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HO Bridges – Trestles
Gary has a question for readers:
“I have two track spans, both about 3 feet long. One is single track, the other, double track. These are elevated so they need bridges or a trestle. I can’t find anything commercially, so I would like to build it from scratch. This will be my first scratch building effort. Where can I get info on plans and materials available to use for such a project?”
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Hi Hornby make a suspention bridge which is about 4ft long with a bit of work can be made into
double track
I purchased an assortment of wood and several pieces of longer wood from a bin in a chain craft store for the structure. I then went around the area and photographed several bridges old and new to get some ideas. I am building a Civil War layout so I built a wooden model. I layed out the tressel on a wooden board so I had a pattern to work with and just cut and glued the pieces in the pattern so all would be the same.I made a few shorter with the same pattern for the starter pieces on the hill sides.