The CVLR gets it's new home (WIP railway & stock)

[Pendo Pilot]

Before Greg post's his version which I'm sure he will at some point...
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[Narrow Minded]

Very Nice!

I've fitted the Acme pipe to mine and can't wait for a trial on sunday! Hopefully should get some video footage

[Pendo Pilot]

Messing about today resulted in a record load for a lap of the line.
21 equal to around 22 to 24 behind the Countess. This loco has so much power....

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Plus I'm loving the sound now...

[dougrail]

Swish! One damn fine engine there PP *envious*

[Pendo Pilot]

Nice vid shane  :D

Thought she was going to erupt at 2:00    :lol:  8)

Yeah I know what you mean there, does that everynow & then.... Hmmm.

Just as an update for the line, today is The Big Push day (part1 anyway)

No that does not mean all the loco's have failed...

[Pendo Pilot]

Oh & by big push (as I am currently awaiting the postie).... Here's what I mean....


Tuesday & the blocks get bedded in..


By yesterday evening (thursday) the blocks are in & concreted in a fair bit.


The final side of the full circuit is just about ready for track..


Gradient kept mostly in one place for this side, rest fairly flat. Should give a different driving feel with RC to the other side.


Where the new line will join the old. Just a few inches or so climb left at this point.


Lightly laid & troublesome return loop due to be lifted today & final blocks for new line cemented in. Line will run at back by fence only.


A view of the extension.


& to copy Keith a picture of a rather similar cat..

So hopefully today or tomorrow will mean the CVLR is once again a circuit for the first time since the old house with its little test track.

[90733]

Looking good

[Sir Clothem Cap]

Well that is a big push. Will there be an opening ceremony and first train video?

[DVT Dweller]

Should have given me a shout fella could have given you a hand today. top weather for it though.

[Pendo Pilot]

Should have given me a shout fella could have given you a hand today. top weather for it though.

Shout!!!!!

LOL.

May well extend into tomorrow now as useless Royal Mail decided there was no one in at the folks house (Used that address for track delivery as I was on a wierd early this morning that could of been long or short). So track now in depot until 4pm!! Still plenty of groundwork to do.

I was holding off on days for you to visit of the list until I got the full circuit in, much more fun...

[Sir haydn]

Instant track bed, When you've done you can come and finish mine. I wont mention the concrete path you'll have to dig up! its about a foot wide and 15" deep and the setion we need to remove is around 2' long, hope you have a good back

Seriously Shane its looking great, you decided against the spiral then.

[Pendo Pilot]

you decided against the spiral then.

Yeah mate, paced it out, measured it & realised it would be too far out across the lawn with the radius I was looking at. Besides I still have to fit a play house & sandpit in for my daughter to keep in the wifes good books. Gradient is a little bit hardcore but only equal to the other side (I think). As for your concrete dig up....Well I'm totally knackered as it is, it's like an oven up the garden today. Have you thought about explosives!!! I've got about 30 railway fog dets here that we could use...

Openday soon then on the CVLR..

[Pendo Pilot]

Well despite Royal Mails best efforts I did still manage to get some track down today (About 1 & 3/4 boxes of Peco). So today was certainly part 1 of the Big push.


The return loop just before lifting, you can see how far it had moved out of line.


All track gone now, like a scene from a past & present book but without some bypass & industrial centre built over it. The loop has been breached on the far side & the new formation trackbed laid through. All this bit needs lifting out & the ground levelled & returned to lawn....Hmmmm.


The furthest point so far, needs a fair bit of packing in places as my line up by eye must of been affected by early morning shifts. Just a little bit off even by narrow gauge standards.


The first run & the currently roofless Rapier is used. It managed to haul itself up the new bank so thats a start. Didnt hit the dirt either so I'm happy with that.

[DVT Dweller]

Shout!!!!!

LOL.

May well extend into tomorrow now as useless Royal Mail decided there was no one in at the folks house (Used that address for track delivery as I was on a wierd early this morning that could of been long or short). So track now in depot until 4pm!! Still plenty of groundwork to do.

I was holding off on days for you to visit of the list until I got the full circuit in, much more fun...

If I had of known I would have come down, dont mind lending a hand, though by the time Id got your shout today the wife had won and we went out looking at baby stuff, Im off tomorrow but thats enough bungle from me. Looking like youve made good headway on your own though.

[bessytractor]

you could almost squeeze a double track formation on those breeze blocks!

[Pendo Pilot]

you could almost squeeze a double track formation on those breeze blocks!  :lol:

Don't give me anymore ideas!!! Actually the last pics will be the area where eventually there will be another station & passing loop with at least one siding. Which is why I slewed the track to one side, although not quite enough room on the one block.

[hussra]

Looking excellent. Glad to have had a chance to run on the wall of death before its removal!

You still haven't shown us any photos that show the full extent of the hole in the ground. Go on, confess: where did you get all that soil from for the landscaping?

[spooner]

Another idea you don't what.You could of made the loop into a terning triangle?[don't hit me]

[Pendo Pilot]

Looking excellent. Glad to have had a chance to run on the wall of death before its removal!

You still haven't shown us any photos that show the full extent of the hole in the ground. Go on, confess: where did you get all that soil from for the landscaping?

Aye, the good ole wall of death.... Lets see, the Jessie fell off that. Countess has been off round there as well, all this before I built up the soil round it. But the best had to be double heading with the Fowler & Carrie. The Fowler was 27mhz RC then & the Carrrie manual. RC glitched causing a good coupling snatch which caused 5 wagons to derail on the inside of the curve dragging the rest of the wagons off then dragging both locos off as well... I won't miss that wall of death at all.

As for my hole!! Hmmm, it's just landscaping, every garden should have a quarry...errr.... I mean landscaped hole.

[mhlr]

As for my hole!! Hmmm, it's just landscaping, every garden should have a quarry...errr.... I mean landscaped hole.  :D  :D

Or a lake