The Dawn of the ALR

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Finally got around to scanning in the pre-digi photos of the early days in the garden (US outline at that time):

Surveying

The main station board:

Tracklaying:

Testing:

more to follow...

 

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Off down the garden:

Start of the wye:

Aerial shot:

More to follow

 

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Planning (the idea of one line crossing the other was quickly abandoned):

Filling the loop with a scree bed:

More to come...

 

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Trestle bridge now in place:

 

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Building the tunnel:

 

[Tony]

oh dear another gscaler doing it correctly making us bodgers look bad LOL well done looks great
Tony

 

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Closing the loop:

 

[Gizzy]

Great pix John....

 

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Some more shots from the early days:

 

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Thanks for the kind comments, guys.

A few closing shots, to bring the story up to date. Taken this summer, with the line in its' British outline form: