The Ravenser Odd and Saxon Town Railway

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Post by pskipper » Fri Oct 23, 2015 9:40 pm

A lot more track laid, in fact there's only a 10cm stretch left to do.

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For some reason I don't have any pictures of the wrap around the greenhouse which is on wooden scaffold boards covered in roofing felt and theoretically removable.

I have also started on making the mines/quarry area which is tucked away behind the greenhouse. One more tunnel entrance to build and a lot more limestone to crush to get the surface right...
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Post by pskipper » Thu Mar 24, 2016 8:43 pm

Slow on updating, at New Year we had the first live steam run....

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Which revealed just how badly some of the track had subsided resulting in a derailment :( The Mamods both need a proper servicing too, couldn't get a reasonable amount of steam up and it was leaking steam quite badly from the cylinders.

Last weekend I was able to finally complete the last 10cm (Thanks again to Tom for the fishplates) so the track is complete...

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Using a pair of scissors I cut small off center slots at one end of the fishplates which allowed them to hold the tinplate track in exactly the right position to align it with the track coming off of the points :)

I also went round correcting levels to try and prevent future derailments, just a small section behind the greenhouse left to do and then the next job is landscaping :)[/img]

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Re: The Ravenser Odd and Saxon Town Railway

Post by pskipper » Thu Nov 23, 2017 8:40 pm

Well, due to an impending house move all of the track has been lifted now, all that remains of the railway is the limestone gully which the bridge ran over and the cement ramp which went up to the mine shaft openings. New house has a bigger garden though :)

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Post by tom_tom_go » Thu Nov 23, 2017 8:53 pm

Looking forward to a new thread of a line build!

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Re: The Ravenser Odd and Saxon Town Railway

Post by Big Jim » Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:37 pm

New house has a bigger garden though :)
Every cloud has a sliver lining. I hope all goes well with the house move.
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