Falsework was created by setting railroad tracks in the river bed, placing two flatcars on the tracks and building a crib on these cars up to the bridge level. The bridge was then pulled across the river using a half-track trailer. It was positioned over the river in 1965 and is still used as a part of Clark’s Short Steam Railroad. It appears to be the only Howe railroad bridge left in the world. Clark’s Bridge is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
Anybody have any info about this Clark’s RR.
Randy
Sounds interesting.
Sean - This is related, really it is
I dug around and found it. Clark’s Trading Post in Lincoln, NH seems to be a mini theme park. They have a short steam powered railroad, The White Mountain Central RR that features a Climax. The covered bridge in the photo is on the route.