Trestle profiles

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Hi,

If it helps, you might consider building the bents and hanging them from
the deck while you build the terrain up to meet them.

As long as the middle has some kind of support or if you secure a metal bar
or something to the deck it should be straight enough to work.

David Baker

On Fri, Jul 11, 2025, 8:00 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

>
> Trestles and bridges and profiles OH MY!
>
> I have built several wood trestles over the past 7 plus years. I have also
> built several stone arch bridges. All n scale except for one of the stone
> arch bridges I did in HO. All the drawings have come from the NWHS
> archives.
>
> My last project is of a trestle #2027 that was west of Beaver Pond, Ohio
> on a section of the original Cincinnati district between Rarden and
> Peebles. In 2008 we documented the old line up to the east side of Cedar
> Fork where bridge #2027 crossed. The profile on the drawing matches the
> actual terrain as it is very steep. This steep profile is what I was hoping
> to achieve, but it didn't work out.
>
> Going by the dimensions on the drawing I built the bents accordingly. The
> space between the bents varied slightly so I used 15 feet between them.
> After completing the 20- two story bents in the center, I built the 7 bents
> for the east end. The problem is the profile was no where near the profile
> of the drawing. My model profile had a slight taper up to the abutment.
>
> I used another much smaller trestle drawing of #2002, which was just west
> of Vera Junction just to see if I got the same results. I did. After
> printing the drawing for n scale for the height of the bents it was the
> same thing. The bridge is 1,875 inches tall and should be almost 10 inches
> but the length is about 3 1/2 inches long.
>
> Can anyone explain to me the difference between the profile and height?
>
> The two drawing numbers are #2002 HS-A10187 and #2027 HS-C06989.
>
> Any feedback would be much appreciated.
>
> Jeff Wood
> Peavine Prowler
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