The Awchit and Cyder Railway

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Post by laurence703 » Mon Jun 23, 2014 9:56 pm

As some of you will already know, I've started to build my garden railway.
It's best not to ask "how have you gotten away with doing that?" as the answer is not a pretty one...

So... The plan...


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Nice big corners and flowing lines... in reality its a slightly different story... It dives between plants in the long flowerbed and is laid directly onto the decking...

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I roughed out the passing loop before I laid it. It came out a bit bigger when it were laid but only slightly.

The line is constructed using decking board, fence post and metposts through the flowerbed. I plan on making it look like an embankment.

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And this is as far as it goes for the minute in this direction. Ran out of track!
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Post by steamie1 » Mon Jun 23, 2014 10:24 pm

Great stuff! Don't stop till it is done.
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Post by kandnwlr » Tue Jun 24, 2014 6:25 am

Go for it! :D
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Post by philipy » Tue Jun 24, 2014 6:30 am

A good start, keep it up. By this time next year the flowerbed section will look as though its been there for ever!
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Post by laurence703 » Tue Jun 24, 2014 6:43 pm

Thanks:)
A box of track arrived today, so come payday and once the various bills are paid, I'll go and buy some more metposts and do the next bit! fingers crossed there's enough to complete it.
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Post by DickH » Tue Jun 24, 2014 7:00 pm

Glad your track arrived safely!!
Retirement has its benefits if only I can afford the railway!
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Post by laurence703 » Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:27 pm

Its gotten longer this evening. It would have been much longer but B&Q only had two metposts...

The newest bit of track bed
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The corner will start just after the end of the current railhead
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The gap to bridge!
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Post by Andrew » Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:00 pm

Looking good! I've been using either concrete or post-fix recently - you don't need that much to support 16mm-trackbed sized timber, could be a alternative to Metposts?

Happy building!

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Post by LnBmad » Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:06 am

Looking good bud!
If it can be made full scale it can be made 16mm

My line: http://gardenrails.myfreeforum.org/about7200.html
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Post by 'Pierre Berry » Thu Jun 26, 2014 1:43 pm

Good work, I'll be keeping a close eye on this thread.
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Post by laurence703 » Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:30 pm

More track bed this evening... I think I may need to change this a bit... Or the soon to be mine Leek and Manifold won't go round!


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Post by kandnwlr » Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:21 pm

laurence703:102077 wrote:More track bed this evening... I think I may need to change this a bit... Or the soon to be mine Leek and Manifold won't go round!
Yes, an ambitious radius, but nothing that a little engineering can´t cure.
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Post by laurence703 » Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:51 pm

It's roughly 4ft radius but its not a continuous 4ft radius so some surgery will be required
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Post by TTHLRMatt » Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:55 pm

Where has the leeky manifold came from? :P
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Post by Peter Butler » Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:56 pm

Could the 'surgery' include an excursion through the side of your shed and out at the front to join the existing track?
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Post by laurence703 » Thu Jun 26, 2014 10:02 pm

The leek and manifold will be coming from the mysterious and magical land known as Doncaster...

It won't be going in the shed... I hate the shed... I don't like going inside it and will only go in it to retrieve the lawn mower and strimmer every so often... it is home to a few rather large 8 legged things that I really do not like so I stay well away from the shed if I can
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Post by Peter Butler » Thu Jun 26, 2014 10:08 pm

Learn to 'love your shed'. It is a great asset when it comes to storage and workshop, as well as shelter when eventually you hold open days for visitors.
The eight legged things are more frightened of you and will take themselves elsewhere when you move in. Anyway, they don't bite!
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Post by laurence703 » Thu Jun 26, 2014 10:11 pm

No... I've always hated my shed... every shed I've ever had I've either stood on a nail or massive spider things in the corners... never a good thing... besides... my bedroom is my workshop at the moment but that'll change in time.
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Post by laurence703 » Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:09 pm

Still plodding on! The track bed on the main line is now completed and just the siding by the shed to go!

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And the typical rubbish british weather has rained off any further progress today...
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Post by IrishPeter » Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:51 pm

My Dad used to comment through gritted teeth 'Our ancestors moved here from Schesweig-Holstein for the better weather' whenever rain stopped play.

Peter in AZ
Traffic Pattern? What pattern? Spuds out; grain in, but cattle, sheep and passengers are a lot less predictable.
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