Homemade Fish-Plates and Points (Switches) For The Narrow-Gauge Field Railway..

[@thaliahelene]

I love your inventions. Railways have a particular affection in my family. But the best part of this video is the enthusiastic marching.

[@arlingtonhynes]

I loved the marching.

[@Grumpyneanderthal]

An Irishman and a brilliant "seat of the pants engineer" Is building a railroad in his field without any fear Using his noggin and hands he conjures a crafty switch Clonky and waggled but still gave him the hitch Diverts the trolley from hither to yond A bit curious as I watch Tim across the pond Somehow he tells us while being so bold That his tinkering will lead to a big pile of charcoal.........

[@WayOutWestx2]

He's done it again : - )

[@Nighthawkinlight]

You've always made home railways look good, but this design is particularly tempting to build. If only I had a need for it.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Build it and the need will become clear : - )

[@thedeloachsdoyoutube8377]

Yes now I’m looking in the backyard wondering where exactly I can put mine. Awesome

[@c.finley9660]

I live in a rented semi-attached duplex in New York City. I will find a fucking need for this.

[@fritanke2318]

You need one. Then you add a wood gas locomotive to it. 😂😂

[@superspooky4580]

@Jeremy Timothy lol stop with these little people scams lol. Typical India. If you think making 2 accounts and using 1 to support the other will do anything then your a sad person.

[@adrianbew9641]

When I laid track in a tin mine in my late teens we had a similar principle and was called a sword and V junction, the sword had a loop on the V end that bolted down to a plate that the short section of V rail was welded to. They were light and quick and easy to fit and repair when they wore out. Simple solution to a diverging rail track system. Well done to you with the idea your using, again simple but usuable.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks, Adrian. I like the name too.

[@adrianbew9641]

@@WayOutWestx2 . If you find your present design doesn't work as well as you would like welding the tube to a piece of steel plate along with the V section will work admirably and did for decades underground. I enjoy your blogs and keep up the good work.

[@stephencresswell4760]

Better then anything on telly. 👍

[@McRocket]

Fantastic!!! I could not figure out how it would work until you laid it all out at the end. Just fantastic! Peace.

[@alanpartridge2140]

You may have been brought up in England (guessing by the accent) but you've definitely acquired the Irish talent of bodging.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Brought up in Wales - where bodging is an art too

[@alexayounginsong2641]

I love your voice, listening to your voice is so good ~ it is like singing when you are talking.

[@thomasm1964]

That’ll be Tim’s Welsh heritage seeping out!

[@troytreeguy]

I love it and as you fill with ballast it will become easy to walk between the rails. Should look some handsome in three years after a morning trim!

[@pamelacourtney8998]

Tim, are you sure you didn't graduate from M.I.T ? You've got one huge brain in that noggin of yours and it just keeps pumping out all these fantastic gadgets. Loving it. Blessings to all folks 🌻

[@nickhale2900]

I have seen videos of DIY railways where they use two separate point blades. One straight piece and one curved for the diverge. Either one or the other is positioned according to direction of travel.

[@KP68videogates]

Not to get too far off track here (pun intended lol) but, the way you talk and with your accent you would make an awesome reader for audio books. Love your channel! God bless.

[@markcarey8426]

Terrific. Great way to understand railways - build one. Didn't know about the wider gauge for corners.

[@bustedsiderods8544]

My homies gonna have a full fledged estate railway by december, i'm calling it now.

[@k8zhd]

Isambard Kingdom Brunel has been reincarnated in the west of Ireland! Great work and a LOT of fun to see.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Ha! Thanks!

[@robinforrest7680]

I'd advise against installing IKB's atmospheric system to power your trains though 😂

[@amberyooper]

This video comes at a perfect time for me, I'm in the process of setting up a garden tram. A single point switch would be just the thing for my tram. My thought on the roughness of the angles in the switch is to make the diverging angle less, and then put a curve past the diverging route if you need more divergence from straight. :-)

[@WayOutWestx2]

Exactly - and make the blade as long as you can

[@jack4trains]

As always, a wonderfully elegant solution and very much in the "narrow gauge spirit!" Looking forward to the next instalments!

[@melinabentley6267]

You guys are soo fun and Smart ! I’m so glad I found your channel! I wish you all the success you seek!❤️😊

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thank you! You too!

[@mastergeebo]

Tim the mad inventor.

[@CraigsWorkshop]

This is truly fascinating. I know next to nothing about railways, but I love following this particular story :) Thank you Sandra and Tim for the awesome updates. Cheers, Craig

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks, Craig : - )

[@AB-C1]

ANOTHER EXCELLENT video!! Thanks very informative and interesting not to mention entertaining.. great stuff! I'll await the next installment! 👍

[@danutplesu3352]

I am finding this fascinating.

[@brian.7966]

I can`t stand the way he talks. it's a bit over the top. nobody speaks like that,

[@danutplesu3352]

@@brian.7966 They are Good-hearted people, working hard, who went thru the worst tragedy a parent could have.

[@josephmiller997]

@@brian.7966 It's hilarious, hugely entertaining, and probably 95% of the reason that I subscribed and hit the notification bell.

[@mohammedtroy4296]

tim love your videos anything can be made your mind at a different level we all have it but you unlocked it for us

[@Bullfrogerwytsch]

I think you would make a very good children's TV show Voice actor. Your voice is very engaging soft and friendly.

[@ironwolfF1]

I must say, well-played sirrah! It's as crude as a mudball, but I think it shall work...which IS the important part. 👍

[@Yyyyyy5]

I did this about the same way 9 years ago. I made a 5” gauge railway this is how I did it. If the rail starts to spread on you because the ties are spaced to far apart I found you can simply put in another tie and two nails on each side of the track will keep the rails from spreading apart.

[@nealroche1652]

Well done Tim. Can’t wait to see the finished train loaded up and running!

[@mb2k100]

Loving this series, problem solving, railways and, best of all creosote!

[@joethompson11]

My thoughts exactly! Creosote is just the best smell to me :)

[@mb2k100]

@@joethompson11 One of those you either love it or hate it smells, fortunately we are in the love it category! And holds an odd nostalgia for me, for some reason.

[@joethompson11]

@@mb2k100 it's very nostalgic for me too! Reminds me of the rescue farm I grew up on, my Dad would paint anything that went outside with it, and I was always hanging around him seeing what he was getting up to 😊

[@normconel2907]

This comment is here to boost your standing in the youtube algorithm

[@andycoombes]

So is this one. Choo! Choo!

[@benedekkoszo2836]

Very interesting! Love it! Looking foward to the rollig stock! Maybe I will make a railway like this too!

[@projectmayhemUK]

It looks like a trip hazard so you will have to build a railway crossing hehehe

[@BrianPhillipsRC]

Loving this idea! Thank you for sharing! Just discovered your channel, and your work is very interesting!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Welcome!

[@karenb9787]

You guys are so funny and clever. Love your work 😀

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks so much!

[@tamarmolerick3814]

Excellent, nice to see that you went with the single blade design. For what you are doing that is more than adequate. Keep up the good work.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Yes, as long as it works I don't mind how clonky it is

[@turkeytrac1]

Cool, its colloquially know as a "kickswitch", bravo

[@WayOutWestx2]

I learn new stuff everyday - thanks!

[@qualqui]

Why on earth do I find this railway series so INTERESTING?!! Could it be my paternal gramps worked for the National Railway here in Mexico? Or could it be because I'm ALWAYS DAZZLED by that Irish Ingenuity Sandra and you show us on this IRIE Channel, probably both reasons, thumbs up, thank you for sharing and LOL.....gotta love Sandy and you running up and down the railway, too bad the rails are too thin you could do like us kids did back then and put pennies on the track and marvel at how flat they became the next train came roaring down the tracks! ;D

[@Maui_Waui]

I loved the marching

[@robinforrest7680]

Love it ! Can't wait for the next episode 😁

[@ShortOrderCook]

This is looking good Tim!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thank you. Yes, I think so too : - )

[@bluelilly22222]

You are a brilliant man👌👍

[@beaneo_the_1]

This is amazing! I would love to build my own railway where I live in the mountains for logging. This just gave an idea for the track!

[@MariaEngstrom]

I like fish, frogs and railways. I subscribe.

[@yeagerxp]

Awesome 👍👍👍Thanks for sharing

[@Kineth1]

This is a really neat project! I think I'm the future you might be able to reduce the clunkiness of the switching section by making it so that both sides are clunky. In your current setup, you have one direction that clunks hard, and one direction that is smooth. By making both sections turn at the junction, you will trade the smooth transition to have both directions be clunky, but less so.

[@WayOutWestx2]

You're right, Kineth - that's exactly what I'm planning to do when I have a chance..

[@burkiwa]

So far, so good! Looking forward to seeing it in action.

[@WayOutWestx2]

You and me both!

[@tropifiori]

Very nice Tim.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thank you kindly

[@rudyzepeda2800]

Great job Tim.

[@jigsey.]

I'm loving this being a secret train enthusiast as a kid 😁... Hopefully if the restrictions get lifted me and my granddaughter would love a spin, you are bring the line up to Bweeng ain't ya

[@WayOutWestx2]

Meet you half way

[@johncourtneidge]

Hurrah and thank-you!

[@ThatGuyInTheShed]

Fantastic, I've been looking at doing something similar but with RHS for the rails as I have access to a large quantity of it. I work at a heritage railway and I can confirm our curves are normally +5-10mm over gauge (1067mm gauge). We have some fairly long wheelbase machines and relatively tight curves and if you bring a curve right into gauge then the extra friction is very noticeable on our underpowered machines. On the other hand, at very slow speeds (walking pace or less) on cambered curves the extra gauge can feel very unsettling as the loco repeatedly shimmies sideways around the corner, particularly when the rails are wet.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Interesting. Yes, wheelbase length is another factor to consider - complicated, isn't it?!

[@ogaugeclockwork4407]

This is just great! Seat of you pants railway engineering!

[@robertlock5501]

Frickin' awesome...!

[@maxboonkittypoison]

That was great fun to watch from the home in the easy chair :D

[@michaelmcclafferty3346]

Well done Tim. You are a clever and resourceful man. I couldn’t make that.

[@thewunder-lusters9644]

I feel like I could build this, just from watching the videos! :D

[@makingitthrough190]

When I was a kid in southeast England my parents took me to a fruit farm which had a miniature railway. As part of the fun we rode on it all round the orchards. Now I’m wondering if it actually doubled as a part of the work of the farm moving produce and equipment around. If not, I suspect it was a missed opportunity.

[@mattyrothcrewoffroadgarage8333]

Awesome idea thanks for it been wondering how to make a private railroad myself

[@wendyharvey1974]

Great ingenuity an imagination like mine

[@742East3rd]

Ingenious switch...I was wondering how you got around the flange issue with no Frog. Your industrial road is like the old timer mine tracks. Love it!

[@paulcampbell5202]

Have you thought about using a "Stub Switch"? This was a popular and easy switch to make because a frog was not required. It got a lot of use on narrow gauge and mine railways in North America.

[@WayOutWestx2]

thanks, Paul - I'm hoping to have a go at them one day.

[@PavelLGUA]

Really god idea, i know that some farmers build narrow gage railways for use on rancho, but i sar reusing old coal mines cars and rails. They are not good for heavy work to move coal, but for easy work as field railway - good enought.

[@randomstranger9674]

Big thumbs up for the 'Woo Woo!' at the end!

[@chrisinmarch]

This is incredible.

[@RollerPigg]

That is awesome! I wish I had an excuse to make one of those!

[@zer0m0stel]

Absolutely Bloody Brilliant!

[@jasperedwards3341]

dont foget to test the wheels on the track because they may hit the pipe steel plus dont forget to put some gravel or concrete under each sleepers as its wet where you are and the tracks will sink in the ground

[@kaktus334]

Good to see you having fun in the end of the video :)

[@masonfarrell8845]

Can’t wait till you have locomotives and lots more track. I’ll watch every video.

[@WayOutWestx2]

You know about the other channel, right? Lots more videos there..

[@masonfarrell8845]

Yes i do. I’m subscribed to both.

[@spuds6423]

🎵🎵Fish plates, Fish Plates, ..Rolly Poley Fish Plates...Eat them up, Yum!!!😁😁😁🎵

[@louisl.8724]

Make solar charged/battery operated engine to pull your cart on your railway. With a gear box to go forward and backwards. Add a seat and you can ride on it.

[@the4thj]

Ever watch those guys that do mine exploring? The type of switch you are making/using is just like what I have seen in mines of the Western US.

[@nealcarter]

Love it, hope the comment helps!

[@mikenorman4001]

I really wanted to see you make the fancier kind of point. You might say I was disapPOINTed.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Point taken, Mike!

[@johndouglasdawson7298]

Great job wonderful, keep up the good work , thanks

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thank you too!

[@traceyosterlind14]

Mad skilz! Love you two!

[@timwhite4301]

Looks awesome I really want to build one if only I had the space

[@eyeballdude]

The testdrive in the end didn’t seem that clonky to me! Contrary, quite smooth I must say!

[@Kasey1776]

Ohh yes! Now this is awesome!

[@AJWGBFX]

I can hear "duddly-dum duddly-dum" from my trainspotting youth when trains 'were' trains and made a racket!

[@bajajoaquin]

You might look up “wobbly track.” A guy in the US solved for the problem by cutting channels in his sleepers and setting the rails directly into these. He then screwed in anchors at an angle to secure. I don’t know if it’s sufficiently load bearing for your needs, but it might be even simpler than your post design. A blade with a properly sized kerf would make this a one-step design.

[@WayOutWestx2]

You'd need a hard wood for the sleepers, I think. And that would cost a fortune here.

[@bajajoaquin]

Fair enough. I just searched, and it’s “groovy track,” “wobbly.” They seem to use pressure treated softwood, which might be similar to your creosote treated ties. But you’re building and I’m just watching so you’re doing better than me! Looking forward to updates.

[@bajajoaquin]

“Groovy,” not “wobbly,” I meant to write

[@AndrzejSQ9PKW]

im waitning for mote! i awlays wanted to have train in my backyard!

[@klompex100]

That is awsome! Im planning to Build one too! That is a very simple Design. Well i cant weld i But still Build ist wich is nice. Maybe ist is interessting for you If you search feldbahn the german Term for field railway we had Alot of these and still in Use! Keep up the awsome work! Greetings From Germany

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thank you - yes there are wonderful small railways in Germany. I hope to see them some time..

[@klompex100]

@@WayOutWestx2 thanks for the reply 👍 just a Idea How about you make a Gravity powered railway!

[@Wholesomeday]

Really enjoying this series of track building videos, looking forward to seeing it working. Are you going to link it to the rails in the shed?

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thank you. I'm still negotiating a route with Sandra..

[@tommurdoch2989]

Needs a signal box 😄

[@Yyyyyy5]

......5 inch gauge guy again...also the head of the bolt won’t matter a lot the flange on the wheel will ware it smooth eventually or I suppose you can grind it a bit if needed. It will ware it a little thin but will still hold the track just fine. Gonna check out your newest video now.

[@mickd6942]

Watching it now

[@asociacionmodelismodeltren906]

very good

[@danielwoods621]

I've only heard 'frog' used for the hollow of a brick before this channel. Now I've heard it twice in quick succession. Horse hooves and underbridges for railways. I wonder where it originates, and how many other industries use it.

[@andycoombes]

"Fishplate" too.

[@BlackDreaded]

That howling in the end sounded like a train :)

[@dodgydruid]

What a brilliant little setup, will you be ballasting or simply putting in deep stakes thru the sleepers to keep them in place? Also could I suggest making a gauge bar? Its kinda like a large set square with cutouts to fit the rail heads into, on straights it will show your line is in gauge and you take off one of the arms of triangle so you can simply check in gauge on curves. British Rail built its lines just using simple tools like that.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Gauge bar = stick? I think I can do that : - )

[@cls9474]

awesome!

[@eckosters]

Magic. Did you hammer those pieces of pipe straight into the sleeper? It looked like it and I’d find that astonishing Did you eventually eat that yummy-looking cookie? More please!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Ha! No I drilled a hole first. And yes, Sandra's homemade ginger biscuits don't last long around here : - )

[@paultrains3336]

Genius

[@paddrivers]

Dam.... I though you said Fish cakes! Im hungry now.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Ha!

[@rrswitch48]

Marching on!

[@rudomuchenje8537]

Waaaw thank you

[@allanegleston4931]

some mining systems used this approac. they also used mini turntables .

[@ericwilliams1659]

The channel I didn't know I needed.

[@irisellamulligan6855]

You two are so sweet 😁 💕 choo choo!

[@JodBronson]

*Hahahahahaha! You guys are funny!*