02-18-2021, 05:40 AM
Thanks Kevin. This was my first bridge that I've built. If it wasn't for the top notch instructions, I doubt I could have been able to finish it.
I finished off the trackwork:
I ended up spiking every 5th tie for the main rails, 10th tie for the guard rails. I have spikes that are short enough to just go through the bridge ties and stringers so they didn't interfere with assembling the decking to the main structure later.
Then I made it through final assembly, starting with adding the bents to the main structure.
and then the deck
Centering the deck on the main assembly took a bit of measuring but it worked out in the end.
And then a quick fit check on the layout:
I was relieved when the bridge fit exactly how I had run the roadbed. Now I have to fill in the benchwork under it and then I can start measuring for the piers and abutments.
I finished off the trackwork:
I ended up spiking every 5th tie for the main rails, 10th tie for the guard rails. I have spikes that are short enough to just go through the bridge ties and stringers so they didn't interfere with assembling the decking to the main structure later.
Then I made it through final assembly, starting with adding the bents to the main structure.
and then the deck
Centering the deck on the main assembly took a bit of measuring but it worked out in the end.
And then a quick fit check on the layout:
I was relieved when the bridge fit exactly how I had run the roadbed. Now I have to fill in the benchwork under it and then I can start measuring for the piers and abutments.