A Garden Railway - Big Shots...

[trw1089]

Well after working on TC stuff, I was a bit burnt out on content creation, and given the comments on this forum about TC stuff, I can't see myself going back to the grindstone any time soon.

To get over this, I've been exploring a garden railway for the backyard. Firstly, I downloaded Atlas's RTS freeware, a sectional track planning tool. While it took a little to get used to, I managed to come up with the track plan below:

So after fiddling with that for a bit, Lance offered to build it in Trainz to see how it would look. After he did the basic track plan for me, I jazzed it up some and added some rollingstock to see how it would all work. Here's a screenie of the "finished" layout:

I was thinking of uploading it as an 06 layout, but it's probably not good enough for uploading until it's flashed up a bit more. Anyways, after trying it in Trainz, it was time to go out and do it for real. I only started last weekend, so it's got a ways to go yet, but below is where I got to in marking it out, using PVC tube as a surrogate for flex track (an idea out of a G scale book).

Hope you don't mind me sharing...

Cheers
Tony

 

[dreddman]

your going to have a head on under the bridge!

 

[Mike10]

Well after working on TC stuff, I was a bit burnt out on content creation, and given the comments on this forum about TC stuff, I can't see myself going back to the grindstone any time soon.

Just let the comments flow over you Tony. Let's face it, it's about a dozen of the usual suspects and a few that have come out of retirement as they perceive the opportunity to stick the knife in again.

Let them get on with it and ignore them, the vast majority appreciate the efforts people go to when creating content for a release.

Enjoy the digging in the meantime.

Mike.

 

[johnchisem]

Wow, boy am I jealous of you! My gardens are both very small, may be one day we could shoe horn a Lego railway round one of them!

Am I correct in guessing that you are building in G scale? If this IS the case I presume that you will be using electricity as your motive power. This would be fine, but I imagine a few problems controlling live steam with your tight radius curves and steep inclines. Never mind there looks to be enough room round the perimeter of your garden to add a suitable steam line in the future.

All the best in your venture, and please keep us informed of your progress.

John.

 

[trw1089]

Just let the comments flow over you Tony. Let's face it, it's about a dozen of the usual suspects and a few that have come out of retirement as they perceive the opportunity to stick the knife in again.

Let them get on with it and ignore them, the vast majority appreciate the efforts people go to when creating content for a release.

Enjoy the digging in the meantime.

Mike.

Thanks Mike

Sometimes it gets down to the quick, but I've already got started on a few new virtual projects and completing some older ones, so I'm already back into it, just not running on a full head of steam just yet.

Shovelling dirt around is a great way to get rid of frustrations though...

Cheers
Tony

PS John, you are correct, it's G scale, 5ft minimum radius curves and 1:30 maximum grade. Not sure how that goes for live steam, and to be honest, I've got enough live steam with my 5" gauge stuff, so battery or electric power will suffice for the time being.

 

[dmdrake]

Hi Tony! What pleasures you will have in your garden! :udrool:

All Aboard! Dave

 

[spiffy101]

Wow, boy am I jealous of you! My gardens are both very small, may be one day we could shoe horn a Lego railway round one of them!

Am I correct in guessing that you are building in G scale? If this IS the case I presume that you will be using electricity as your motive power. This would be fine, but I imagine a few problems controlling live steam with your tight radius curves and steep inclines. Never mind there looks to be enough room round the perimeter of your garden to add a suitable steam line in the future.

All the best in your venture, and please keep us informed of your progress.

John.

A LEGO railway outside? I hope you use G-scale ones.

 

[skiingiggy]

WOW That is a cool layout. i have a garden RR too and it isn't always a piece of cake (which i'm sure you know lol) but it is worth it. Good luck with it, and i can't wait to see more pprogress pics, and maybe in the future the layout on the DLS.