This will be a very long burn thread, I have started it to show Igor some of my home made track that I built for this line but it occured to me that it would be better to eventually do a thread on all the line. But well out of sequence here is some of the track build.
I used Bonds Flat Bottom Rail which was held down with 7 shaped pins on self cut hardwood sleepers from square siding stock as they may say in USA.
Below you can see early alterations to the line (I said thos would be out of sequence!) where the original spiral was being being converted to a bigger oval one to go round a pond. There would also be a mixed gauge loop in this. The point-work had a x and 4 points so that a train going up the garden could go over the crossing, run round the continuous loop then go over the crossing again to continue its climb up the garden without repeating any track except the crossing. This gave a nice long run from one terminus to another via a reverce loop at the top of the Garden. A bunch of friends that came to run live steam a few time always said thatbthey felt that their traisn have travelled from somewhere to somewhere via a good long run. Certainly with a load one out and back pretty well took up a 20-30 minute steaming of a Roundhouse loco.
Here you can see pretty well all the track in the Station. It could be used as a conventional 45 mm passing loop as well with 2 sidings, 1 45mm tye other mixed 45mm 32mm. I did not wish to tackle any more mixed track on the xing, those 2 points were more than enough.
Here is the other side of the pond with the 45battery diesel on the mixed track. The 45 only climbed up the garden to the reverce loop to the right. Oh that Loco is an IP Wagon Master now in Casey Jones collection though with a new chassis I believe.
Code 200 FB Rail and 8mm square sleepers by 90mm long showing where the brass pins were inserted. This track proved to be a real pain as the brass pins kept being lifted by weather making sleepers wet then dry. Before every session I had to go round with a pair of pliers and hammer to get them back in place. In the end I got fed up and all the track was replaced with Peco G45, end of the mixed as well. But at least I could run trains though only Live Steam and Battery in them days. I have come round full circle and ditched track power again. I did try it here but failed by getting bored having to bond the rail. Had clamps been available at that time I may well have percevered.
I used Bonds Flat Bottom Rail which was held down with 7 shaped pins on self cut hardwood sleepers from square siding stock as they may say in USA.
Below you can see early alterations to the line (I said thos would be out of sequence!) where the original spiral was being being converted to a bigger oval one to go round a pond. There would also be a mixed gauge loop in this. The point-work had a x and 4 points so that a train going up the garden could go over the crossing, run round the continuous loop then go over the crossing again to continue its climb up the garden without repeating any track except the crossing. This gave a nice long run from one terminus to another via a reverce loop at the top of the Garden. A bunch of friends that came to run live steam a few time always said thatbthey felt that their traisn have travelled from somewhere to somewhere via a good long run. Certainly with a load one out and back pretty well took up a 20-30 minute steaming of a Roundhouse loco.
Here you can see pretty well all the track in the Station. It could be used as a conventional 45 mm passing loop as well with 2 sidings, 1 45mm tye other mixed 45mm 32mm. I did not wish to tackle any more mixed track on the xing, those 2 points were more than enough.
Here is the other side of the pond with the 45battery diesel on the mixed track. The 45 only climbed up the garden to the reverce loop to the right. Oh that Loco is an IP Wagon Master now in Casey Jones collection though with a new chassis I believe.
Code 200 FB Rail and 8mm square sleepers by 90mm long showing where the brass pins were inserted. This track proved to be a real pain as the brass pins kept being lifted by weather making sleepers wet then dry. Before every session I had to go round with a pair of pliers and hammer to get them back in place. In the end I got fed up and all the track was replaced with Peco G45, end of the mixed as well. But at least I could run trains though only Live Steam and Battery in them days. I have come round full circle and ditched track power again. I did try it here but failed by getting bored having to bond the rail. Had clamps been available at that time I may well have percevered.
