National Home Project Week

Many of us have a certain amount of time off over the Holidays. a great time to get something done. both on the house...New wood floor for the livingroom and for the Choo choo's...new covered bridge.

I had a guest engineer and engine on my line last fall. His Colorodo narrow gauge equipment was a good deal larger than my Maine Narrow gauge equipment. the bridges were a choke point for free and unfettered passage around my little line. I am also concidering building a larger scale model (7/8 scale) of some maine narrow gauge equipment. Therefore, I had to enlarge the clearances on my line. My new covered bridge got taken apart and put back together bigger. The old bridge looked so good (it has been in the weather nearly 20 years) I decided to build a new bridge to replace it rather than damage it.

The photo above shows the progress to date on the bridge. I have the truss complete, and am ready to lay track. I just set my sectional track onto the deck of the old bridge but will lower the rail by having the rails sit directly on the cross ties of the bridge to get some more head room for the big trains. Next comes siding and a roof