Latest extension on the Afonglas and Nant Llywyd Railway

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:29 pm

If anyones still watching this, then work has continued in the daytime ,leaving evenings for caradoc. All of the concrete that needed to come out has been removed and the hardcore that needs to go in for the shuttered concrete trackbed has been put in

This was taken from the kitchen window

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:46 pm

good progress.

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:15 pm

sure will be a cool line!

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:20 pm

Certainaly was a cool line today, although maybe not so much cool as b****y cold!
So I only got one yard of track laid, before retreating inside to finish caradoc
At some point i'm going to measure my line, i lost count a while ago how long it was

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:23 pm

I'd build a large line (I have 2 acres to fill), but for the price of track these days, NO!!!

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:27 pm

I was very lucky in that respect, an old friend of my dad had 30 ish yards of Tenmille track that he didn't want, plus some seperate rail and sleepers. He sold it to me for £40! Bargain of the centuary!

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:36 pm

laalratty wrote:I was very lucky in that respect, an old friend of my dad had 30 ish yards of Tenmille track that he didn't want, plus some seperate rail and sleepers. He sold it to me for £40! Bargain of the centuary!

Aghhhhhhhhhhh, why do I not have mates like that!

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:47 pm

When my first article came out in garden rail, a man was so impressed, he gave me a mamod (the red one), 2 coaches, a wagon, and about 10 yards of mamod track

! Plus, I got paid for the article (£15 a page)

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laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:31 pm

I said I was going to measure my line and this afternoon I did, 49 yards ish, with the extension not included, but after this extension, there won't be room for any more

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:19 pm

laalratty wrote:I said I was going to measure my line and this afternoon I did, 49 yards ish, with the extension not included, but after this extension, there won't be room for any more

what sort of track are you using ?????

ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:47 pm

laalratty wrote:I was very lucky in that respect, an old friend of my dad had 30 ish yards of Tenmille track that he didn't want, plus some seperate rail and sleepers. He sold it to me for £40! Bargain of the centuary!

I was also lucky. I move in with dad oh look a free garden railway.

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:50 pm

ptlrcecil wrote:
laalratty wrote:I was very lucky in that respect, an old friend of my dad had 30 ish yards of Tenmille track that he didn't want, plus some seperate rail and sleepers. He sold it to me for £40! Bargain of the centuary!
I was also lucky. I move in with dad oh look a free garden railway.

HAHA! LMAO!

ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:52 pm

Well it wasent entirely free, I still had to get my own engines.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:02 pm

Well if you get your own engine you can do whatever you want to them in terms of improvements (still dosn't stop my dad making suggestions of what to do with MY engines!)

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:03 pm

ACLR wrote:
laalratty wrote:I said I was going to measure my line and this afternoon I did, 49 yards ish, with the extension not included, but after this extension, there won't be room for any more
what sort of track are you using ?????

A mixture of peco SM32 and Tenmille bullhead

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:45 pm

cool thanks for that
im having dificulty laying the peco I bought but guess I will finaly work it out

riveresk · Post by **riveresk** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:55 pm

It's looking great Chris. How's the work doing at the moment?

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:43 pm

T'is going quite well, track has been laid on some of it for when ptlrcecil and friends come round on friday, so that ive got some siding space, and the builders doing the front steps keep on providing me with free building materials

riveresk · Post by **riveresk** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:56 pm

Useful things builders.

ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:16 pm

laalratty wrote:Well if you get your own engine you can do whatever you want to them in terms of improvements (still dosn't stop my dad making suggestions of what to do with MY engines!)

An easy way to sort that out is to keep a loaded 12 bore with you when he tries to make suggestions.

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