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Bridge over Powell's Creek
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The Bridge over Powell's Creek is a depiction of the actual bridge in Leesylvania State Park. The same CSX tracks that run past the Quantico Depot cross Powell's Creek a few miles north of the Depot. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Work on the Bridge over Powell's Creek can only begin after the benchwork has been built. Using a cookie-cutter approach, the track and roadbed is built on the approach to the bridge. The bridge will have a slight decent from right to left, so the ends are carefully built to accommodate the grade. |
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| The gap between the approaching track is filled with two layers of plywood to be the strong base for the bridge. Over the plywood is a layer of Homasote. Available in many home centers, Homasote is favored because it is easy to work with and receives tack nails well. |
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| Much of the work on the finished parts of the bridge is actually done at the workbench. The easy availability of tools and a convenient place to work is of great benefit. Here we se three of the bridge piers being fitted under the plywood. In the background we see the hard shell scenery being added over a lattice of cardboard. |
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| The bridge piers are made of pieces of wallboard cut to size and glued together. Using a jig, the bridge piers are held against a disk sander to sand them to the proper height. |
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| The bridge piers have been painted at the workbench and are being fitted along with the capstones. The left pier in the photo requires some final adjustment to get it properly fitted. We can also see the girder plates have been added along with the conduit for wires. |
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| All of the bridge piers are in place as a Southern Railway passenger train passes over Powell's Creek. There's still some work to be done to finish the bridge. |
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| On the right side of the bridge is the road passing under the bridge. The highway guide rails are made of thin styrene and glued into small holes. Scenery has been added. Yes, this is the actual road that passes under the real bridge. That's a VRE commuter train passing over the bridge. |
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