Options to avoid sharp corner, & steep grade ( Hind sight is wonderful)

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But with all that ugly fence, I doubt I will be taking many shots at this angle

 

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But I suppose once the outside is blended in, it wont look too bad from this sort of angle

 

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So that bit of track has been ballasted

and some of the cliff below has been treated with hypertuffa

 

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Not a good pic

but the sunshine does highlight the nooks & crannies built into the upper cliffs

 

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View from rail height

 

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View from the dark side

think I might rename this bit

" Sharks Tooth Pass "

 

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Thomas Ernest heading along the new extension

 

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Now the ballast is dry, was fixed with pva last night Can check clearances again

 

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Over the new bridge,

track to the left is not yet ballasted

 

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The track from here in the new tunnel, to where the engine is, has still to be done

 

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From a different angle

I cant hide that pond liner yet as the liner for the bottom pond, has to be underneath it.

Will look loads better when I do

 

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Two wider items of rolling stock added for clearance checks

( & just the fun of it

 

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needs just a bit of pruning on the right there I think

 

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we head back towards the new tunnel

 

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Back onto the old track & return to base

 

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And so we arrive back at Limekilns

 

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Been doing some more ballasting today,

but as too many pics of that can get boring, I also took some long shots to get the extension into perspective

The track in the foreground is the branch into Wheal Prosper & Deep pit

There will be a point scaft into the track just here to take the Quay branch down the valley towards the bridge & Quays

 

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Trying to get the scenery behind the new bridge so that when I get down to water level,

it looks like there is a lot more water upriver.

So trying to get the black plastic at the back only just above the final water level

But will have to get weir height at front fixed first

 

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So will have to get the liner for this bottom level this week before I can go any further

 

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This shot shows more clearly the relationship of the Deep Pit Branch to the new extension