The 'Midhurst' Commission. The Bridge
Midhurst LBSCR was the first station in the town - but not for long. The LSWR soon followed suit and it made sense
to link the two traffic-wise. So a short connecting spur was laid between the two, passing over a local lane on a
plate girder bridge. This forms one end of the layout under construction so effectively becomes a headshunt.
The commission required a bit of 'recycling' as the client had in hand an old 'Airfix' turntable which could provide
the sides.
A quick plan as drawn up, the required sides assembled then shortened to fit the site. It's a very short bridge but
did require some intermediate supporting steels..
Further support was added to support the sleepering -
Then it was off to the paintshop for a quick spray with matt black, a dust-over with ground oil pastels, and a fixing
spray with Testors 'Dullcote' -
The lane has quite a fall on it,and the sides were battered with 'engineers brick' - so thats th next elemnt!
A good days work?
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