More Trestle Questions

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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  1. Is Stripwood better and harder than Basswood? Height will have 7 Bents of 12’3" each

  2. This is a curved Trestle. Do you spread the ties on the outside of the curve or make the top larger to accomodate the track?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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A lot of stripwood is basswood. Balsa is also used and cuts nice but is a little soft for a trestle.

The ties are all slanted a little. If you use one of the flrx track bridge tracks, it all works nice. The ties are closer together than regular track and a little longer.