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At long last can say the bridge is nearly ready to go other than the making bus wire harness for both tracks, on a big high all my work has paid off with the track down, even that took a few hours, was able to do that in the garage, will do the same with the bus wiring . There is still a bit of detailing to do after the layout is up and running on those hot days . I am still basing my bridge on the third pic only thing is the bridge be higher and later plan to have a road bridge beside the rail bridge . Tony from hot down under

Like to announce that the bridge construction is now finished at long last, being at it for 5 years trying different designs and came up with my own and wow she worked, still need to modify the bridge piers raising them to 2 feet from 19 inches, easy task. At the moment I am involved in the Queensland state election , on pre-poll and election day, no work on the bridge and layout till after the election 31st of October, I may get to do some track laying on the bridge the weekend, which I have off . And that will depend on the weather , very overcast and storm predicted today as well, rain tomorrow. So very happy with the outcome indeed , where the saw horses are is where the piers be going, measurements are 6 inches wide x 2ft x two feet high when modified., the track nails will have to go between the hangers . The access to inside the arch will have to go on the left side as there be a road bridge on the other side , road bridge be higher than the rail deck , will start work in the hotter months late afternoons, will save on having to make steps and all those hand rails only on the platform entrance.. Tony from down under

At long last the bridge constructing is finished other than sand the top of the arch square and tiding up the underneath of the arch ready for painting, it has being a long while since I started this thread , March 2018 with different designs till I came up with this one . Yes it is a heavy bridge bridge to move on my own from where it is in the garage, I plan to make a small trolley that will clip in underneath the bridge. The bridge still is call the Cam river bridge after my late son, since Camdale was renamed, bridge has a 14 foot main span with a height of 6 foot from water line to top of the arch. I couldn't get any timber long enough the side bridge beam so I had to join two 7 foot sections together and on the centre line , I measured the side beam in the middle which was 7foot too, I braced the sides still was sagging till the arch was screwed in place, that was a big job, I am on a high the ach has worked. The bridge will be painted gray and plan to have a jumping platform at the top for hang gliders, the steps wont be on the top of the arch will be on the side saving time in only needing one set of hand rails, come later. Being also busy with the new approach module track is down, more on my layout page. Tony from down under

The bridge has come a long way with many design changes , finely took out the arch support post in the middle of the arch , was very surprised that it was easy to drill the holes for the arch hangers, am happy that the arch has actually worked , the main span is 14 feet and where the saw horses are is where the piers be going,. That is the next job adding and extra 5 inches for 2 foot clearance to the water line . Thursday I will buy 4 more lengths of 9 mm round dowel , though I get three hangers out of one length. Have being busy last week , gravel is in ready for the rest of the decking to sit on., once the hangers are in will sand the top of the arch, may have to do some filling as the cutting of the arches didn't go so well . Tony from down under