leonpete
1st Class Member
Holstein, IA.
Foreman
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 | | 05/30/2008 8:02 PM |
| Hi Dave,
It's looking pretty good to me. Better get the IC engine on there!! That raised bed will be nice. Keep up the progress. Is this going to be wired for track power? Have fun! | |
THE B&L RAILROAD
HOLSTEIN, IA.
LEON PETERSON | |
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Dave F
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Sandy, Utah
Conductor
Posts:685
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| | 05/30/2008 8:05 PM |
| Worry not Leon the ICG GP30 is idling on the fuel pad and ready to move coal...
Yep, track power.. for now anyway. | |
Dave Fulghum,
CEO/Gandy dancer: Lone Peak & Western Railway.
Member, Utah Garden Railway Society.
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Dave F
1st Class Member
Sandy, Utah
Conductor
Posts:685
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| | 06/08/2008 12:32 PM |
| Sorry I haven't posted much this week, been raining almost every day or I've been earning living.. My Son took this this morning, kind of sums up how I'm feeling about the new elevated line...
If you surmised "happy", you'd be corect. I need to scoot over to Home Depot and get a couple more bags of garden soil to infill the last bit, then hook up the tracks and I'll be back in revenue service again.. Yeah! | |
Dave Fulghum,
CEO/Gandy dancer: Lone Peak & Western Railway.
Member, Utah Garden Railway Society.
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blackburn49
1st Class Member
Copper Center, Alaska
Engineer
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| | 06/08/2008 10:36 PM |
| Posted By Dave F on 06/08/2008 12:32 PM Sorry I haven't posted much this week, been raining almost every day or I've been earning living . . .kind of sums up how I'm feeling about the new elevated line...
The same words could have been used to describe my own ongoing project: Weather's been off and on; I've got many other things to do; but I am always excited when it comes to developing my own elevated rail line . . .
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Dave F
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Sandy, Utah
Conductor
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| | 06/15/2008 8:54 AM |
| Sorry for the lack of updated guys. It's been a very busy couple of weeks at work and the weather has been iffy... anyway.. Great news.. the first section is DONE! well, 99% anyway. I still need to do the permanant wiring, put the teeny screws in a couple of joints and ballast. Here's the final look.
I've planted the line with pink creeping thyme, wooly thyme, seedum and scotch moss. All but the scotch moss seems to be doing well. I don't think the scoth moss is going to make it, too dry here I think.
The next step is to repair a few sections of my fence then begin construction on the remaining benchwork long the back fence line. A few lessons learned thus far will make the rest of the project go fairly quilcky. | |
Dave Fulghum,
CEO/Gandy dancer: Lone Peak & Western Railway.
Member, Utah Garden Railway Society.
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Richard Smith
1st Class Member
Port Orford, Oregon
Foreman
Posts:446
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| | 06/15/2008 10:34 AM |
| Dave,
Is the "fenceline benchwork" to be a point to point section or are you planning an out and back loop?
RR's looking great. For a neater more finished look you might want to see about facing the visible sides of the benchwork with some cedar fence boards, etc., to make it look more like a filled planter. The wives seem to like that better and you'll still have access beneath for wiring and clutter from the inside.  That's the eventual plan for the POC if I ever get it finished.
Your carpentry looks great too! | |
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Dave F
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Sandy, Utah
Conductor
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| | 06/15/2008 12:10 PM |
| Thanks Richard.
The fenceline route will be an out and back loop. The current section (above) will function as the "North turnaround loop" with the addition of two switches.
I'm already planning on enclosing the outer "open frame" side. Still undecided as to weather to use vertical boards as you suggested or some lattice. With the lattice the beans would have something to grow on/in.
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Dave Fulghum,
CEO/Gandy dancer: Lone Peak & Western Railway.
Member, Utah Garden Railway Society.
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jimtyp
1st Class Member
Centennial, CO
Conductor
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| | 06/16/2008 9:24 AM |
| | Looking really good Dave! What did you put under the landscape fabric? | |
livin' la vida loco | |
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Dave F
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Sandy, Utah
Conductor
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| | 06/16/2008 9:48 AM |
| Under the Landscape fabric is 1/2" grid galvanized hardware cloth that is tacked to the framework every 6". The fill material is only 1.5" deep and is a mixture of Miracle Grow garden soil and a generic soil prep material that is mostly cedar chip and ground bark. I tested a bit out and water saturated, a 12" x 12" x 1.5" square weighed 4.6 lbs. That works out to a bit less than one ounce per square inch. I'm seeing about 1/4" of sag in the middle of a section between supports. I am placing a PT 2x4 in place for roadbed to support the trackwork.
So far it's doing great!! | |
Dave Fulghum,
CEO/Gandy dancer: Lone Peak & Western Railway.
Member, Utah Garden Railway Society.
www.lonepeakandwestern.bravehost.com | |
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