Thursday, March 12, 2009

Bent problem solved....help with Brick Pier!!

I had tons of replies about the 6 post trestle bents and that issue is now solved. I've got a Black Bear Construction Co. 6 post trestle bent jig on the way. That should make fast work of building the 22 or so bents for the approach trestle. 


My next issue in getting the Tibbee Creek Bridge as close to the real thing is the brick bridge pier on the South end of the bridge. I've looked and looked but haven't found an HO scale model that even comes close to this. About the best thing I found was a two tier stone pier. So, I'm looking for any ideas or help on modeling the brick pier like in these photos. 

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Tibbee Bridge

I'm about to get back to work on the Tibbee Bridge. Before I go further, I'm trying to find some scale drawings of bents used in the wooden approach trestle like in the photo here. These are 6 post bents on an ex-GM&O line. I want some HO scale drawings so that I can build a jig to quickly build many bents. Also thought I'd throw in these photos of the bridge. 

We had a LOT of rain lately and the water got higher than I've ever seen. Got a "normal" level photo to compare to. Also, take a close look at the bridge and the track on the North end. You'll notice another oddity for our area. SNOW!

Been a slow layout week...

I've had a slow week working on the layout as I got involved in a few DCC installs on some locomotives. One thing I've learned is DC...