Garden Railway Forum

Hello there.

Well, to start off with when my family moved into the house we are currently in, there just happened to be a 5" gauge set up in the garden. However, most of this seemed un-finished and overgrown (In places there was brambles up to your head, bearing in mind I was just a child. ) So, once we had settled down, we got going with clearing the line, we did so and then my parents continued on to buy a Maxitrak Ruston and a passenger wagon.

The fun starts here.
The station building that was in place, was starting to fall apart, with fungi growing on the roof and walls, so one summers day, a friend and me, suggested to my dad, that we demolish it, and build one from scratch. So we demolished it, and built it back(Eventually, It seems that demolishing things is funner than building them back sometimes.)

So we were satisfied with the layout, and the garden for a bit.... Until... We decided to finish off the tunnel that the previous owner was building... and then, around this tunnel landscape the garden.

Picture time... Yay. (Haven't got any pictures of the station build, mainly the tunnel.)
The station.


The beginning of the building work.



Both walls built,


Looking along the "straight" in the tunnel

Some pointwork for a extension(One day perhaps..)



I'll stop at that for now, Plenty more to come though.

Please ask any questions.

Stew.

This was abandoned in the garden of the home you moved in?

Bloody ell how bigs your garden and was that track already in place?

Some guys have all the luck. The only thing that gets abandoned in gardens around here are old shoes and stolen bicycles.

pauly:62039 wrote:This was abandoned in the garden of the home you moved in?

Bloody ell how bigs your garden and was that track already in place?

It wasn't as such "abandoned" it just got left behind, as you can see most of the track is concreted in so I don't the previous owner was too bothered about taking it up. And perhaps it was a reason to boost up the price of the house.

And as I get onto the more recent pictures you'll be able to see just how big it is. We've recently built a new garage which has made the whole place look giant.

And as for having all the luck. I think we were quite lucky that the guy that lived here before did have enough money to lay the track, just a shame he didn't have enough money to go all the way with the extension.

Basically, all the track was there, but no loco's/rolling stock. And in my opinion if the 5" gauge track wasn't there, it wouldn't have been long for me and my dad to perhaps start building a OO gauge garden railway.

Stew.

So its more a tramway isnt it, fantastic.
Im sure youll do much with it.

Hi Cass ( )

What luck ! Serious envy going on here in Staffordshire. Keep the photos coming so that I can dream (senior management has already decreed "No!" so I must remain content with Club tracks).

I had a friend (sadly died earlier this year) with a sort-of similar station !



But no tunnel. Continuing on the current Health & Safety theme that seems currently to be taking over this Forum -- have you built a parallel escape tunnel (with cross-passages) in case you need to evacuate the main tunnel in the event if fire, flood or derailment ?

Thats like a dream come true!

Having checked just now I can confirm that no one has left a 5" gauge line in my garden.....Damn!

That is superb though, I like that a lot. More pics...LOL.

Well it's still raining here, but as soon as it stops I'll be going out to double check that there isn't an old 5" line in my back yard either!

The only 5" thing I have in my back yard is a 12' 5" washing line! Raining here too.. why hide a railway with such a long tunnel!

why hide a railway with such a long tunnel!

Long tunnel?? All things are relative and maybe in comparison with the length of the line, that tunnel aint so long

30ft!!

METHSSNIFFER:62085 wrote:30ft!!

Found so far

Right then, More pics.

Looking the length of the tunnel, with only half the roof on.


Half the roof made.


Looking at the supports whilst the concrete goes off.


That's all for now, More to come when photobucket stops being a foo'

Is that the front garden ???

And no sign of the emergency escape tunnel yet.

AND VENTS!!

Pretoria:62097 wrote:   Is that the front garden ???

And no sign of the emergency escape tunnel yet.  

METHSSNIFFER:62114 wrote:AND VENTS!!

.......... And Vents !!

ThAts whAt i said!

METHSSNIFFER:62121 wrote:ThAts whAt i said!

Heard you the first time buddy

brilliant stuff!