My first garden railway...

[dunnyrail]

Should I now admit something sacrilegious? Further thoughts on the replacement raised layout have brought up the possibility of 32mm rather than 45mm!!! Definitely not giving up 45mm but I have a very large collection of O gauge plus some SM32 which these days rarely gets an outing. Please do not suggest dual gauge as I really desire simplicity. Still need to work out how to have both but now PIGSEAR has been pulled up the push to proceed has strengthened.

Wish me luck
Paul

Have a look at ge_rik line where he has a short 32mm feeder line to a quarry loader on his 45mm line.

 

[voodoopenguin]

Have a look at ge_rik line where he has a short 32mm feeder line to a quarry loader on his 45mm line.

I think a 4F and four Mk 1s might look a little out of place!

Paul

 

[Rhinochugger]

I think a 4F and four Mk 1s might look a little out of place!

Paul

Reminds me of an article in RM about garden railways in the 70s, where the owner of the lines (yes plural) all fairly short, indulged in different scales, and supported the theory of impressionism when it came to garden railways - that has stuck with me, although I read the article at least 20 years before I started playing trains in the garden.

There is one drawback - his lines were all, more or less, at ground level, and the natural scenery was an innate part of the railway(s).

I have always preferred a ground level line, but because I am an inveterate tail-chaser, I have installed them (all two of them) at the edge (ish) of the lawn, which makes a natural boundary to the planting. Sure the triffids will have a go, but the natural delineation allows you to take a stand of 'thus far and no further', and get vicious with the secateurs.

 

[Chris Vernell]

You have the same plants as I have!