Peaslake & Grayswood Light Railway Construction Diary

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:35 pm

mhlr wrote: I will be looking forward to seeing that wen its done!!!!

I suspect it will be a couple of years before the entire line is in place.

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

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:30 pm

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!

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:13 pm

Sounds good Simon, you should invest in some Accucraft waggons as they come with a set of wheels for both gauges.

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:39 pm

SillyBilly wrote:Sounds good Simon, you should invest in some Accucraft waggons as they come with a set of wheels for both gauges.

I did think about getting some, most likely the L&B stock in SR Freight Brown...

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Sat May 17, 2008 10:51 pm

The railway now has a name:

Amberside Light Railway.

I have also decided to do the same as the railway that Bungle is building by laying Gauge 1 and Gauge O side by side. I suspect the trackplan will change because of this...

steamyjim · Post by **steamyjim** » Sat May 17, 2008 11:02 pm

Sounds good MTA!!!!

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Sat May 17, 2008 11:03 pm

found this manufacturer on the web that does dual gauge rail

http://www.svrronline.com/TrackandRail.html

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:50 am

The railway construction begins

When the track arrives

I have just asked for a quote for a box of track and a pack of joiners from PPS with a few to surveying the line and getting the first bit of track down. I am just about to redraw the plans as it is now going to be a double track main line with the track being in two different gauges.

bungle80a · Post by **bungle80a** » Thu May 22, 2008 10:20 pm

Sounds like a good plan! I shall be following this thread withj interest for ideas whilst continuing on the construction of the Fairfield Railway. Nice to see that my work on the FR has had an influence. Although currently, i'm not sure if we are now going for 2 different gauges or a double 45mm. Got to push my boss in the direction of having 32mm as I have nothing regaugable to 45mm at the moment!

On a side note, have you decided which part of your railway to lay first?

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:44 pm

bungle80a wrote:Sounds like a good plan! I shall be following this thread withj interest for ideas whilst continuing on the construction of the Fairfield Railway. Nice to see that my work on the FR has had an influence. Although currently, i'm not sure if we are now going for 2 different gauges or a double 45mm. Got to push my boss in the direction of having 32mm as I have nothing regaugable to 45mm at the moment!

On a side note, have you decided which part of your railway to lay first?

It will be O Gauge first, just an out and back to what will be the halfway point

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Thu May 29, 2008 1:03 pm

I've just received the track and joiners from PPS

As always, gret service from Alan.

I can't do anything with the track as yet, as I have a mountain of coursework to get through

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:30 pm

The 4th Plan:

I really don't want to have a mass of bridges and points all in one place. The only way out I can see is using dual gauge track

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:45 pm

If you build that and make a good job of it, I'm sure it'll look superb!

MuzTrem · Post by **MuzTrem** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:37 pm

Aye, certainly does look very ambitious!

steamyjim · Post by **steamyjim** » Thu May 29, 2008 7:21 pm

I think that would look brilliant MTA!

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:19 pm

I've put the fishplates on the sections of track I have, and plan to start surveying soon.

I am going to redo the plan again, to make things far more simpler.

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:41 pm

As you can see, the plan is far simpler this time:

I won't be adding in anyLGB track until this part has been completed.

The circuit on the right will be installed first, along with the point to allow the track to diverge off onto the branch at some point.

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:16 pm

Looks good Si

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:23 pm

Thanks Graham

I hope to start surveying this Sunday. I just need some thick string, some line marking paint, some wooden stakes and boards and a spirit level

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:35 pm

keep us posted on the progress

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