MRH Sep/Oct 2010 - Issue 9

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UP THE CREEK: Modeling a Small Creek - part 2 A regular report on the construction of a 1950s-something layout

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Modeling of the Sheffield Creek area continues with concrete culverts, a speeder shed foundation, and smoothing the creek bed and nearby terrain ...

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Figure 1: Sheffield Creek flows through concrete culverts as it passes under the BC&SJ tracks. Page 142 • Issue 9 • Sep/Oct 2010 • Up the Creek column, page 1

In the previous installment of Up the Creek I described building a timbered grade crossing and king post highway bridge. In this installment I’ll talk about adding under-the-track culverts for Sheffield Creek and changing the creek bed and nearby terrain from plywood and pink foam to something a bit smoother. Tell a friend ...

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