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JimmyB
Now retired - trains and fishing
So to the expanded railway, as most of you will know slabs laid, and here are some photos:
The new junction:
A view up the track:
The track approaching seat corner, notice the track each side of the leg to ensure a better curve:
Round the bend, this will lead to a 'dog bone' return circle:
A nd finally a view back down the track:
The new junction:
A view up the track:
The track approaching seat corner, notice the track each side of the leg to ensure a better curve:
Round the bend, this will lead to a 'dog bone' return circle:
A nd finally a view back down the track:
JimmyB
Now retired - trains and fishing
With some subsidence on one of the gradient, remedial work was required. After track removal and ballast clearance the surface was piped and then levelled with mortar.
The track replaced, three fixed point, yet the original track had to be "jiggled" to fit. A couple of wagons run over yesterday, but today before re-ballasting, I will need a few test trains
The track replaced, three fixed point, yet the original track had to be "jiggled" to fit. A couple of wagons run over yesterday, but today before re-ballasting, I will need a few test trains
JimmyB
Now retired - trains and fishing
It seems it is almost 12 months since last posting here, so the main (and only real) change it power to my point (turnout) motors. Due to some hard landscaping in the garden, the original low voltage power cables were disconnected, and were left unpowered whilst I considered the options, basically over or under the path:
Path (removal off in progress) showing conduit under the step:
New ramps in place:
Arch in place to take conduit:
The new cables ready to connect to my existing Revolution point control modules:
Conduit exiting from the garage:
Over the arch, tape will be replaced by black tie-wraps:
Conduit to where the external junction box will be, the conduit was bent using heat from a hair drier:
Next step, wire up in the garage (then a good tidy up), determine how/what to run to each of the points area, then fit the external junction box, and also find "camouflage" for the junction box, a small structure of some sort.
Path (removal off in progress) showing conduit under the step:
New ramps in place:
Arch in place to take conduit:
The new cables ready to connect to my existing Revolution point control modules:
Conduit exiting from the garage:
Over the arch, tape will be replaced by black tie-wraps:
Conduit to where the external junction box will be, the conduit was bent using heat from a hair drier:
Next step, wire up in the garage (then a good tidy up), determine how/what to run to each of the points area, then fit the external junction box, and also find "camouflage" for the junction box, a small structure of some sort.
