Pontoon Train

I have modelled a pontoon train, suitable for my expansion into the War of Austrian Succession.   The French built three pontoon bridges over the River Main just before the Battle of Dettingen in 1743 as part of their plan to trap the Pragmatic Army.  I thought it was unlikely that two armies would be building pontoon bridges during the same wargame, so decided to just model one train, but with alternative walking drivers and pontoon companies, so it could be used with different Armies.

I already had some suitable pontoon bridges and carriages, which I had scratch built over 15 years ago, as a Napoleonic French Pontoon Train, but then Hät had produced their French Pontoon Bridge set, so I used that instead.

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