Todd Hackett Wrote:
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> Also, the coal trestle was much shorter. The track
> went behind the bins, and coal had to be shoveled,
> in contrast to the style in the model where coal
> could be dropped into the bins. This was typical
> of all of the coal trestles on the C&S narrow
> gauge. It might be easier to go with the earlier
> coal dock. Here's the later coal trestle at
> Pitkin:
>
> [attachment 83306 PitkinCoal.jpg]
unfortunately theres no image Ive found of this trestle that shows how long it was, it was installed in 1901, so it would have been of a C&S design , its around 300ft long if one measures it into the plat of pitkin and the 1918 icc plan , the one i have is about 320 ft, there are shorter ones available but the tracks are either duplicated or on the wrong side , once again this is going to have to be a 'best fit' as the builder of trestles and bridges extraordinaire, Ben Dorsey, who helped me with the Uintah , died in 2018 of stomach cancer, a huge blow as he was prolific and had already pledged to help me out with a south park route that had to be shelved due to his death. it will try and find a better fit , but at the moment this is the best I have . if anyone can find an image to work from i'll see if i can commission the item.