Thursday, 28 May 2026

The Tree Hut Branch line. Part 2 of ∞ "Boulder Creek Bridge"

The next hurdle is a bridge across "Boulder Creek". I had played with the idea of making a brick arch bridge but went with a simple timber affair to save time. Today I managed to plan out where the piers are to be, dig a few holes and cement them into place. I had a few bags of river stones laying around and excess concrete so figured I would layer the concrete like icing everywhere and then layer on the river stones. The main reason being when it rains the modest stream turns into a raging torrent and would no doubt wash everything away. This bit reminded me of building my nz120 layout although somewhat scaled up but quite satisfying.

How it looked before

Piers & river stones in place, waiting for things to cure

Looking North

Cleaned up, needs more rocks

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The Tree Hut Branch line. Part 2 of ∞ "Boulder Creek Bridge"

The next hurdle is a bridge across "Boulder Creek". I had played with the idea of making a brick arch bridge but went with a simpl...