09-04-2022, 07:49 PM
Thank you Lutz.
After what felt like running a marathon, I finished tracklaying in the yard:
I left the two most difficult sections to last, the parts between the the two turnouts. While it might not seem that tricky when laying flextrack and cutting it to length, keep in mind that I tacked about 3/4 of each rail down before determining where to cut it to size.
In the end it turned out okay. I next have feeders to solder in and then wire the yard up to main track power.
I also took a day trip today. I live in Kelowna, British Columbia and I'm only about 30 minutes from the Abandoned Kettle Valley division of the CPR. The section that I'm closest to is the Myra canyon section. Today I took my bike and rode the old rail line (it's a hiking/ cycling trail now) While I was up there I collected some soil samples:
I labeled them as to where they had been collected from so I can use them for dirt roads and ballasting my branch line. I definitely will be investing in a few strainers and sifters.
I have already ballasted about 6' of my branch line
But I used woodland scenics brown ballast and I'm not very happy with it. The color doesn't really make sense or blend well with my planned scenery or the other ballast so I'm thinking of removing it and trying a different color/shade.
After what felt like running a marathon, I finished tracklaying in the yard:
I left the two most difficult sections to last, the parts between the the two turnouts. While it might not seem that tricky when laying flextrack and cutting it to length, keep in mind that I tacked about 3/4 of each rail down before determining where to cut it to size.
In the end it turned out okay. I next have feeders to solder in and then wire the yard up to main track power.
I also took a day trip today. I live in Kelowna, British Columbia and I'm only about 30 minutes from the Abandoned Kettle Valley division of the CPR. The section that I'm closest to is the Myra canyon section. Today I took my bike and rode the old rail line (it's a hiking/ cycling trail now) While I was up there I collected some soil samples:
I labeled them as to where they had been collected from so I can use them for dirt roads and ballasting my branch line. I definitely will be investing in a few strainers and sifters.
I have already ballasted about 6' of my branch line
But I used woodland scenics brown ballast and I'm not very happy with it. The color doesn't really make sense or blend well with my planned scenery or the other ballast so I'm thinking of removing it and trying a different color/shade.