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1998 - Pre railway. Then end of the
garden was overgrown and used for bonfires and
composting. The york stone path has been taken over by
plants. |
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Looking back at the house. At the bottom of the
picture is the point at which the outer loop crossed the
path. |
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Easter 1999. I had finished the assembly of my
Polly. Thought then turned on to where were we going to
run it.
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April 1999 - Whilst visiting Barry at Compass House
we picked up a Bulldog and a pair of bogies. the chassis
was constructed from angle iron salvaged from an old set
of bunk beds.
For the 1st year we rode on these chassis with milk
crates or I found a cable drum to be comfortable.
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After purchasing rail off of Jeff Price, work started
on assembling a couple of track panels to play with. |
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April 1999 - As soon as your get some track you
have to play. Spent a Saturday running up and down the
lawn with 15m of track.
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May 1999 - Cutting through the end of the garden.
This area was always a problem as the soil kept tumbling
on to the track. The tunnel is now built on this area. We
started at the end of the garden so my mum would
hopefully warm to the idea of a garden railway.
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May 1999 - As soon as we had a long enough piece
of track down it gave us a chance to give the Polly a
run. A lot of hard work for such a short line. After this
run we left it until we completed the loop.
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May 99 - Coming down the left side of the garden
we ended up with a near straight line. To add character
we pulled the track across the path and to the edge of
the lawn.
This shot shows how shallow we dug. It was a choice
that has worked for us. The deeper you go for footings
the more stable the line is likely to be.
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