| Track Laying. Spring a length of rail to the curve required & hold in place with iron rods.Dig a trench 19" x 3" deep & place the sleepers in 9" between centres, lay the rails (30x12mm bar) in the grooves, the track is kept in gauge with 10mm holes drilled in rails & threaded bar through, 3 per 6m length on the straight & 5 on curves. Having joined 2 or 3 lengths together using 25x3mm angle iron as fish plates replace some of the soil between the sleepers & pack up to the rails, this will need repeating after running engines for a while. After some time you can sow grass seed & mow over the track. | |||
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| Having removed the rail dig the trench. | Laying sleepers & placing rail in grooves. | ||
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| Chopping roots, This is hard work. Tree on left caused endless trouble, in the end I destroyed it. | Tamping the soil with daughters assistance. | ||
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| Track laying on front. | Up from the gate. | ||
Chopping channel for rails. |  | ||
| I replaced 9 sleepers just after laying, a truck ran over them before they had time to settle. They are the only ones changed in over 12 years. | |||
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| Left hand points | Right hand points | ||
Diamond crossing |  | ||
| 3 Sets of points & a diamond crossing | |||
