Tuesday, 6 February 2024

Another day, another pipe and more ballast

 Another drain pipe required attention, as it had been pushed out of the ground by roots.  


The pipe weighted down before backfilling and tracklaying.

Meanwhile, another 2 m³ of ballast was delivered, sufficient to do the remaining track with a little bit left over.

At the end of the day, with about 20 m of track to be ballasted, the rails at each end of the loop touched, but with a gap of about 70 mm.  Much thinking that night about how to resolve the gap.

Accucraft GP40 Wheel Modifications

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