Hello fellow railroaders out there . My friend Don posted some pictures of my railroad on his website for me . I hope you all view them and tell me what you think . His website is WWW.PLANETDONNSTUDIOS.COM . The railroad is located in Romeoville Illinois a suberb of Chicago. My wife and I started this project in April of this year and as of today most of the bull labor is done. We are now starting to concentrate on scenery . If you notice the subroadbed you will see I used "Dura-rock " cement board fastened to the ground with rebar and twist tied making sure it was at the same level as the rock wall ,which is level . Then it was back filled with 3/4 " roadmix stones. On top of that we put crushed limestone and leveled it with a board as if you were leveling concrete.The track went on top of that . You could drive a truck on it ! Anyway I’ll post more pictures soon as we have made more progress since these pictures were taken. Hope you enjoy them .
For those of you who want to see the pictures here is a hot link to the site. The pictures are at the bottom of the intro page. BTW - don’t have your sound up too high or it will wake you up. [:O]
http://www.planetdonnstudios.com/
Love the way you raised your roadbed. With that kind of drainage, your trackwork should last forever.
your doing great, keep up with the pictures.I really like what you have done so far.I just started mine this year.
Jeff
Looks nice Mike, Love that doubble stack train [:D]
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Approx how many bricks are in that system of retaining walls? I am thinking of doing something similiar, but need an estimate of just how many I will need to make a wall similiar in length and height (3 bricks) to the one shown in your photos.
We used 500 12"x6"x8" bricks. Under the stones we pur 4"perforated drain tile hoses . These hoses also conect up with our sump pump and rain gutters and run to the back of the yard and through the brick wall. There is also 28 tons of gravel and 21 yards of topsoil so far . I wheelbarreled all of it myself from the front driveway. As a side benefit I lost a few pounds !
Outstanding, Thanks!
Blue Aster, Enjoyed the pics! Was that a 2 inch insulated foam board you painted brown to keep the soil away from the Fence? Really liked the green house with the purple mohawk dude.
Very,very nice work,keep it up.
carpenter matt that is dura-rock board also .
Love the pics.[tup] I am really interested in the way you place the duraroc against the fence. I have the same situation and planning to use pressure treated wood or concrete blocks. See my posting on Retaining walls.
Today my friend came by and we shot some video of the railroad . Don will be adding them to the link http://www.planetdonnstudios.com/mike/web/index.htm soon. They will get better cuz we are still new to camera we used . I will be starting a web site soon and will be contantly updating the progress of the railroad .
Mike,
Looks like a great start for the railroad!
What did you use to cut the duro rock boards? Did you have to pre drill holes for fastening with screws/nails?
You have given me an idea for something I am planning to build about a foot off the ground. Will the duro rock work, with proper support, be able to support about 6"-8" of dirt, etc on the horizontal?
George
Hello George , you can cut cement board with a circular saw using a masonary blade . On the fence the boards are fastened with 1 1/2" galvanized screws . To make a short wall I pounded 24" long rebar into the ground and drilled two holes on eather side of the rebar and then used twist ties as a fastener . Hope this helps .
Mike,
Outstanding, thanks for sharing the pics with us.
Cheers,
Kim
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Mike,
Thanks for the info. Appreciate the quick response!
George