the beech grove light railway

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Post by Matt » Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:45 am

What kind of track are you using? If that area is small, it's going to have some tight corners.
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Post by andysleigh » Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:54 am

Matt wrote:What kind of track are you using?  If that area is small, it's going to have some tight corners.
my dad wants to use peco track.
altho mamod would be cheaper, its not as good, and tenmille is just to expensive.

there was some 16mm rail for sale at a sale at gmes once, i regret not buying it, as things sell cheap at gmes. we got a lathe for £25!

the area it would take is about 40ft by 16ft, theres alot more space. but that cam be used in the future.

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Post by MuzTrem » Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:33 pm

andysleigh wrote:the area it would take is about 40ft by 16ft
That's about the size of our garden, but you seem to have shoehorned a lot more track into it :shock: I'm guessing small, industrial locos and stock will be the order of the day then?

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Post by andysleigh » Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:12 pm

MuzTrem wrote:
andysleigh wrote:the area it would take is about 40ft by 16ft
That's about the size of our garden, but you seem to have shoehorned a lot more track into it :shock: I'm guessing small, industrial locos and stock will be the order of the day then?
you hit the nail on the head.
the inner circuit is industrial. and the outer bigger circuit is the passenger railway.

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Post by Boilertite » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:12 am

I've not bought any track yet and due to time and cost considerations I think its going to take some time to do Andy's plan and anyway I expect that he will change the layout as we go along. I've said that I will buy a box of Peco SM32 track to start with and Andy can always earn some money to buy more !

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Post by andysleigh » Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:06 am

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theres the space we have to work with, from the flower bed to the raised layout at the other end by the tree with pink flowers on it, and to the left edge of the tramoline. and plenty of space to expand

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Post by Matt » Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:06 pm

Looks rather muddy. Have you had a lot of rain recently?
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Post by mhlr » Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:14 pm

That area looks like the same width I have to work with :D
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Post by andysleigh » Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:39 pm

Matt wrote:Looks rather muddy.  Have you had a lot of rain recently?
yep, it was raining when i took the pic.

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Post by mhlr » Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:42 pm

OK, Andy asked me on MSN to add to his sketch design, so he sent it to me, :idea: but I took this to my advantage to practise some designing. So here it is:

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Andy tells me that he will use the design, but change some bits so it will fit in the area!!! :lol: I cocked that up! :roll:
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Post by andysleigh » Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:48 pm

mhlr wrote:OK, Andy asked me on MSN to add to his sketch design, so he sent it to me,  :idea:  but I took this to my advantage to practise some designing. So here it is:

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Andy tells me that he will use the design, but change some bits so it will fit in the area!!!  :lol:  I cocked that up!  :roll:
:lol: ,, dont worry mate, we dont have to leave space for the wheel barrow, the stuff that would go in the barrow can go by freight train.
thanks for the design, look fab

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Post by SillyBilly » Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:49 pm

That's very good.

May I ask why there are two stations very close to each other? Is it set in London :lol: .

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Post by andysleigh » Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:50 pm

SillyBilly wrote:That's very good.

May I ask why there are two stations very close to each other? Is it set in London :lol: .
because we like stations....

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Post by mhlr » Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:56 pm

They are on two different levels! 8)
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Post by SillyBilly » Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:05 pm

What the one on the edge of the pond, spectating area side, and the one which is to the edge of the spectating area are at diffrent levels, it's just seems that for quite a large railway you leave a passing loop, then enter another.

Anyway I look forward to playing trains at Andy's house when it's finished.

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Post by mhlr » Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:08 pm

SillyBilly wrote:What the one on the edge of the pond, spectating area side, and the one which is to the edge of the spectating area are at diffrent levels, it's just seems that for quite a large railway you leave a passing loop, then enter another.

Anyway I look forward to playing trains at Andy's house when it's finished.
Hey hey hey, Andy designed the trackwork, I just added details... ROFL.

I look forward to going too hint hint ;) if I can get up there some time... :cry:
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Post by andysleigh » Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:40 pm

names changed to the beech grove light and industrial railway

and final plan (hopefully)
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Post by mhlr » Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:12 pm

Wow, ur design has changed quite significantly. Looks great.
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Post by steamyjim » Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:44 pm

Looks great Andy!

Did you get a warf on in the end?

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Post by andysleigh » Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:22 pm

steamyjim wrote:Looks great Andy!

Did you get a warf on in the end?
no

would like one, but dont know where to put it

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