Whitchurch & Test Valley Railway, phase 1

AndrewGVT · Post by **AndrewGVT** » Tue May 28, 2013 10:53 pm

Hi
Since the Easter holidays me and my mum started work on the garden and now its half term work on the garden railway has begun.
This is a very rough idea of the garden shape:

Sorry that its only a paint drawing.
I will upload some station plans later.
The railway is designed to be an end to end from station 1 to station 2 with a bit connecting the so we can sit back and watch the trains.
Since the start of the holidays I have cleared the bed, moved half a ton of soil and stated building the track bed, if the weathers ok tomorrow I should be able to get some pics.
So that's it so far but thing are moving quickly and there should be plenty more to come.

MuzTrem · Post by **MuzTrem** » Wed May 29, 2013 2:16 pm

Looks like you've got room for a pretty good run

Good luck with the project, I shall follow progress with interest!

AndrewGVT · Post by **AndrewGVT** » Thu May 30, 2013 12:40 am

Hi
Here is what I am aiming for, a end to end railway witch requires driving (the steepest gradient so far is 1 in 32) with a minimum radius for the main line is R2 but the points in the station are R1.
So this is the station plan for Station 2 (still need's a name)

I'm not entirely happy with it, it's does not look very realistic but it has what I want, if anyone could suggest a way of improving it that would be very helpful.
This is the area:

although the track plan has change from the one in the picture.

This will be the dock with the tide out, similar to Mark Found's railway http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUPtLwun7Bo (it well worth watching the series if you have not already)

That's all for now.

Dannypenguin · Post by **Dannypenguin** » Thu May 30, 2013 8:53 am

I can't see what your worried about, personally I think its looking great.

What's the software you've used to create the track plan?

jay1976 · Post by **jay1976** » Thu May 30, 2013 9:14 am

would adjust the loop in the station to fit your longest train you plan to run as well.. you looking about at same stage as me as well.. I am in process of moving a few plants about to make room as well as moving a bit of earth..

Big Al · Post by **Big Al** » Thu May 30, 2013 4:44 pm

It looks like AnyRail5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... NGT-3YIjBE

AndrewGVT · Post by **AndrewGVT** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:49 pm

Hi
It is indeed anyrail5
We are having some strange weather at the moment, there's a horrible blue thing covering the clouds but I still managed to get some work done

I started the track bed running out the station by laying bricks down on a bed of sand and then making a mortar shoulder to hold them in place.

The track at this point is on a 1 in 32 gradient so to get it right I attached a piece of wood to the spirit level with an elastic band so that when it was showing level it would be the correct gradient.

Also I started to level the station area ready to lay aerated concrete blocks down.

That's all for now

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:53 pm

I like the "not level" spirit level on a wagon. Marvelous. Looks very promising, wish I could be outside enjoying the weather!

AndrewGVT · Post by **AndrewGVT** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:25 am

Hi
Work has slowed down now because I am back to school

Any way I got more of the track bed done and concreted it, as well as the station area, in.

I will upload some pics later

AndrewGVT · Post by **AndrewGVT** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:02 pm

Hi
Over the week I have been working hard and have about 2/3 of the track bed laid and half concreted in. Also I tackled "the shed of doom" today and saw the floor for the first time in living memory.
The almost finished track bed:
(sorry I can't rotate it)

I also got some pics of measuring the gradient:

LnBmad · Post by **LnBmad** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:24 pm

Great work here bud! Keep it up!

AndrewGVT · Post by **AndrewGVT** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 12:35 am

Hi
I will start a new thred in the Railways & Layouts area and post updates there instead as I think its a better place to do that.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 11:11 am

If you'd prefer I can move this thread over so you don't loose your first pics off the thread

AndrewGVT · Post by **AndrewGVT** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 4:09 pm

That would be great, thanks!

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:47 pm

Moved!

AndrewGVT · Post by **AndrewGVT** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 7:50 pm

Elmtree Line:85273 wrote:What type of trains will you be running?

All my current stock is electric track power (except 2 playmobil locos) which I'm not to happy with and so all new locos will be RC. I would also like to convert some of the current locos, firstly my GVT Sir Theodore.
As for live steam its to expensive for now but maybe when the railways a bit longer

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Peter Butler · Post by **Peter Butler** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 8:59 pm

Great to see you doing something productive and sharing your experience with us. I wish you all success with your railway and hope to see it progress.

Peter.

AndrewGVT · Post by **AndrewGVT** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:57 pm

Thanks Peter and thanks laalratty for moving it.
Although there has not been many updates, progress has been made. I will try to get some pics soon.
The track bed has been laid up to the junction at the top and some scenery has been started.

AndrewGVT · Post by **AndrewGVT** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 12:29 am

Hi all,
I have not posted for a wile, mostly because of pressure from school and the very hot weather. Now I have started on the summer holidays I hope to get more work done when there is some good weather.

jay1976 · Post by **jay1976** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:02 pm

did you get any further with this?

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