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Good Morning All: It is a beautiful day here, a little nippy but no rain. If all goes well I should get some more track laid and see about designing my trestle bridge. I've decided it's going to be 8" to 9" long with 3 bents and two retaining bents (one on each end). If the bent construction goes well (and I think it will) I may add another bent in the middle and make the spacing about 1 9/16" instead of 2"+. I think that I'm going to cut the facia board to the conture of the stream bank. I see a delimma as I need to get the trestle in so I can finish wiring the loop but I'm not ready to pour the stream yet as I'm not sure wher all I want it to go. My feeling is that you set the bents, pour the stream and then add the stringers along with the track to the tops of the bents. Anyone have any other suggestions?? John and Luct: If you will please e-mail me your address, I'll sent the Mass track cleaner to both of you since Fergie will be out to sea when it arrives at his house. John, I can't find the e-mail that had your address in it, that's why I need it again. Luct: About how often does you wife pass a stone? I have friends that will pass one or two and then go for several months, one even over a year, and then have to get rid of another one or two or three. Tim: Do you have Lynn Westcotts book on building benchwork? It has a lot of good ideas on how to build strong but not heavy benchwoork. Like for a 4' X 8' he uses an "L" guirder running length ways and it's about 11 1/2" to 12" in from the outside. It makes a good support and it's not heavy. He named the book with an origional and funny title "How to Build Model Railroad Benchwork". Figure 3-2 on page 19 is for a table. I've helped two local guys, one made a 4 X 8 and the other built a 5 X 9 1/2. The best thing about this idea is you can make the "table" 52" instead of 48" if you need or want to. This would give you room for just a little bit bigger radius if you wanted it. Since my layout is an around the wall I used the ideas on page 22. How is the thinking for the decal comming along. The emblem should be a good one, so take your time. Fergie: Today I'll get the pink panther running, even if I have to push it around. To put your mind at ease I did find my 2 # maul yesterday. The slogan in the oil field is "If it wont fit, use a bigger sledge." I think the the side rods are where the bind is. All it takes is a little fileing. WISH ME LUCK [img]http://www.railimages.com/albums/bobstephens/aan.sized.jpg[/img] Would anyone else like to have trackage rights on the Almost Nothing? At least IT hasn't hit the floor..........yet. Remember my Mountain? For those of you that weren't there - John, Fergie and I were at Fergies having a good time running his layout when all of a sudden one of my engines stop sounding and Fergie says "oh my God". Then comes the klunk..thud. We looked around and my BRAND NEW Spectrum mountain was lying on the floor. The cab roof was bent a little but nothing else was hurt. No one has even noticed that the roof is bent so it must not be to bad. Well I'm off to church Ya'll have a blessed day and remember IT USED TO BE BLACK Bob
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