Maenporth Incline AKA "Death Hill" eradicated!
Maenporth Incline AKA "Death Hill" eradicated!
The days of near heart attacks when £1000 steam locos come careering down Maenporth Incline are long gone! A new section, with a much more mundane gradient has replaced it!
I was talking to Si King after realising I had to do something about my gradient before my open day on Sunday earlier this week, and he suggested I do something like this.
So that's what I did...
A bit wobbly, but it's narrow gauge!!
Test train!
Successful!
Pub now sat on slabs.
I like that veiw!
Still a little more to do, I may end up putting some sort of sides on the raised wooden sort of section, perhaps arches like a viaduct.
So, we'll see how it all goes on Sunday!
I was talking to Si King after realising I had to do something about my gradient before my open day on Sunday earlier this week, and he suggested I do something like this.
So that's what I did...
A bit wobbly, but it's narrow gauge!!
Test train!
Successful!
Pub now sat on slabs.
I like that veiw!
Still a little more to do, I may end up putting some sort of sides on the raised wooden sort of section, perhaps arches like a viaduct.
So, we'll see how it all goes on Sunday!
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That is a very well thought out solution and should give some good photograpic opertunities
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