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Terror Trestle - G-scale model train

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Uploaded by on Oct 13, 2006

LGB Forney pushes video camera on a flat car over a 70' long x 8' high cedar trestle about October 2000. 5 Months construction with 5 weeks off to prove to wife and son I could do something other than make Cedar sawdust out of 2"x6"x12' lumber.

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  • Wow, how tall is that bridge? o.o

  • @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 How long did it take to plan and construct the trestle. Heck, what'd you actually do to make it?

  • @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.

  • Eugene, Oregon is home to Terror Trestle

  • 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.

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  • 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"

  • 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?

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  • MY EARS!

  • That's what I'm really missing indoors... Great job! Thanks for sharing!

  • 0:54 GIANT DOG ATTACK!

  • 1:35 GODZILLLA!

    nice trestle though(: i love it

  • G scale rocks! The giant dog was great. Keep up the good work.

  • Love the dog!!! Very Cool

  • That is a very beautiful trestle! The giant dog is gonna eat the train! This is one cool video.

  • This just goes to show that if you have a vision, you can accomplish it!!! That tressel is KICK ASS!!!! Nice Job!!!!

  • can you do a video of your whole layout like but a camera on a car and let it do the whole thing?

  • that would suck for you if it fell off at the highest point.

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