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Hello I'm in process of building a raised lay out in oklahoma and the reason I'm going to make it raised is because my back your is on a steep hill. I used 3 different types of road beds and now I'm down to the last section which will be done with pvc lader. The lay out is 80 feet x 30 feet sold weather is moving in so it will probably have to wait until spring if I don't get it done in the next 2 weeks.
The layout start on the ground and ends up 4 feet above the ground and does this in about 40 feet.
David
 

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Yeah, I was going to say that there may be more to it than you think :p:p

Welcome >:)
 
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Worked on the loop around today. Down to 15 feet of road bed to go.
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Welcome to the forum, I must ask what the gradient on that slope is, especially on a curve, as I find LWB wagons don't hold the track well in those circumstances.
 
JimmyB said:
Welcome to the forum, I must ask what the gradient on that slope is, especially on a curve, as I find LWB wagons don't hold the track well in those circumstances.
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Nutntooit said:
Worked on the loop around today. Down to 15 feet of road bed to go.
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I was thinking that as well, another bit of a no no is mounting garden railways on a fence. Not the most stable of locations, fences can and do blow down. No it is done, may I suggest in time that you look to as and when time plus money allows build individual support for your line?
 
dunnyrail said:
I was thinking that as well, another bit of a no no is mounting garden railways on a fence. Not the most stable of locations, fences can and do blow down. No it is done, may I suggest in time that you look to as and when time plus money allows build individual support for your line?
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First question there is no incline any where on my layout it is level all the way.
Second question concerning the fence.
The fence is all metal Posts and I put in 4 2x4 for the frame so each brackets that support the track are screwed through the fence pickets In to a 2x4 stud.
I will also add I live in central Oklahoma where tornados are just a fact of life and we did get hit with a tornado in 2020 most the fences around us went down my took no damage. No we didn't take a direct hit but we got 90mph wind which did a lot of damage to our deck and gazebo but the fence survived.
My wife ask me what are you going to do if another tornado hits us my reply was live with it.
Thanks David
 
Finished the layout yesterday. Ran my battery operated GP9 on the layout for 4 hours today a few minor adjustments but test went good.
David
 

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Yes this is true never finished. I have lots of plans left to do. #1 is around the loop up at 4 feet off the ground will have guard rails on both sides these Oklahoma winds come up without notice at any time. But work will have to wait until spring time weather turning bad now.
David
 
Hello Nutntooit,
Welcome to the forum! Nice railway you have build so far. May be you can add a lot more track along the fence by going steeply down to the soil level and up again using a RACK RAILWAY. Once you introduce steep vertical track you can add even more tracks against your fence. This brings also the possibility to use a trainlift! I did that in my garden house between groundlevel and 4 levels with double track. It prooved to be a great succes especially the look of all my trains when parked on the 4 levels. (See also my book "Our Model Garden Railway" at Amazon about G-scale trains and layouts.)
By the way, I'm just a Dutchman from Holland so can you please explain to me the meaning of the word "Nutntooit" ?
 
My goal is to run up the hill and continue down the side yard. But that is another 200 feet of track and at the moment I only have about 125 feet.
And Nuntoit if I could of use it this way
Nutn2it just means Nothing to it.
David
 
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