TRACK INSTALLATION for my LGB Garden Railway!

[@maasbuurtspoor2019]

On my previous garden railway I used the same way of track laying, also with Massoth clamps. Changing pieces of track or a switch with these clamps is very easy. It sure looks very good and professional. Keep up the good work 🙂

[@summitrailway]

Hi! The Massoth clamps are really great. Not cheap but easy to use and they function properly every single time and for years and years as well. I do my best to keep up the good work, thank you for whatching!

[@daveabbott]

I hope the TQ+ crowd don't feel sidelined..... I'll get my coat.

[@hsbagardenrailway]

That's a huge station! It's looking fantastic, Robert. Have you spoken about your track plan in one of your videos? I'd love to visualise what you're dreaming of. Really enjoying following the progress with your videos.

[@summitrailway]

Hi! There is a video about the track plan for this station built, it was produced way back in the planning phase of the projekt. The station I am building right now has nothing to do with the plans I made earlier... You can get a short glimps of the actual track plan if you go to 2min 12sec in this video although I made some little changes to this plan too. Since I am constantly planning one thing and building another it is best to follow the progress video by video. I have a rough plan in mind but changes are constantly made as I encounter problems or have better Ideas.

[@hsbagardenrailway]

@@summitrailway Excellent, thank you!

[@davesummers3304]

Quite well done and nicely presented! Thanks for sharing!

[@summitrailway]

You´re welcome! Stay tuned, there is a lot more to come. A little bit patience is required, it´s a lot of work to do for mostly myself and I want to do it right the first time so it´s gonna take a while...

[@rickybobby9255]

Details on how the track gets connected was interesting. Time lapse at the end was a good way to show the overall task.

[@summitrailway]

Im sure you wouldn´t have watched to the end if there was no timelapse. This process took a good day! But installing the first tracks in the garden is a big milestone and I enjoyed every second of it!

[@csongorvarga]

That is pretty nice. Well done. What type of track this is? Who is the manufacturer?

[@summitrailway]

Thank you! I am using the track system manufactured by Thiel. The track profile is standard IIm / Code 332 track. The only difference to other manufacturers are the sleepers, they look a little bit different. It is compatible with any other track system like LGB, Piko, TrainLine and so on...

[@padde8998]

Was für Weichen sind denn verbaut? LGB R5?

[@summitrailway]

Thiel Weichen und Gleise. Der Radius ist identisch zu LGB R5.

[@padde8998]

@@summitrailway aber wieso dann Piko r7?

[@alannewman85]

I'm jealous! Wish I was there to watch, make you a coffee and help out!!

[@summitrailway]

I could use some help! Glad you like my project!

[@MarksGoneWicked]

I'm also using massoth clamps while I'm building my layout. Love them. What rail bender are you using?

[@summitrailway]

Hey Mark! I am using the rail bender manufactured by TrainLi. Since it is the first rail beder I am owning I can´t compare it to other products on the market. All I can say is that I am impressed with this bender! It is built like a tank and easy to use. Although it is kind of expensive I would always buy it again! I will gather some more experience with it and then make a review video. Here is the link... www.train.li/https/cms-e-jimdo-com/app/se4d383b176709519/p66baf3041234152a/

[@PiCkUpdk]

8:15 damn, thats cold. 🙂

[@foon1307]

Great job. It looks like you don't use isolated sections. How do you manage to detect your trains?

[@summitrailway]

Hi! You have very sharp eye´s. It´s true, I don´t use insolated sections. If the dispatcher is able to verify visually that a certain track or switch is clear of traffic it is ok to do so. Thus I don´t need a "track clear" indication in my signal box. Since this is exactly the case in this staion area (or will be) I will skip all the insulating. This reduces the amount of wiring, electrical components and potential electrical issues significantly. I have to maintain the layout on my own in the future so I want to have a simple, reliable installation. That´s the reason behind it.

[@ralphotto1088]

Guten Abend. Super gemachte weichenstrasse schöne schlanke weichen.gruß ralph

[@summitrailway]

Danke für das Lob. Große Gleis-Radien und halbwegs schlanke Weichen sind mir beim Bau dieser Anlage sehr wichtig. Auch das Flex-Gleis wirkt im Vergleich zu standard Gleisbögen wunder was die Optik angeht.

[@darkknighte]

Robert, I'm really enjoying your videos. Lots of practical advice. How has your track work held up over time laid on the stones. Has the roadbed gone up and down due to winter frost heave? Regards

[@summitrailway]

I am glad you can find some advice in my videos! Me as well as a friend of mine lay those tracks in this manner for several years now. It works great If you do it right. It is very critical to compact the ground firmly bevor laying the subbase to prevent settlement. You also need some kind of a weed barrier, I use pond liner but there are some other materials which you can use. After laying the track it is critical to not distrub the subbase so it has time to interlock between the rocks. This takes a few months but then the track is very stable. Winter frost is not a problem at all. Heat expansion will move the track and shift some of the subbase particularly at curved track pieces. In this case the track has a tendency to lean to the far end of the curve. This can easely be fixed by adding some ballast. In any case, this is not a maintanance free way of laying your tracks but when its done the right way it is verily easy to keep up with the maintanace and fun as well since you can transport the ballast by train. I hope this answers your question, otherwise feel free to ask.

[@darkknighte]

@@summitrailway thank you so much. Yes compacting is essential. I'm in Canada, so we have huge extremes from summer heat to very cold winters. I'm also very interested in your signal box and how you connect wiring from master control unit out to the various points, signals and track out there. Very few videos out there explain that. They may post a schematic, but not how it actually works. Really enjoying the series! thanks for the answers!

[@summitrailway]

Hi! The Canadian climate offers some challenges which I don´t have to cope with. I would prefer some water permeable weed barrier in your case, pond liner might get you in trouble during winter times. In my area it is kind of dry year round... The electrical installation of my signal box will be part of the series in the future, I might get to this stage of the project during winter. As long as the weather is nice I will work on track installation, retaining walls and buildings to expand the layout beyond the station area.

[@br103fan8]

Sieht doch schon richtig gut aus.

[@dampfdonnergloria2668]

Hallo, bin durch dieses Video von Dir! Auf deinen Kanal gestoßen. Und bin sehr begeistert von deinen Videos! Ich habe auch gesehen das Du auch aus Deutschland kommst. Aus welcher ecke von Deutschland kommst Du? Wenn ich Fragen darf? Ich beherrsche die Englische Sprache nicht. Finde deinen Kanal trotzdem sehr, interessant und habe aus genau diesem Grund ein Abo da gelassen. Wow bin von deinem Gartenbahn Projekt sehr angetan. Und Positiv sehr Überrascht😊 Ich bin auch ein Freund des großen Maßstab, aber Umzugs bedingt ist bei mir noch alles in Kisten und Kartons eingelagert. Dein Garten scheint auch sehr Groß zu sein 😊 Und du Baust auch mit großen Radien! Bin schon sehr gespannt darauf wie es bei dir Weitergeht! Viele Grüße Dominik 😊

[@summitrailway]

Moin! Schön das dir der Kanal gefällt und du die Videos trotz der Sprachbarriere anschaust. Das Gartenbahnprojekt hat im Januar 2022 mit der Planungsphase begonnen. Ab Oktober 2022 habe ich die ersten Arbeiten im Garten erledigt und seit dem geht es Stück für Stück voran. Genau diesen Fortschritt kann man hier auf dem Kanal verfolgen. Ich habe den grundlegenden Anlagen Bau in 3 Phasen unterteilt für die ich mir jeweils ein Jahr Zeit nehme. Wenn mal das Grundgerüst steht wird natürlich überall noch an Details nachgearbeitet aber erst einmal geht es darum eine funktionsfähige Strecke zu bauen. Von den Gleisradien ist mein Ziel LGB R5 oder größer, dank Flex Gleis kein Problem :) Nur gegen Ende der Strecke wird es eng da muss ich etwas LGB R3 zum Einsatz bringen. Viel Spaß bei den weitern Videos!

[@dampfdonnergloria2668]

Moin Moin zurück! Hört sich doch von deiner, Seite sehr viel versprechend an. Hatte bis vor ein paar Jahren, noch eine Innenanlage von einer Kellergröße von 55 Quadratmetern hauptsächlich mit LGB Radius R3 und an der Anlage kannte mit R1 wegen Platzmangel. Und habe im letzten Jahr meine Gesammtbestand an R3 Weichen verkauft. Und konnte so auf den LGB Radius R5 Umsteigen. Habe mit einer Gartenbahn anlage bisher noch keine Erfahrung! Muss jetzt nur noch warten bis der Nachbar noch ein paar Große Bäume weg gemacht hat. Weil dann kann Ich auch endlich mit dem bau Starten. Spaß werde ich trotz der Sprachbarriere devinitiv haben. Beste Grüße Dominik

[@lgbman]

Great demo video. Thanks!

[@summitrailway]

my pleasure!

[@mewrongwayKOCXF]

Awesome!!

[@paulkalff6408]

Expansion/Contraction of the rails at the joints? What is done to allow for this? Great video! Well done!

[@summitrailway]

Thanks for the comment! The joints are clamped with the massoth screw connectors, they usually are stable enough to keep most of the joints together during temperature changes. When the track expands during high temperatures the length difference is mostly compensated by movement of the curves in the track system. In critical spots where I dont want this movement I used thiel expansion track pieces which can compensate the change in track length. Those where used in the station area. I can show them in one of my following videos :)

[@paulkalff6408]

@@summitrailway Fantastic! Thanks, so very much! We will be moving from Taxifornia to Venice, Florida in November of this year....temps range from mid-70 F in Winter and low 90 F in summer with fairly high humidity. I just watched your 2011 to the present video..... a very nice approach to the hobby, and I watched your RR crossing and pathway videos earlier this week. Well done! Ich bin zu fünfzig prozent Niederländer. Mein Vater wurde in Buiksloot, in der Nähe von Amsterdam, geboren. And that is about all the German I know! My German instructor in high school was Frau Phoebe Shultz, and it was an immersion class....not until after three days of the class did I ask my dad what was the meaning of "hausaufgaben," I decided to take up Spanish! My dad immigrated to Winnipeg, Canada, and thence to the US. Since he already knew German, in Winnipeg he learned from the other immigrant kids his Italian, Russian, a bit of French, and English, at which he was more proficient than native English speakers here, in California! Al het beste! Paul from the San Francisco Bay area.

[@summitrailway]

I am glad you enjoy my videos. You have a very impressive family history and you´re german seems to be perfect! I whish you all the best for that upcomming move. Stay tuned for the next videos, you will see the layout growing! Schöne Grüße aus Deutschland, Robert

[@paulkalff6408]

@@summitrailway Thanks! Like my Spanish and Japanese (out of necessity for my late wife's family and business, respectively, I can understand a bit more than I can speak, but my German, unfortunately, is very limited! And, the best to you, as well! Andale!

[@Das_Unterstrich]

Nice

[@JARGRE]

Beau travail !

[@henryefird1806]

Looking great!! 👍

[@summitrailway]

Thank´s!

[@CheekyFest]

I wish i could do that in my garden

[@summitrailway]

Don´t stop dreaming, may be at some point you will be able to. I had to wait 11 years until I was abel to build a layout in my own garden. Bevore I was building different layouts all over the place but not at home.

[@CheekyFest]

@@summitrailway I don't even have my own garden. I live at my dads - it's his garden

[@Talon_Creek]

So Have you ask if you can, if my kids want to do something I try to help even if I don't like it. but no will put you where you are now yes may change both of your life's, and form a bond that lasts forever

[@CheekyFest]

@@Talon_Creek I'm 43, he's 77. It's his house & garden. I don't think he wants to change the garden

[@Talon_Creek]

@@CheekyFest That may be true. I'm 63 and there are times I don't think I want to change till one of my kids ask ,try working with him. I bet he will like the help. just a thought, at times changing means I have to admit I'm going to die in my fear I hold on to the past but I have slowly came to grips they will go on after me. and I want them to remember the fun we had together.