Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[UP Fan]

You can never have too many clamps.   

[S&S RR]

You can never have too many clamps.   

You have that right Bob.  I could have used a few more of these soldering clamps for this project.

[S&S RR]

Today, I started adding the smaller bents up the hill on the Mt. Aiden Trestle.  I'm starting to also fill in the land forms in front of the trestle getting ready for the scenery. I also started clearing off my work benches getting ready to start building structures again.  This summer I plan on splitting my time between building structures and laying track for the second level of the layout. Here is a progress picture.

[deemery]

You're beginning to see the light at the end of the trestle 


dave

[S&S RR]

You're beginning to see the light at the end of the trestle 


dave

Dave


I can't wait until it's a train .  Thanks for stopping by the thread.

[UP Fan]

Beautiful work.  Can't wait to see an iron horse traverse the trestle.   

[ollevon]

 John,  your making some great progress,  Wish I could work that fast and be that good.
   What are you using to make the cement footings under the bents?
  Sam

[S&S RR]

John,  your making some great progress,  Wish I could work that fast and be that good.
   What are you using to make the cement footings under the bents?
  Sam

Hi Sam


The footings are hydrocal - I made a rubber mold using a piece of wood that I cut to the size and shape I wanted.  I started out with three or four lengths but found that making them all the long dimension and then cutting them back, as need, works great.  I posted some pictures of the process a few pages back when I was starting the trestle project.

[S&S RR]

Here is today's update photograph - I worked on the landforms in front of the trestle, and added some more bents. Also added bolt casting number 1000. I would say 95 % off them are in the trestle the rest are being used as clutter somewhere on the layout when they flew out of the tweezers. I will probably see those little casting in my sleep tonight.


I measured the trestle today - 88 inches or 7.3 feet. 

I also lost the switch in my cutoff saw today so I rewired it with a house switch and electrical tape. It works so good I don't think I will order a new switch from Micro Mart  - who knows if I could even get one?

[S&S RR]

You can tell this is a real build thread - the glue is still wet!  The sand make a great base for the scenery materials to come.

[deemery]

One metric for success I use is "percentage of NBW castings actually installed"   Anything over 75% is considered 'good'.


dave

[S&S RR]

One metric for success I use is "percentage of NBW castings actually installed"   Anything over 75% is considered 'good'.


dave
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Dave


Thanks for stopping by the thread.  I sounds like I'm doing okay with my NBW percentage metric.

[martin.ojaste]

And building a trestle that long must be a measure of something....insanity or commitment.


Good job.

[S&S RR]

And building a trestle that long must be a measure of something....insanity or commitment.


Good job.

Martin 


Thanks for stopping by the thread.  There may be a correlation between building model railroads and insanity, but it's okay because I'm having fun.

[bparrish]

John and Martin...

Your most recent posts have reminded me of a Marx Bros. routine...........

So here's the contract.  And after the reciting of a bunch of clause statements they announce that then there is the insanity clause. 

I suppose that there is an insanity clause out there for all modelers............ But.........

As Chico observes........... "Everybody knows that there is no Santa Claus.

see ya
Bob