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ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:43 am

my project whis is ongoing is the albany creek lite rail
will post pictures later

cheers G

grumpfuttock · Post by **grumpfuttock** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:03 am

Looking forward to those pics.

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:53 am

Ok time to start putting up some pictures of the ACLR

first pictures of the beginnings of the layout

this was the beginnings more to come

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:57 am

a few weeks later some more additions

baicaly i have laid it out on pavers

and where I had to dig it in i have concreted the botome and sdes to create cuttings

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:58 am

here is a vid of the first run on the completed circuit

garratt100 · Post by **garratt100** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:30 am

It's looking good!!

Chris.

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:01 pm

thanks Chris but I have made a bit of a modification to the original layout

I moved the original tunel to the back and made a bigger hill with a water feature

and building a pond so the water will flow from the featur to the pond and pumped back up.

then built a small bridge to cross the river

have also completed construction of the tunnel

more to come

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:05 pm

today I had to relevel the line as i found it was to steep to go over the bridge. here is where I am at now
the river under bridge is completed

added a switch to add another side line

started concreting the raised line

so thats the possition im at for today . the line is fairly level now need to finish concreting around it to keep weeds and grass out and to make mowing easier.

next job after that is to make pond larger and line it and fit pump and pump line

keep watching this space for furthe developements

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:24 pm

Very Nice G&J, you must be really satisfied with the area around the tunnel.

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:49 pm

thanks SB were realy pleased at how it coming along

tmuir · Post by **tmuir** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:30 am

Looking good.
I love that bridge.

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:26 am

Thanks Tony cost me about $20 to make so im happy with that.

i dug in the pump power cable and water return pipe today and did a test run from a bucket of water works beter than I had hoped.
still diging out the pond and have bought the pond liner shock horror that aint cheap. so hopefully by next weekend ill have the pond dug and liner in place not sure about filling it tho while on water restrictions.

going to put some native water plants and native fish in there the ones that eat mozzy lavae. blue eyed something or other. also planting some grondcover over the tunnel and some small ferns on the hill. hopefully it should look good when its finnished . gave marvin a couple of runs on the track today and he just loved chugging along at a gentle pace. next time ill do a movie.
cheers Graham

tmuir · Post by **tmuir** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:25 pm

Yes put some plants around the edge to give the water some shade and break up the wind as that will slow the evaporation too.
Look forward to the vid

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:58 pm

I certainly look forward to the area being complete, it'll be wonderful to watch a loco charge out of the tunnell and over the bridge.

steamyjim · Post by **steamyjim** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:14 pm

LOOOOKS GREAT!

Maesffordd-paul · Post by **Maesffordd-paul** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:27 pm

looks good so far, just make sure that you've got a very solid trackbase. You don't want the track to "heave" after the first heavy frost, not after all the hard work you've put in.
so when is the first open day going to be? can I bring 'Green Earl' along? It'll be interesting to see how far round it'll get.

seriously, nice job. I hope it brings you many hours of enjoyment.

Paul.S

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:02 pm

hey paul, that railway's in Australia, so I doubt frost will be much problem!!!!

Maesffordd-paul · Post by **Maesffordd-paul** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:14 pm

good point! not much chance of 'Green Earl' getting a run on that line then, unless the MNGR starts making serious profit of course.

Paul.S

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:35 pm

I happen to know that the ACLR's owners, love Roundhouse Fowlers in particular!

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:55 pm

hey paul, when are you going to do one of your famous productions on this new 'Green Earl'? I expect your too busy running it!!! I wish I could afford a Roundhouse. We'll just have to wait and see what Santa brings!!!

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