Pond layout Raised Deck

A quick post showing the pond 1 gauge layout expansion. A raised wooden deck similar to the Westside of the loop upgrade at the start of this year. The old/current path sitting on concrete blocks have each slowly sunk in various ways and I'm not really happy with the size of it all anyway, so time to redo it and better utilize the space for future 1 gauge railways running in & out of the area via spiraling & tunneling under the 7.25 inch railway as an alternative to the "fence line incline" route.

The deck is cemented in place, the posts & struts are H3.2 and the decking made up from the old 25cm long sleepers from the 5inch railway. my wrist has developed more muscles from all the hammering! 4x $10 bags of nails for the sleepers alone.

This morning I spent some time running trains in the freezing cold & then the sun appeared so started filming, it does show the raised deck midway through planking so its relevant..

The new bridge will replace the existing one only re-using the existing piers, looking at many bridges at the moment and figuring out what I can realistically 3d print in a human timeframe

Showing the west side connection in works. The 7.25 turnout will be shifted right about a foot and tracks realigned then the shed will extend out 4m further

The end point of the raised deck will connect with the wood deck coming in from the left

Reflections

Midway through decking, this design allows for the trackbed to be raised 2 inches if needed in the future? sinkage etc..

Loop complete

Siding entrance shifted back.

1:24 Ww makes another early morning run but now on the new raised track

I did borrow some audio from an actual Ww and attempt to poorly splice it in.