Clearwater Valley Railway Co.

[Jerry]

Ron I posted here but I guess the "WEENIES" must have eaten it.

Nice update really looking forward to see how this all comes together.

Jerry

[kyle creel]

I really like how the project is progressing Ron, this'll be quite a cool addition to and already outstanding layout....     .....very inspiring  

KYLE CREEL
G&D Ry Co.

[elwoodblues]

Thanks for the comments Jerry and Kyle.

Jerry, I've had the "weenies" eat my posts too.  

Kyle, your work inspired me to try harder.

[Larry C]

Ron nice imagineering, this should look good when finished.

[Philip]

 

[elwoodblues]

Thanks for the encouragement Larry and Philip.

The weekend is here and I managed some time at the bench.

This episode is called. . . . . . . . 

Working at the Other End of the Valley

Now that the pile bent, girder bridge and trestle deck is built it was time to turn my attention to the retaining wall required at the west end of the bridge.





The front and ring wall constructed.  The wing wall took two tries   to get it right.  Left over material from the pile bent kit was used for the flat boards.





Just when thought I was done with NBW castings I found I had a bunch more castings to install.





The pieces clamped together.  I will this way overnight to let the glue fully dry.  I have a feeling that it will get installed tomorrow.

Thanks for looking in everyone.

[PRR Modeler]

Great job Ron. I liked that you used NBW's on the bracing.

[elwoodblues]

Great job Ron. I liked that you used NBW's on the bracing.

Thanks Curt, I think the NBW's add a lot of interest to the model and was well worth the effort. 

[Rick]

Ron, great colors on the wood and those NBW"s are a good addition.

[Jerry]

Ron really a nice color and those PITA's NBW's are looking great.
Very neat work!!

Jerry

[Larry C]

Ron great job on the retaining wall and I agree with Jerry; very neat work.

[friscomike]

Howdy Ron,

All those NBWs look fantastic and nicely finish the retaining walls.  I have quite a few to build, and I'll go to school on your build.

Have fun,
mike

[elwoodblues]

Thanks Rick, Jerry, Larry, Mike.

More work on the bridge construction, this update is called. . . . . . . .

The End is Near

The retaining wall wall installed.





In order to install the trestle deck I needed to add some blocking to bring the top of the trestle deck even with the top of of the girder deck.





It seems that even measuring 3 times and cutting once doesn't always work.  When put in place the ties at the end of the trestle bent was slightly higher than the yard ties.  This was easily fixed by cutting a notch in the bottom of the stringers.  Once installed you will never see the notch.





The trestle deck in place.

We are near the end of the bridge build, I have just one trestle bent to build that will be installed in the middle of the trestle.  I already got a start on the last bent.

Thanks for looking in.

 

[deemery]

That's coming out very nicely! 

dave

[Rick]

Ron, I agree with Dave, it is coming together very nicely.