The Ochsenwaldbahn II, it all starts again.

stockers · 12 Oct 2017

back to the garden and railway.
Yet more clearance - the gap showing the two telegraph poles is todays clearance - yet more to do. And the brambles are still there, attacking one on the ladder. You could not see the poles from this angle this morning.

stockers · 12 Oct 2017

So we had to run tonight - the Harz 2-6-2.

stockers · 15 Oct 2017

Moved on a little this weekend - the plank bridge gets longer - up to 13 meters now.

stockers · 15 Oct 2017

Painted the bicycles for the wagon

stockers · 15 Oct 2017

Creosoted the running shed.

dunnyrail · 15 Oct 2017

Looks like that track will be arriving just in time!
JonD

stockers · 15 Oct 2017

And Pfiffi did some load tests on the gradients - managed 7 bogies and a 4 wheeler, which I considered pretty darned good for a 6 wheeler.
Having a rest in the station afterwards!

stockers · 15 Oct 2017

dunnyrail said:
Looks like that track will be arriving just in time!
JonD

Yep - we are ready for it. A beer on Wednesday sounds good,

dunnyrail · 16 Oct 2017

stockers said:
And Pfiffi did some load tests on the gradients - managed 7 bogies and a 4 wheeler, which I considered pretty darned good for a 6 wheeler.
Having a rest in the station afterwards!
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Those small wheels and lots of weight that TL Locs have will be a big help with this little beauty.
JonD

stockers · 19 Oct 2017

A few more yards of rebuild achieved this evening.
A bit of temporary fencing is going in the gap this weekend - that white house is actually about 40 ft away across the lane.

AustrianNG · 19 Oct 2017

How many feet of track will the finished layout have Alan ?
Looks epic

dunnyrail · 19 Oct 2017

AustrianNG said:
How many feet of track will the finished layout have Alan ?
Looks epic

Well I delivered getting on for 50 Feet yesterday.
JonD

stockers · 20 Oct 2017

AustrianNG said:
How many feet of track will the finished layout have Alan ?
Looks epic

Not an exact measurement Paul, but something like 380 ft. plus sidings etc.

stockers · 28 Oct 2017

I got some wire mesh from good old ebay to try to improve the look of the plank bridge - a bit better I think.

stockers · 28 Oct 2017

and I put a new battery in the cycle meter that i purchased some years ago now.

It has to be adjusted to the circumference of the wheel but it cannot take a tiny number. The LGB metal wheel is 32mm dia. so that's about 100mm circumference. I multiplied this by 22.5 to give scale Km.
The line so far reads at 1.7Km - that's about 75 meters. I guess I have another 30 to go.
I'll start another thread on the other games I have been playing with this.

Frank Gallagher · 29 Oct 2017

Like the bridge simple but very effective

Nemo · 29 Oct 2017

Yes, me too, like the bridge raillings, super job Alan

mike · 29 Oct 2017

Looking good alan

AustrianNG · 31 Oct 2017

If you could make the timber posts look like concrete the bridge would be complete and spot on too matey.

stockers · 31 Oct 2017

Yes, thanks Paul. The old brain was ticking in that direction - slowly!
Trying to find a simple but long lived way of making them taper outwards as well.

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