My building of a G scale 1:22.5 ish garden railway with the Sierra Railway's Angels Branch as its theme.
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Report No.6 "Elvis has left the building."
I mean the track has left the yard.
Yes it finally has crossed under the fence,(not a prison fence, its my copy of a Japanese tea garden style w/pine instead of bamboo), heading for Angels.
Its dropping 4% down to a level crossing of a foot path. There I will put down concrete stepping stones to secure the track too. I plan to do that every 5 ft or so to keep it from moving from thermal stresses.
Tested it w/ 6 heavy cars and short caboose No.7. No.8 pulled w/ no slippage.
I'm using a 4 ft level w/ a 2 inch block taped to the bottom end to check 4%. I've tested 5% w/ 5 cars and caboose. No.8 just starts to slip.
When I get Shay No.10 running, it should pull a lot more.
But max length on this section from Jamestown to Omega siding is 5 cars anyway, the longest allowed on the whole branch.
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