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 The next stage of the formation requires a large horse shoe cutting leading around to an 18 metre long trestle bridge. |
 The next boulder being planted in the ground to form on of the abutments for the trestle bridge. |
 Looking down on the new cutting. |
 Track panels for the next section ready to go. |
 Laying out the new panels in the horse shoe cutting. |
Looking back across the gap that the trestle bridge will span
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The curve radius is checked and the second rail is clamped in position
ready for welding
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Track laying progressing
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Not much work going on here!!!
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Work starts on the formation on the bottom side of the trestle bridge
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Grading the batter on the bank
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Looking down over the horse shoe curve
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Work commences on the turn table main beam in the CNC mill
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Machining work completed
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Welding on the deck support beams
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Track and hand rails are fitted
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Rolling the circular rail for the turntable wheels to run on
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The turntable is lowered onto the 2½" diameter pivot ball
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Stabiliser wheels are welded into position
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Timber deck being fitted
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Brick work taking shape
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The almost completed turntable
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The track work reaches the turntable and the first loco is turned
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Turning the first loco on the turntable
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 Video:
Turning a loco
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Work commences on the trestle bridge with the trestle pier holes bored
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Concrete trestle footings are completed and the bridge abutments are cut out to locate the timber beams
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One of six steel trestles for the bridge
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Steel base plates were cast into the concrete footings to allow the trestles to be welded to
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The last of the trestles is welded in place
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The 34 metre radius curve in the trestle bridge can be clearly seen
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Looking down over the bridge under construction
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The first of the bridge timbers are bolted in place
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The change in elevation on the BCT can be clearly seen
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The bridge is almost ready for the decking
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Looking down the 1 in 43 grade over the bridge
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It is really starting to look like a bridge!
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The decking is complete leaving only the track work and some handrails to be fitted
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Posts bolted on and the handrails are taking shape
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The completed structure awaiting the track work and a coat of paint
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The track gang hard at it laying the rails across the bridge
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Note the difference in elevation between the trestle bridge and the track rounding the workshop
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A work train with a carriage load of new track panels crosses the bridge
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Track across the bridge is complete and a train crossing the bridge
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The next section of the formation is almost complete and ready for the track
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The slight climb up through the cutting from the lowest point on the track
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The bottom reversing loop will be located amongst the trees in the background to the right of the excavator
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Looking up the 1 in 70 grade the excavator is about half way through the cutting
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Installing a passing loop before rounding the bottom corner at the lowest point on the railway
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Welding continues . . .
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Looking back though the cutting, the train is sitting at the lowest point on the railway
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Looking up through the cutting, the bottom reversing lop will be situated amongst the trees behind the loco and track gang
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The track shown here through the cutting is the flattest section on the entire railway
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The track shown here through the cutting is the flattest section on the entire railway
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The cutting through the bottom reversing loop has been made wide enough to accommodate a couple of tracks for a station area
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The formation for the bottom reversing loop is just about ready for track laying
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Track laying has almost reached the bottom loop!!!
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