If you are interested, there are some pictures of a wooden trestle that I built on my rr blog that I write for our local newspaper. The link is:
http://thecourier.typepad.com/alongtherightofway/2008/03/bridges-ii.html
Enjoy!
dlm
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Fergie
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I used this site for a guide when I built my own trestle, one with a 34" radius:
http://members.cox.net/sn3nut/trestles%20part%201.htm
Scroll partway down the page and find a schematic for laying a curved deck.
I've used this Kalmbach book for my trestles, too. Look at my HOW TO for a curved trestle.
Wolfgang
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Good luck and have fun!
GS
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The Kalmbach bridge and trestle book has pics, plans and jig designs. It is what I used for my trestle. I built one of the bent jigs and photocopied all the plans I needed. I built the trestle upside down to keep the road bed flat.
This book published by kalmbach is a great book with all sorts of plans for building bridges.
You can order it directly from kalmbach at www.kalmbach.com look under model railroading and structures....chuck
Railphotog wrote:Do a search on MR's magazine index for trestle, you'll surely find plenty of articles in all the modle magazines.
Do a search on MR's magazine index for trestle, you'll surely find plenty of articles in all the modle magazines.
Also, check your LHS for the Kalmach/MR book on Bridges and Trestles, which includes some photos and (if memory serves me right - I'm at work now) drawings of some trestles.
Hope that helps!
Jim in Cape Girardeau
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Need a little help in this project.
I'm going to build my frist wooden trestle in HO 18' deep x 54' long. Dose anyone know what issue of MR that had plans on how to build a wooden trestle? OR dose anyone know of wooden trestle plans on the web?
Thanks for any help