4mm West Halton Sidings

[James]

Back in Yorkshire, nights tonight playing with the big train set - some sleeper laying this afternoon

There's some interesting placement of timbers in the centre!

 

[simond]

James,

is the spacing correct when going from one long to two short timbers top left left?

Maybe it’s me, but it looks a bit generous on the nearer track?

atb
Simon

 

[James]

is the spacing correct when going from one long to two short timbers top left left?

Maybe it’s me, but it looks a bit generous on the nearer track

You're right, but some bits are deliberately bad! My experiences of the make do and mend of industrial track maintenance is part of the inspiration for the layout.

I remember questioning this once but the guy explained spacing between the timber and first sleeper was correct, I mentioned it meant the second one had a massive gap the reply was but the first one is in the right place! The foreman just shook his head when he came back!

So it reminds me of this time at work

 

[James]

A nice example of how industrial track can look -

Level Crossing? by West Halton, on Flickr

 

[James]

Preparing for laying the rails - Vero board pins are secured in the last three sleepers to which the rail is soldered.

Martin Wynne suggested these on another thread and it works really well, securing the rails very well indeed.



I also add a pin at the crossing nose.