Sherwood Oaks Light Railway

MoelygestLR · Post by **MoelygestLR** » Thu Aug 12, 2010 1:26 pm

coming on very nicely!

Have you been doing the bricklaying yourself? If so you've made a nice job of it. Its harder than it looks.

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Thu Aug 12, 2010 2:46 pm

No my uncle is a retired bricky so hes been doing it. he built the house we live in now.....in 1972

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Thu Aug 12, 2010 4:25 pm

Well alittle wet today but we managed to extend the patio and the gravel boards arrived and are now inplace ready for the steam up area to be layed. we also readied the tunnel walls ready to take its pavers!

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:36 pm

Another up date.

The garden is now looking more like a garden and not a building site!

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:43 pm

Wow! The turf has transformed the scene from when I popped round t'other day. Looks great!

How long before the "spiral test" do you reckon?

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:48 pm

Well....next week the capping stones should arrive with 2 tons of slate rockery stone, once this is all done track laying should be able to start. All hangs on the weather now. A few days of good weather next week and track will go down the week after!

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:39 pm

Yesterday just over 2 tonnes of slate rockery arrived, after barrowing it round the back I used about a quarter of it landscaping the spiral! Need some more plants now.

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:50 pm

How cool's that!

Really taking shape now - as for plants, are you ready for the Sherwood oaks?????

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:52 pm

yeah ready when you are

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:17 pm

90733 · Post by **90733** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:21 pm

Cool, looking good

taliesin001 · Post by **taliesin001** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:28 pm

Keeps getting better!

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 5:19 pm

Getting a bit of a run on now.

Here is some new ground preped for the track bed to go in on monday

And a few taster shots, I must build that bridge!

And the slate rocks we have left for the bottom embankment and water feature

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 5:45 pm

Now that's going to be a railway and a half!!!

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 6:09 pm

thank you for all your comments!

What I am trying to achieve is a scenic garden railway in a small garden. One problem with a small garden surrounded by fences is hiding the fence. Hopefully once the garden matures they will be screned! Hopefully the minature landscape will gain some railway very soon!

All what you see here is what I have learnt from my previous railway, The Bloomfield Light Railway. That was not built as a scenic line, just somewhere to play trains. Later on in its life I tried to make it scenic which didnt really work too well, so what I learnt is making this railway better than the last.

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 9:27 pm

Now that is one tall distant signal!!!

Looking good indeed, can't believe you have not laid track down yet. I'm the other way round, track down build it up after but then again it's my first one so I'm bound to run into issue's.

Nice load of slate as well, water feature sounds good.

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 9:35 pm

Im just dragging my heals. With being busy with the business it is easy to go out every now and again and do a bit of building. Track will go down before next weekend!

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 9:40 pm

I can see that would help, I just like to play about with what I have...LOL.
BTW, if things work out here I hope to send my Carrie up for work in a few months.

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 9:48 pm

Nice, I will pencil you in shane! I also begrudge laying the track as its all from my old railway, so after being layed for 10 years it all in need of a good sort out!

BTW the signal is a 5" gauge one, but around the scale height of those off the corris. Some of their signals where tall so they could bee seen over the tops of the houses around corris

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 9:51 pm

Haha! Great, it will look stunning. Just one ask, how will you access the steamer that inevitably stops right at the other side of the spiral?

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