As mentioned over on my other thread for the Nonaim Tramway, things are a changing. As the subject title above indicates, a new layout is under construction.
Introducing the Two Dogs Railway... a small 1:20n3 scale garden railway.
The previous Nonaim Tramway has been completely dismantled and erased from the landscape. Part of this because it's location interfered with my growing interest in permaculture gardening and the necessary changes to the backyard to make this gardening technique a viable concern. It was a tough decision as I was really liking where the NT was heading. But what had to be done had to be done so once I began pulling up track there wasn't any going back. Change can be a positive thing which is something I've experienced plenty of during my life.
The Two Dogs Railway (named after my two dogs Maggie & Hope) is a little bit smaller than the NT. It's a dog-bone curving around a pecan tree with two towns... Maggie on the larger west loop... and Hope on the smaller east loop. The existing trestle bridge I built for the NT was salvaged and re-installed at the base of the pecan tree at the head end of Squirrel Valley.
Like the NT, this layout is semi-elevated. Low point above ruling ground level is about 10 inches, high point being about 18 inches. The track itself once again will be level over the entire layout to keep my little live steamer content. Topography/scenery will be more or less flat on this layout whereas the NT was more hilly. Plans are to plant more perennials within the two loops which are wider than those on the NT to provide scenic breaks as a means of limiting how much of the layout can be viewed at once.
So that's it in a nutshell. More to come.
