Scratch Built Trestle


Looks pretty good!
Otherwise maybe a couple cross braces between the bents would beef it up.
 
Maybe also a boardwalk and railing parallel to the tracks.

Nice job.

Happy railroading,

Dan Harriman
Orange Texas
 
It looks good as far as it goes. May I suggest using girts between the bent frames (they are bolted to the vertical posts, but resting on each sill plate. They run from bent to bent parallel with the ground, bolted, as I said, to nearby vertical posts. Also, you should have a safety refuge that holds a water barrel for fire fighting. Lastly, you also nead outboard sway braces that form an X between the sills and each bent frame.

Here is a photo of a section of the Kinsol Treslte over the Koksilah River just on the northern tip of Shawnigan Lake on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Note the diagonal bracing between the sills that run across the face of the bent frame. Note at least two girts that run between those bent frames. And then note the outside sway braces that cross each other on the outer span between the bent frames.

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