Project Driog - Episode 12 - A 16mm Garden Railway

In this video build log we'll take you behind the scenes of building a garden railway, and show you how we do it. There'll be mistakes along the way and things will change and develop but that's part of the fun of it!
So come and follow along with us, as we build the SLR V2!
00:00 - Progress Update
08:08 - Things are Growing
10:30 - Flags, Track & Sleepers
19:39 - Spring Plant Update
25:45 - Trains!
29:04 - Lovely Planter & Track
32:14 - Path Progress
34:18 - Short Bridge Plans
38:52 - Small Foundations
42:13 - New Siding
48:07 - Forming a Road
55:44 - Supporting Track
01:05:56 - Ballasting
01:00:12 - More Planting
01:13:51 - Track!
01:18:45 - Sum Up
01:23:00 - Plants & Outtakes

[@RichardHill-bi5le]

Thanks for another brilliant update👍 It is amazing how fast the plants are spreading - it must be all the rain🤣

[@Infinitybal1233]

It’s coming together! Lovely to see!

[@josephkarl2061]

1:00:34 Excellent work with the placement Nicky 😄

[@16mmscaletrains]

Excellent stuff as always.

[@davidparry1982]

Your blackbird might not like you but he loves your trains - singing right through that clip of the steam engine. Hope you’ll get some footage of the open day - its lovely to see stuff running after all your hard work 👍

[@SouthgateLightRailway]

He's often watching us work, and enjoys a bath in the pond. He seems to have got the message about my moss, and generally leaves it alone now. No footage I'm afraid of the open day, but we did get some photos which we hope to share soon.

[@bradturbo44]

looking great all the best to you guys i love it ,i have lgb type .

[@SouthgateLightRailway]

Thank you for your track ;) Done the job perfectly.

[@Martin_Coombs]

Always look forward to one of your updates. Like you I use Grano Dust as ballast, I sieve it to 3-4 grades, put the coarse down first and finer layers as I go, all stuck down with SBR. Very cheap ballast, local building suppliers does a 25kg bag for £5.00, I have about 150kg to put down this summer, whenever that will start!

[@SouthgateLightRailway]

Yes I might need to get more and think I will use more of the smaller grades.

[@blairleipst4508]

37:52 with the solar panel, you could use it on a signal box so that it becomes a feature

[@SouthgateLightRailway]

Yes that's another option. I might use that idea elsewhere. I don't think I'll have a building close enough for this one. It's a pretty big size to so needs a decent building to mount it too.

[@laurarey9036]

Excellent as usual!!!

[@GarethL2008]

cracking update guys lovely work as per. Is that siding from the mine a bit short?

[@SouthgateLightRailway]

The headshunt is a bit yes, but then it's only for small diesels with a few trucks. It's only really for show that line up to the quarry / mini top so I'm not to worried.

[@blairgowrieforestrailwayan2786]

Why did you wait so long to make one long video. The 30min videos are good enough for my short attention span.

[@SouthgateLightRailway]

Just how the footage came together this time. We thought I'd get it all out that delay it to make two videos. We'll try keep the length down in future mind.

[@MarkCalvert]

Great video, where are your retaining walls from?

[@SouthgateLightRailway]

Garden Railway Specialists for the cast concrete walls. Although they are replacing them with Resin (So they can ship them), which for me is a shame as I personally prefer concrete for it's natural weathering.

[@laurarey9036]

Here in San Diego the weather has been the same as yours this year. Frustrating at times.

[@SouthgateLightRailway]

Certainly is. You can't plan to do anything as you don't know what it's going to do next.

[@caercadaandmynydd]

Who made the ruined building on your quarry line? Is it a Terry Vanes creation?

[@SouthgateLightRailway]

The one heading up the slope is yes. The other two (By the main line side and in the quarry base itself) are ones we got from someone else second hand.