Steam Engine Specifications 2-6-0 MOGUL  1 1/2"/FT SCALE  71/2" GAUGE COAL FIRED  8 FEET LONG INCLUDING TENDER  HEIGHT: 22 INCHES  WIDTH: 15 INCHES  WEIGHT: APPROX. 400 POUNDS INCLUDING TENDER FULL OF WATER.  ELECTRIC GENERATOR
STEAM ENGINE AND TENDER ON  HYDRAULIC LIFT.
	B&O HERITAGE...BUT ACTUALLY  A FREE LANCE DESIGN  BUILT FROM RR SUPPLY PLANS  COOPER BOILER...OPERATES AT 125 PSI PRESSURE  MANY DETAIL PARTS FROM "SUPERSCALE"  WORKING STEAM DRIVEN:        AIR COMPRESSOR        BOILER WATER PUMP
	STEAM ENGINE AND TENDER ON  HYDRAULIC LIFT
	PASSENGER CARS ON STORAGE RACKS (RACKS HAVE YELLOW ENDS) CARS ARE  LIFTED ON AND OFF RACKS BY A TRAVELING CRANE MOUNTED TO THE  CEILING
	BOTTOM CHORD WITH LATERAL BRACING  AND TENSION RODS. (CROSS TIES ARE BEING INSTALLED)
	BOTTOM CHORD TENSION CLAMP
	BOTTOM CHORD END BLOCKING  WITH VERTICAL END POST  (NOTICE THREADED ROD BESIDE END POST EXTENDING THROUGH BULK  HEAD AND INTO FOOTING)
	OPPOSITE VIEW OF PICTURE #5
	BOTTOM CHORD WITH CROSS TIE LEDGER AND LATERAL SUPPORT TRUSS BLOCKING AND BRACING
	BOTTOM CHORD CENTER BEAM SPLICE
	CROSS TIES
	SIDE VIEW  (NOTICE 2 SETS OF TEMPORARY BRACING)
	BOTTOM VIEW OF LATERAL BRACING AND TIE RODS
	LATERAL SUPPORT BLOCK AND TIE ROD
	BOTTOM CHORD CENTER BEAM SPLICE
	EAST END BULKHEAD
	WEST END BULKHEAD AND  BOTTOM CHORD SUPPORT BEAMS
	LATERAL CROSS BRACING
	SIDE VIEW OF THE BRIDGE CROSSING A SPRING FED CREEK
	7-1/2 INCH GAUGE RAILROAD  TRACK WILL ENTER THE BRIDGE
	BACK OF EAST END BULKHEAD  (WILL BE BACK FILLED AT A LATER DATE)
	COMPLETE BOTTOM CHORD WITH BALLAST GUARD INSTALLED.
	TOP CHORD BEAMS
	TOP VIEW OF HACMATAC BLOCK  (BEFORE PAINTING)
	INSIDE VIEW OF HACMATAC BLOCK  24 BLOCKS WERE MADE IN LOCAL MACHINE SHOP
	HACMATAC BLOCKS AND TRUSS ROD  WASHER PLATES AFTER PAINTING
	TRUSS ROD PLATES MADE FROM ½ INCH  THICK  STEEL FLAT BAR ( 3 INCHES WIDE BY 10 INCHES LONG)
	BUTT JOINT SPLICE
	TOP CHORDS (READY TO BE INSTALLED)
	10 PAIRS OF VERTICAL TENSION RODS  (MADE IN LOCAL MACHINE SHOP)
	NORTH SIDE TRUSS WITH TENSION RODS AND TOP CHORD
	OPPOSITE SIDE CROSS-BRACING  WITHOUT TOP CHORD
	WEST END VIEW
	TOP AND BOTTOM CHORD,WITH HACMATAC BLOCKS AND TENSION RODS INSTALLED
	HACMATAC BLOCK INSTALLATION
	TOP CHORD HACMATAC BLOCK
	LATERAL TRUSS BLOCK (26 REQUIRED)  MADE IN LOCAL MACHINE SHOP
	TOP CHORD OUTER BEAM BUTT JOINT SPLICE
	NORTH SIDE COMPLETED
	TOP CHORD OUTER BEAM BUTT JOINT SPLICE
	TOP CHORD VIEW, SHOWING TENSION RODS  AND TENSION PLATES
	HACMATAC BLOCK AND TENSION RODS  (MISSING 1-ROD, HAD TO GO BACK TO MACHINE SHOP FOR RETHREADING)
	VIEW FRON INSIDE BRIDGE (TOP CHORD BRACING)
	TOP VIEW CROSSBRACING WITH  2 CROSS BEAMS INSTALLED.
	CLOSE UP VIEW CROSS BRACING W/ CROSS BEAMS
	TOP CHORD VIEW
	TOP CHORD LATERAL SUPPORT BLOCKS  AND TENSION RODS
	SIDE VIEW
	BEAM CLAMP (USED TO CLAMP BEAMS  WHILE DRILLING AND BOLTING).
	COMPLETED EAST END VIEW

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	The Old Railway Stations of Canada
	I have started a page on the  Covered Bridges that once dotted Nova Scotia.
	Plans for a Covered Bridge.
	Plans for a Covered Bridge High Resolution printable JPEG files
	Julie and her father Gary built a model bridge using the plans on this site for a school project.
	View the Trusses used in The Covered Bridges of  New Brunswick
	View the rebuilding of the  Point Wolf Covered Bridge. This bridge was destroyed in a construction accident and a new bridge was built in the same location
	Jerry Barnes' Garden Railway, The SCRR
	Another Live Steam train bridge being built using the my plans
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