[MOC] Hessenboog fly-over

[UrbanErwin]

Back in the early days of railroading when traffic volumes weren't as high the crossing was constructed as part of a project connecting to mayor cities. The new tracks met the old line at the diversion point for a small branchline serving some small local industries and towns.

Quickly after the construction of this new intersection was done, traffic volume shot up with both domestic and international trains in all directions making the crossing increasingly more unsafe. This quickly led to the adoption of a nickname used by both traffic operators and engineers, the Darwin Interchange, as it almost became a right of the strongest.

Not even 10 years after it's original construction, it was decided that a new solution was needed. A full fly-over should help with the congestion issues.
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The Hessenboog fly-over made its debut at this years NLGM hosted by the Noppenbahner in Wörrstadt, Germany. I'm really happy with the end result as fly-overs and bridges are definitely a special interest in layouts for me.

I want to thank everyone who helped with feedback and opinions. The layout features 2 different inclines, the tracks running up the bridge go up by 1,5 plate per 16 studs, the tracks going down do so by 1 plate per 16 studs. 

Getting the full module on a photo is really hard, as the whole thing is 4,5 meters long. The name Hessenboog is based on the Hanzeboog bridge in my hometown, but instead of the Hanze trade agreements, it's name comes from the trade route that connected Zwolle with Hessen, which Wörrstadt is really close to. 

After Wörrstadt I came back with some feedback, I reinforced the bridge sections and added a small connection module to connect to a station by Alois.

This required some 3 dimensional puzzling: 

The whole module fit nicely between two stations:

Although quite large I made a setup time-lapse and whole layout is driveable within an hour

https://flic.kr/p/2qY2MFS

More photo's and WIP log can be found in the flickr album here

Want to see it in real live, the next event will be in January (10 and 11-01-2026) in Rijswijk, NL with the LLMTC: Nederlandse Modelspoordagen

Edited 2 hours ago by UrbanErwin