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

Looking forward to those pics.

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

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

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

It's looking good!!


Chris.

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

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

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

thanks SB were realy pleased at how it coming along

Looking good.
I love that bridge.

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

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

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.

LOOOOKS GREAT!

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

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

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

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

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!!!