Detail: Retaining Walls & Tunnel Portals

Pola B270 & B294 — Plan A

Originally I was going to use Pola B294 retaining walls and B270 tunnel portals...

Chooch — Plan B

When I relaxed my ground rules, I switched to old Chooch stock instead. I had a substantial stockpile I'd amassed over the years, and they weren't doing any good sitting in a drawer.

Work on retaining walls, tunnel portals and abutments began on 11 February 2021, and was completed in about four days, along with the rockwork.

Wait, why is part of the retaining wall (below) already painted and weathered? Because I saved it from the White River & Northern IV! Photo of the WR&N by Lou Sassi.

By 13 February 2021, all of the retaining walls, tunnel portals and bridge abutments were installed, painted and weathered.

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