We put a Rack Railway in on the Ruschbahn. One of the problems was with Couplings that tended to overude each other on the incline descent. Perhaps the Grade and some of the Curves on the descent were just too Steep and Tight. Cannot remember the Grade now, but it was within the alleged spec. Curves were R1, always a mistake.A new edition to the fleet should be here next week. An entirely different direction for me and I'm looking forward to learning how to create and solve the problems involved in a rack railway. I'm intending on climbing up to a higher terrace in the garden, about 3 feet higher. Stock picture of loco below, more photos to follow:View attachment 216232
Always worthwhile when going through trees to think about a Tunnel sort of construction inside the tree as the pesky things grow and can soon be sideswiping the trains. Perhaps a clear plastic Tunnel?It's been a while since my last post. I've been enjoying running the rack loco but it really is time to get the rack part of the line built. Today was the start of the construction. A radius 3 point was inserted in to the line and the general lie of the rack line determined. It's going to climb the height of the stone wall and turn in by the tree stump on the right. A hole will be trimmed through the two bushes to gain the clearance needed. More photos to follow but I think it's going to be slow progress.
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