The train is longer than the garden is wide
Original track plan with it's curves was to small for this train but managed to secure the rights to the whole
back garden
Trying to force a minimum 10foot diameter with mainly 16 foot diameter was a real nightmare.
It's a bit of a mish mash as I had to negotiate various objects that were'nt possible to remove for the time
being......ie that large square metal thing is my hamradio mast with a ton of concrete underneath it.
Would love to get mine looking like yours.......something to aim for in the near future. :thinking:
It is real nice of you to say so but I would love to have a trestle like yours!
Because my garden slopes up from the house and begins from a raised wall and there some mighty gradients, there are no places as yet for a trestle. If I put one at the house end, then I would have to have a 'lift out bridge' for everyone who needed to come onto the lawn and that could lead to disaster!
I am working on a new track plan that could take the main route over and around the pond and that would need to go over existing track and therefore a ...trestle! Only problem is, although the pond is fairly big (20' x 10'), it is surrounded by overhanging bushes so getting track around it will be a real nightmare.
Even with your problems that sweep coming around the curve and then up the trestle looks pretty special :applause: :applause: