I built four different types of bents from HO bridge book designs. Tested them and decided the simplest was plenty strong and lots less work. Cedar #2 usuall 2 x 6 in 12foot lengths was the starting stock for cutting dimensional lumber for the project. 5 months work. More info by searching for Trainguy's Large Scale Page or just Trainguy.
This Angelfire site is old and not updated, but has some info of interest perhaps.
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two things about this video and its comments made me laugh rather hard. 1. Reading that "for some reason your daughters wedding takes precedence for some reason" over updating the video on your layout, 2. The random dog in the shot at the crest of an 8 foot trestle bridge haha!! But the bridge looks great, amazing job on constructing such a backyard masterpiece
I am changing the layout by adding a steel bridge and trestle section to allow steam up at chest to belly level without fear of burning the aging wood trestle.
The wood trestle will have to be rebuilt sometime after I rebuild the retaining wall into a three level terrace instead of 9' retaining wall. Photos and video will arrive perhaps in a few weeks. My daughter's wedding takes precedence for some reason.
Five months of cutting wood on a table saw that quit frequently. New table saw is flawless (Saw Stop). Wife was very understanding, but I did stop all activity for five weeks about two plus months into the project to prove I could do something other than make sawdust.
the noise sounded like speaker/ digital, but I see u mention steaming up, so do u have lives steam and electric and how r the live steamers controlled if u have them?
Any idea as far as the estimated cost of the bridge material wise? Gosh try to imagine whatever that number would be in scale for the train...like a real full size bridge! Do you run engines with lots of cars? would be nice to see this with a load on it, not from trains perspective though.
NICE !!! This is the definition of "patience"...You tell your wife she has the most patient husband on Earth!! (By the way, I didn't expect the dog showing up (0:53) ..At that scale, he should weigh about 100 tons!)...lol -- I like making train videos, too...Different kinds, though...
Cedar boards 6" wide X 2" thick X 8 to 12 feet long.
Staples 1/4" crown and/or Brads fired with air compressor powered stapler and brad guns.
Glue: Gorilla or generic water proof glue.
Tape measure
Carpenter's square
Pencil
Dobie blocks to keep cedar from direct contact with the ground. Dobie blocks are cement blocks with wire sticking out used to hold rebar in place prior to pouring cement.
Can we please please please have a side on view of that magnificent work of art. I have subscribed so I wont miss it. Ps: Though this vid is not one of the most viewed it is surely one of the most commented.... Pure genius
I started with this scale train as a circle of track and the little starter Stainz set running in the living room of a tiny apartment. This yard has a small flat area, so figuring out how to run a train in the yard was not obvious at first.
There are many incredible club and individual layouts in Germany. I envy the detail of those layouts. A yard layout with deer, raccoons, snow, ice, moss, and falling tree branches is too much for detail layouts like I would love to create.
big! and was that flextrack? i wnt 2 figure out how 2 use that but i have to do a bunch of stuff like buy rail benders and stuff. any ideas where i could go to find more info? or am I being stupid and nieve because thats actually high radius track? thanks!
My degrees x 4 are all psychology, although I wanted to be an engineer until the late 1960's when engineers were shafted out of retirement despite 20-30 years in one company. I decided to go a route that did not include relying on large company ethics to retire.
Give up TV and just work a few hours a day for a few months and before you are completely sick of the project it is done. Yup, too much time free of TV watching is a bad thing. Too little TV watching and the USA economy suffers becasue advertising is not working on those who do not hear, see, or notice the advertisements.
Not my stick to get pissed. I focus on what needs to get done to fix. Since I like to build even more than gaze in admiration (yeah, I am one of those not real males who prefers to play sports than watch sports or prefer to actually "do something" instead of watching others on TV doing their activities. So, nope, the fun is making, not wasting time being upset.
Yes lots of 2 x 6 cedar cutting. A slotted plywood jig helped set up the tablesaw fence rapidly and reliably. Gorilla glue with 1/4" crown staples for all but smallest pieces. Bolts would have enabled me to still be drilling and screwing years later! This is not a scale project, just "good enough" for visual and functional acceptability.
Train stayed on track until I grabbed the camera (and failed to delete the grab). JD terrier did not eat, chew, knock, or blow the train off the track. However, deer (bucks) have fought over the track and kicked the track several feet from the correct location.
Neighbor kids love it. One neighbor asked if I was building a rocket launcher when I was one third done. The adults like to come over to watch trains run as well. Halloween features a ghost train (Wilson Circus white mogul engine with sound pulling cars with green glow sticks inside). Kids love it or are scared more than I thought possible by the train. Strange.
Scudding, beautiful trestles! I was googling the spelling of the word trestles because I was emailing a prospective girlfriend and I ended up sending her a link to the video too. The "monster dog" was a stroke of genius. What kind of cam? If I view it 14 more times (which I would enjoy) it would be 55,000 views. Will you get a gift certificate? :-)
I don't understand why the dog is there, or how he got there. Is the dog on the train?
This is the best piece of garden railroading I've ever seen, and by a longshot. What is the grade of the trestle? What is the maximum grade LGB trains can climb?
I was dog sitting a friend's dog and just held JD up when the train went by as a gag.
Grade of the first half of the trestle is 1.5% and the remainder is flat, level, no grade.
LGB engines can pull short trains up 6-8% grades depending on the drag (dry or lubricated axles, number of axles, weight of cars, and tractive effort of engine). LGB Rack loco can pull trains up 33% grades depending on total drag of the following cars.
Fast? That was very slow. To prove to club members the trestle was safe I ran a RhB train with seven long passenger cars backwards at top LGB Jumbo speed five times before anyone dared to place their train on the trestle.
Well, guard rails would force me to change the name to "Tame Trestle" or "Safe Trestle". Most trestles don't have cement safety barriers like our freeways. Terror Trestle is named for the reaction of anxious club members who would not run their trains until I ran my seven RhB long passenger cars backwards at full Jumbo speed five or six times. Terror is all in the mind in this case.
I put wire guard rails up for restaurant layouts suspended from the ceiling. Customers love to toss jelly packs and peanuts and pens onto the track 8-15 feet above ground to watch trains derail or stop or fall. No problem with falling off the trestle in six years other than when I failed to notice ice at the very highest point . . . oops!
thats pretty cool, i meant the scale, i have a GE AC4400CW in G and HO(i model CSX in both) i built my own trestle not nearly as big or long as yours but it crosses a little stream in my back yard.
I envy those with little streams. Of course some with streams have lost their bridges during floods or high water events. I hope your stream is not prone to savage high water!
I agree, it isn't scary to me. All the club members thought it was waaaAAAaaay too high and too scary to run their trains on it. Until I ran my LGB RhB 4/4 backwards pushing RhB long passenger cars at Jumbo's top speed for many laps, not one would run his train on the terrible trestle. Maybe I should call it "Wimp Trestle", "Not My Train trestle", "Ya gotta be kidding trestle", of sorta high sorta long trestle"? I am open to names that fit.
5 Months total, with 5 weeks no construction to prove to wife and son that I could do something in my spare time other than make Cedar saw dust out of 2"x4"x12' lumber.
Grade is measured at 1 to 1.5% using an intelligent level (computerized). It looks steep due to the camera angle I suppose. The little trestle just past the tunnel has a 6-8% grade, but is a short run of 30 feet.
Well... I was thinking if it goes up 8 feet over a period of 70 feet, that would be 8ft/70ft ≈ .1143, multiply that by 100 to get your percentage and that's 11.43% grade. meaning in 100 feet, it should go up 11.43 feet, which makes sense if what you have now goes up 8 feet every 70 feet
If the trestle runs over a slope and ground drops instead of rises and the trestle is level except for a 1% grade to help shorten the trestle length by a merciful 20 feet, then the grade is only 1%. Ravines with level track traversing the ravine are not grades.
wow..bet u get hard work for tht!!! so at the moment does your any locos been fell off at the top or what?how come at the end come off?what kind of timbers u used? thks
RhB 4/4 fell off due to unseen ice at the very top derailed the loco 2004. I just lifted the camera off and failed to edit that out. Cedar 2" x 6" x 12'were cut on an old table saw that stalled a lot. The new saw is a Sawstop cabinet saw.
my words!!! so i think it so brillant doing it cos i never seen tht so big!! so i m from england...so when tht loco go up and pass the fir tree braches but wht if it windy and knock yr train off?have u done tht before?mmm
No wind has knocked off any train. Wind and ice dropped huge branches on the trestel without huring it. One LGB RhB 4/4 loco and two RhB passenger cars dropped off when derailed by ice at the very highest point. I now check more carefully for ice before running in winter.
70 feet long x 8 feet tall. 5 months to build with 5 weeks off to demonstrate to wife and son I could do something other than make sawdust in my spare time. Check my bio for website showing more info.
Rot: Prevent ground rot by coating each leg on every bent with below grade fence post emulsion that has to cure a week before planting in ground. Most legs are fastened to rebar cement spacer blocks "dobie blocks". Rot has not been a problem for the last seven years. Weathering: Of course the bright shiny fresh cut cedar has darkened or greyed depending on extent of sun. Oh, and some moss.
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TheBlackbirdPilot 3 weeks ago
That's what I'm really missing indoors... Great job! Thanks for sharing!
qora01m 1 month ago
0:54 GIANT DOG ATTACK!
TheCraftedMine 1 month ago
1:35 GODZILLLA!
nice trestle though(: i love it
ViboraVeneno 1 month ago
G scale rocks! The giant dog was great. Keep up the good work.
hurdit 2 months ago
Love the dog!!! Very Cool
Mr777scary 2 months ago
That is a very beautiful trestle! The giant dog is gonna eat the train! This is one cool video.
Showgirl7able 3 months ago
This just goes to show that if you have a vision, you can accomplish it!!! That tressel is KICK ASS!!!! Nice Job!!!!
joetubealong 4 months ago
can you do a video of your whole layout like but a camera on a car and let it do the whole thing?
Rorona550 4 months ago
that would suck for you if it fell off at the highest point.
southern4501isawesom 5 months ago
I like it
awwshuckyducky 5 months ago
Oh F@#K its dogzilla
AndyZ635 7 months ago
Wow, how tall is that bridge? o.o
ChristopherTheWolf 7 months ago
@ChristopherTheWolf
8 feet tall
70 feet long
Would be longer but I set a grade of 2% to shorter the trestle when I got tired of making toothpicks out of 2x8 Cedar.
scudding 7 months ago
@scudding- very impressive, greath job and keep up the good work. ;)
StrikersLG 6 months ago
@scudding-could you please try and make one with not so much sound and 720p
StrikersLG 6 months ago
thats pretty damn amazing!
shininghappyperson7 7 months ago in playlist g scale
@scudding How long did it take to plan and construct the trestle. Heck, what'd you actually do to make it?
JT42CWRM 9 months ago
@JT42CWRM
I built four different types of bents from HO bridge book designs. Tested them and decided the simplest was plenty strong and lots less work. Cedar #2 usuall 2 x 6 in 12foot lengths was the starting stock for cutting dimensional lumber for the project. 5 months work. More info by searching for Trainguy's Large Scale Page or just Trainguy.
This Angelfire site is old and not updated, but has some info of interest perhaps.
scudding 7 months ago
Good grief - now that's a bridge...
MichaelPenn66109 11 months ago
pretty awesome till the derail....LOL......what about tree limbs and such.....hate to watch it in a storm!.......nice job on it though.
jeepers2655 11 months ago
Love that dog!
TheEltopian 11 months ago
Eugene, Oregon is home to Terror Trestle
scudding 1 year ago
r u located in ohio
MrJohndeere55 1 year ago
And i though i was ballsy running my ho trains 6 feet off the floor! Amazing!
cutlassburnin 1 year ago
I watch my screen, I'm sarced, I don't like high hieght bridge. Lol Just joke : ) That's very good model bridge and train, Etc. I love it.
MrJohn1966elliott 1 year ago
AWESOME, TRULY STUNNING PIECE OF WORKMANSHIP! THX!
NgaiOlaudah 1 year ago
nice climb of the trestle bridge!!
mjtunstall1976 1 year ago
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two things about this video and its comments made me laugh rather hard. 1. Reading that "for some reason your daughters wedding takes precedence for some reason" over updating the video on your layout, 2. The random dog in the shot at the crest of an 8 foot trestle bridge haha!! But the bridge looks great, amazing job on constructing such a backyard masterpiece
gtupilot 1 year ago
Where can i get some trestle plans? I bet it was well worth taking the 5 months to build. Awesome.
MrLeonard55 1 year ago
the trestle. to young to have a wife.
train2589 1 year ago
I am changing the layout by adding a steel bridge and trestle section to allow steam up at chest to belly level without fear of burning the aging wood trestle.
The wood trestle will have to be rebuilt sometime after I rebuild the retaining wall into a three level terrace instead of 9' retaining wall. Photos and video will arrive perhaps in a few weeks. My daughter's wedding takes precedence for some reason.
scudding 1 year ago
wow, that is huge, but can it hold trains in the snow when its covered?
trainlover479 1 year ago
Trains dump dry or wet snow to the ground 8 feet below.
However, if ice has formed and I fail to notice (yup happened once only) then train leaped to earth. Like full size trains, ice is a real hazard.
scudding 1 year ago
@scudding LOL that must suck but with cheap ones it would be funny
trainlover479 1 year ago
great masterpeice!
legogeek55 1 year ago
how did u build that bridge?
sonicxlc123 1 year ago
@sonicxlc123
Well, buy cedar lumber 2" x 6" and ten to twelve feet long and start cutting scale lumber.
Next use a staple gun or brad gun to hold glued pieces together.
Have a plan for bent design and keep making them one at a time for five months of spare time and somehow it is finally done.
scudding 1 year ago
hey look a dog
peterpan5031 1 year ago
This is what we spent all the treasury on ^^
BrickstarRunner 1 year ago
How long did it take you to do this and how many times did your wife scream at you to stop making to much noice.
train2589 1 year ago
Five months of cutting wood on a table saw that quit frequently. New table saw is flawless (Saw Stop). Wife was very understanding, but I did stop all activity for five weeks about two plus months into the project to prove I could do something other than make sawdust.
scudding 1 year ago
Not too much noise since table saw is in the garage not the living room, kitchen, or bedroom.
Wife isn't a screamer. Yup, some of us are truly fortunate. Are you jealous of the trestle or non-screamer wife?
scudding 1 year ago 2
@scudding
did the dog derail it at the end?
the noise sounded like speaker/ digital, but I see u mention steaming up, so do u have lives steam and electric and how r the live steamers controlled if u have them?
tpvalley 9 months ago
Wow tall dog...Great..
loco6607 1 year ago
great trestle, love it!
americantruepride 1 year ago
HOLY CRAP i think i just about shit myself when i saw this.
09jrasner703 1 year ago
All I can offer is TP and offer to let you watch it again.
scudding 1 year ago
Clean up in front of the computer.
scudding 1 year ago
@09jrasner703 lol thats funny. XD
dust478 1 year ago
man that is amazing! GREAT CRAFTSMANSHIP
chevroletman90 1 year ago
thats the best trestel I´ve ever seen
MrMrPraetorians 1 year ago
I bet you have this insured.
UP5853 2 years ago
that looks more like a wooden rollercoaster!
inneedofgrace1 2 years ago
Wow that is absolutely amazing! 5*
Any idea as far as the estimated cost of the bridge material wise? Gosh try to imagine whatever that number would be in scale for the train...like a real full size bridge! Do you run engines with lots of cars? would be nice to see this with a load on it, not from trains perspective though.
DocterJones 2 years ago
BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
brohoop 2 years ago
Nice layout! And your dog is cute :)
thedarkblaze09 2 years ago
jesus! i think i tinkled when i saw it! 5 stars man, thats world record stuff
MopacdivB 2 years ago
I wanted to see the wrest of the layout!
songofisles 2 years ago
thats the best dang train bridge i have ever seen in my life 5*s
noneedtoknowmyname 2 years ago
NICE !!! This is the definition of "patience"...You tell your wife she has the most patient husband on Earth!! (By the way, I didn't expect the dog showing up (0:53) ..At that scale, he should weigh about 100 tons!)...lol -- I like making train videos, too...Different kinds, though...
grignosse 2 years ago
Truly a work of engineering brilliance, well done!
SR722 2 years ago
nice that was awesome. how long did it take to build that and what happend at the end derail
MrStreck 2 years ago
5 months with 5 weeks off to prove to wife and kids I could do something else in my spare time.
I tried to grab the camera and derailed the car. I did not edit the error out. Lazy or too busy with other things I suppose.
scudding 2 years ago
that was the biggest one ever! 5 stars
durangoandsilverton 2 years ago
holy crap thats a big bridge 0:21
joshtheyman 2 years ago
dog was a major lol
killroy870 2 years ago
This is an amazing feat of engineering and creativity. I watched this video about 20 times. My two year old son also loves the video. "Chooo-Choooo"
gnupuppy 2 years ago 7
you know that dog did smell the train
youngculilban 2 years ago 2
when that thing derails it wil fall all the way down...
nice trestle anyway, stars.
ramonnie007 2 years ago
wow where do you get your supplies to make trestles that big
sabertoothtiger211 2 years ago 2
Supplies are simple:
Cedar boards 6" wide X 2" thick X 8 to 12 feet long.
Staples 1/4" crown and/or Brads fired with air compressor powered stapler and brad guns.
Glue: Gorilla or generic water proof glue.
Tape measure
Carpenter's square
Pencil
Dobie blocks to keep cedar from direct contact with the ground. Dobie blocks are cement blocks with wire sticking out used to hold rebar in place prior to pouring cement.
Table saw to cut strips of cedar.
Time and understanding wife.
scudding 2 years ago
Can we please please please have a side on view of that magnificent work of art. I have subscribed so I wont miss it. Ps: Though this vid is not one of the most viewed it is surely one of the most commented.... Pure genius
Chekeme 2 years ago 2
holy crap, that trestle is unbelievable!
imagreatbigman 2 years ago 2
Looks like we have a derailment at 1:35.. !! Apply all BLOCKS - PROTECT the SECTION - EXCLUDE ALL TRAFFIC and LOOKOUT FOR OBSTRUCTIONS !!
Awesome ... enjoyed your footage .. thanks for sharing :-)
gabadines 2 years ago 2
INCREDIBLE TRACK LAYOUT AND AWSUM BRIDGE 5 STARS// ITS INSPIRATIONAL :) doggggzziilllaaaa ahhhh well done
NookNgranny 2 years ago 5
good work
chibikaluku911 2 years ago 3
Run it's dogzilla!!! lol. Love your trestle and the dog is cute too.
wings7275 2 years ago 2
A flying dog!
RCbeastly 2 years ago 2
great bridge mate, if i had a g scale train and as much yard as you i would go that big too. 5/5
1085oliverda 2 years ago 2
I started with this scale train as a circle of track and the little starter Stainz set running in the living room of a tiny apartment. This yard has a small flat area, so figuring out how to run a train in the yard was not obvious at first.
scudding 2 years ago
Jeeeeeez that is a long trestle bridge, good job.
G516R700 2 years ago
oh no its dogzilla at 0:52!!!!!!!
pjm5678 2 years ago 16
That's the most impressive bridge I ever seen. super job. 5 stars.
Christian :-)
Düsseldorf Germany
chbitter 2 years ago 3
There are many incredible club and individual layouts in Germany. I envy the detail of those layouts. A yard layout with deer, raccoons, snow, ice, moss, and falling tree branches is too much for detail layouts like I would love to create.
scudding 2 years ago
cool video, nice work !
ty12201220 2 years ago 2
big! and was that flextrack? i wnt 2 figure out how 2 use that but i have to do a bunch of stuff like buy rail benders and stuff. any ideas where i could go to find more info? or am I being stupid and nieve because thats actually high radius track? thanks!
TheFatAssCat 3 years ago
That's unbelieveable! Amazing! I've never seen such a giant Trestle bevore.
Playmobahner 3 years ago
genial !!!! great !!!!
gartenbahner 3 years ago
5*****!
megatwingo 3 years ago
Amazing!
diegartenbahn 3 years ago
That is something to be proud of
hovanti 3 years ago
You must have an engineering degree, thats an intense trestle.
BigDaveUTK 3 years ago
My degrees x 4 are all psychology, although I wanted to be an engineer until the late 1960's when engineers were shafted out of retirement despite 20-30 years in one company. I decided to go a route that did not include relying on large company ethics to retire.
scudding 3 years ago
Very good work. Now your next project is to recreate the universe out of craft sticks and cottage cheese.
elfcounsul 3 years ago 2
Give up TV and just work a few hours a day for a few months and before you are completely sick of the project it is done. Yup, too much time free of TV watching is a bad thing. Too little TV watching and the USA economy suffers becasue advertising is not working on those who do not hear, see, or notice the advertisements.
scudding 3 years ago
People have way too much time on their hands.
oracle2world 3 years ago
That is an incredible build!
sanddragon99 3 years ago
lol the dog
104trucker 3 years ago
That is flippin' Fantastic ! !
Good Job !
goldslinger 3 years ago
Not my stick to get pissed. I focus on what needs to get done to fix. Since I like to build even more than gaze in admiration (yeah, I am one of those not real males who prefers to play sports than watch sports or prefer to actually "do something" instead of watching others on TV doing their activities. So, nope, the fun is making, not wasting time being upset.
scudding 3 years ago
you'd be pissed if the whole thing got knocked over in a wind storm i bet
rockguitarist946 3 years ago
Good work. You must have got sick of cutting up all the timber to make the trestle out of. Is it bolted, screwed, nailed or glued together?
flyingscrapyard 3 years ago
Yes lots of 2 x 6 cedar cutting. A slotted plywood jig helped set up the tablesaw fence rapidly and reliably. Gorilla glue with 1/4" crown staples for all but smallest pieces. Bolts would have enabled me to still be drilling and screwing years later! This is not a scale project, just "good enough" for visual and functional acceptability.
scudding 3 years ago
"Not a scale bridge" *That`s why we love it!!
SUPER JOB!!
natezemanek 3 years ago
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Watch one of my vids.
has ya dog nocked it over yet.
i saw ur dog nearly nock the train of ur bridge.
did ur dog grab the train at the end because the train came of its rails.
Gahman900 3 years ago
Train stayed on track until I grabbed the camera (and failed to delete the grab). JD terrier did not eat, chew, knock, or blow the train off the track. However, deer (bucks) have fought over the track and kicked the track several feet from the correct location.
scudding 3 years ago
Thanx For Replying
Gahman900 3 years ago
wow thats awesome, can the wind make sticks break it? what do your neighbors think?
dawkinsdude2019 3 years ago
Neighbor kids love it. One neighbor asked if I was building a rocket launcher when I was one third done. The adults like to come over to watch trains run as well. Halloween features a ghost train (Wilson Circus white mogul engine with sound pulling cars with green glow sticks inside). Kids love it or are scared more than I thought possible by the train. Strange.
scudding 3 years ago
wow thats really cool
dawkinsdude2019 3 years ago
I think I can I think I can lol
awesome job guys
BHSamurai 3 years ago
wow that is cool
singningwongho 3 years ago
Nice video has any of your train's or train cars ever fallen off just qurous? Nice trestle did you build it?
pat123pat456 3 years ago
I can't belive my eyes
ripjump12 3 years ago
Monster Dog was an impulse. I should take more video of the trestle after I fix deer damage.
scudding 3 years ago
Scudding, beautiful trestles! I was googling the spelling of the word trestles because I was emailing a prospective girlfriend and I ended up sending her a link to the video too. The "monster dog" was a stroke of genius. What kind of cam? If I view it 14 more times (which I would enjoy) it would be 55,000 views. Will you get a gift certificate? :-)
JodyFergy 3 years ago
that trestle is amazing!!! i wish i could make something like that all i make r 30cm trestles
mitch9521 3 years ago
30cm trestles in G-Scale are a lot easier.30cm in HO are a lot of work too! All you have to do is make lots of trellis aka bents.
scudding 3 years ago
that trestle was awsome.
RailFanDavid 3 years ago
I don't understand why the dog is there, or how he got there. Is the dog on the train?
This is the best piece of garden railroading I've ever seen, and by a longshot. What is the grade of the trestle? What is the maximum grade LGB trains can climb?
tristanlaing 3 years ago
I was dog sitting a friend's dog and just held JD up when the train went by as a gag.
Grade of the first half of the trestle is 1.5% and the remainder is flat, level, no grade.
LGB engines can pull short trains up 6-8% grades depending on the drag (dry or lubricated axles, number of axles, weight of cars, and tractive effort of engine). LGB Rack loco can pull trains up 33% grades depending on total drag of the following cars.
scudding 3 years ago
Awesome! That dog was cute. How and the world did you do that. Is that how fast you let all your trains go on the brige.
Thomastrains1 3 years ago
Fast? That was very slow. To prove to club members the trestle was safe I ran a RhB train with seven long passenger cars backwards at top LGB Jumbo speed five times before anyone dared to place their train on the trestle.
scudding 3 years ago
Haha the dog
gowolves4 3 years ago
OMG!!! AWESOME WORK! I envy you..lol
MrJoe53 3 years ago
fabulous tressle! Had to be the most fun part of the whole project. :)
granskare 3 years ago
Well, guard rails would force me to change the name to "Tame Trestle" or "Safe Trestle". Most trestles don't have cement safety barriers like our freeways. Terror Trestle is named for the reaction of anxious club members who would not run their trains until I ran my seven RhB long passenger cars backwards at full Jumbo speed five or six times. Terror is all in the mind in this case.
scudding 3 years ago
Totally, it gave me chills when the flat car started wobbling at the highest part.
marshmallower 3 years ago
Great bridge and cute dog!!
teamkrfan 3 years ago
What happened at 1:35. It looks like it came of the tracks!
R0ckingt0n 3 years ago
I think he just picked the camera up to turn it off :)
marshmallower 3 years ago
Yup Bad video editing. Oh, wait, no editing.
scudding 3 years ago
Boy I'd hate to see a loco fall off that lol!
nice work
chappybolo 3 years ago
Wow.... That is amazing... I would have put in some wire fencing and guardrails in the track to ensure it stays up there...
miniwyo 4 years ago
I put wire guard rails up for restaurant layouts suspended from the ceiling. Customers love to toss jelly packs and peanuts and pens onto the track 8-15 feet above ground to watch trains derail or stop or fall. No problem with falling off the trestle in six years other than when I failed to notice ice at the very highest point . . . oops!
scudding 3 years ago
Nice shot buddy!
pb8810 4 years ago
Haha, I love the dog. xD
icespicol 4 years ago
that was gangster, could it hold a GE AC4400CW deisel loco?
kylecornelius12 4 years ago
Scale? Yes. Prototype? My driveway couldn't hold it.
scudding 4 years ago
thats pretty cool, i meant the scale, i have a GE AC4400CW in G and HO(i model CSX in both) i built my own trestle not nearly as big or long as yours but it crosses a little stream in my back yard.
kylecornelius12 4 years ago
I envy those with little streams. Of course some with streams have lost their bridges during floods or high water events. I hope your stream is not prone to savage high water!
scudding 4 years ago
no, just a little creek, we just had rain and it was just a little wobbly, and i put it back where it belongs and i can run my operations
kylecornelius12 4 years ago
cool bridge but why have u called it terror trestle it ent scary
newcarsgamemad 4 years ago
I agree, it isn't scary to me. All the club members thought it was waaaAAAaaay too high and too scary to run their trains on it. Until I ran my LGB RhB 4/4 backwards pushing RhB long passenger cars at Jumbo's top speed for many laps, not one would run his train on the terrible trestle. Maybe I should call it "Wimp Trestle", "Not My Train trestle", "Ya gotta be kidding trestle", of sorta high sorta long trestle"? I am open to names that fit.
scudding 4 years ago
dare i ask how long it took to construct? very nicely done
ReisendeEuropa 4 years ago
5 Months total, with 5 weeks no construction to prove to wife and son that I could do something in my spare time other than make Cedar saw dust out of 2"x4"x12' lumber.
scudding 4 years ago
You should be proud!
freshair345 4 years ago
The strongest wind was only gusts of 60 mph with sustained of 40 plus since it was built. Tornados will demolish it and all in it's path.
scudding 4 years ago
That was an awesome ride!!!
sergeant2412 4 years ago
OMG!!!!! a giant dog!
1972volkswagen 4 years ago
thats awesome!
csx5580 4 years ago
crazyyyy! ! !
markuskusi 4 years ago
jeez! That's a 11.43% grade!
Rachmaninov08 4 years ago
Grade is measured at 1 to 1.5% using an intelligent level (computerized). It looks steep due to the camera angle I suppose. The little trestle just past the tunnel has a 6-8% grade, but is a short run of 30 feet.
scudding 4 years ago
Well... I was thinking if it goes up 8 feet over a period of 70 feet, that would be 8ft/70ft ≈ .1143, multiply that by 100 to get your percentage and that's 11.43% grade. meaning in 100 feet, it should go up 11.43 feet, which makes sense if what you have now goes up 8 feet every 70 feet
Rachmaninov08 4 years ago
If the trestle runs over a slope and ground drops instead of rises and the trestle is level except for a 1% grade to help shorten the trestle length by a merciful 20 feet, then the grade is only 1%. Ravines with level track traversing the ravine are not grades.
scudding 4 years ago
Ohhh okay, so the landscape slopes down. That makes sense, then. I guess it is the camera angle that makes it look like a steep grade
Rachmaninov08 4 years ago
when someone said you should get a hobby, you took it too literally! I bet your neighbors love you!
WAX1775 4 years ago
Yes, the neighbors love the trestle and other smaller trestles and tunnels, especially the kids.
scudding 4 years ago
wow..bet u get hard work for tht!!! so at the moment does your any locos been fell off at the top or what?how come at the end come off?what kind of timbers u used? thks
spidermanmeteors 4 years ago
RhB 4/4 fell off due to unseen ice at the very top derailed the loco 2004. I just lifted the camera off and failed to edit that out. Cedar 2" x 6" x 12'were cut on an old table saw that stalled a lot. The new saw is a Sawstop cabinet saw.
scudding 4 years ago
my words!!! so i think it so brillant doing it cos i never seen tht so big!! so i m from england...so when tht loco go up and pass the fir tree braches but wht if it windy and knock yr train off?have u done tht before?mmm
spidermanmeteors 4 years ago
No wind has knocked off any train. Wind and ice dropped huge branches on the trestel without huring it. One LGB RhB 4/4 loco and two RhB passenger cars dropped off when derailed by ice at the very highest point. I now check more carefully for ice before running in winter.
scudding 4 years ago
amazing!
jodypresti 4 years ago
wow..how long did u built tht testles for? how high is it? how longs is it?
spidermanmeteors 4 years ago
70 feet long x 8 feet tall. 5 months to build with 5 weeks off to demonstrate to wife and son I could do something other than make sawdust in my spare time. Check my bio for website showing more info.
scudding 4 years ago
5 months to build with 5 weeks off in the middle to prove I could do something different in my spare time. 70 feet long. 8 feet tall.
scudding 4 years ago
I enjoy the cam view. wow that is a great bridge. did you wipe out at the end?
yesilike101 4 years ago
No wipe out, just lifted the camera off the flat car.
scudding 4 years ago
Yea didnt look like a wipe out it looked like it was going to fly.
trainxing100 4 years ago
i think u should add another engine.
thetreeregimovies 4 years ago
Fantastic work. Hey! Where did that dog come from? Ha Ha! "NS all the way"
NSmoosedog 4 years ago
Only in America!! Al. (from England)
DADRENO 4 years ago
Heck, any yard with a slope, ditch, or hill could have a trestle.
scudding 4 years ago
The phrase "Only in America" probably means something different over here.
DADRENO 4 years ago
Well, most of our club members had their own version of your statement, "Gary, don't you ever do anything normall?!"
scudding 4 years ago
Awesome bridge! Great work!
pwhite73 4 years ago
this may seem like an old question have u had any porblems with Fire??? at all, and waethering??? rotting etc had any porblems like that?
Owentheguitarist666 4 years ago
Rot: Prevent ground rot by coating each leg on every bent with below grade fence post emulsion that has to cure a week before planting in ground. Most legs are fastened to rebar cement spacer blocks "dobie blocks". Rot has not been a problem for the last seven years. Weathering: Of course the bright shiny fresh cut cedar has darkened or greyed depending on extent of sun. Oh, and some moss.
scudding 4 years ago