die Eichel Bahn

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Succumbed to the inevitable a small beginning.

Much to my surprise it fitted into the allocated space, onwards and upwards.

Resting on block paviors for the moment, to allow for any minor tweaking and adjustments, all being well, permanently fix every thing down over the next week or so.



 

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Excellent, that really is a most exciting point in the development of a line! Looking forward to seeing progress towards the mächtige Eiche ;D
 
good man!!! 8)
 
That's a very elegantly shaped layout which will give nice movements of the train on the curves.

Look forward to seeing how things develop.
 
A great start, and a good firm base.
 
Hi Gang, spurred into action, following several conversions with "The Marmalade Boys" several suggestions were put forward, the fruits of my labours for the last three or four days.

Track base made from Block Pavers suitable embedded in a mortar mix, more or less level!  Infill with 20mm gravel, bit over the top, but as Wickes doubled the Dumpty bag order for gravel ( free & gratis) had to put it somewhere! 

Conventional roundy roundy, incorporating a Wye for additional train movements, took three attempts to get the correct alignment and geomentary correct, worked out first time on the kitchen floor, but would it fit into the real world, nope never in million years, much faffing took place to get it to fit, eventually!


All fishplates were given a smear of Copper Ease, boy this really does make life easier connecting the track sections together.  Rail clamps incorporated at strategic intervals, for connecting point decoders and acting as a back up to preempt any failings with the contacts on the LGB points ( noted from several posts on here).

Should be making the timber supports for part of the loop which is balanced on a Heath Robinson contraption at present, instead spent  several hours playing trains, sorry that should be testing!

Lots more to do....... but Up and Running in Exeter at long last.............

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Excellent and so very neat! Time spent in testing is never wasted - I still keep having to make adjustments where clearance is tight and overhangs are bigger than I anticipated and I rather wish I had taken the time to run every combination of coach/wagon/loco whilst the trackbed and adjacent stuff was still easily fiddled with. You should get good drainage with all that shingle.

Are you going to inset some pots or troughs to grow small plants? Around my station yard I've used some cheapo ones from Wilko's, with additional drainage holes 2cm up from the base so that they retain moisture but don't become sodden. They have been sunk in to the level of the chippings and they serve well both to grow and contain the lineside planting. Tiny-leafed plants such as thyme and arenarea creep over the edges slightly and soften it all up and then taller stuff like "bonsai'd" hebe and gypsophila can act as deciduous-looking trees and shrubs, as well as the ubiquitous dwarf conifers.
 
ViaEstrecha said:
Excellent and so very neat!
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Not a few hours before the pictures were taken it wasn't! ;)

ViaEstrecha said:
Are you going to inset some pots or troughs to grow small plants? Around my station yard I've used some cheapo ones from Wilko's, with additional drainage holes 2cm up from the base so that they retain moisture but don't become sodden. They have been sunk in to the level of the chippings and they serve well both to grow and contain the lineside planting. Tiny-leafed plants such as thyme and arenarea creep over the edges slightly and soften it all up and then taller stuff like "bonsai'd" hebe and gypsophila can act as deciduous-looking trees and shrubs, as well as the ubiquitous dwarf conifers.
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Was wondering how to do the planting, great and neat idea, thanks, have some surplus items to take back to Wilko's guess I'll be wandering around the gardening section.
 
Now The Shed has been dismantled, timber delivered for the continuation, just need a few dry days!

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I is confused..
First picture shows small ground-level construction.. Then we jump to larger elevated construction??

Is this the same area, or different parts?
 
It moved, originally sited at the front, Murphy's Law came into effect, had a Car for the third time (don't even ask :-X ) manage to end up resting against the cupboard, The Boy's suggested moving it to the rear as it would be safer! :)
 
playmofire said:
Doesn't the wye pose the same problems as a return loop?
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It does indeed, the correct polarity will be taken care of by the installation of a Digitrax AR1,( Automatic Reverse Controller), and three pairs of insulated rail joiners.
 
I thought you could get away with only one section switched on a wye? - Assuming digital.
 
PhilP said:
I thought you could get away with only one section switched on a wye? - Assuming digital.
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You could, only one part of the WYE is at the wrong polarity, but Murphy's Law says, visiting operators may not be aware of the WYE's configuration and run through*, so to play safe both sides of the WYE and it's tail are treated as equal, belt and braces and above all adhere to the KISS principle!

*Been there, done that, seen the resulting chaos! ;)
 
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