08-14-2021, 07:29 AM
Mike, you are right, I thought I had the numbers worked out, but I haven't a clue how I wound up with what I had figured out, but it was wrong, wrong, wrong. I confirmed that empirically with my CAD and with a calculation web site (not into sine/cosine anymore) and I was off by a lot of inches. Now that the extension is built, I can try a few things which includes no bridge or drop, therefore, no grade, or just move the bridge a lot further out with maybe a 3% grade. A lot easier working this way than trying to use my math skills.
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD