Saturday morning saw me hauling out the chopsaw and ... well, chopping lumber for two more bents. I took a break from the midday sun
, and other activities intervened, but in the evening light after supper they were ready for trial fitting.
And, by jiminy, they worked out to be exactly the right height
: no need for the shims I had planned for. The penny pavers aren't quite in the right place, but I may not bother with shifting them.
I am arguing that an easily removable trestle is not an obstruction, and I hope never to find out otherwise.
Overall view of the railway with the new branch. Next stage, building a board for the branch terminus, which will be similar to the quarry siding "board", the brown thing at centre right. I already have most of the wood cut for it, but I have to buy two new 10-foot 2x4s for the length; the two I had both twisted in storage over winter. One I sliced up for the underpinnings of the curved trestle section; the other will suffer a like fate in due course.