Here’s a few pics of my bridge in progress. ME tall steel viaduct with an Atlas deck truss center span added in. Bridge ties are from Black Bear Construction Co. They look a bit light in color because I just finished sanding the tops flush with my T-bar sander. It is 230’ scale feet (31").
I hope to have the span fitted this week.
-G-
Nice job. Do you plan on spiking the stock rail and guard rails to those ties? Do support the spans when doing so. If the girders/ deck are removalble, spike the rail on a bench then reassemble. What did you glue the wood ties to the plastic with? Pliobond, contact cement etc? I find pliobond perfect for this. The slight amber/ transparentcy color hides well and has superior bond, plus the joint is flexable and has a bit of give. Great for a spanning section of track.
Great job on the bridge and towers. Can’t wait to see it in place.
Thanks.
The rail will be spiked in place. The deck isn’t attached to the towers yet and will be fully supported during the spiking process. In fact the deck is able to support it’s own weight when just holding it from one end (ala cantilever) . The ties were CA’d in place. I made a jig to locate and space them during the assembly process. I could lay about 20-25 ties at a time. It took more time to make the jig than to actually install them. I made the end abutments from built up styrene. I’ll post some pics of those later.
-G-
Here’s a few pics of the abutments I made from sheet styrene
The viaduct site on my layout:
Here’s the main span in place:
And a close up of the abutments installed:
I placed the towers to get an over all effect:
Still more to do…
-G-
Vrey nice, that’s exactly how I anchor my bridges. The flextrack to wood tie/ handlaid was no problem at all. Don’t forget a full width tie or timber as the ballast stop just before the abutment.
Your bridge looks good G., and I like the looks of the ties. The Atlas deck truss is one of my favourites, and I’ve used several of them on my layout:
Wayne