CoggesRailway
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Hello All,
My railway has to cross the patio- double track. For three or four years it has crossed the patio just simply screwed down. However in the end foot traffic kept kicking the rails from the chairs and it was also a trap for things making sweeping hard. Additionally it is no fun on bare feet in the summer and a significant trip hazard to toddler size kids of which we have a few around.
Anyway after looking at many suggestions I decided to simply relay it, clamp it and mortar it down. Hopefully this means that it could be removed in the future by a prospective seller (no plans but you never know) - obviously leaving evidence but better perhaps than taking a grinder to a relatively new patio- perhaps. Anyway it was also the simplest solution to execute and I don't have much time these days. I wasn't brave enough to try and make it "flangeways only" so the section between rails is at chair height. Additionally the rail head is a couple of mil higher than the mortar outside. I used 1500 lengths and Massoth clamps encased in blobs of copper grease so hopefully it will stay conductive long term- but I am battery this is only a concern for open days.
I consider this area "offstage" its just functional to get trains across.
It actually climbs to the garage where I have left the stub of the old wooden section in place- for now.
I took a grinder to the man hole covers and then placed them in a bin bag whilst doing the job. The result being we still have drain access and this has worked well for now, which was not possible with the wooden ramp.
The wife is much happier than the old set up.
Pictures:-
My railway has to cross the patio- double track. For three or four years it has crossed the patio just simply screwed down. However in the end foot traffic kept kicking the rails from the chairs and it was also a trap for things making sweeping hard. Additionally it is no fun on bare feet in the summer and a significant trip hazard to toddler size kids of which we have a few around.
Anyway after looking at many suggestions I decided to simply relay it, clamp it and mortar it down. Hopefully this means that it could be removed in the future by a prospective seller (no plans but you never know) - obviously leaving evidence but better perhaps than taking a grinder to a relatively new patio- perhaps. Anyway it was also the simplest solution to execute and I don't have much time these days. I wasn't brave enough to try and make it "flangeways only" so the section between rails is at chair height. Additionally the rail head is a couple of mil higher than the mortar outside. I used 1500 lengths and Massoth clamps encased in blobs of copper grease so hopefully it will stay conductive long term- but I am battery this is only a concern for open days.
I consider this area "offstage" its just functional to get trains across.
It actually climbs to the garage where I have left the stub of the old wooden section in place- for now.
I took a grinder to the man hole covers and then placed them in a bin bag whilst doing the job. The result being we still have drain access and this has worked well for now, which was not possible with the wooden ramp.
The wife is much happier than the old set up.
Pictures:-
