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Ladder rack now installed and knocked down to below the original ground level, this should allow the top of the rails to be ground level thus level at the crossing of the path.

looking great keep up the good work

Ive actually got trains running!
Video to follow over the next few days.

Storage one side:


..and the other:


3 x curved points for storage access:


Trains outside:

OK, i just went straight back out, stuck a GoPro onto a truck and made a video...

https://youtu.be/sIBg1JgjXQ8

https://youtu.be/t6vfsPBRVTg

Ballasting completed on the lawn section.

Progress is beginning on the rear section

Nice work! How are you finding the Filcris as a foundation? It was clearly installed with accurate geometry and similar care has been taken with the track. The results luck very prototypical.

Andrew

Soar Valley Light:119454 wrote:Nice work! How are you finding the Filcris as a foundation? It was clearly installed with accurate geometry and similar care has been taken with the track. The results luck very prototypical.

Andrew

Very good stuff, worth the premium price tag in my opinion.

Probably not going to use it for the final section planned as below, will probably give breeze blocks a go and hide them with some cliffs made of concrete on mesh.

Not much progress over the winter due to a broken ankle and the weather but this is where we currently stand:

The simple version of the plan was decided upon.


The outer loop is laid and nearly all nearly connected up.


And enough track is available to finish the job.

Quick video of a full length train running round the garage loop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZwXZsJRMQE

I prefer the simple plan, less cluttered and train set looking.

tom_tom_go:122723 wrote:I prefer the simple plan, less cluttered and train set looking.

I think I may have the outer loop Lower than the inner (by lowering what is there now) then when the 'scenery' is built up around it will look a bit more natural.

ust a couple of issues with the auto reversing modules not switching properly to solve but i've now got the full length loop up and running.

Three minutes all the way round and back to the beginning.

I thought you ran DCC, should have no issues with reversing loops?

tom_tom_go:122888 wrote:I thought you ran DCC, should have no issues with reversing loops?

It is DCC, i think it may be a problem with the wire gauge, need to use a thicker gauge (thus less resistance) for the reversing loop feed so it triggers more easily - either that or the module is just knackered.

Installed a dusk / dawn sensor on the outside of the garage, this is then connected to a DS64 input (via a relay) so TrainController on the PC knows if it is dark outside and turns the loco lights, carraige lights and tail lights on when trains leave the garage.

Test it with a black bag to simulate darkness and all working.

Using LED strips inside two coaches and a couple of spare decoders i had...

We now have a choice of blue, white or combined lighting + the rear coach has a red tail light and the other one has separate lights in the toilet compartment.

That is a very cunning idea.
It just shows how far this hobby had moved over the years.

Back area trackwork in progress, just the block wiring left to connect.

Half way through Half way through Finished track ready to be fixed in place

That is going to be a busy railway when it is finished Steve.