Indeed looking great!!!! Thank you for the motivating update!

Many thanks James for the input! The crossover is Peco Code 83 #8. To play it safe all turnouts meant for passenger trains are either #8 or #7.5 (the curved Peco Code 83 ones).

I also made some mockups based on having the San Bernardino shops on the backdrop and having the track going between the shop buildings (as it did in the prototype). Seems like two birds with one stone.

Following with interest! This is going to be great.

James, Philip, Rick and Jerry many thanks for your replies!

James thank you for the suggestions.

1. Agreed, 6 is better than 21 for placing the diesel house in order to have more negative space between Cucamonga and the yard.

2. LCL was a thing to an extent, but i would not do justice to the ATSF freight house that was in LA or SB and above all i need extra tracks for passenger cars.

3. Very interesting idea the tree and fence, but to the best of my knowledge the LA or SB yard areas were sort of devoid of trees. Perhaps an elevated road off the main overpass as seen in the following modded plan (2 stall diesel house instead of 3).

Fantastic scene, for sure it can "time travel" you to another era! Many thanks for sharing!!!

Long overdue (sort of) update. I have been working non stop (family/day-job/renovation allowing) during the last couple of months on building the benchwork for the layout. Something north of 27 tables, with more pocket holes, countersinking, drilling, screws and bolts that i could count. Finally all tables are finished and in place and i am now working on the two swing gates.

Some points:

1. I ll post benchwork photos soon after i tidy up a bit.
2. On the topic of swing gates, by beveling the edge that meets the fixed part of the benchwork, and offsetting the pivot axis, i managed to resolve the "cannot-clear the edge while closing the gate" problem. Feel free to chime in here.

A Question: I think i ll kitbash the 2816 Walthers kit for the diesel house from 3 tracks to 2 (without inspection pits). It sort of sticks like a sore thumb on the original location (marked as Diesel House on the trackplan). My options are:
a. Location 6 (2 stalls)
b. Location 21 (2 stalls again).
c. In either location do without a structure and leave locomotives parked in the open.

B. Another Question: Trying to figure out how to hide a cut on the backdrop where the reverse loop track is... Perhaps a steel water tower or impressive sign or back drop building attracting attention? Originally i had an overpass but i reckon that two is too many overpasses on the yard. Proposed location where i got a small black rectangle next to the reverse loop.

C. Another, another question: I like passenger trains a lot, and perhaps a platform (instead of a whole depot) where #22 is could be a good idea? I am thinking about the Walthers 933-3391 kit (LAUPT platform). I also considered the SB depot but it could consume the scene (by removing the two stub ended tracks of-course).

Here is the final trackplan (i also made the yard tracks parallel to the benchwork edges... slanted looked odd in person).

Thanks for stopping by and for your input!

Haven't checked in for a while (benchwork consumed me)... great progress!!!! I really like the sign, stucco and skylights. Thanks for sharing Tom!!!

Jim excellent work!!!! Following with interest!

Of course i ll keep you posted on the prints. So far I am using the fdm printer for walls, and i use support columns on the inside in some cases. I ll also try epoxy (stronger) and have used in the past some types of plastic glue.

Many thanks Jim for the explanations!

My plan is to print single walls (like on a kit), so i guess angled might work better. I tried to print a small gas pump (ho scale) vertical and i did not like so much how some lower parts turned out.

Jim great work there!

Excuse my ignorance but i have not printed yet any structures on my resin printer yet (all fdm previously). I see that you printed the whole structure without any angle (relative to the build plate) at all on the resin printer. How come you did not have any skewness issues? I see many cases where they angle the piece in order to have a "better" print.

James many thanks for the reply!

It is actually three truss bridges plus 2-3 plate girder ones making up the whole "bridge". So if a kit was suitable i would be needing 3 of them (or 1 plus extra add-on pieces to basically use the kit as a donor for girder parts).

The bridge got rebuilt at some point after a flood in 1939 if i am not mistaken.

Hi everyone,

I don't know if this is the right sub-forum to ask, but since it is going to be a sort-of scratchbuild bridge, it might be.

I want to build the ATSF Los Angeles river bridge as it used to stand near the Elysian park in 1969. The bridge no longer exists, it got replaced by a more modern construction. My main concern is the three skewed Truss Bridge spans.

To cut a long story short, there is no kit that would approach it's construction, so i ll need to kitbash/scratchbuild most of it.

For the deck and core components that will bear loads i ll design everything and 3d print it. But i ll need to dress the core with styrene piece that accurately reflect the girders and the lacing pattern they had (Z pattern and gusseted depending on the part of the bridge). For that i think i ll need to obtain a few kits or pieces-sets from Central Valley, or re-purpose pieces from the Micro-Engineering Steel Viaduct kit that i got leftover.

Since i am not familiar with Central Valley kits... do you reckon they ll do the job? I had my eyes on the 1902 bridge kit and the following extra pieces:
https://www.walthers.com/gusseted-bridge-girders-kit-5-7-8-14-9cm-long-pkg-10
https://www.walthers.com/classic-laced-bridge-girders-kit-5-7-8-14-9cm-long-pkg-10

I ll need to build 3 spans roughly 3' 2" each in length.

Looking forward to hearing from you on this and thanks in advance for your time and replies.
All the best
Yannis

Great work there and very nice lighting work! Thanks for sharing!

Yannis

Getting more impressive day by day. Thanks for the progress update!