Saturday 1 March 2008

Weekend Engineering Work...

Significant progress with track laying this afternoon, with the reversing triangle completed, the bridge moved further along the line, and work started on the terminus!

Photo 1 shows the newly installed leg of the reversing triangle on the left (you can just see the Baguley running round the loop). Trackwork is the usual Peco laid on paving blocks set into the flower bed on a base of ballast.

Photo 2 shows the start of the terminus; there'll be a run-around loop on the left, and a siding on the right. Originally I had planned to put the terminus by the wall on the left at the back of the bed, but the shrubs there are nicer, and there's a tree stump I'd need to dig out, so I've gone for the easy option, plus it's more accesible here at the front. Track will be laid on some small paving slabs, probably screwed in with rawl plugs... You can just see the re-located bridge in the top right of the photo.

Photo 3 shows the view from the back corner of the garden, with the re-located bridge, and line towards the reversing triangle.

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