Dinowic light railway- The rebuild

[Soar Valley Light]

Wow, great progress Dan. I was wondering how you were getting on.

You've got a nice alignment there, was it set out or did you eye it in? The track looks very well constructed and the finish is very neat and tidy. It's good to see how others achieve their results, I'm still only planning so have chance to take some of these ideas on board or to see how some of the ideas I've had myself work out in reality when someone else has tried them and posted the results. thanks for sharing.

Regarding foundations for blocks, I guess it's all about having enough in the ground, adequately compacted, to hold it against the forces it can reasonably be expected to have imposed on it. The problem with concrete and mortar bases is that you can end up with a bigger lump of loose material than the block itself in the wrong circumstances! It's the reason I always prefer well rammed earth as a backfill material for fence posts rather than concrete.

[Big Jim]

Looks good Dan.
Keep the pictures coming.

[Matagami]

This curve was 30" radius so was opened out to 38", a big improvement.

I'll be very happy to know how you made that.
Nice layout.

[DLRdan]

It was relatively simple. The sections were cut from a piece of 12mm exterior plywood using a jig saw. To draw each one a centre line was drawn onto the wood. Then 41 inches measured back from the top edge along the centre line to give the centre of the arc. The compass( made from a bit of wood with 3 holes in) was then placed at this point and the two pencils, one at 41" radius and one at 35" radius draw the section. The posts are only in the soil and are fitted the same way as the bricks with a pair of batterns screwed along the top of each one to screw the plywood sections to.

[kandnwlr]

That´s a very neat little viaduct. Looking forward to trains running on it

[Matagami]

Many thanks for your answer Dan. Very helpful.

[IrishPeter]

Matagami - the chap in your atavar looks as though he has just realized he has arranged an "air meet" on a single track railway!  The phone is even of the right vintage.

Peter in AZ

[Matagami]

Matagami - the chap in your atavar looks as though he has just realized he has arranged an "air meet" on a single track railway!  The phone is even of the right vintage.
Peter in AZ

In fact, this guy is "The Big Bopper" a famous american rock'n'roll musician. Unfortunately, he died very young. RIP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bopper