Gravel Spur & Northern continued
November 26th, 2006

- The bents for the tall trestle are now completed. I need to add bracing, but can do that at the same time the deck panels are installed. - This is a very wet place. I used the old palette from the last rail order as a scaffold, I had a relative dry place to work. - These piles were driven into the mud. Some were (un)lucky enough to hit a rock shelf and had to be cut off, but most never hit anything solid, so were driven to the right height. - This entire area is bogland. Plus we had been getting lots of rain. What's more, it's late November, and I had to get the bridge supports driven in before the ground freezes for the winter. - The last bent ended up squarely in the gravel pile. The next load of rock will bury the end of the bridge. But I won't need to worry about running off the end. - At long last. The gravel pile is within reach. - And some nice berries.