Free Plans of a Warren Truss Bridge

A Small Warren Truss Bridge

Perfect for a Model Railroad Layout

The Range Line Road Bridge is perfect for model railroad layouts

Although built for vehicular traffic rather than railroad use, The Range Line Road Bridge, a single-span Warren standard truss bridge, would be a great subject for a model railroad layout.

The simple bridge could be adapted for a branch line track bridging a small creek or gulley, or for a roadway overpass.

It’s simple design would be easily replicated using sheet and angle stock, either brass, or for the ultimate ease of construction, styrene.

Free Plans of a Pratt Truss Bridge

Baltimore & Ohio Pratt Truss Bridge No. 451/1

Baltimore & Ohio Bridge No. 451/1

There's nothing like a truss bridge to add character to a model railroad layout. The seeming complexity of the structure is impressive, but actually easy to model.

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge No. 451/1 crosses the Cuyahoga River carrying a switch track serving the Jaite Company, a paper mill in Summit County, Ohio. Bridge No. 451/1 is a through Pratt truss. It is 138 feet 9 inches pin to pin, and has a clear width of 13 feet 9 inches and a 19 foot 10 inch height clearance. Carnegie steel supplied the steel. This bridge is the ideal size to recreate in scale for a model railroad layout and our Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge No. 451/1 page features five plans including detailed exploded isometric views.

This bridge would be a great addition to any model railroad layout, without being too large to create a scale model.