Garden Railway Forum

getting ready for a run of the big red diesel. I've spent a lot of time recently in the garden. The large cutting became too narrow for the diesel to run through it. I pulled out some of the edging to widen the cutting. Some roots had slowly pushed the sides in, they've been cut out and the width increased a bit. Today I've been pushing the loco around the line checking on the loading gauge. Lots of trimming, including the Pohutukawa "tunnel" cut into its aerial roots. A paver has slipped down the slope slightly and is now the only obstruction on the line for complete circuits. It's been lovely summer weather, and thankfully we've stayed at home

Pics? Summer?

Yes, summer in New Zealand, though I hear it's been a bit damp so far. The Pohutukawa and its red flowers are a very iconic symbol of NZ but probably not too familiar to folks overseas.

Had to look up a photo of the Pohutukawa flower. Similar to the flower of our Mimosa trees that grow in my yard.

invicta280 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 30, 2018 3:36 pm Yes, summer in New Zealand, though I hear it's been a bit damp so far.

It had been, here's the railway water feature on Christmas day

Here's the pinch point. It hadn't slipped, it was pushed... By a root

Thank you Mr Freud