Garden Railway Woes
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You could always replace the mower with a natural alternative.
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Ha Ha, now that's a thought. and a lot easier.
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You'll just need to find a place for the O gauge "ballast"?
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...and something else on the line as well as leaves and snow.End2end wrote:You'll just need to find a place for the O gauge "ballast"?
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End-to-end with a "handover" passing loop half way. A "round and round" option for those other occasions, such as weeding.Lancastrian wrote:An unusual but very interesting set up Chris, I like it.
In 10 years the track plan developed twice more, and the last version was what I put in this garden, just expanded and curves eased.
11 points, all but 4 spring-loaded, needing no manual control.
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My relatively extensive outdoor railway (Gscalenut on You-tube) was raised approximately 600 mm. It keeps the track clear of the vegetation, however, a downside is stepping over it. Not so bad with a single track but dual rail would perhaps need a sort of stile arrangement. I lost count of the number of times in stepping over the raised track that my trailing leg clipped the top of the rail either tripping me over or cutting my toes/feet.
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Thanks GWR, the height is my main concern for that very reason. I am bad enough now with the track at floor level, so some sort of 'hinged track' is a possibility.GWR_fan wrote:My relatively extensive outdoor railway (Gscalenut on You-tube) was raised approximately 600 mm. It keeps the track clear of the vegetation, however, a downside is stepping over it. Not so bad with a single track but dual rail would perhaps need a sort of stile arrangement. I lost count of the number of times in stepping over the raised track that my trailing leg clipped the top of the rail either tripping me over or cutting my toes/feet.
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I built a lifting bridge (one end pivot) on my previous railway which worked well, even carrying current across it.Lancastrian wrote: I am bad enough now with the track at floor level, so some sort of 'hinged track' is a possibility.
Depending on the height of the track, a garden gate is a possibility.
(track alignment to be done on the "perfect archer" principle, if you you know it.)
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Thanks but as usual this is something for Chris (my son) to sort out for me.Emettman wrote: I built a lifting bridge (one end pivot) on my previous railway which worked well, even carrying current across it. Depending on the height of the track, a garden gate is a possibility.
(track alignment to be done on the "perfect archer" principle, if you you know it.)
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Who’s building this layout? Is it you or Chris?
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Ha Haaa, you should know by now that Chris is the tradesman and I am the supervisor, well really the labourer.glencairn wrote:Who’s building this layout? Is it you or Chris?
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