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Coal Banks Trestle

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Ready to install but who can resist taking a few glamour shots?

Here is a closeup of a finished tower.

Here is an assembled tower with the sway bracing in place. Pretty cool!

Another example of custom bent cross supports. This one was needed as the height of the bent was customized for the terrain.

Here is an assembled tower with the sway bracing in place. Pretty cool!

GN Trestle sway braces had a ladder like design.

The trestle towers are glued to the inverted girder and track assembly.

Here is the finished model installed into my layout, ready for installation of the approach tracks.

The bridge abutment and bent piers are attached with quick setting epoxy

The bridge span is glued into position with the tower legs essentially unsupported.

A few cans of vegetables worked great to hold the trestle steady while the epoxy under the foundation piers set.

Here is my finished abutment casting.

Abutment measurements I used on my model.

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Closeup photo of the Midvale Creek bridge near East Glacier, MT.

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This is a portion of a GN standard drawing for a bridge trestle deck.

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GN Bridge trestle tower footings varied from cut stone to cast concrete, depending on the materials available and the era of construction. This example is the Midvale Creek bridge near East Glacier.

This photo shows the removable bridge frame before the roadbed is cut. You can see I was test fitting the girders and also pasted mock-up of the trestle towers.

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Welcome to Great Northern Fan. This site documents my model railroad project and also serves as an outlet to share my collection of historical images of the Great Northern Railway and sister roads.

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Here is my finished abutment casting.

Here is another view of the jig I built to mill out the span taper.

Plastic blocks were used to hold the piano wire railing at the proper height for gluing.

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