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yb281 Jul 28 2009, 02:15 PM
Planning was done over a pint with steak and chips . Not that it's much of a track plan, just a siding about 4 foot long. It would be next to impossible to link this up to the rest of the railway, so this is intended to be just a little diorama/photo opportunity. The two good things are
1 it cost sod all (pebbles, coal and rent don't come cheap when you're a pensioner), and
2 it can all be removed in 10 minutes if the need arises.
The story goes that this was originally a 2 foot gauge line serving a quarry, but it fell on hard times and was abandoned. Then the local earl re-instated the nearby timber mill and needed plenty of siding space for loading and storing his log wagons (the EU gave him a massive grant for creating local jobs, using sustainable timber and contracting the WGLR for transportation rather than using loads of lorries). So the old 2 foot track was cleared away and new sidings layed.
And here's how it looks from our deck.
Planning was done over a pint with steak and chips . Not that it's much of a track plan, just a siding about 4 foot long. It would be next to impossible to link this up to the rest of the railway, so this is intended to be just a little diorama/photo opportunity. The two good things are
1 it cost sod all (pebbles, coal and rent don't come cheap when you're a pensioner), and
2 it can all be removed in 10 minutes if the need arises.
The story goes that this was originally a 2 foot gauge line serving a quarry, but it fell on hard times and was abandoned. Then the local earl re-instated the nearby timber mill and needed plenty of siding space for loading and storing his log wagons (the EU gave him a massive grant for creating local jobs, using sustainable timber and contracting the WGLR for transportation rather than using loads of lorries). So the old 2 foot track was cleared away and new sidings layed.
And here's how it looks from our deck.