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Fred Oakland Photos and Models.

Fred Oakland has been in the traction hobby since the 70's. He enjoys O scale trolley and mainline model restoration and formerly owned Red Brae Shops.

The bridge was made in one assembly approximately 20 feet long. The core is a one piece wood member where 48 bridge girders were attached via 0-80 hex head bolts. Walkways were fabricated, track laid and weathered. The bridge piers were cut out of wood sealed and weathered. The piers were carefully located on the layout first and then a crew of 3 people marched the bridge assembly out of the train room inorder to clear a joist post and marched back in and set in place.

I learned a method of hanging catenary from a Milwaukee pioneer in trolley modeling, Harry Bondurandt.

All photos copyright Q-Car Company, Inc.