Curved Plarail Bridge

Tharazero1

Hi Guys.

I just saw this listing of these curved bridges and I've never seen them before, and like them very much (not the price tag of course). So I was just wondering what set this bridge came in, and why this listing is so expensive.

Thanks for the help and have a nice day.

DuckGWR

Tomica and Plarail Curved Big Railroad Bridge set

I assume part of the price tag is the convenience of buying six of them complete at one time instead of trying to hunt down six copies of it in lots or alone, as well as it being out of print

Super

The bridges by themselves do appear from time to time in the auctions and generally go for a high price because they were exclusive to the set Duck pictures above only. I think we discussed the reality of such a bridge before and engineering wise I don't think it is feasible but I can't remember for sure.

Tharazero1

Ok Awesome. Thanks guys for the help!

Off The Rails

For me, the big attraction is the now hard to find DE-10. The rare curved bridge is lagniappe!

It’s possible to build curved bridges in real life and curved deck bridges are very common for both road and rail. Curved suspension bridges are more of an engineering challenge but they do exist. There’s a famous railroad example outside of Massillon, Ohio and a road bridge on the old Route 66, outside of St Louis, Missouri. As you can imagine, the road bridge was known for being a bit tricky to drive and today, it’s a bike-pedestrian bridge only.