As I guess one should expect from an Imagineer, you take the art of building a model railroad to a completely different level! Thanks for allowing us along on the journey Dave. Can't wait for the next episode.
Very spot on the job on the rickety old bridge spanning the Gulch. I wonder if you have plans on making the locomotive on your passenger train look like a ghost train I am curious.
If they could in the real world they would make curved bridges be they aren't as luck as you to have a laser cutter big enough. That turned out brilliantly love it. Can't wait for the next episode. Keep teaching us and inspiring us too. GOD BLESS 🚂💖👻💖💀💖🚂💖
Amazing how much beautiful work you can fit into a half-hour video. Fantastic work. I have a pier on my layout built from balsa foam 25 years ago, still use bits of it for other projects.
I thought for sure you were gong to have a skeleton laying in the gulch or holding on for dear life/death. That was a neat idea for laser cutting the bridge ties and stringers. It looks like it was fun to build.
Hey Dave. It was good to see the laser in action. would you consider a small section of your videos to show and explain the laser process and recommendations of equipment and software. It might be a bit boring to some but lasers are becoming more affordable to the hobby. I have an Epilog 35 watt mini which works beautifully but a bit expensive for the main stream. Most new to lasers who see the finished product don't realize what it actually takes to do it. Thanks love your stuff as always!
I don't know if you even look at these comments, but I wish to make a suggestion. There is a tiny alcove under the new Spooky Trestle... why not put something there as a surprise, like a skeleton/undead person running an illegal moonshine (spirits) still?
I have not seen the video of the building of the Geyser Gulch trestle or I probably would have said something about it. Since this is 'your' railroad you can do what you want. Just for the sake of reality, the top beam of a bent is a "cap" and the bracing is attached across the piles at about 15 feet below the cap and multiples thereof until ground level. That is also where sway bracing and longitudinal bracing is attached as well. Many times there is a spacing block between the sway braces if there is no center piling or post in a bent so there should be NBW castings there also. Framed bents are built of square timbers instead of round piles. Each vertical section of framed bents is a "story" of no more than 30 feet with a horizontal 12X12 or 14X14 cap separating the stories. Framed-bent trestles are longitudinally braced more than driven pile trestles because of the need. Framed bents can rest on driven piles or foundations of rock or cast concrete but these foundations need to be out of fast-running water to be kept from being swept away in a flood. In an area of a lot of rock and very shallow ground, a built-up or cast foundation is very appropriate.
This is an ongoing series. Not everything is (or can be) in just one video. Recent videos show the construction of the locomotives, along with crew. Thanks for watching.
Looks like the Calico Mine nd Haunted Mansion had a baby..........NICE WORK
Those hills over the bridge are calling for a wolf
Or a wolfman?
Beautiful work! I’ve never been more entertained by a bridge build. Thanks for sharing!
As I guess one should expect from an Imagineer, you take the art of building a model railroad to a completely different level! Thanks for allowing us along on the journey Dave. Can't wait for the next episode.
Hi ya Dave. Wonderful rickity old bridge. Nicely done. Who knew there are no curved trestle bridges in the real world? See ya.
Curved-girder bridges are done in the full-size world but in steel since about 1970.
Very spot on the job on the rickety old bridge spanning the Gulch. I wonder if you have plans on making the locomotive on your passenger train look like a ghost train I am curious.
Thanks! Yes, I have plans for that locomotive.
@@ThunderMesaStudio I look forward to seeing that completed
If they could in the real world they would make curved bridges be they aren't as luck as you to have a laser cutter big enough. That turned out brilliantly love it. Can't wait for the next episode. Keep teaching us and inspiring us too.
GOD BLESS 🚂💖👻💖💀💖🚂💖
So Coooool. Thanks for sharing. ;)
Outstanding Dave!!!!!!!
Amazing how much beautiful work you can fit into a half-hour video. Fantastic work. I have a pier on my layout built from balsa foam 25 years ago, still use bits of it for other projects.
Awesome! The railroad looks absolutely fantastic!!! 😀
I thought for sure you were gong to have a skeleton laying in the gulch or holding on for dear life/death.
That was a neat idea for laser cutting the bridge ties and stringers. It looks like it was fun to build.
Looking great Dave 👍
That is incredible detail Dave.
Hey Dave. It was good to see the laser in action. would you consider a small section of your videos to show and explain the laser process and recommendations of equipment and software. It might be a bit boring to some but lasers are becoming more affordable to the hobby. I have an Epilog 35 watt mini which works beautifully but a bit expensive for the main stream. Most new to lasers who see the finished product don't realize what it actually takes to do it. Thanks love your stuff as always!
Thanks! I did a full video on designing for the laser. Check it out here: ruclips.net/video/5pZWQwMsZPY/видео.html
Love the addition! 😊
Great job, the trestle bridge is awesome!
I don't know if you even look at these comments, but I wish to make a suggestion. There is a tiny alcove under the new Spooky Trestle... why not put something there as a surprise, like a skeleton/undead person running an illegal moonshine (spirits) still?
I have not seen the video of the building of the Geyser Gulch trestle or I probably would have said something about it. Since this is 'your' railroad you can do what you want. Just for the sake of reality, the top beam of a bent is a "cap" and the bracing is attached across the piles at about 15 feet below the cap and multiples thereof until ground level. That is also where sway bracing and longitudinal bracing is attached as well. Many times there is a spacing block between the sway braces if there is no center piling or post in a bent so there should be NBW castings there also. Framed bents are built of square timbers instead of round piles. Each vertical section of framed bents is a "story" of no more than 30 feet with a horizontal 12X12 or 14X14 cap separating the stories. Framed-bent trestles are longitudinally braced more than driven pile trestles because of the need. Framed bents can rest on driven piles or foundations of rock or cast concrete but these foundations need to be out of fast-running water to be kept from being swept away in a flood. In an area of a lot of rock and very shallow ground, a built-up or cast foundation is very appropriate.
Im not sure if this will be scene, but the videos in the playlist for the Grusome Gulch are in reverse order.
They are in the "as published" order, like a blog.
Absolutely love your trestle pattern!
Dave, I can't thank you enough for your inspiration and inspiration. Love the channel! A question, are you using a Lexavon torch in this video?
Thank you. It's a BernzOmatic.
Loved it
Is it worth saving all that shavings to use around on the layout? I see so many uses with our waste.
Dave, How do I become a monetary supporter member?
So glad you asked! Check out the options here: thundermesa.studio/studio-membership/
Were's The Engineer And the Ftremen.
This is an ongoing series. Not everything is (or can be) in just one video. Recent videos show the construction of the locomotives, along with crew. Thanks for watching.