WftTrains posted:So if you make 2 bridges into one it would have 2 superstructures and 3 piers with one of those piers in the middle? I never heard that Lionel originally made them like that. Do you have a reference or a photo of one?Bill
Bill, I have seen these bridges extended in a few different ways. One method is how you described it. I am looking for a picture of one, but I have not located one as of yet. The other way I have seen the bridge elongated is by eliminating all the inner piers and just have the outer piers. I have an old photo from a layout I visited back in the early 1990's. He had a 3-span Hellgate that he had custom made by T-Reproductions. Here is the only picture I can find of it right now, I'll keep looking to see if I have a better picture of the bridge itself.
I seem to recall an article, maybe in the Train Collectors Quarterly, about how to convert these into multiple span bridges. But I can not remember where or when I saw it.
ARNO