From time to time ,I see photos of very tall trestle bents (modelled).
Some of them look to be 300’+. Is this prototypical, if so how are they
cut and how are they transported? Expecially in higher elevations were
tree growth is stunted. Should or could these bents be stacked?
Just wondering!!!
See my thread on Kinsol Trestle for a BIG trestle pic, more will be put on my web page later today, also take a look at
www.blackbearcc.com/HO_kits.htm
and the surrounding pages, lots of trestle info and ‘how to’
Also, take a quick look at this cursor controled quicktime movie of kinsol, it gives you a 360 panoramic view of it and the area.
http://www.railimages.com/albums/karlallison/amg.mov
The trestle actually goes down about another 30-40’ more than the camera will let you pan down !
Hope this helps.
Karl.
As a budding, head-over-heels nut for trestles, I am starting to get a good feel for how they were constructed and how big they really were. I have clambered over and under several of them on Vancouver Island of late.
Many, many, many trestles in the Rockies were tiered in layers of five or less. The bents were indeed stacked, with cross members running over their tops to carry the ones above them. They were fixed in place by spikes as long as 24" (found one!), although there were several sizes and lengths.
The Kinsol is like a cathedral. You wanna kneel in awe when you come upon it.