The EJ&KLR: Austrian narrow gauge in Cheshire

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Thanks for the help, I was having trouble with the width of the rail head. I'd already cut some plastic off, I guess I will go back and cut some more :)
 
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U class is awesome.
Agree about set track - sometimes it leads to more of a train set look, especially when confined.
 
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musket the dog said:
Thanks for the help, I was having trouble with the width of the rail head. I'd already cut some plastic off, I guess I will go back and cut some more :)
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I guess it's actually designed to fit onto Peco's own G45 Code 250 rail, so you have to modify it for LGB code 332....
 
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Big news today guys...

After surprisingly short negotiations with the wife I can announce the Macclesfield branch of the EJ&KLR has initial planning consent.

I have agreed to a bathroom or kitchen replacement this year, in return for 1/3 of the garden. The only condition is it's completed to a high standard (as per the Chester branch) and includes a refresh of other areas of the garden at the same time.

I already have an outline track plan in mind. The area is roughly 14' square, and needs to have a washing line in the middle and an area to screen our three wheely bins. There is a diagonal height increase of about 20 cm which needs some consideration. Planning will start in earnest in the summer, perhaps with some track being laid early as I renovate areas of the garden in turn.

It might also be possible to include a link into the shed!
 
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jameshilton said:
After surprisingly short negotiations with the wife I can announce the Macclesfield branch of the EJ&KLR has initial planning consent.
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Planning will start in earnest in the summer, perhaps with some track being laid early as I renovate areas of the garden in turn.

It might also be possible to include a link into the shed!
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Wa-hay!! Well done that man! :thumbup:
Shall we book the Open Day for August Bank Holiday? :party: :bigsmile:
 
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:thumbup::bigsmile:
Nice one James.
 
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I shall watch developments with interest. I have a removable carousel type of washing dryer which helps visually......:sleep:
 
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The new site sound interesting. I'd guess it has just enough of a slope to provide some interesting earthworks, without having to move half the county :D
 
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nicely done james!:thumbup:
 
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Until I properly survey it I don't know. It needs a BIG leylandi bush cutting down so I'm going to have the issue of a big root/stump again to work around. The other difference is this will be a longer line (just) but not scenic'd in the middle, as that needs to be general landscaping so I can get a clothes line in, currently it's slate but I'll probably replace with some sort of gravel in a revised shape. We'll see...

Sounds like we're getting a kitchen by the way - rather than the bathroom!

I've my eye on this LGB Wangerooge set... although I won't need the R1 circle in the garden it'll give me some more 'different' stock, and a couple of straights too which I can use in the shed for stock storage. It will also give me another power pack to get going...
 
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Today was a year to the day that Dad passed away and this whole project went from being a plan on paper to agreed for construction with Mum. I spent the day just playing trains and having some time to myself...

I kicked off with a track inspection and did some maintenance. I have topped up the top soil (no pun intended) along the front embankment, and then tidied up and freshened up the ballast along the top edge. I also generally tidied up the ballast edge all the way around the line.

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I've had a lot of different trains running, including Dad's Shay with the logging cars, then the Frank S conversion hauling a logging train inspired by the Romanian forestry lines. Then a typical Steyrtalbahn formation with the U-tank, followed by a freight hauled by the Rugens. The last train was made up of the Zillertalbahn coaches I refurbished this time last year in the weeks after Dad passed away.
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Splendid pictures James , I enjoyed a pleasant interlude looking them, thanks for sharing.
 
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