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Germany I grew up in Rüsselsheim (yes, the city near the Opel plant) but that was decades ago. That is also were my brother and I got our first train sets. I got a Fleischmann Union Pacific 2-8-2 (HO scale) and my brother got a Minitrix Deutche Reichsbahn 2-6-0 (N scale). I think our parents...

Aye or a combination of such architecture but since ChadYelland has been spot on with his recall, I am holding out for the other picture...

Cross braces I am looking forward to the other picture because it looks like they cross braced the bents atop the piers: Nothing in the book and after looking at 46 pages of pictures in Google, not sure there is anything on the web with the word "bridge", "bridge wood", or "bridge arch wood"...

Pictures too please Pennsylvania Dutch for "Thank you, it is excellent work!" as he from Dresden, Germany. I too would love to see a photo step-by-step tutorial.:yep:

Danke, est ist ausgeseichnet Arbeit!

Good luck on the slide projector. I am down to one of those hand held viewers my Grandfather left me. Not even sure I could replace the bulb if needed... PS: I thought of another reason that the lengths and thicknesses of the timber would be limited when possible - they had to use block and...

Reality is - If there is no sawmill nearby to re-saw the logs or the company that is building the trestle does not want to haul them to the site or pay to square them on-site, you will probably see round timbers used. So maybe the round ones were cut on-site and the square ones were hauled in or...

What is inside? Since no one has stepped forward yet with a like model and answer, another option to calling Atlas is if you can read CV's, checkout CV08 to get the "Manufacturer's Identification" number. Some of the ones I know of are: Manuf CV08 = Numerical (Hexidecimal) Digitrax = 129...

Piles, posts, piers... Glad you have a copy as it makes this easier, kind of... Aye, the book seems to use the terms interchangeably. Almost all the photos in the book show square posts on anything over 16 feet high so how about we agree that piles go in the ground and are used to form a...

Check out "Model Railroad Bridges and Trestles" (Kalmbach Books), page 30. They show the use of 10" x 12" 'purlins' run parallel to the ground on 12" x 12" sills for heights greater than 30'. The posts remain square 12" x 12". Sash and sway supports stay 3" x 10". The number of posts increases...

Releasing frustration... I had a roommate that hit walls when mad. Better the walls than us and I did master the art of spackling, plus various sheetrock repair techniques :grin:

Congrats! What did you use for the gaps? I also recall someone using PCB pieces glued in between the rails... PS: Mathematically, maybe, but 10 tests with a multimeter on such a setup averaged around 21.8-22.1 volts at 3.5-3.8 amps. Despite those results, in anticipation of continued...

Insulating Couple methods using both the exiting joint or one you saw - 1. Insulated plastic rail joiners: as long as you are not counting on them for long term joiner strength. 2. Epoxy - Need to be neat and get it filed down before it fully hardens or be prepared to spend a lot of time...

2nd bus Sorry I did not get back to you sooner as I discovered my vacuum cleaner nozzle makes a great 'foam dredger' for the harbor I am making... Can you connect the plastic block end to a connection block or another pair of wires? Is that connection on the provided wires a "clamp on to...

Considering a tight, undamaged 40 foot run of 20 awg wire through 10 junction boxes may lose 0.1 volts, I think you are safe building the second bus to feed the 16 feet of track off the power output of the Reversing Loop Module because the bus will have little or no resistance compared to track...

Power at the ends...

Manual? Did that thing come with a manual? I looked on Google too but no manual, no how to, etc... The reason I ask (other than not having a E-Z Command® Automatic Reversing Loop Module) is that I saw it comes with 2 wire sets which leads me to suspect that you power the module and use the two...

Mist vs downpour Oh yeah, I know that problem with the "Woodland Scenics (WS)" 'hydro-blaster'! wall1 If you are near a "Michaels" craft store, go over near the paint and clay isle to see if they have the little 2 or 4 oz "Spray-Splatter Applicator" bottles from "Mark Enterprises". If they...

Shadows... If the paper shake shingles have grooves you could try sealing the paint on a test piece and then do a wipe-on/wipe-off of a darker color. Let it dry and then seal the new darker paint. (Use to work for me on deck planks created with a single piece of balsa, blunt scribe and ruler.)

Hmmm, had not thought about glue to pin the rail... I usually get my 3' level and move it forward while pressing a rail to the edge as I adhere the ties to the roadbed since the level weights enough not to move around.