Hi All,
Well the cutting is finally finished - well apart from a few morre bushes/hedges/fences and telegraph poles - Oh yes! and the road over bridge!! But that's a few weeks away.
Anyway, the tunnel end is now finished and the main grass bank areas are done too.
The insides of the tunnel are finished in brick - well muckied up and very sooty/dusty so when viewed from an angle the brickwork can just bbe seen - although the pictures are too contrasty to show them.
Next step is to finish off the bonding on all the joints and run the cables/wiring in for the DCC, point motors in place and then move on to the next project - hopefully to get the line running by the middle of summer.
Regards,
GeoffB
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GeoffB
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Hi Richard/Andy,
Thanks for those comments, much appreciated.
Yes, it is. The spare bit that you are referring to - on the up line side? - is actually awaiting a turnout for the spur road - when I get aroundtuit!
The spare bits of track piled on the other side near the signal box are just spare track piled near the signal box!
The A3 is almost ready - the A4 soon - but the rake of teaks are on the build list, so they may take a little longer, unfortunately.
Regards,
Geoff
Thanks for those comments, much appreciated.
Yes, it is. The spare bit that you are referring to - on the up line side? - is actually awaiting a turnout for the spur road - when I get aroundtuit!
The spare bits of track piled on the other side near the signal box are just spare track piled near the signal box!
The A3 is almost ready - the A4 soon - but the rake of teaks are on the build list, so they may take a little longer, unfortunately.
Regards,
Geoff
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GeoffB
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Hi Richard.
The main track is unballasted Peco, so hence the sleepers look a bit thick, but the turnouts are Marcway soldered construction - the sleepers are a lot thinner. A little ballasting may eventually take place, although there are often problems with drainage and temperature changes that with glued ballast there is a restriction of movement. A problem to be looked into in great detail yet.
Regards,
Geoff.
The main track is unballasted Peco, so hence the sleepers look a bit thick, but the turnouts are Marcway soldered construction - the sleepers are a lot thinner. A little ballasting may eventually take place, although there are often problems with drainage and temperature changes that with glued ballast there is a restriction of movement. A problem to be looked into in great detail yet.
Regards,
Geoff.
I would've built a garden railway, but my garden is nowhere near compatible...