mhlr wrote:Excellent, what track bed are you using?
how do you mean?
the track will be layed on old sleepers from our narrow guage railway, which are being replaced. they will be put in the trench that has been dug at the top of the slope. this is the only bit of ground level track as there is a big height difference.
the rest of the track will be lifted on 3" x 3" fence posts with 6" wide marine ply on top.
i have ordered 30yds of peco sm32 track which will be screwed down and have balast in between the sleepers.
the hill in the top right corner, will have a tunnel through it. i will remove the bricks, which are just stacked, and dig out the front of the hill. i have got the offer of some slabs which i will sink in and cement together to make the tunnel. the earth will then be put back and the bricks cemented back. i will make a small cutting from the sloping end, with nice abutments and portals at each end.
as im now a horticultural student, i have got one project at college which is titled "investigative project". this is where i have to research, design and build a horticultural project in a graden. i will use the building of my railway for the project. i have also got to plant the railway with dwarve shrubs and nice small plants to look like a real railway.
i will kepp you posted on my progress.
! I believe in scale planting, but I'm sure you'll make it excellent as you know your plants 
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