Peaslake & Grayswood Light Railway Construction Diary
Looks like a great plan! With garden railways it's always good to keep things simple to begin with, sort out the problems with the track, and get the gradients as small as possible. You can always add to the railway when time and funds allow too.
Keep the radiuses as large as possible, with a long heavy train, they'll still start to tighten up a bit on 3ft 6 radius's. Try to go for the flexitrack and use wide natural bends as often as possible, trains look much better sweeping around the curves rather than jerking around set track bends.
Keep the radiuses as large as possible, with a long heavy train, they'll still start to tighten up a bit on 3ft 6 radius's. Try to go for the flexitrack and use wide natural bends as often as possible, trains look much better sweeping around the curves rather than jerking around set track bends.
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The greenhouse has been weathered very nicely! I think I will take it down, as we don't use it...mhlr wrote:Cool, good luck with it, sure will be a great line...
By the way, that greenhouse is excellent, I'm sure the plants can photosynthesise nicely... :lol: :lol:
Right, first questions folks. What is the ideal base for the track?
As I stated earlier, I'm starting here:
and am I right in saying that first off I have to de-weed it (obviously), dig it out then lay weedkiller, hardcore, teram/polythene sheet, ballast then the track?
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Check out Bungle's article here, there's a lot to learn from it.
Check out Bungle's article here, there's a lot to learn from it.
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The P&GLR is now live on the internet, with the launch of a new website:
http://www.freewebs.com/pandglr/
I just love the new Freewebs site builder, much better than what it was previously.
Only three pages are live at the moment, as the site is a work in progress.
If you would like to see a link to your railway/business etc., send me a link to your website in a PM. All I ask in return is a link back to my website on yours.
http://www.freewebs.com/pandglr/
I just love the new Freewebs site builder, much better than what it was previously.
Only three pages are live at the moment, as the site is a work in progress.
If you would like to see a link to your railway/business etc., send me a link to your website in a PM. All I ask in return is a link back to my website on yours.
I am going to start construction soon as I am swapping some of my OO stock with my local model shop for some Peco points, fishplates and maybe some more flexi.
I have also updated my site, with news of a recent order with Lineside Delights.
http://www.freewebs.com/pandglr/index.htm
It looks like that, for the track base, I will be digging a trench and using blocks on edge for alignment and track fixing.
I have also updated my site, with news of a recent order with Lineside Delights.
http://www.freewebs.com/pandglr/index.htm
It looks like that, for the track base, I will be digging a trench and using blocks on edge for alignment and track fixing.
I have been mulling things over a lot about the garden line recently, and I have settled on this as the final plan:
The chalk quarry will be done after the main circuit is finished.
At the bottom, I am basing the main station Peaslake on Pilton Yard of the L&BR given my desire to have a large yard complex to house long freight trains and some shunting to take place.
Obviously given the mass of points and sheds, the passing loop will be laid first at Pilton/Peaslake and the yard actually constructed at a later date.
I have also changed the way I will be building the line. As Pilton/Peaslake will be such a large expanse of area, I will be laying a concrete bed for it and for the main line breezeblocks. I think this will be cheaper than digging out a trench and filling it with large aggregate.
I intend to start work in late June
The chalk quarry will be done after the main circuit is finished.
At the bottom, I am basing the main station Peaslake on Pilton Yard of the L&BR given my desire to have a large yard complex to house long freight trains and some shunting to take place.
Obviously given the mass of points and sheds, the passing loop will be laid first at Pilton/Peaslake and the yard actually constructed at a later date.
I have also changed the way I will be building the line. As Pilton/Peaslake will be such a large expanse of area, I will be laying a concrete bed for it and for the main line breezeblocks. I think this will be cheaper than digging out a trench and filling it with large aggregate.
I intend to start work in late June
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