Peaslake & Grayswood Light Railway Construction Diary
Peaslake & Grayswood Light Railway Construction Diary
In one of my 'sod it' moments, I have decided to stop all other projects (except Victor!) and proceed with the construction of my own Garden Railway.
It does not have a name as yet, but once it is finished I suspect it will have to have one
For now, here is what I intend to include on the railway:
3 stations, 2 termini and one intermediate.
A depot, either at one of the termini or on between two of the stations.
Gradients, from the intermediate station to the lower level terminus as well as an embankment. A drawing later on will explain the reason for this...
A minimum of 3 1/2 feet radius curves, this is because I am intending to get an Accucraft WD Baldwin
A Gauge 1 branch line from the intermediate station, over the Gauge O line to then end at another station adjoining the Greenhouse (which may be demolished, seeing as it is never used...)
I will try and do a rough outline using MS Paint later on.
Watch this space!
It does not have a name as yet, but once it is finished I suspect it will have to have one
For now, here is what I intend to include on the railway:
3 stations, 2 termini and one intermediate.
A depot, either at one of the termini or on between two of the stations.
Gradients, from the intermediate station to the lower level terminus as well as an embankment. A drawing later on will explain the reason for this...
A minimum of 3 1/2 feet radius curves, this is because I am intending to get an Accucraft WD Baldwin
A Gauge 1 branch line from the intermediate station, over the Gauge O line to then end at another station adjoining the Greenhouse (which may be demolished, seeing as it is never used...)
I will try and do a rough outline using MS Paint later on.
Watch this space!
Last edited by MTA on Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:08 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Fair enough, but I think there will be times when actually you do just want to sit back and watch the trains go by, rather than constantly having to get up to deal with stuff...maybe have an avoiding line between the two termini? Just a suggestionMTA wrote:I much prefer end to end as you are more involved in the operation of the railway, rather than watch it go round and round...
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A very ambitious project. Good luck with building that railway.
I agree with the comments for a continuous loop and little gradients. The Mamod & MSS locos are very underpowered, and although they can runaway from you on the level with a light train, as soon as you introduce an up gradient they will struggle and probably stop. And if you do not have radio control fitted then you will be chasing 'Victor' around all day adjusting the reverser/regulator.
My plan for a garden railway (my garden is much smaller than the one you have there) is for a single track rectangular loop, with 2 passing stations, 2 sidings, a tunnel and a large bridge/viaduct. Building a hill or mountain to go on top of that tunnel may yield a siding up to a mine, but that will probably be for my diesel locomotives, as I do not think any of my current steam locos would be able to climb up the gradient, and of course would have no braking on the way down. However I've still got to build the garden first!
I agree with the comments for a continuous loop and little gradients. The Mamod & MSS locos are very underpowered, and although they can runaway from you on the level with a light train, as soon as you introduce an up gradient they will struggle and probably stop. And if you do not have radio control fitted then you will be chasing 'Victor' around all day adjusting the reverser/regulator.
My plan for a garden railway (my garden is much smaller than the one you have there) is for a single track rectangular loop, with 2 passing stations, 2 sidings, a tunnel and a large bridge/viaduct. Building a hill or mountain to go on top of that tunnel may yield a siding up to a mine, but that will probably be for my diesel locomotives, as I do not think any of my current steam locos would be able to climb up the gradient, and of course would have no braking on the way down. However I've still got to build the garden first!
I suspect it will be a couple of years before the entire line is in place.mhlr wrote: I will be looking forward to seeing that wen its done!!!!
To begin with I will build the line from the part to the bottom left hand side of the drawing to the intermediate station, as well as the 45mm gauge line.
Once that is working well, I will then go on to the remainder of the line
I have just bought some of Accucraft's 45mm gauge track, and it really is beautiful stuff
I have bought two 3ft sections of straight section, which have 3 sets of sleepers with the webs cut alternating from side to side allowing the track to be curved slightly if need be.
I have decided to build the 45mm circuit first, as I actually have a running engine for that gauge!
I have bought two 3ft sections of straight section, which have 3 sets of sleepers with the webs cut alternating from side to side allowing the track to be curved slightly if need be.
I have decided to build the 45mm circuit first, as I actually have a running engine for that gauge!
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