[CBQ] Lines West bridge, was RE: Oregon, IL Truss Bridges

[Randy Gordon-Gilmore <randy@prototrains.com>]

Glen,

Do you have any information on the Platte River bridge at 
Schuyler?  If it was like the bridge just west at Columbus, it was 
several Pratt trusses (over the north channel) and a timber trestle 
and then one or more trusses (over the south channel).

Based on photos I've seen, the Q exclusively used Pratt trusses and 
never a Parker truss.  With what you know would you be in a position 
to confirm or deny that? (A Parker truss being a Pratt-type truss 
taller in the center than at the ends, for the bridge 
non-afficionados)

Thank you,

Randy
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Randy Gordon-Gilmore
http://www.prototrains.com
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