Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[S&S RR]

Just a quick reminder - both of these trestles are for the HOn3 line and will use smaller lumber sizes than the main line HO trestles.

[Jerry]

Hey John that is really coming along nicely.  Guess I need to go back to the beginning and read through the whole thread.

Jerry

[S&S RR]

Hey John that is really coming along nicely.  Guess I need to go back to the beginning and read through the whole thread.

Jerry

Hi Jerry


Thanks for stopping by the thread. There is starting to be a lot of history here.  I need to update the index one of these days.

[Jerry]

John I got through the first ten pages.  I had to stop and catch my breath at the roundhouse that is of hell of a job.  Excellent stone castings and the way you put it together.

Jerry

Ps 10 pages later!

[S&S RR]

John I got through the first ten pages.  I had to stop and catch my breath at the roundhouse that is of hell of a job.  Excellent stone castings and the way you put it together.

Jerry

Ps 10 pages later!

Jerry


Thanks for the kind words.  I'm real excited about the build of the companion structure to the roundhouse - "The S&S RR Locomotive Works". It will be scratch built with lots of detail. I'm working on the design right now - when I run out of gas and need a sit down job.


I need to finish the four projects I have on the workbench now and then it will be time to get started on Locomotive Works. It will be a big project for this winter.


Thanks again for stopping by the thread.

[S&S RR]

The strip wood for the two HOn3 Trestles is all cut and stained.  Let the building begin.








That was a lot of cutting. 


I also started cutting some of the strip wood for my next scratch build project while I had the saw set up (not shown in the pictures).

[Jerry]

John what kind of stain did you use on the wood?  The old A&I ??

Jerry

[MAP]

Wow!  That's a lot of stripwood John!  The stain/paint job really looks great.

[S&S RR]

John what kind of stain did you use on the wood?  The old A&I ??

Jerry

Hi Jerry


Yes, it is the old standby A&I - 4 TSP Black and 2 TSP Brown in a quart of 91% alcohol.  It's a stain not a wash but I like the color for trestles.

[S&S RR]

Wow!  That's a lot of stripwood John!  The stain/paint job really looks great.

Mark


Thanks for the kind words - I cut the 2x8's for the rafters on my next build at the same time so only about half the run was in the picture.  Thanks for stopping by the thread.

[ACL1504]

Oh boy, more trestle builds. I can't wait to see those pieces of strip wood come together for another beautiful trestle.

Tom

[S&S RR]

Oh boy, more trestle builds. I can't wait to see those pieces of strip wood come together for another beautiful trestle.

Tom

Tom


These are little guys compared to the monster. Thanks for stopping by the thread.

[S&S RR]

Speaking of the monster trestle, I made a test bent for the new trestles using the gluing jig that I made for my large trestle.  It is going to work just fine.    I sure have made a lot of trestle bents with this fixture. I need 16 more for these two trestles.

[S&S RR]

I also added the primer to the base boards and cement piers for the trestles. Shown here, in my paint booth.

[S&S RR]

I'm making some changes to the grade on my track work project.  I had an area that did not make specifications with grade so some new benchwork and plaster work will be required. This work is sure a lot easier with a laser level and a digital clinometer.