The Development of the WLR

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The Development of the WLR

Post by steamyjim » Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:20 am

The wood to start on the first stage of the WLR was received today. This wood is to build the shed which contains the storage sidings (engine sheds etc) and main industry (as yet undecided) of the WLR. There may also be a small terminus if there is space.

The shed is 16' by 12' so i have quite a large space to work in. The railway will be mainly double track and have a return loop at the opposite end of the line to the shed.

The frame for the shed (windows, doors etc) should be completed by the end of next week (as am rather busy this week). The roofing material is on order so that will take a bit longer.

Now who said i'll never build this railway :lol: I will...it will just take a bit of time ;)  :lol:
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Post by made-in-england » Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:33 pm

What happens if your grandparents sell there house hehe!
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Post by steamyjim » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:22 pm

No chance. They've lived in that house all their married life. My grandad only moved about 6 houses up the road from where he was born :lol:

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Post by made-in-england » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:34 pm

Oh okay LOL
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Post by steamyjim » Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:04 pm

Made some more progress today! Started on the front frame of the shed!

Shall hopefully finish tomorow if the weather stays nice! Thats the problem we had today...it kept raining :lol:

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Post by steamyjim » Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:51 pm

Progress

Here is the shed so far...very difficult to photograph as no roof is fitted yet so a tarpaulin goes over the front. When finished the shed will be full double glazed and have electricity for heating and lights :D

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Front

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Inside space (around 16'X12')

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Stage 1 will exit here...

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...run down here....

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...and onto an inclined plane leading to the harbour! (A nicer fence will be erected...its just to make it baby proof quickly!)

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Post by ACLR » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:45 pm

looking good mate :D

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Post by steamyjim » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:31 am

The shed is now pretty much finished!

Need a bit more work on the roof before we remove the tarpaulin and to insulate the insde, then its good to go :D

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Post by steamyjim » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:32 am

I am also going to start doing scale drawings soon which I shall scan and post up here :D

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Post by alan2525 » Sun Oct 05, 2008 1:07 pm

Ahh - nice to have a garden railway that runs straight into a bench in the shed. Makes packing away after a run much simpler, especially with longer trains! Plus you can pack the matches and oily rags and syringes in the open wagons and then just shunt them onto a siding in the shed! Great stuff!
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Post by steamyjim » Sun Oct 05, 2008 2:22 pm

alan2525 wrote:Ahh - nice to have a garden railway that runs straight into a bench in the shed. Makes packing away after a run much simpler, especially with longer trains! Plus you can pack the matches and oily rags and syringes in the open wagons and then just shunt them onto a siding in the shed! Great stuff!
Exactly my thinking :D

The line will carry on around the shed and out of the far wall, along the route of the old railway line my grandads garden is built on and then down the other half of the garden and down the side of the house...a lot of track :shock:

That is phase 2 though ;)

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Post by steamyjim » Sun Oct 05, 2008 2:42 pm

I need to measure some buildings to build for the railway...so may be spendinng some time in Cornwall and the Black Country :D

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Post by steamyjim » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:52 pm

I hope construction will start on the railway proper in around a fortnights time. A mate from school who started a garden railway ages ago is getting me some scaffolding poles from his dads company to hold up the raised sections of the railway.

Then I need to get wood to lay the track on... what do you recomend?
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Post by made-in-england » Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:47 pm

Scaffold Board With Felt over!

Not from exprience but wud make it ard as nails!
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Post by SillyBilly » Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:20 pm

PTLR use gravel boards I think, and their railway is a good runner so :? .

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Post by steamyjim » Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:33 am

SillyBilly wrote:PTLR use gravel boards I think, and their railway is a good runner so :? .
I shall look into it. Thanks!

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Post by steamyjim » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:32 pm

The shed is now pretty much done...lot of delay due to weather and stuff.

Bought some more engines aswell so no track grrr :lol:

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Post by steamyjim » Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:42 pm

Almost 5 years since my last updated on this thread - some real progress has been made on my railway!

The shed had been full to the rafters with rubbish ready for going to the car-boot sale. A large amount of this has been sorted and given to the charity shop, the rest tipped at last allowing me to begin construction of the railway!

The section inside the shed will comprise of an oval of track with sidings for the storage of locomotives and carriages. I intend that this section will be a scenic section built like a traditional model railway...eventually!

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Post by DLRdan » Thu Aug 08, 2013 1:37 pm

Its about time Jim !  Are the canal and tin mine still part of the plans ?
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Post by steamyjim » Thu Aug 08, 2013 6:18 pm

DLRdan:86684 wrote:Its about time Jim !  Are the canal and tin mine still part of the plans ?
They do indeed! The canal on a reduced scale though...

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