Warren Through Truss Viaduct

I had a very uninteresting 30'-long elevated strip on my railroad consisting of redwood planks on posts. It led from the mainline on one side of the backyard to a yard on the adjacent side of the backyard. Perhaps I broke all the rules of this modeling contest as you'll read below, but although I've been thinking for a couple years about what to do about making the planks more interesting, I affirm the present project was conceived, built, and completed within the time frame of the contest. I spent $6 for a redwood fence plank that I ripped into scale lumber, and about $4 for escutcheon pins. All of the 18 trusses members I built might be contained in the requisite volume, but I stretched the trusses over many feet, vastly exceeding the rules I suppose. Regrettably, I got into such a production mode that I took no time to obtain photographs during the building process. I was trying madly to get ready for a meet that looks as though rain will cancel this weekend when the contest closes. In any case, if my project doesn't qualify for Mik's modeling contest, then please enjoy the pretty pictures. I'm sorry my web hoster will not allow my pictures to show up directly on this site - you'll just have to open the URL.

 

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Above - a close shot of 6 of the 18 trusses.
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Above - and other shot.
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Above - and still another.
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Above - view along the length of the Warren Through Truss viaduct. It has a couple Pratt deck trusses in some of the longer gaps between trusses.
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Above - detail of two of the trusses and track. Each truss is held together with some glue and 32 hand-driven escutcheon pins.
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The final product - completed 11 February 2011. See the two Pratt deck trusses on either side of the caboose.