WGLR, the 2010 re-build.

[owlpool]

I can have 30 feet of track, several Mallets and a (very) large loco shed with you in 45 minutes Mel!

Roger that Wing Co. Get the Ruritanian Air Force to parachute them in. I'll make smoke

Had a curry, have we Squadron Leaker?

No old chap, just lighting the old rum soaked shag.

All the right words, but not necessarily in the right order....

 

[yb281]

Good day today. Got the first aviary demolished. A bit of a pig of a job as this one was located in a corner of the garden and had been patched up many times. The next one should be much more straight-forward. Then it'll just be a case of getting the apple tree cut down before construction can begin.

The only outstanding problem is getting rid of all the left-over bits. Still undecided whether to have several trips to the tip, or hire a skip.

 

[mike]

hire a skip matey... more time for the rebuild, its easyer to start on a clean/cleared site..

 

[pugwash]

A skip would also avoid damaging your car.
Okay, rails are up so the trains are in the garage, shed etc, buildings moved to one side.
Demolished aviaries. Where are the birds?

And before you go for the tree:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5u8E4s57I0

 

[minimans]

A skip would also avoid damaging your car.
Okay, rails are up so the trains are in the garage, shed etc, buildings moved to one side.
Demolished aviaries. Where are the birds?

No i think we decided this was best!!!!!

 

[pugwash]

Can you believe this happened earlier today?
The wind blew it over! Fortunately the gas bottle is nearly empty so the hose pulled the bottle over, otherwise it could have been the big kapowee!

 

[minimans]

Can you believe this happened earlier today?
The wind blew it over! Fortunately the gas bottle is nearly empty so the hose pulled the bottle over, otherwise it could have been the big kapowee!

I was no where near it mate!!!!

 

[pugwash]

That's it, blame it on the nitrogen again :impatient:

 

[yb281]

Yeeeeessssss,

at the risk of getting back on thread ................ both of the condemmed aviaries have been taken down now and here is the space we've been left with.

The space to the left of the shed is where the first aviary was. This will become a bit of a storage and work area with the potting bench and compost bin in it. It will also become the site of the new Gooey station.

The dark gravel bed was the old site of Gooey and the lighter gravel bed to it's right was under the old town section. I'll have a bash at showing how the new trackplan will fit in later.

You can also see the remaining big aviary with the birds in it!!!!

 

[owlpool]

I think that one's nailed to its perch
it didn't move when you shouted

 

[yb281]

I think that one's nailed to its perch
it didn't move when you shouted

Aha, that'll be the Norwegian Blue then Paul .

 

[owlpool]

I think that one's nailed to its perch
it didn't move when you shouted

Aha, that'll be the Norwegian Blue then Paul .

Aha were Norwgian
I can't remember what colour though

 

[3Valve]

I think that one's nailed to its perch
it didn't move when you shouted

Aha, that'll be the Norwegian Blue then Paul .

Lovely plumage

 

[whatlep]

Yeeeeessssss,

at the risk of getting back on thread ................ both of the condemmed aviaries have been taken down now and here is the space we've been left with.

OK, so I'm guessing that the plan is you live in the shed, demolish the house and use the space more productively for Wetton Gooey's London extention (the WGCR)?

Yes?

 

[yb281]

Yeeeeessssss,

at the risk of getting back on thread ................ both of the condemmed aviaries have been taken down now and here is the space we've been left with.

OK, so I'm guessing that the plan is you live in the shed, demolish the house and use the space more productively for Wetton Gooey's London extention (the WGCR)?

Yes?

Correct birthday boy.












NURSE!! He's out of bed again!!

 

[whatlep]

Wibble, wibble, wibble

 

[pugwash]

The space to the left of the shed is where the first aviary was. This will become a bit of a storage and work area with the potting bench and compost bin in it. It will also become the site of the new Gooey station.

Sir! Sir! Please Sir! Got a question. How are you going to get all that in such a tiny space, or is there (cue roll of drums) a cunning plan?
I say, isn't that a barbecue next to the aviary?

 

[yb281]

The space to the left of the shed is where the first aviary was. This will become a bit of a storage and work area with the potting bench and compost bin in it. It will also become the site of the new Gooey station.

Sir! Sir! Please Sir! Got a question. How are you going to get all that in such a tiny space, or is there (cue roll of drums) a cunning plan?
I say, isn't that a barbecue next to the aviary?

Answer 1 - it's about 8' x 8'. Plenty of room.

Answer 2 - No, that's luxury indoor bird accomodation (also known as a shed with some mesh in it and a hole in the wall).

Now sit down at the back and keep quiet .

 

[flyingsignalman]

Answer 2 - No, that's luxury indoor bird accomodation (also known as a shed with some mesh in it and a hole in the wall).

This hole, did you have to pay extra for it or did it come as standard?

 

[yb281]

The old apple tree was cut down yesterday and the garden is now starting to look like a blank canvas. There's still a lot of work to do before any track-laying starts, but we're now at the stage where I was planning to be by the end of May, so I'm pleased with the way things have gone.

The next job will be to re-position a few paving slabs and then I can start building the walls for the new bed that the railway will run through. With this in mind, I've been messing about with some track in the industrial sidings area (most likely a timber mill).

I've managed to come up with a formation that will allow the sidings to be shunted (at least with 4 wheeled wagons) without interferring with the mainline. Therefore, I'm thinking of controlling these sidings seperately so that they can be shunted while a train runs around the continuous run.

Trains will always approach the sidings in an anti-clockwise direction on the mainline. They will then be propelled into the right-hand reception siding. The loco (usually the Piko V60) will then uncouple and re-join the mainline to run light engine back to Gooey Shed. The duty shunting engine will then take one truck at a time to the loading/unloading dock on the left-hand siding (the head shunt allows this to be done without fouling the mainline). When it's been unloaded (the logs will sit on a seperate false floor so that they can just be lifted off), the shunter will position the empty wagon in the centre siding before returning to the reception siding for another loaded one.

Wagons for cut wood will arrive empty ready for loading on the left-hand siding.

The small Flowering Almond tree is a useful marker as the sidings can't extend pass it - this allows room for the new Welshpool narrows section.