A comment on my track laying....

[Martino]

So, you may remember that two weeks ago, I laid some new track. I thought it looked OK.

You may also remember that we were visited by this little beastie.

Well, last night he decided that he didn't like the track laying and did this.....

Crunchy meat pies anyone?

 

[Aljosha]

That's obviously a tunneling tortoise, 'Testudo tunnellii floridensis', you need to give him room, offer him more topsoil, possibly food?! ;-) and wait with any train movements until he's finished the tunnel!

Trains will need to be diverted via a different (still to be built?) route...

 

[minimans]

Concrete mate! you need concrete.................................................

Even after the lesser spotted Malamut's assault all that was required was a hose pipe and some fill for the hole and we were back in business........................

 

[Martino]

Well the problem is, for the last two years he used another route, and I built him a bridge over it.

Now he's changed his mind...

 

[spike]

You ought to train it better :clown:

 

[coyote97]

For me as a German it is the more difficult to say it:
especially we here in germany tend to do things all in heavy concrete.
Once built, lasting forever!

I often thought of htis solution for my RR, too.
Sometimes i have nearly the same trouble like u do have.

But:
completely out of klischees, i decided to lay my track loose in gravel. Such damages like the turtle-run are repaired in some minutes, the track can move with temperature changings and new ideas and therefore changings on the layout are easy to make.


I have to confess that there is always a thought in my backmind that says: "make it better....use concrete...dig 3 feet deep and 2 feet wide and build up a RR noone ever can remove...not even turtles....."

I hope to be able to stand it forever.


Dont get me wrong: there are many disadvantages with loose gravel and unfixed track...but seeing your damage, i tend to say: they are lesser.


Greetings

Frank

 

[royale]

You could try building an underpass for the beastie with a funnel effect entrance to encourage it to head for the underpass. Believe it or not there's a toad underpass under a highway near where I live - heavily used in the mating season!

 

[royale]

Edit: --- by the toads, that is!

 

[dragon]

Edit: --- by the toads, that is!

Oh yes?

 

[pugwash]

A highway? In Long Eaton? I thought they had roads....and a long time ago at a place called Little Eaton there was a steep track leading to Drum Hill.
Anyway, slanging match started: who are you calling an old toadie?