[SD90WLMT]

1st Guys - we jump in here when we have time... right!! no slow replies here!! just THX for a reply!!!

I have not covered the latest attempts at MY spline, yet!!

PVC runners - hy-brid ladder system,
cement siding - roadbed surface,
wood spline runners, multi-strips of (3) 1/4'' x 1/2'' tall laminated into two runners with a 1'' block centered between, glued and screwed to roadbed
ties on top, glued and pinned to runners..a little stain here & there...

bout it, add ballast and lay rail..!!!!! then run trains!!!!

Cliffy - 1 /29 ties - 9 foot long are the issue, modern roads now use 9 footers - which is about a 3.72'' long tie - can only get by hand cutting 'em...

Mickey - Yes, I have done all this work on my own!!! Can you better pin point the photo you reference wanting a measurement for..? I'll let you know...

Few others have even set foot on my layout to date....

....have a friend that has introduced his layout as being "'BIG'', years ago......

I have at times struggled to come up with a description suitable for my layout to describe it...

I'm thinking about using ''Enormous'' ........ it is, after all, .... much, much larger than BIG.. ha!!!

Dirk - DMRR

 

[John J]

Nice pictures of the storm coming across the desert. I like to watch them come across Table Mesa then across the valley ..


Like your pictures of your progress. Keep them coming

JJ

 

[SD90WLMT]

Glad you guys are enjoying this! I am enjoying all the progress, even tho it is lots of work.
It is very satisfying to me.

 

[CliffyJ]

Posted By SD90WLMT on 31 Aug 2013 10:37 AM

...9 footers - which is about a 3.72'' long tie - can only get by hand cutting 'em...

Hey Dirk, attaboy.

Does anyone rip their own ties from composite wood? Just curious, in view of what you said about spikes coming loose.

Great to see you dealing with all the potential drainage issues before the layout landscaping / etc., I can relate to that -- but on a much smaller scale. Keep posting pics!

===>Cliffy

 

[Totalwrecker]

Cliffy,
I sliced and diced what they sold as Trex here, in 3 years most of it was crumbling. The outer skin stabilized it..... it all went to the landfill.

John

 

[fyrekop]

Size? How about Fantastic, Awe inspiring, and glad mine is smaller?

Was in Missouri this past week and about the same temps as here but 80% humidity.

Glad John mentioned crumbling Trex will watch for that in the future. Also guy at ACE showed me some UV blocker spray and suggested I spray all tie strips with it before laying my track.

 

[fyrekop]

Dirk, Reread the process post. what are you using to glue runners to PVC??

 

[SD90WLMT]

....guess what I can do with my new phone. text only posts here. and just took a photo essay of a complete LORAM rail grinder train...parked on my siding for the weekend. I took a series of every piece of the rg train..on the sunset side for tonight. tomorrow swill view other side in the morning lite. imagine.. a train without any couplers!

Dirk

 

[SD90WLMT]

OK.....back on track..
Gluing runners to crosses, and all other connections.
I use "Red Hot Blue" glue. Same as I might for a plumbing job.
In my case, the cross shoulders carry the burden of weight. Glue adds strength, and the screws are just for added assurance, not the primary load bearing attachment here.

Dirk..did that help you?

 

[CliffyJ]

Hi John,
I thought Trex was a composite wood-plastic product, so yes, it really will break down.
Just to clarify, I was opining about a 100% pvc or hdpe board.

 

[John J]

What are the Concrete Blocks for? Bridge abutments ?

JJ

 

[Totalwrecker]

" rip their own ties from composite wood? " Cliffy.

I think I answered your question, 100% anything isn't composit by definition..... in my mind, it used to be a fine mind....

besides it may give Alan something to monitor.

John

 

[CliffyJ]

Posted By Totalwrecker on 01 Sep 2013 10:44 AM
" rip their own ties from composite wood? " Cliffy.

I think I answered your question, 100% anything isn't composit by definition..... in my mind, it used to be a fine mind....

besides it may give Alan something to monitor.

John Oops, I should have said 100% plastic wood...

I think early Alzheimer's is affecting me, maybe there's a study I could cash in on... That would help me pay for that Piko building I'd like. Or was it Pola?

 

[Totalwrecker]

Cliffy

Ralph Brades indirectly sends you this...

http://www.filcris.co.uk/products/garden-railway-products/ladder-frame-kits-and-amp-components

Look at the bottom right...

No harm No foul.

Stay on the tracks...
John

 

[CliffyJ]

Very cool product line, never seen it before. The Brits really have the crap together, you know?
So thanks John and Ralph.
Anyway, does that prove my point, or yours John? I forget...

 

[SD90WLMT]

JJ....yes, the blocks are for bridge abutments. my feelings were they were more stable by both size and mass, great to maintain space at each end of a bridge.

Dirk.....

 

[CliffyJ]

Pics, Dirk?
Shlackin' off?

 

[SD90WLMT]

Busy weekend. sorry, not much time for layout, getting on My 'puter for pix.
But,....I did get back down to My siding and take lots more of the LORAM RAIL grinder train. Also did some basic measuring for the whole she-bang. now.....if....it was built to 1/29th scale, it would be around 22-23 feet long, all inclusive.

Dirk. maybe later in week for pix guysI

 

[SD90WLMT]

Well I was not in Missouri, but here it is still 55 percent humid, indoors - in my storage shed...no heat / no cooling... on a blue sky - no clouds day, but yes - very HOT!!

Cliffy, I got sunburned today, no shirt, cut off shorts to work in, a hose to spray myself down when I was HOT, mostly watering today trying to catch up for poor plants, rather thirsty they are/were.

And in between moving the hose, I made some more progress...fine tuning and setting grades for the new Wye section, and some 'crete work in the heat... I'm working towards reaching out about 80-90 feet from the mains on the branch line tail for now. Gets me well past the mains and any dirt embankment work I'm also filling in...on the mains.....

I'll get it up - here - whence I gets to a great stopping place... like dinner time, not sure which day dinner is again... forgot...ha!

Dirk - DMRR

 

[SD90WLMT]

well once again, after several posts this after noon, got up / went to the door, and behold - I saw a brown/gray cloud of dust & dirt coming from the East towards me...

Ran and closed some car windows, and settled in for the storm...

Dirt blew for 15 minutes, then rain fell from the heavens sideways for another 20 minutes, adding 2 & 1/2 tenths in a short time...

Like Alan before me, it is good to settle dirt fill, in my case the newly placed embankments that are growing along the ROW... they can settle so I can add more dirt fill - ha ha, on dry days tho mind you !! I could here what you guys were thinking!!!

Sun gone now for the rest of the day.... cooled off 25-30 degrees tooo! into the 60's... keep wondering how one gets anything done between the heat and the rain.....in the summer...

Dirk - DMS Ry.
.............. & DMRR