My grateful thanks to many people for help with the photos and information presented here, not least the members of the Marx Yahoo! group, and particularly Paul Fagley, Dave Hess and Ron Sullivan.
One interesting aspect of the Junior Bridge Co. bridges is the uprights of the suspension and truss bridges, which all appear to be formed from wire, whereas the uprights used by Marx and Lionel were part of the tin stamping and were, therefore, cheaper to produce, as Marx and Lionel bridges used less parts.
The bridges themselves are described by Junior Bridge Co. as Girder, Suspension and Trestle, although I think what they describe as Trestle is more correctly called Truss?
Box Details |
Girder Bridge |
Suspension Bridge |
Suspension Bridge |
Suspension Bridge |
Suspension Bridge |
Truss Bridge |
Truss Bridge |
Truss Bridge |
Truss Bridge |
Truss Bridge |
Christmas |
Adjust-a-Bridge |
Adjust-a-Bridge |
Adjust-a-Bridge |
401 Signal Bridge
Two distinct signal bridges have been identified. One has shades over the lights, stamped side bracing and a ladder, whereas the other has separately applied wire braces, and lacks both ladder and shades. Both types appear to have embossed rivet detail.
Signal Bridge |
Signal Bridge |
Signal Bridge |
Signal Bridge |
Signal Bridge |
Signal Bridge |
Signal Bridge |
Signal Bridge |
Signal Bridge |
Signal Bridge |
Signal Bridge |
Signal Bridge |
Signal Bridge |
Signal Bridge |
Signal Bridge |
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Catalog 1 |
Catalog 2 |
Catalog 3 |
Catalog 4 |
