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Bridge & Trestle

Building a Large Curved Trestle on a Grade – Part 2

Processing Reclaimed Wood I have a house that is over 100 years old, and in the past got a load of cedar channel siding that was reclaimed from a similar house. Many of the pieces were only 1-2 feet long, so not very useful for repairs, but very useful for model bridge building (and other […]

Building a Large Curved Trestle on a Grade – Part 1

Materials This is the beginning of a semi-regular series describing how I go about building a complex trestle. I am writing this series so that, hopefully, others may benefit from my experience and (probably more than a few) mistakes. I model in 1:20.3, but will provide many measurements and plans in 1:24 as well. Photo […]

RCGRS – Annual Railway Tour (Pt 3)

Track & Bridges Part 1 of the RCGRS Tour is here. As one can tell from other posts, I particularly like track and bridge-work, as that has some of the most interesting complexity and engineering that is not motive power or rolling stock. A nice trestle on the Whisky Creek & Bear Mountain to the […]

Willamette Cascade Model Railroad Club Show & Sale

We visited the WCMRR Club Show & Sale on April 19, 2015. The event was mostly a sale, but there were some nice model train displays. In order of scale, smallest to largest: N scale – very nice, small layout. HO scale – the WCMRR Club modular layout.   O27 (Lionel) scale – classic three […]