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1950s Wooden Highway Guardrails
« on: September 04, 2011, 02:43:20 PM »
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Anyone have any pictures (and modeling hints) for the wooden guardrails used along NJ highways in the 1950s?
I seem to remember square wooden posts, painted white with 2 or 3 attached cables strung between them.
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Re: 1950s Wooden Highway Guardrails
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2011, 03:38:35 PM »
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Here's a topical thread from O Gauge Railroading:

http://ogaugerr.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3681097934/m/1722996117

Hope that helps,
Gary
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Re: 1950s Wooden Highway Guardrails
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2011, 04:47:01 PM »
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I don't know what NJ used, but here's some pics I took a few minutes ago (here in MD):







Over the years I remember seeing wood and concrete posts, but more often wood posts.

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Re: 1950s Wooden Highway Guardrails
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2011, 07:45:00 PM »
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Quote from: Mark5 on September 04, 2011, 04:47:01 PM
Over the years I remember seeing wood and concrete posts, but more often wood posts.

Also used were steel I- or H-beams.

Here's a good reference photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cbustapeck/1355487958/
« Last Edit: September 04, 2011, 07:57:49 PM by David K. Smith »
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Re: 1950s Wooden Highway Guardrails
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2011, 01:18:42 AM »
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Quote from: rickb773 on September 04, 2011, 02:43:20 PM
Anyone have any pictures (and modeling hints) for the wooden guardrails used along NJ highways in the 1950s?
I seem to remember square wooden posts, painted white with 2 or 3 attached cables strung between them.


We still use them up here, but the wood is left "natural" 'soted. 8' posts are sunk 5' in the ground and 2-3 cables are strung between them and attached with "U" staples.
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Re: 1950s Wooden Highway Guardrails
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2011, 09:15:22 AM »
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Re: 1950s Wooden Highway Guardrails
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2011, 09:35:28 AM »
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I used .30 styrene for the posts, but a 2x6(ish) for the rail.  I thought about stringing the wires, but then I thought about how lazy and easily satisfied I am. :ashat:

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Re: 1950s Wooden Highway Guardrails
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2011, 10:02:37 AM »
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I modeled the steel post variety in N scale by bonding ship railing stanchions to pieces of Evergreen I-beam.



For Z scale, I just used the ship railing stanchions.

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Re: 1950s Wooden Highway Guardrails
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2011, 10:20:49 AM »
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Awesome David! BTW, love the asphalt too!

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Re: 1950s Wooden Highway Guardrails
« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2011, 10:22:45 PM »
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Would you believe?  Went back to Westville, NJ to take some pictures along the tracks.
I thought when they put up the modern, shiny, new, metal highway guardrails that they had removed the old ones.
But the old ones were still there, about 5' over in heavy underbrush:
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