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Good work Zach - what an excellent low-cost method of tunnel construction! Love the meandering river idea too...

Lovely work ,keep it up

exellent work, going to be great when finished (but then when are railways ever finished? )

Brilliant, Just Brill, look forward to seeing more

Looking great. Just some foliage & stuff & it will look like a proper railway. I like the idea of building a railway into soil. It's realistic & means you can get moss on the track but you need to maintain it.

I know from my tiny 5 yard stretch that the soil erodes VERY easily. At first on my track bed, flooding was an issue, that was solved then the erosion was solved with some gravel beneath the soil. Now, it's weeds that are pi$$ing me off but I'm also not allowed to build a railway due to the fact that A; I don't live alone yet & B; we move so many times that a permanent railway is just a bad idea.

I've lived my life so far in 5 houses. The first in Shropshire for three years, then a place down the road for nine, then Cheshire for less than a year, we stayed in another place down the road for a few months before moving to the house I live in now. We are playing with the idea of moving to Somerset but it might not even happen.

I'm not going off garden railways but I'd like a small line that can be lifted up when we move & put together at the new location. Sectional track would be great but I can only find Mamod track which is not the best.

Keep up the good work Mr Bond

I've lived in 11 houses including ones in other countries

The track is not built in the soil, It is built on two layers of bricks built into a sort of underground wall. Onto this the track is attatched with wall plugs and screws. It was then all nicely ballasted. It would still look like that if the RUDDY cats diddn't spend all of their time digging soil onto the track when finding a place to poo, then poo on the track. Then shovel more soil over it!!!!! Most enfuiating! (hence also the name of the tunnel)

Looking great Zach, can already tell it is going to look fantastic, and very characterful.

And Hancockshire, if you move to Somerset, it's a very nice place, I lived there for 5 or 6 years. At least there's a lot more railways around too

There has been alot of bugling going on reasently, please try and stay on topic...

After a few days the soil has stayed in place and the cats haven't done too much damage. I may spray the roof of the tunnel grimey black.

Mr. Bond of the DVLR:47915 wrote:After a few days the soil has stayed in place and the cats haven't done too much damage. I may spray the roof of the tunnel grimey black.

Great idea. Try car under seal as it has a rough texture that will look more like soot. That it if it comes out in a matte colour.

As for the soil, give it a few weeks before calling it a success. Soil erosion isn't instant, it'll take time

Mr. Bond of the DVLR:47845 wrote:(hence also the name of the tunnel)

What is it? S**t hole?

"Catchit Tunnel...."

Hancockshire:47837 wrote: I'm not going off garden railways but I'd like a small line that can be lifted up when we move & put together at the new location. Sectional track would be great but I can only find Mamod track which is not the best.

Peco do "Setrack" curves of 2 foot 6 inch radius.............

There has been alot of bugling going on

What on earth has playing some sort of brass instrument got to do with this thread??
Please try and stay "on topic" and set an example Mr. B.

I'd advocate losing as much soil as possible from around track and infrastructure, it leads to no end of trouble. Replace it with Rowlands Mix (biased towards compost in the ratio) for something more manageable.
(Don't ask me why I know......................)

As I have said before, It was all rowlands and ballasted and lovely with the soil separated. Then the cats shovelled it all everywhere again... I will try and re ballast the track and build some fences as a way of sort of deterring the cats.

MDLR:47926 wrote:

Hancockshire:47837 wrote: I'm not going off garden railways but I'd like a small line that can be lifted up when we move & put together at the new location. Sectional track would be great but I can only find Mamod track which is not the best.

Peco do "Setrack" curves of 2 foot 6 inch radius.............

Too expensive for me. If I could use some 0 gauge track that would be brill as it's cheaper than narrow gauge track. How's that?

Back to my railway...

Finally started work on the deck of Haddon bridge, once I get some suitable hinges it will become a lift bridge to allow boats to pass under...
The strengthening batons


Also cast one of the platforms at Woodbridge.


Station half constructed.

thats some great progress, I like the lifting bridge idea

Haddon on MY line hasn't got a bridge at all - it's got a cutting, a hall and an (imaginary) station - see http://tinyurl.com/4qgsnj4 for the Google Maps reference.............

that bridge looks the part