As I am laying the track in Aquia Landing, I realized that the wharves have to be installed before I can put track on them. Project managers would say the wharves are on, or are getting near to, the critical path. Depending on the ordering time to get materials, they are on the critical path. So tonight I spent a few hours designing the framing and decking for the wharves. From these I generated a bill of materials to order from my supplier. It's a lot of wood- too bad I don't have a table saw to rip my own.
I plan to build the wharves stick-by-stick. I will do this because it is prototypical and it allows me some flexibility in making changes as I install it. For example, the curved track leading to Burnside's wharf will probably resemble a trestle more that a dock.
I plan to laser cut all the piles to exact length. That should allow me to build the piles and pile cap assemblies on the bench using a jig. Then I will install them on the painted water surface. I will add the water later using Magic Water, a lot of Magic Water.
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| Note tracks coming from the left appear to be on a trestle as they approach Burnside's Wharf. It looks like the workers are adding a wagon approach access on the lower right. |
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