Monday, August 26, 2024

Bridging the Gap

I have been busy spending time out doors that I have not made a lot of progress on the layout, but I have bridged the gap from the north end of my plan, the NH's Worcester yard to the staging yard that serves both the north and south ends of the layout. That is east and west ends by the timetable. This is not s simple singe track removable bridge, but a multi tack affair that will also contain a 90 degree curve. I am making it overlap the a section Worcester to keep the joints of the rails at 90 degrees, not on a curve. I am hoping tis will make things reliable in the future.  I will also have scenery on it as well.  


This is the gap, with the plywood laid in place and my track templates
arranged. Worchester is on the Left, staging to the right. 

Another angle.

Here it is cut down to size and with a portion of Worcester added. If it looks
familiar, his used to be a little coroner of South Boston from John Pryke's layout.

I use simple shelf pins to align every thing,
I got this idea from Chris Adams.

That is my progress for now, I am hoping that I can get deeper into construction as we head into fall, I will post updates as I make progress.