The subject matter of this blog is the Steel Industry and Railroading. Most of the posts deal with my attempt to model an integrated steel mill in HO scale, however, there will also be posts on real railroading and the real steel industry as well as other industries, and for that matter, general topics, that interest me.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Narrow Gauge - Part 13
This could be either under the narrow gauge or the open hearth topic. Work is progressing in spurts on the very long trestle/viaduct/bridge,...etc. that carries the HOn30 narrow gauge line from the ingot yard/stripper building to the open heart plant. The basic reason it is slowly getting built is that I am using the Atlas girder/beam loads for the sides of the bridge and there aren't enough in the local hobby stores - I think I've gone through at least 6 packages so far. Work will continue on this as will the wiring and track laying for the narrow gauge line. One kink in the works - I can't use your standard Atlas electric switch machines on the concealed staging yard as the larger HO narrow gauge equipment hits the machine. I will need to devise some sort of different method. I did build one trestle bent for the bridge and will continue to make more. They are made from the Central Valley girder set and Plastruct 1/4" truss sections. The prototype for this bridge and the trestle piers are shown in the HAER photo of the Open Hearth Plant and USS Homestead.
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