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Hi Pete, Thanks for the comments I have considered helix, but not to keen on them, I have finished the garden now, trees have gone(due to them being dangerous, so no roots now, I have lowered the top garden to 12 inches which I am happy for, a friend will be helping me with the viaduct coming off the step-up which will then run onto a small embankment. Looking at the gradients you mention, mine are within that so i am happy, the concrete will assist as it will mostly be self levelling. looking forward to this, thanks for your help and assistance guys. Geoff

Sorry for the image, not too hot with these items. I have started on the inner walls in the garden, week end off(Sunday day of rest for me), re-start on Monday building the wall around the pond, then the inner wall, and the dwarf wall, if that makes sense, I know anyway. So, a big question for me, I mentioned a 3 inch concrete base, I reckon 3 inches will be enough, due to the lack of weight. I have made my forms for the base, they will be 12 inches wide to future proof, so I can eventually have 3 track, nicely separated. Does anyone have any different opinion, to this depth, if so what are they.

Hi guys, well some good news, firstly a couple of miles from Wakey Ian, Just outside Bradford. . Novice to garden railways, so I'm new in that sense. . Spoken with our lass the other day, about having a picket fence( an idea traingeekboy gave me), so that I could raise the level of the track, an idea she wasn't fond of, however having bought her a book about feng shui in the garden(she does feng shui in the house), she wants to alter the garden somewhat, which is a good idea. . The gradient I mentioned before will no longer be 2 feet, after we have altered the layout, i can get it to approximately 8 to 9 inches, which has made me an happy bunny, so no longer will there be a cutting from the top area, it has been lowered so it will come through a short tunnel onto a lowering viaduct, towards the rockery and around it, looping back to the other side, again up a slight embankment( 2 viaduct would not be good), into again a short tunnel( our lass wants the dwarf wall lowering, to accommodate some alpine flowers) and out onto the top area, where it will continue until it loops again to join the other side. . I've posted a rough plan in the gallery, when we commence work on the pond, that's when I shall continue concreting the base into place, so as you see, there is some work to do, but hopefully we shall start in the next 2 weeks, looking forward to it. . Does that make sense. Regards Geoff

What a good idea, I shall draw some rough sketches, I could hide it behind a picket fence with a gate, I would place a single line in that area. . Thanks for that. . Regards . Geoff

Unfortunately, I am saying the difference is about 2 feet, I shall measure it exactly and include some photo's, if I can't achieve this rise, then obviously, I shall have only 26 feet to play with, raising the track in the bottom garden comes with its own problems, we have a rockery, the garden is L shaped so at the bottom, I can't raise the track, since this would hinder us walking round the side of the house. I think I will have to experiment with engines pulling up a slope to access their pulling power. Problem, problems Regards Geoff

Hello there, . Watching youtube the other night, i came across a oo garden railway, which i was fascinated by, so here i am, i found your site after a search. I have a 53ft x 13ft garden to play with(that's the space for the railway, not the garden size), however the garden is tiered due to problems with tree roots, hence a garden on 2 levels. My first question is this, at the point( a dwarf wall), it is approximately 2 foot in height, what length of gradient, am i looking at. I plan to lay a concrete bed approximately 3 inches thick by 8 inches wide, 4 tracks around the perimeter wall, before doing this, i need to sort out this gradient, i hope to have 2 cutting on the top garden, rolling onto 2 viaduct diminishing into 2 embankments then opening onto the lower garden. so guys your thoughts please. Regards Geoff from Yorkshire