Hi all I haven’t posted here before, but have on the “other” forum. I have been working on a railroad in the back yard for about 9 months now and this weekend finally completed a new trestle bridge and pony truss as per the pics below: Firstly, the trestle and truss combination
Next shows the scale of it with the Porter on an early morning caboose hop
Another shot of the caboose hop on the truss
I enjoyed the build process, using hardwood garden stakes for the most part as getting hold of other outdoor suitable timber was a little challenging out here in Oz. The best tool to help things along was a little brad nail gun. It also made me really appreciate the engineering in the pony truss, they are an amazing piece of design when you finally figure out what all the bits mean… I know it ain’t perfect, and if doing it again, I’d probably make the bents a little closer together, but they are similar in distance to the types of trestles we have out here and most people who see it don’t notice anyway (heck, my wife reckoned the bracing timber spoilt it and wanted just the bents on their own!). Next job is a turntable, and then some buildings if I can find something reasonably weatherproof to build them out of. Cheers Tony