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FWLR wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:56 am Nice looking steamer that Mitch.

Oooh,it is! I haven't seen one of those before...

Been a little bit since I last posted. A couple of pleasant suprises has happened!
#1 The Track will be relocated to a larger area in the property the new plan which is in a 12.5 meter by 5.5 meter space and will be fully elevated and have 4.6 meter diameter curves , which means , a slightly longer run, No more bending down to clean cuttings and a nice solid track bed .
#2 this week celebrated my 2 year work anniversary of working in my current job, so i decided to treat myself to something special.
which is ….

A Green Accucraft 13ton A class 2 cylinder 2 Truck Mapleton Shay .
Haven’t steamed it yet but will do in the coming weeks.

Will keep up to date with the track rebuild .
I’ll post a pic of the shay soon once it is in steam .

Cheers,

Good to see you again Mitch, wondered what had happened to you. Glad things are working out well, on all fronts. Be good to see the Shay when you ready.

Interested to see the new line and method of construction. Another Shay Wow!
Grant.

As promised here is a pic of my shay with a friends one behind .

philipy wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2024 11:03 am Good to see you again Mitch, wondered what had happened to you. Glad things are working out well, on all fronts. Be good to see the Shay when you ready.

The planning for the new line is complete and just awaiting site clearance and leveling but should be good to go!

LNR wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2024 11:33 am Interested to see the new line and method of construction. Another Shay Wow!
Grant.

Good to hear from you Grant , am hoping we get to catch up at GSSU this year, I’ll be there all three days so hoping we can exchange notes and run some trains together! Would be keen to run shays together!

Here is a pic of the plan of the new line , it will be elevated on treated pine posts and treated pine sleepers , the yard will be on plastic pallets 3ft above the ground and hopefully will fit a trestle bridge in, keeping a simple plan this time as I want to be able to run trains on it and make it easy for me to maintain it !

Good to hear you are moving forward with your new line and the Shay.

Rik

Nice, straightforward setup.