Which leaves us with the bridge. There's no way I could find a ready-made model that would fit this location, so the only way out was scratch building. I decided to aim for a somewhat modern wooden bridge on a steel span, since that would be the most likely construction method given location and the very light traffic. It took me a while to find an appropriate prototype construction, and eventually settled on a design I saw near Zurich.
Last night I set out to replicate the look. Here are 's the result with boards cut and loosely set in place.
Steinlehofbruecke as seen from Talheim operator position |
Bird's eye view |
View from the track in the cut |
One problem is that the supports on each side are not perfectly level. Nevertheless, I think I'll build the bridge deck at the bench. Since the entire bridge is not level due to the elevenation change, I will need to build the handrails in place to get vertical supports at the right angle.
Additional angled beams supporting the bridge deck from underneath will need to be fitted in, too.
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