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Trestle plans for On30/HO needed!
Trestle plans for On30/HO needed!
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Trestle plans for On30/HO needed!
Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, June 23, 2006 4:05 PM
I need to build a "long" trestle about 8ft. with a rise from 0" to 5" over the 8ft length.
Since I've never done anything like this before, any help would be great.
Thanks in advance,
Chuck Alldrin
Chico, CA
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ukguy
Member since
October 2004
From: Mississippi
819 posts
Posted by
ukguy
on Saturday, June 24, 2006 9:36 AM
Hi Chuck,
a 5" climb over 8' is pretty steep, its a little over 5% and the usual grade is suggested at 2.5%, though this is not impossible some of your locos may struggle pulling anything significant up there.
On the trestle itself, here are a couple of links..
http://www.blackbearcc.com/HO_kits.htm
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=64338
Have fun & be safe,
Karl.
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fsm1000
Member since
June 2006
From: Coquitlam BC
629 posts
Posted by
fsm1000
on Saturday, June 24, 2006 6:24 PM
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=64338
This guy built a huge one. I hope this helps.
My name is Stephen and I want to give back to this great hobby. So please pop over to my website and enjoy the free tutorials. If you live near me maybe we can share layouts. :) Have fun and God bless. http://fsm1000.googlepages.com
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Anonymous
Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Saturday, June 24, 2006 9:07 PM
I want to thank all of those that replied with the great ideas :-)
It will be a huge help when I start building.
As the project continues, I'll try to upload some photos.
Thank again
Chuck
Chico, CA
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