Welcome to my second blog about building Fremo America-N modules.
This second module, 50 cm in length, was actually the first to be operational. It passed the ultimate test, being used in a Fremo-meeting (this one in Lauffen, Germany in 2009:http://www.fremo-net.eu/index.php?id=168&L=6 ). Find the little purple square that is the end of a short branch. My module is the one that is adjacent to it. You can also see it in the picture as a white blot. I completely forgot to take a picture...
Here I will document its building and use in modular meets.
The inspiration came from a Kalmbach book about bridges written by Jeff Wilson: The Model Railroader's guide to bridges, trestles and tunnels (ISBN 0-98024-586-7, see the website http://www.kalmbachstore.com/ for availability ).
You can find a picture by Jim Shaughnessy on page 27 of that book. It is of a ballasted deck girder bridge of the New York Central railroad somewhere in Ohio, USA.
What is a ballasted deck girder bridge? Well, it is a bridge with longitudinal vertical plates as the main support. On top there is a concrete through to hold the ballast which carries the track.
The prototype is not unlike this bridge but has a pier to the right of the road:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=315710
Oh, and the name? It is named after my father, Stein, who helped me with the woodwork.
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A short America-N module featuring a ballasted deck girder bridge.
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