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Ive been working on a few 3D printed items and this is just one. IMG_20220914_190811_358.jpg Components all designed and printed out of black ABS. Stainless steel tube used for the pole. IMG_20220914_190739_323.jpg 5mm LED holders fit into the front plate IMG_20220914_190658_838.jpg LED's in place w...

3D printed some spacers for fitting the boards on top of the runners The gaps allow wiring to come through as close to where its needed so all hidden IMG_20220917_153045_722.jpg Track then sits on top of that, still to come up with a good way of securing down without directly screwing it to the boar...

Ref air controlled points. It was a no brianer for me in north east England. Keeping the power connection to the track reliable is hard enough through the winter. With the SVR kit I have had no failures since 2016 except snagged air lines due to being buried by me (lesson learned) Reashearching it s...

ge_rik wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 5:14 pm Air operated pointwork?

Rik

Yes, using the Sunset Valley Railroad equipment and a small air brush compressor

First parts of track bed are going in

Major landscaping complete and some planting done, just waiting a delivery of some more materials for road bed from filcris.co.uk then that can all go in.

At some point a railway will make an appearance but for now the control box has been re-built

After much planning and deciding, work is now underway.

Decided in the end to just rip up the whole garden and start again from a level base.

Good idea to include a continuous loop, to my mind. Opens up quite a few more possibilities. Rik Hi Rik Yes that was one of the main points, it was a pain running through the storage all of the time for every loop on the old one, at least now they can just run around the loops with a lot less chanc...

Andrew wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 3:28 pm How many trains will you be able to have operating at once?

(Under computer control)
Normally 4 as I'm planning on using the main loops (newest part) for most of the running but up to 6 if using the loop through the garage and various sets running too and from the storage in the garage.

Well following some storm damage this railway is to undergo some major re-development this coming year, hence a new thread - https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 25&t=13816

The previous railway as discussed here https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=163568 suffered some storm damage a shown here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBdGKgjlpwk . The damage was caused by various neighboring sheds, greenhouses, fences etc being blown into and around the garden ripping...

Old Man Aaron wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 6:34 am Roll-in/roll-out storage, that's the way to go.

Agreed, if starting again I would have no sidings with buffers, I'm only down to the storage in the garage plus one very raerly used loco storage siding outside and can live with that

Thats an impressive build. My thoughts precisely! I wondered what it was going to become when I saw the shot of the framework, but it certainly looks the bee's knees - or should it be bees' knees.... ?? - I suspect it must be the latter owing to the size of the structure. Is the top shelf going to ...

New storage area building in progress to replace the 2 x garage "dead end" sidings with a three road storage fiddle yard arrangement fed from within the garage.

Progress so far....
Painting, Windows in the doors and track work yet to complete

Update on the new siding eventually!

Ballast removed and discovered all of those bricks i'd buried and forgotten about

Single length of supporting stringer slotted into existing frame (its all plastic)
Track laid and ballast replaced

FWLR wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 9:53 am Great job done with the sidings. Will be great to see with a loco running on video...

...here you go

https://youtu.be/8V0P26_zS10

Track ready to be laid for extra siding:

Before: Track Laid Out:

Job Complete!

Update on previously installed sidings down side of garage which were completed approx 9 months ago.

Plan Checking track
Job underway