I love it! What is the ballast made from? Nice to see good ballasting....... rather than a wooden plank.
New Track Layout On Rockery Ridge
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Cheers for your comments Duncanduncan1_9_8_4 said:
The ballast i use is granite chippings mixed with rapid cement . The track is laid on wet mortar on the blocks the ballast is then brushed between the ties and sprayed with water this then sets very hard holding track and ballast in place .
man that looks good excellent work. looking forward to some piccies and vids of trains on the new track....
Cheers Ian , Have got my own parallel track climbing away from itself now maybe an idea for you Ian:thinking:CoggesRailway said:
The Rio Grande put into steam their Mudhen today to try out the new line for clearance 
All went very well had a train of seven freight cars which went round with ease will probably pull all eleven of my 1:20.3 stock
. Was only able to pull four on the old line :crying:
Few pics of loco and train on the new lines along side the garage and round the top of the garden
All went very well had a train of seven freight cars which went round with ease will probably pull all eleven of my 1:20.3 stock
. Was only able to pull four on the old line :crying:Few pics of loco and train on the new lines along side the garage and round the top of the garden
Richie said:The Rio Grande put into steam their Mudhen today to try out the new line for clearance
All went very well had a train of seven freight cars which went round with ease will probably pull all eleven of my 1:20.3 stock
Now you really are making me jealous Richie. My K27 can only pull three without any help...unfortunately there will be no nice flat running on BeaverCreek. Just b**dy hills and mountains!
Looks mighty fine my boy....
beavercreek said:Richie said:The Rio Grande put into steam their Mudhen today to try out the new line for clearance
All went very well had a train of seven freight cars which went round with ease will probably pull all eleven of my 1:20.3 stock
Now you really are making me jealous Richie. My K27 can only pull three without any help...unfortunately there will be no nice flat running on BeaverCreek. Just b**dy hills and mountains!
Looks mighty fine my boy....
Cheers Mike
Sorry for making you jealous Mike will make sure the train only has three freight cars in the next pic's for you.
Have you ever considered building the Moffat tunnel under the rear of garden ??
Moffat Tunnel...now there is an idea! Only prob would be the inevitable breakdown/derail/animal obstruction 
Richie said:The Rio Grande put into steam their Mudhen today to try out the new line for clearance
All went very well had a train of seven freight cars which went round with ease will probably pull all eleven of my 1:20.3 stock
Few pics of loco and train on the new lines along side the garage and round the top of the garden
you lucky sod richie ,K27 looking great
Richie said:Got the rest of the track ballasted yesterday and got some alpines and conifers from my local garden centre for 50p each planted them today few more pics of the finished line
That looks like an excellent spot for one of these
http://www.marcway.co.uk/marcway.htm < Link To From Marcway
i just LOVE it. Your are right those vertically diverging parallel tracks are exactly what I am wanting to achieve.
Hi Hagenhagen said:Richie said:Got the rest of the track ballasted yesterday and got some alpines and conifers from my local garden centre for 50p each planted them today few more pics of the finished line
That looks like an excellent spot for one of these
http://www.marcway.co.uk/marcway.htm < Link To From Marcway
Very nice looking point work would look very nice in my log sidings
Cheers Shawn ,Nico & Ian for your kind comments with weathering my K-27 and stock i just haven't got the courage to do these .