This week I kicked off the new road heading further into the property. The first section is a straightforward timber deck that branches off to the left from the lower horseshoe loop. I had considered another rock wall embankment, but this approach is much quicker taking a few days of work dodging the patchy rain and also guarantees an adjustable but smooth level run to the bridge over the creek. I will be using steel for the track, and now need to weld steel track in place far away from any power source. Once I make it to the bridge over the creek it drops away into a downhill grade toward the old treehouse and beyond.
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| An artistic interpretation |
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| Post's buried deep and cemented in place |
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| Turnout mostly finished |
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| Turnout now functional, still needs a check rail |
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| View of the horseshoe loop |
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| After disassembling & tinkering with post height's I've now reassembled the deck and is finally at the correct height |
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| 2 more spans to meet with the footbridge. Soon to be a "Shared Rail/Pedestrian Path, Nothing could go wrong!" |
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| Da & work train navigates the bridge work, the Shared Rail/Pedestrian Path idea was shelved due to pedestrian safety concerns, another death will shut the place down they said last time. The train will now use its own bridge and enjoy a large radius curve. |
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| Wagons purchased from Dave in Waihi make up the work train, the 4 wheeler cannon keeping in theme with current world events & PRR's defense budget. |
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Also purchased some more aluminum track from Dave, about 280ft plus a turnout, enough to procrastinate on the portable generator for the welder. The universe provided at exactly the right moment completely without notice, aluminum track being rare in these parts.
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Almost across the stream. Building up the area with fill for the lawnmower road.
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| All downhill now until the treehut. For every meter it drops 6cm roughly 3m after the turnout. Across the stream I've also cut in at the same grade but will adjust the grade from the current 6% to ensure I make it to the next stream at the right height just after the Flame Tree |
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| Flame Tree standing out well |
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| Next bridge to build, brick arch? |
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| Muddy |
