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by Stumpysdad
Tue Jul 05, 2022 8:29 pm
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: A little bit of Gower in Carmarthenshire
Replies: 14
Views: 5492

Re: A little bit of Gower in Carmarthenshire

Ahh I thought everyone knew what a 0-5-0 shunter was...
by Stumpysdad
Tue Jul 05, 2022 12:54 pm
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: A little bit of Gower in Carmarthenshire
Replies: 14
Views: 5492

Re: A little bit of Gower in Carmarthenshire

Well the ongoing thought process is... Railway on a stick! Broadly level.. Fencepost spikes/postcrete supported fence post, close to ground level (to maintain a level run heights will range from a 3-4" to around 24-30", supporting a timber frame work with ply/moisture restart osb deck. Mos...
by Stumpysdad
Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:01 pm
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: A little bit of Gower in Carmarthenshire
Replies: 14
Views: 5492

Re: A little bit of Gower in Carmarthenshire

I missed that too! I reckon I'll.leave it though :D
by Stumpysdad
Sat Jul 02, 2022 7:21 am
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: A little bit of Gower in Carmarthenshire
Replies: 14
Views: 5492

A little bit of Gower in Carmarthenshire

OK...This will be very infrequent fits and starts as family life/work/fiances/motivation waxes and wanes The theme for my Garden Railway has always been the never built but proposed narrow-gauge line across Gower. Previously envisaged in a garden just over 20ft Square. Now having moved to a garden n...
by Stumpysdad
Sat Jul 02, 2022 6:21 am
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: Start again after a house move...
Replies: 5
Views: 3696

Re: Start again after a house move...

I'm going to fo s bit if ground investigation over the next few weeks. The park if the garden I'm using appears to have been tamped hard and been covered with a weed membrane followed by 'decorative' ballast
by Stumpysdad
Fri Jul 01, 2022 6:49 am
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: Start again after a house move...
Replies: 5
Views: 3696

Re: Start again after a house move...

South/west wales, ground appears brick hard...
by Stumpysdad
Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:39 pm
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: Start again after a house move...
Replies: 5
Views: 3696

Start again after a house move...

Well I had to rip up my old.line, and now I'm.starting again with more space. My old garden was terraced, so I enjoyed all the benefits of a ground level.line and and a raise line. New Garden is flat. So my initial concern is trackbed, my old linrwas filcris at ground level buried in gravel. The new...