Continuing with construction of the bridge.

Bridge Abutment

Using a “storey pole” marked with the locations of the bents, we shaped each bent pretty closely to the contour of the ground where they would be planted.

Nick Measures for the Bridge

Then we glued the bents to the span — laid out upside down on the bench.

Upside Down Bridge

Once the glue dried a bit we set the bridge up and started gluing on teh cross braces. This really strengthens the bridge.

Building the Bridge

Dan and Nick Glueing

Finally we test fit the bridge in place.

Nick's Bridge

Once the bridge was planted we soldered up the approach tracks and it’s time to test that track again!

Nick testing the trestle

Next we made some guard rails by shaping rails as if they were going to be frog rails and soldering them together.

Nick soldering guard rails

All for now!

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