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Bob's Garden Railway

PLAN 4


Railroad Construction Finally Begins

Due to my mobility issues, I have had to modify my track plan yet again. I have decided to build the railway elevated to ovoid having to get up and down off of the ground.



Plan 3
(but who's counting?)

PLAN 3

After more than four years in the planning, I have finally started to lay some track.

The above track plan consists of two mainlines with trains on one track will travel in a clockwise direction, while trains on the other track will travel in a counter-clockwise direction.

The purpose of the track segment on the far right of the plan is to allow trains to move from one track to the other, and vise versa. The track swapping logic will be completely automated.



Laying the first track
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Starting to put the pieces together
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Time to start building trestles
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Trestle Construction Begins
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Trestle Construction Begins
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Trestle Construction Continues
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Trestle Construction Almost Complete
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Track Wiring Begins
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Train Storage Area Takes Shape
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Lower Storage Deck Completed
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Upper Storage Deck Takes Shape
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First train out of the box!
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Control Console Construction Begins
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Console Wiring Completed
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Control Console Taking Shape
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Control Console Completed
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Console Switch Board
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Trains in waiting
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Swap logic wired and working!
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Constructing a temporary turn-around
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First engine out of depot!
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First train makes a loop
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Building More Trestles
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Just Another View
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First Mogul Run
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First Two-Track Run
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A Photo Op Stop
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Back to home
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Latest update: December 29, 2013
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Robert J. Gulliford -- gulliford@comcast.net