Reconstruction of the upper loop of the ANLR

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Post by MuzTrem » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:10 pm

Matt wrote:Ahh, I wanted pictures of it exploding in a ball of flame and then bits of wood falling from the sky on the garden.
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Happy now? :roll:  ;)

Seriously though, that patio's looking good without the shed - should open up new photographic opprtunities, and maybe allow some new senic features as well.
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Post by riveresk » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:33 pm

ROFLMAO, I warned my brother not to annoy the dragons. I knew something like this would happen. Ha, ha, ha. Excellent pickie. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by MuzTrem » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:43 pm

Thanks 8)
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Post by SillyBilly » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:23 pm

:lol: Very well done Murray, I reckon it was River Esk upsetting Idris for not having an Ivor as her B'day present!
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Post by mhlr » Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:00 pm

haha good one mate!!! lol!
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Post by laalratty » Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:22 pm

Thats fantastic :lol: , justone thing some of the buildings across the field are from my old school (as of a month ago), could you burn them as well!!!
Those pesky dragons though, i'll have to warn them not to burn things if they want to live in the Nant Llywyd valley ;)
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Post by riveresk » Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:22 pm

SillyBilly wrote::lol: Very well done Murray, I reckon it was River Esk upsetting Idris for not having an Ivor as her  B'day present!
Yep, that was it. Lol. :lol: :lol:
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Post by Matt » Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:25 pm

MuzTrem wrote:
Matt wrote:Ahh, I wanted pictures of it exploding in a ball of flame and then bits of wood falling from the sky on the garden.
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Happy now? :roll:  ;)

Seriously though, that patio's looking good without the shed - should open up new photographic opprtunities, and maybe allow some new senic features as well.
Yes, very.

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Post by laalratty » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:41 pm

Well now the excitement of demolition has passed, work has progressed on building the trackbed where the shed used to stand.
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The picture is looking out of the lounge window, and the new trackbed can be seen, with the section put down today setting off (middle of the picture). The method for making the trackbed has changed back from thermolite block to cast shuttered concrete over the site of the shed. SLRmidge also popped round to inspect work, he seemed satisfied that the larger radius would be a big improvement and that the quality of work was good
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Post by SillyBilly » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:04 pm

Very Tidy!
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Post by ACLR » Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:04 pm

looking great ;)
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Post by laalratty » Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:39 pm

Work has continued and the new trackbed is completed, and now most of the track of the top baloon has been/will be ripped up for total relignment and the instalation of the pointwork for the new upper station, to be named Nant Llywyd
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The garden really does look like a bombs gone off, thing is it all has to be up and running in under 2 weeks, SillyBilly is comming to visit
(he says hoping something doesn't go wrong again :lol: )
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Post by ACLR » Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:59 pm

in a few weeks it will be all done and the reconstruct will just be a memory :D
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Post by SillyBilly » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:00 pm

It had better :lol: . Nice work!
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Post by mhlr » Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:15 am

laalratty wrote:The garden really does look like a bombs gone off, thing is it all has to be up and running in under 2 weeks, SillyBilly is comming to visit
(he says hoping something doesn't go wrong again :lol: )
oh GOD NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!  :shock: :shock:

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Post by andysleigh » Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:18 am

laalratty wrote: The garden really does look like a bombs gone off, thing is it all has to be up and running in under 2 weeks, SillyBilly is comming to visit
(he says hoping something doesn't go wrong again :lol: )
you have my deepest sympathy
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Post by laalratty » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:42 pm

andysleigh wrote:
laalratty wrote: The garden really does look like a bombs gone off, thing is it all has to be up and running in under 2 weeks, SillyBilly is comming to visit
(he says hoping something doesn't go wrong again :lol: )
you have my deepest sympathy
Well things were alright last time he visited........ :roll: Is there something I should be worried about.....? :shock:
Today I managed to lay about 9 yards of track on the deviation and also installing the upper set of points for Nant Llywyd station, track just about reaches into the tunnel as well off the deviation.
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Hopefullly the continuas circuit should be back in use by the weekend, dependent on whether I can get a right hand point
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Post by laalratty » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:08 pm

After a pause caused by me deciding to watch the open golf on TV, which also allowed me to fit a working light to my Baguley, work has restarted on the reconstruction. Some tidying up of un-needed materials has happened (!) and tracklaying has continued, with just the western point to put in for the run round loop
Clearances in the tunnel are much better in the tunnel than before as well as the increased radius
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There is still a lot of work to go into the new upper station, the trackplan involves fitting quite a bit into a small space and the quarry as well
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The concrete for the loop and 2 of the sidings is the next big job, followed by laying the track for the loop and sidings, then work will shift to the quarry. Once the quarry track is finished, the landscaping starts and the tunnel can become a tunnel again
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Post by ACLR » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:16 pm

thats coming along nicely looking forward to your first steamup now :D
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Post by SillyBilly » Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:43 pm

Probably Sunday or Monday!
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