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Miami Valley Products produced bridge kits when I was building my 12’-by-8’ layout between 1999 and 2004. I built the two 36-inch truss bridges in the photo from MVP kits during 1999 or 2000. One bridge has two-tracks, the other is narrower and has only one. There are two girder bridges with a central supporting pier between the truss bridges that I also built from MVP kits. As I recall, the truss bridge kits were custom-cut from spruce wood to the purchaser's specified length, number of tracks and style (Pratt or Warren truss - straight or arched), and were available in O and HO scales. MVP supplied strip wood with the various cross-sections and full-size plans. The builder had to cut each beam to proper length and angle and then assemble the truss directly on top of the plan, which I enjoyed doing. Aluminum gusset plates at the intersections of the main beams make the bridges quite strong. I think the company stopped advertising their kits around the time I finished the layout. Has anyone else built bridges from Miami Valley Products kits? I would like to see them and hear your thoughts on these kits.

MELGAR

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I built two of the Miami Valley Warren Truss kits.  Both are double track, one is 60" and the other is 72".  I added some homemade swivel hinges to one end since they span the doorway to my workshop.  Here are some early photos (from 2012) when they were built and installed.

Hinge:

Hinge end

The 60 inch bridge is in front, 72 inch in the rear:

bridges up 2

Here they are a year later (2013) with scenery completed:

RS-1s on bridge

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