My Biggest Scratchbuilt Bridge

[K.V.Div]

Here are a few pis of an N Scale wood trestle I built a few years ago.
The bridge measures a scale 405ft in length and 164ft in height and, while it follows no specific prototype, it is built to Canadian Pacific standard plans and is based loosely on the crossing at Bridal Veil Falls (now known as Fallslake Creek) on Canadian Pacific's now abandoned Coquihalla subdivision.
I am planning to install it on a new oNeTrak module later this year.

Terry

 

[K.V.Div]

Next pic.

 

[K.V.Div]

One looking up from the creekbed

 

[K.V.Div]

Side on pic, sorry about the unprototypical backdrop

 

[K.V.Div]

And one from overhead. The train is there because I was asked to send along a few photos to accompany a custom painted model of an Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railfreight GP38 done for a customer and I decided to add a few peices of rolling stock for effect.
Cheers!

Terry

 

[Bob Collins]

That is absolutely awesome.

Is it okay to ask about how long it took to build it and approximately how many pieces are involved?

Thanks for sharing.

Bob

 

[Gary Pfeil]

Fantastic!

 

[Mike R]

Superb model, Terry. Did you keep track of how many hours it took ?
regards / Mike

 

[TrainClown]

best N scale bridge I've seen to date.

that one shot from the creekbed looks like a real train to me.

Good work................what's next?

 

[Tyson Rayles]

AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[davidstrains]

That is really a great piece of craftsmanship. Outstanding job, Terry.

 

[ezdays]

WOW!!!! Impressive, that's all I can say.

What material did you use, and do you have any idea of how much time it took to build?

Don

 

[K.V.Div]

Thanks for the comments guys. The bridge is constructed from Northeastern and Kappler stripwood. The Kappler wood is supplyed in N Scale dimensions, while with the Northeastern Product, I used HO size and divided by half.
All peices were indiviually stained with thinned Polly Scale Oily Black prior to assembly and I lost count of the number of peices about 3/4 the way through construction (lost count at around 1400).
I wanted a large bridge for an upcoming model train show competition in September of that year, so I decided to start early. Research and planning started in May and took the better part of two weeks, during which time I drew out a full size side-on plan as well as an overhead one.
I spent aproximately 2 hours every day untill the beginning of September, for a total of just over 200 hours.
The track is handlayed Code 55.
Cheers!

Terry

 

[jimmybeersa]

That Trestle sent my overworked heart into overdrive fantastic modeling

 

[Matthyro]

Excellent workmanship Terry.

 

[RailRon]

This is a fantastic piece of craftsmanship, Terry! Absolutely stunning!!!!

And I also admire your patience for building this giant model. (Wish I had only 10% of yours )

Ron

 

[Drew1125]

WOW!!

What an astounding piece of craftsmanship, Terry!
My hat is off to you, my friend!

The amount skill, & patience that went into that is something I can only dream of...
That's just simply beautiful!

 

[TomPM]

Great job. Very impressive!

 

[Ralph]

Wow! I am awed by the painstaking work and care that went into that fantastic trestle!
Ralph

 

[CPRSD40-2]

That is amazing, it took lots of patiece and time, but the end product is well worth it!