All sorts of Bridges - Page 14

Biased turkey · 04-20-2008, 05:22 PM

My contribution.
That bridge had all the components made in ( my homecountry ) Belgium around 1880, then shipped to Brasil ( Paranagua port ) and taken to the assembly location by mule.
9000 men participated in the railroad construction, about 4000 died from snake bites, accidents and tropical diseases.
My nice Brasilian wife offered me that trip as a retirement present last fall.

Jacques

slekjr · 04-20-2008, 05:30 PM

Dear Jacques
Thanks for posting that one, I've never seen anything quite that unique.
As far as the trip from the wife, in the same post as 4000 men killed, er, I don't think I'll touch that one.

Charlie

Biased turkey · 04-20-2008, 06:31 PM

Of course, the guide ( nice Brasilian lady who as a son involved in homebrewing ) won't tell about the facts right at the Curitiba railroad station.
I had the same emotion when I visited the WW1 trenches in Belgium, visited the great wall in the Peoples Republic of China, and Rogers Pass in the British Columbia-Alberta provinces in Canada ( how many Chinese workers died building that CP railway line )

Yes Charlie, I was just catching a piece of railroad history.

Jacques

BudM · 04-23-2008, 04:21 PM

Hi, was wondering how you did the water in this photo.

Many thanks fo rany help on this.

Bud M.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cpr_paul

Kitbashed Kato bridge on my layout. I'm stuck on the road bridge in the foreground...my abutments don't quite line up.

04-20-2008, 05:22 PM	#196 (permalink)
Biased turkey Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Montreal, Canada Eh Posts: 965	My contribution. That bridge had all the components made in ( my homecountry ) Belgium around 1880, then shipped to Brasil ( Paranagua port ) and taken to the assembly location by mule. 9000 men participated in the railroad construction, about 4000 died from snake bites, accidents and tropical diseases. My nice Brasilian wife offered me that trip as a retirement present last fall. Jacques __________________ Out of my brain on a train. ( The Who )

04-20-2008, 06:31 PM	#198 (permalink)
Biased turkey Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Montreal, Canada Eh Posts: 965	Of course, the guide ( nice Brasilian lady who as a son involved in homebrewing ) won't tell about the facts right at the Curitiba railroad station. I had the same emotion when I visited the WW1 trenches in Belgium, visited the great wall in the Peoples Republic of China, and Rogers Pass in the British Columbia-Alberta provinces in Canada ( how many Chinese workers died building that CP railway line ) Yes Charlie, I was just catching a piece of railroad history. Jacques __________________ Out of my brain on a train. ( The Who )

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04-20-2008, 05:30 PM	#197 (permalink)
slekjr Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Work SCHENLEY, PA HOME E Palestine, Ohio Posts: 762	Dear Jacques Thanks for posting that one, I've never seen anything quite that unique. As far as the trip from the wife, in the same post as 4000 men killed, er, I don't think I'll touch that one. Charlie