[wigginsn]

Excellent progress John, You're putting me to shame.

Whats the grade on the LH track in photo 2?

Cheers
Neil

 

[NTCGRR]

I just saw this
you need
2 bags concrete mix, some call it gravel mix
1 mortar

3/8" rebar in middle


Posted By Biblegrove RR on 06 Sep 2010 08:09 PM

70' of concrete roadbed poured this weekend! Looking forward to a track laying party this fall.....

Poured 10' section with mortar and it is NOT holding up - BIG nono and will surely regret it later. To fix or not? Sure would hate to move back a step but 3 steps forward may be worth it?

 

[Biblegrove RR]

Neil.... it's as low a grade as I could get! lol ?

Thanks Marty, I am leaving PVC in place to screw track to and not rebar.... hope it holds up.

 

[Stan Cedarleaf]

John, that is one very ambitious project. Lookin' great.

Good meeting you and Noah at Marty's. Noah had a wonderful time running trains with the guys.

 

[Greg Elmassian]

John, it looks pretty close to level, right?

A little hard to tell from the pictures.

Yes, an impressive sight coming up the driveway!


Congrats, Greg

 

[up9018]

Wow John, you are getting after it....looking GREAT!

Chris

 

[Biblegrove RR]

The new township and siding took about 16 hours to establish to this point! A week+ of scheduling

 

[Dave F]

Nice job John. Looking GREAT!

 

[Dave F]

Do you think the downspout will lead to any issues? Could be an opportunity for a "river" with a bridge... Just thinkin'....

 

[Totalwrecker]

Looking good!
I'd suggest filling it with water to see where you'll need drainage. Better to drill through the crete now before you add track....

John

 

[Biblegrove RR]

I have watched this in a downpour flood condition and the roof under the deck does not really drain that much water. All ground is at a slope and only the roadbed would hold it back. If it does i will simply cut and install drainage, easy nuf...thanks for the heads up though! It is a mild concern in the back of my mind

 

[Biblegrove RR]

WOW! I'm baaacK.
I hope I rememebr how to post some pics, Finally back outside and frantically trying to prep for the hosting of my 1st club meeting next week!
Noah (6) had a great idea to take some pics while he run his Sante Fe for the 1st time this year, I hand him the camera and said go for it!

I took this one this afternoon.... 1st track laid in over a year outside and we're finally North of the steps to Paradise Lake....

If you go back to the beginning of this HUGE book of a post, you should see it from the beginning = "10 year plan" in 4
I hope

 

[up9018]

Looking good so far John, glad to see trains running on it. Are you and Noah coming back to Marty's this year?

Chris

 

[Biblegrove RR]

Not sure we are going to make it Chris..... we want to

 

[wigginsn]

Its great re reading from the beginning John - I remember watching this thread as you posted and always looked forward to the next update.

Have you got any overall shots?

Cheers
Neil

 

[Biblegrove RR]

-Noah's #24 (Master Engineer) has stopped at our very 1st structure on the BibleGrove for a conductor change (that's me, yeah I got fired again!) lol

Here are a couple more pics of the extended main line to the Interchange....

HERE IS A FAVORITE.... not many spots to take pics without full scale Human exsistance in the background (house, telephone wires, pool etc.)

 

[up9018]

Nice John, good to see things running. You layout is looking really great and coming along nicely. Sorry to hear about your latest firing, run another one off the tracks?

Keep us posted.

Chris

 

[Jim Agnew]

Great pictures John.

 

[NTCGRR]

Are ya done ,,YET????
good job bud

 

[noelw]

Looking good.. Like the long run by the road.