Henri
refuses to grow up
Unfortunately due to garden renovation, I had to start over! Click here if you want to jump to the new RTM tramways!
Why not start my own thread which will show the creation of my garden railway? The idea is to have a 'feldbahn' inspired layout with some additional local trams for passenger transportation. All will be heavily inspired by the RTM (Rotterdamse Tramweg Maatschappij) which in the 19th and 20th century allowed public transportation in my area of the Netherlands. Also they did goods transportation mostly for the local farmers. (sugar beet).
And the 'feldbahn' will be inspired by woodworks, transporting logs. I think...
This is the track layout that will fit the available area nicely:
And here I've marked the minimal 'required' area...
I want to have the train run behind and in front of the buxus row. The 'box' created by bricks will be filled with sand so it is level with the buxus box. At the left you can see a 'hole' in the buxus already, created by our rabbits so they have easy entry and exit. There the tracks will get behind the buxus.
A couple of streets from where I live the houses get renovated and you won't believe what is thrown away! I asked the contractor if I could snatch some useful stuff...
How's that for a foundation for the tracks?!?!
I want the tracks to be imbedded in the 'surroundings' using gravel or whatever and hopefully have some plants that will overgrow the tracks. And which won't hurt the rabbits (yes we have real rabbits running around in our garden).
So far, so good! All suggestions are appreciated. Don't know if I do anything with them, but I will certainly think them over!
Why not start my own thread which will show the creation of my garden railway? The idea is to have a 'feldbahn' inspired layout with some additional local trams for passenger transportation. All will be heavily inspired by the RTM (Rotterdamse Tramweg Maatschappij) which in the 19th and 20th century allowed public transportation in my area of the Netherlands. Also they did goods transportation mostly for the local farmers. (sugar beet).
And the 'feldbahn' will be inspired by woodworks, transporting logs. I think...
This is the track layout that will fit the available area nicely:
And here I've marked the minimal 'required' area...
I want to have the train run behind and in front of the buxus row. The 'box' created by bricks will be filled with sand so it is level with the buxus box. At the left you can see a 'hole' in the buxus already, created by our rabbits so they have easy entry and exit. There the tracks will get behind the buxus.
A couple of streets from where I live the houses get renovated and you won't believe what is thrown away! I asked the contractor if I could snatch some useful stuff...
How's that for a foundation for the tracks?!?!
I want the tracks to be imbedded in the 'surroundings' using gravel or whatever and hopefully have some plants that will overgrow the tracks. And which won't hurt the rabbits (yes we have real rabbits running around in our garden).
So far, so good! All suggestions are appreciated. Don't know if I do anything with them, but I will certainly think them over!
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