My new garden railway

[brianwhitehead]

I thought I'd post some "before and after" pics of my new garden railway. Here is a pic showing the "garden" at an early stage. This area consisted of about 6 inches of compacted rubble over clay, and had been used for car parking. It flooded on a regular basis, so I dug a trench and put in a land drain.

[brianwhitehead]

Here is the same area after the drainage had been finished, and the topsoil added.

[brianwhitehead]

And here is the brand new garden railway on its first day of operation, last Sunday. At present, just a simple loop of track. I have longer term plans to add a junction at the top end, by the green trellis fence (which is the highest point - the garden lies on a slope), and run a line down the right hand side on a viaduct, over the path on the right hand side, and then in a tunnel through the flowerbed. That will have to wait until summer, though ...

[laalratty]

looking good, looks like plenty of scope for expansion and detailing

[mhlr]

Yeah, well done, making plenty of progress, done a good job! Obviously a dab hand at gardening/landscaping! A closer pic of the Caledonia?

[brianwhitehead]

Yeah, well done, making plenty of progress, done a good job! Obviously a dab hand at gardening/landscaping! A closer pic of the Caledonia?

Here you go

[mhlr]

Ha thats cheating! I meant do you have a different shot of it where you can see it closer up, from track level?

[MuzTrem]

Looks like you've made a great start there And I'm a little envious of that Caledonia - but then I do have a pretty good loco fleet of my own so I can't really complain!

[LMS-Jools]

Keep up the Good Work m8

[ACLR]

Looks Great