Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Last year I showed how I built a 5' diameter helix on my HO scale Piedmont Southern layout. However I never did actually make the final connection between the helix and the end of the main layout benchwork--something which a number of viewers have reminded me since then. So today we're going to bridge the gap and then in following videos we'll lay the track on the bridge and proceed out onto the layout. Hopefully in a couple of weeks we'll actually be able to run a train up the helix from the hidden staging yard and out onto the main level of the layout. So let's take a look!

Before I forget though here’s the link to Yarmouth Model Works for Modelu figures in Ontario Canada: ymw-modelu.com

Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:00 Modelu Canada
2:05 Project overview
2:37 Building the bridge
4:25 Bridge supports
5:30 Bridge support block
7:05 Wall brackets
9:15 Connecting bridge to helix
10:23 Final wall bracket
10:56 Measuring the slope
11:21 Final layout connection
12:02 Preview next week
12:46 Final look
13:10 Wrapup