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The Royal Albert Bridge

royal albert bridge, saltash bridge, tamar bridge, Saltash viaduct, royal albert, albert bridge, tamar viaduct, brunel, isambard kingdom brunel, ikb, Saltash station, Saltash, signal, box, great western railway, gwr, railway, rail, bridge, viaduct, 2mm, finescale, Railroad bridge, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, 1853, 1859, wrought iron, masonry, truss, Prince Albert, brunel’s, river tamar, tamar, Victorian, engineer, great western, trains, signal, signal box, alex, seal, alex seal, Cornwall Railway Company, railway history, history, engineering, industrial history, transport history, Cornwall, Devon, Brunel’s Royal Albert Bridge, John Binding, The Brunel or Royal Albert Bridge bridge spans the River Tamar between Plymouth, on the Devon bank and Saltash on the Cornish bank carrying the Great Western Railway in and out of Cornwall. Designed by the great French-British engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, as two great 455-ft spans, the difficulty of its construction rates it as one of Brunel’s greatest railway achievements. Opened by Prince Albert in 1859, it was completed the year of the great engineer’s death. Great Britain, England, 2mm Finescale, modelling,royal albert bridge saltash,where is the royal albert bridge,isambard kingdom brunel the royal albert bridge,opening of the royal albert bridge,model scenery,isambard kingdom brunel and the tamar railway bridge,royal albert bridge saltash devon,railway signalling,brunel bridge photographs,the albert bridge plymouth,
“In an evil moment he [Brunel] was tempted to raise up a monument to his engineering
ability that should astonish the world” Mr Smith – Chairman of the Cornwall Railway

The intention of this site is to present my research into The Royal Albert Bridge and Saltash Station. My plan is to eventually produce a model of the bridge to the scale of 2mm to 1 foot, with 2mm Finescale trains running on a track gauge of 9.42mm. I’m not yet certified insane…