| The West Berlin Garden Railroad |
| The HIGH-LINE CMSL Style |
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| In September 2002, I added the Cape May Canal Bridge to the "High Line". I installed this line just for the RDC in May of 2002 but, It's a great line to run engines like Macks, trolleys, Eggliners etc. for open houses. Well, after adding Phoenix Sound to my "Now Famous" RDC and, running it on the line, I felt that the line needing "dressing up" a bit to compete with the RDC...to balance it out, so to speak. So, I removed a 4 foot section and started construction on the "Cape May Canal Bridge". The bridge roadbed is 1/4 inch angle iron on spacer blocks on each end and a block at the center of the bridge. The sides of the bridge are made of plastic shower wall covering which I had left over from a remodeling project a few years back. I used the "Does this look right" rule while drawing the pattern on the plastic before I cut it. I wanted to get a good representation of the real thing but not too large. After cutting the sides out I added the girders (Plastruct) and attached them with Walther's "goo") at 2 inch intervals, then I sprayed the sides flat black and fasten to the angle iron with "goo".. "Goo" was used because it's waterproof and will expand and contract without causing buckling. The safety rest in the center was also scaled down to fit the size of my bridge. I also added a "platform extentions" to the "High Line" at both ends, here I placed the stations,. They are named "Cold Spring" & "Cape May City". So now, I have a "Little" Cape May Seashore Lines of my own. Top picture is the "Dinner Train" heading to Cold Spring. Middle...The GP9 #7000 pulling un-powered RDC # 301, 302, 303 to Cape May City. Bottom...My Cape May Canal Bridge Middle picture My RDC on my canal bridge Bottom Picture My RDC at My Cold Spring |
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