We Built A Railway In Four Hours! (And then tested it!)

If you’re not doing anything important this weekend, I recommend you make a railway - they’re great fun!
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[@Station_Master_13]

"Ah yes darling, sorry had to dig up the roses, I've built another ingenious branchline"

[@ysmustyattic8352]

Lol

[@JeffRAllenCH]

Right, but Ms WayOutWest says, "Wow, Tim, what a great railroad, can I have a ride?"

[@naterosen9786]

It’ll really eliminate the highway traffic

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

@@naterosen9786 I hope.

[@deathclawow]

Everytime you release a video about your railway I'm filled with an indescribable amount of joy. Keep up the good work Tim!

[@lincolngrove2808]

Absobloodylutely.

[@NorfolkWestern475Enjoyer]

Gotta say, I've enjoyed watching every part of this railway and seeing it expand, also, if you haven't named the Railway yet, maybe name it the Garlic Western Railway / GWR, a fun spinoff of the Great Western Railway. Would be hilarious and accurate.

[@NorthernNewEnglandRailfan]

Great idea! If he gets a locomotive he should name it Duck!

[@martinsto8190]

garlic? ill sound better if it was called ] garlic lines [ instead

[@NorthernNewEnglandRailfan]

@@martinsto8190 it's a real life reference, GWR is better in my opinion

[@Living_Life_RN]

The ‘Garlic Wood-drying Railway’ perchance?

[@NorthernNewEnglandRailfan]

@@Living_Life_RN hmmmmmm....

[@Hellyers]

Your secret is out... It was a roller coaster all along! Your had me going for a while there, I almost believed it was a railway to help the farm 😂

[@compdude551]

He got us good! 😂

[@SteamCase]

I might need to convince my family that a having a railway is vital for our once-a-year shipment of firewood.

[@peanut6178]

Neat little railway, one thing I would mention. In the scene where you are striking one hammer with another, I hope you are wearing eye protection. My neighbor was doing that and one hammer chipped and he lost an eye.

[@telemachus53]

Boys just never grow up, they become men who's chief delight is building a railway in their back garden and rolling down, falling off if possible. I loved your vid and had a constant smile watching your antics.

[@madmanmapper]

You should probably make a blockade at the end of the track, especially since it seems to be downhill to the end. A simple wooden frame with an old tire strapped to it should suffice. Something you can easily pick up and move when you decide to add more track. Maybe add some spikes on the bottom so it digs into the dirt.

[@drift688]

Yeah I agree

[@JohnPritzlaff]

Or a bubble pit

[@samvalentine3206]

The only problem here is that it needs to be even longer to enjoy that roller coaster to the utmost! Looks great, Tim! You and your team have done a fabulous job! With regards to brakes, maybe you can fashion up some homemade scrub brakes using wood as the pad material? Scrub brakes as you know push some friction material up against the outside of the wheel. Good luck!

[@FarmerDrew]

My Uncle and his buddies built a live steamer operation in Byers, Colorado. I visited him while they were constructing it on flat dry land and he was pissed off all the time. Glad that you can show how railroading is a cheerful affair, my Uncle is only a bit older than y'all and currently in a nursing home because of the strokes from all of the anger.

[@shikashi18]

All I can say is that I wished that I was there to pitch in and build. It's always fun watching the results of your progress.

[@CarNoises283]

you have no idea how much I want to travel over there and help you to build out that train track (I love Trains)

[@cprgreaves]

Well! What can I say? This: 1m45s to 3m20s, that you can set up a mass-production line and calculate and churn out the components you need for assembly, and to assemble the components with a team of three in four hours (with only one DOCUMENTED tea-break) speaks highly of your original design. When (two years ago) you followed a procedure for sleepers, pins, rails etc and built the first stretch, you had a design that appears to serve you well, forever, and that is the hallmark of a good design. Which is to say, a good foundation for future production. Which is to say, a Good Mind, and a Good Thinking Process. So? Congratulations! You are an engineer. Cheers, Chris

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Thanks, Chris. I got my friend to award me an 'O' level in engineering when my corrugating machine worked for the first time. Perhaps I can get an 'A' level for the railway? : - )

[@cprgreaves]

@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 Tell your friend to award you an "A" within the next seven days or else I start commenting on HIS blog. Tell him that I am neither Tim nor Timid! LOL Cheers, Chris

[@mabamabam]

It might be easier to knock the pins into the sleepers back in your shed. Then you can do it all in one spot and maybe even at a bench. Saves walking around with a hammer and a box of pins, and saves bending over a few hundred times.

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Much more difficult to carry though

[@Miko92ster]

thank you for those videos, they help me, and probably a lot of other people to deal with those crazy times we have around us... cheers from Poland :)

[@jack1701e]

You're making a railway to help move garlic from a garlic farm, this is like two of my fav things put together, I love it!!

[@Avardent]

you really streamlined the railway building process! and seeing you all have so much fun fills me with joy

[@femboyorganist]

these little joyous videos are so uplifting and always become a highlight of my day whenever you release one! thank you alot for letting us follow you along at your journey Tim!

[@gwyllymsuter4551]

Well done Tim. It looks brilliant and works well. The only thing I can suggest is a platform on either side of the rails at load and unload points. A ramp up to the platform on either side to make it easy to load the wheel barrows. A nice close fit at the same height as the deck. Although you probably already planned this. Tim's railway Station names. MUCK HEAP and GARLIC BEDS. Who knows, if the platform is big enough there could be Tim and Sandra's tea room at the garlic beds

[@myoldreteacher]

9:16 - Tim’s mantra… “Nothing that can’t be sorted out!” 😊

[@mattiasfagerlund]

The Muckheep line, runs from Muckheep Central to Sog End.

[@legendied382]

One thing u could do to prevent the wagons to crash in the end of the line is putting dirt on top of the rails so that it slows down a bit. Idk just an idea i've been thinking for a while now

[@assassinlexx1993]

At those soggy parts . Pull out the pipe stub and drive down a pipe as far as you can with a sledge hammer. Cut to length. This will support a heavy rail car. Keep your eye out for a old broken electric wheelchair. This would make a perfect train engine. Especially with your skills. Cheers

[@johncourtneidge]

Hurrah! Co-operation works! Well done all!

[@DieCastoms]

Tim, I think you should look up Mill Brook Railroad on youtube. He has a railroad in his yard that he transports wood pellets for his furnace as well as chicken feed and waste and compost etc., but more importantly he has an incredibly simple battery powered electric locomotive which consists of only two car batteries and a very little bit of electronics and he pulls trains with it. His locomotive suffered some damage recently so his last few videos he's rebuilding it completely and you get lots of insight into it.

[@crazyfvck]

@DieCastoms I just checked that channel out. They have a lot of cool videos :)

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Thanks. I will.

[@sidneyhackett8607]

@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 Hi Is it 15 INCHES WIDE?

[@WJKF]

in order to speed things up: insert metal pipe uprights into sleepers and attach longer rail in the workshop, carry premade section to desired location, then complete the task by attaching second rail. Most of the work will be done inside, in warm and dry conditions, with constant access to tea.

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

except a length of track is too wobbly and heavy to lift..

[@WJKF]

@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299If held by 2 people in 1/3 & 2/3 of the length (hanging down) shouldn't bend much. The profile itself bends on the wide side, not on the narrow one. I'm too lazy to get on the knees in the field, would rather work under the roof, drink tea then carry the weight. That's just me through 😃

[@mzimmerman1988]

Perhaps you could build a sieving/classifying machine? I've seen them made from barrels that are spun. If you are preparing a new field, you could sieve the dirt a bit, removing rocks (for ballast) and making the soil better for planting. Might be a lot of work though, just an idea.

[@farmerboy916]

Could also be used for woodchips or charcoal or any number of other things I think he might need, too.

[@schwuzi]

An old washing mashine sounds great for that purpose. The drum already has lots of holes in it so it's basically made for that.

[@thepandaman]

Awesome! If my to-do list for building projects wasn't long enough, I'm adding a railway line to it!

[@SvengelskaBlondie]

5:43 "i'm hoping to experiment with concrete sleepers" Might work to make several moulds and then pouring concrete into that, could work quite nicely. One issue would be cost, can't see it being that cheap in making them (might need allot of them). Still, that can be a fun experiment.

[@geoffswinbank9449]

TREMENDOUS!!!! I whole heartedly agree with so many other comments here, with regard to joy. Your videos....this project....it brings great joy. A wonderful way to start the weekend. Congratulations on the opening of the new line. Fabulous work! Well done. Greetings from Perth, Western Australia.

[@louisl.8724]

I like your railway, I am going to make one in my back yard! Just for fun and use it for my very small garden. I think i will have one with a battery operated engine, that i can charge by solar. All i need is about 75 to 100 ft of track. Maybe a engine, flat car w/removable sides, and a water tanker.

[@wardproductions2792]

Are you actually going to do it?

[@radsieminski9974]

Your movie is a good English lesson for us! We DIY enthusiast from Poland. Good luck.

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Cool, thanks!

[@walterkulsen5279]

You seem to have so much fun. My girlfrind and I are really looking up to you guys, we dream about getting a farme in Germnay and live a little like you guys! Your voice is so nice to listen to, you will be great for a storry teller! Love your guys spiret, and it is great to follow your guys!

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Thank you very much - good luck with your plans!

[@trans-galactic-express]

This railway network of yours is really starting to get along! In passing, I heard one of your buddies mention fixing some kinks in the rails. One thing that helps prevent the joints from kinking along curves is to stagger the fishplates such that each of the fishplate connections in one rail are half way in between the joints in the other rail. This holds the ties in place on one side so that less stress is placed on the joints, especially when a cart rides over them. (But of course, this is merely for future reference) Great work, I always look forward to these seeing these updates!

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

I've been wondering about that for a while - but all I've heard is that it's best to keep the rails starting and finishing at the same place. But you're saying other people off-set them too?

[@trans-galactic-express]

@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 In America, railroad tracks have their fishplates staggered, but that was before they started welding the rails together. I also realize that since you use extra wide ties to support your fishplates, you'll need twice as many of those. For the rails to end in the same place, I suppose half of the flatbar steel for one of the rails would need to be chopped off at one end and tacked onto the other end.

[@michaeldoll4185]

@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 another way to increase stability and reduce kinks is to make your fish plates and add two holes per rail. If you keep the mounting hole, that would be 5 holes per plate and the middle would be for mounting and the little square segment. But doing it this way would lose the expansion contraction capabilities. Another way you could do it is make the square segment long enough for three bolt holes with the middle bolt for mounting everything to the tie, then have a separate plate for each end of the rail, each plate would have two holes to bolt to the two holes in the rail and a enclosed slot for the three segment bolts to slide in for expansion/contraction. One of the rails would need an extra two hole plate to go between the rail and the fish plate with the two holes and slot to accommodate the extra width from the other fish plate. In the end the whole assembly would be three plates wide on each side of the tracks. You have your flat iron rail on the inside and two plates on the outside that can slide past each other between the inside rail and the vertical tie anchor. It's a little bit of extra material and work, but it should make for a much smoother ride and be able to accommodate higher traffic and heavier wagons.

[@mjallenuk]

Everyone will want a go on the Garlic Manure Coaster!

[@everestyeti]

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant and achieved in a short space of time, without any mechanical machinery. You could open that section as a ride, am sure there would be lots of big kids lining up. 🤣 If network rail are watching, perhaps you could learn something from Tim's ingenuity.

[@PKMartin]

I love how this rural Irish farm is slowly turning into a game of Factorio (and a theme park!) - before long you'll have four way rail intersections with signals

[@Bacony_Cakes]

Excited for the rocket launch.

[@stevensolway1054]

Can't wait until the air powered loco pulls a full load of garlic Uphill !!! Koool !!!!!

[@ericsevern]

What great fun. (Next time, try staggering the rails so the two sides don't end right next to each other.)

[@ronaldmartin7892]

What can I say? Amazing and exhilarating. Does that Giant Garlic appreciate how much effort is being put into nurturing them? Obviously, you are enjoying your work. I would expect you to have to turn volunteers away who are eager to have a go on your railway. I love it. Well done Tim and co.

[@peterfarmer1592]

Great video. So nice to hear Sandra’s voice. Really missing her. Hope she is ok.💕

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

She put up a long video a few days ago on the other channel - did you see that one?

[@peterfarmer1592]

@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 No I didn’t Tim. Wonder why it didn’t pop up. Will have a search. Thank you for your great channel.

[@chasevargas5922]

I love your ideas on making a railway cross your Entire farm for transportation Awesome idea

[@ralpha679]

That gradient will definitely assist in moving heavy muck loads

[@martinodonnell4032]

Reminds me of that old Crosby, Stills & Nash song," Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express. They're taking me to Marrakesh " but Tim's Lyrics are Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Garlic Patch Express, They're taking me to the Garlic Patch, All aboard the train, all aboard the train. 😆

[@Eric_W]

You cleared, leveled the ground and installed the track in 4 hours? Wow I'm impressed!

[@judahcreighton1544]

your two dogs look just like my old dog Curley. I miss that old boy.

[@mattsmocs3281]

I love watching the build up. For everyone complaining about gravel ballast, back in my are we used culm and what ever dirt just so happened to be around. Especially cinders from running steam was great for ballasting. There is many branches and even some mains that are not ballasted with gravel but with old cinders! The reason for using fancy ballast actually comes from a marketing scheme by the Lackawanna railroad as using ballast size gravel reduced the amount of dust and soot kicking up into the equipment and on to passengers thus being cleaner than the alternative. Other than that packed dirt gives the same strength but just kicks up more dirt at higher speeds. Since your railway is so light and by proxy operates at lower speeds there is no issue at all!

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Thanks, Matt - good to know.

[@machinist5828]

LOL! Brakes? Who needs brakes? Brakes are overrated! It's always odd how much bigger the concrete wall looks when you realize the forklift has no brakes. Good show all! No harm in enjoying the fruits of your labor. Those fruits might smell a bit like garlic 🧄! Cheers Terry from South Carolina USA

[@Alex_M_Creations]

It’s so awesome to see more progress on this railway, imagine like 10 people making pets while others build the track. That would be amazing.

[@McRocket]

8:56 - the stone/built-up area is the part of it that I like the most. Just looks kinda cool to me. ☮

[@gbentley8176]

Now that is a proper opening ceremony. People at play, we all need a lot more of that. Thanks for the video that started my day.

[@donotwantahandle1111]

Loads of fun followed by lashings of lemonade!

[@tarot-karma-online]

A mans dream in his backyard, nice project.

[@toolflex]

Poppin' Wheelies?? This will end up like the Red Bull Soap Box Derby!

[@sebbes333]

*@ Way Out West - Workshop Stuff* The last part, maybe you can use increasingly longer & longer pegs, to make an artificial incline on the rails, that should at least help a bit to slow down the cart, without need for breaks?

[@stephenshipley1066]

Brilliant. Before long you'll have a theme park!

[@keithrosenberg5486]

I live on a desert. There are megatons of gravel out here. It would cost a fortune to send it to you! :-)

[@bladesman123]

I reckon that's the first time I have ever seen a railway vehicle do a wheelie.

[@LdaHashZero]

Great video. The rails will expand when the temp rises.

[@djosbun]

I absolutely loved this video! Cheers from Cincinnati, Ohio, USA!

[@truemisto]

concrete ties do sound like a fair idea. maybe if the wood ties were charred up on the outside some and then coated with something it would have helped them last too. like the underground part of wood fenceposts are

[@slaplapdog]

I don't need a garden railway but you make me want one!

[@Lillstisse661]

I have an idea, making some sort of portable/temporary track, that could be moved. That could be useful.

[@tigersharkot]

Now, at the end of the railway you can put the monorail for distribute the manure in rows. 😉👍

[@Schwertmaid]

You could say: small children have small toys, big children have big toys. Good work ;-)

[@henkhamburger6176]

The ground seems quite wet in some places. You could make the worst places stronger by adding drainage on the sides and then adding a foundation of (woven) wooden mats with gravel or brushwood. This is the way they did it for the first railways 😉

[@DamacusSquared]

Gotta have some fun even with something so practical, hope to one day build one of my own just like and share it like you have. Lovely work.

[@krazykreaper504]

Hi Tim, since a locomotive is obviously overkill for your current network, would a rope tow be better? A strong rope and pully system that runs around the track in a loop that the wagons can be hooked to. You could make use of some of your existing motors/engines in a stationary location rather than a purpose built locomotive.

[@krazykreaper504]

if the wagons were hooked up at the front and the back you could also universally break them using the rope too. just an idea

[@bigrenegade7121]

Not sure if this will help speed things up but you could drill the holes for the pegs BEFORE cutting them off the pipe so you are simply feeding the tube through the drill like you do with the rails themselves.

[@bigbadjohn10]

I have heard of the watercress line and the strawberry line can I suggest the you railway is called the ‘garlic line’. ( It sounds better than the manure line!

[@queeg6473]

Don't forget about building the loop-de-loop bit :)

[@markiobook8639]

It really turned out rather superbly to self propel.

[@stevensolway1054]

Wallace and Gromit would be quite impressed with your narrow guage railway !!!

[@TheFishstick9983]

So awesome! Starting to look more like a rollercoaster vs a railway. Humm

[@MrNorlander]

I came across this channel by accident a while ago and now I'm stuck and waiting for every new chapter :) I really like the joy and combination of "the needs" for a railway Really good job :)

[@michaeldoll4185]

Adding some form of weed barrier to prevent grass and weeds from growing between the rails would greatly improve maintenance. You can use regular contractor grade weed barrier, but that can get expensive, so some alternatives could be burlap sacks or canvas cloth.

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

All they do around here is trap debris from the top and help make soil more quickly

[@survroproductions200]

impresive how loads of steel, sleepers, pegs, fishplates All of that, were made in 4 hours. Wow, i wonder why many people don't use these to transport goods inbetween small companies- oh yeah there's rolling stock and locomotives to care about

[@scottmcdivitt2187]

You'll need a platform to roll the wheelbarrows on and off with. Probably just two eight by eights, staked down, with an angle cut on one to give a ramp and a piano hinge to a peice of thick board on the other. And a sign for announcing the train schedule, of course!

[@zachstudios567]

RIP to that one Willow tree, hopefully you might plant another somewhere! Anyways the railroad looks pretty neat, kinda seems like a tiny little rollercoaster with no hills or loops.

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Don't worry, we plant lots of trees every year : - )

[@monkeyfootracing645]

Cracking!! Utility and fun all in one!!

[@bayernbahn1549]

Great video! It is astonishing how quickly you build the railway, but then make the whole thing very carefully and neat! A great progress! Thumbs up!

[@thee4tank625]

You guys just keep finding ways to have more and more fun in really interesting ways! This has got to be the best railway video of yours yet!

[@joethompson11]

Tim, this is amazing! Your track laying team was so efficient, well done :)

[@nickgenericusername]

Haha testing looked like fun. If you get it going fast enough and put a nice strong rail stop it will fling out all the manure onto the garlic without any effort on your end!

[@madalheidis]

Yay, more of your wonderful railway! I suggest, as much as it would make the roller coaster even more of a sudden stop at the end, buffers at the down end of the line. Make sure they bolt to the end of the tracks so that impacts don't force them too far away to work!

[@twowheelfrenzy]

That looked like fun! Loved the video! Thanks again!

[@folkerwulff]

👍 Now all you need is an anchor to throw out for braking. 🤣 Honestly, you don't need a muck railroad. Instead, start charging admission, and you never have to touch another garlic bulb in your life. 🤣 P.S. When is the looping coming?

[@DatBoiOrly]

you know in indiana jones theres that escape scene with the mine carts this is what this reminds me of can't wait to see it powered

[@davidhall8874]

Absolutely brilliant! Well done all! Very well done!

[@HenrikLaurell]

Thank you so much for these videos! They are so great to follow and really light up the day.

[@noahrousseau8801]

This is great! It’s always really exciting to see new videos about the railway

[@evileyemcgaming]

what help you out is to break down those big rocks into a manageable small rock the rock crusher and shifting The rocks from the dirt would help maybe talk to your local farmers when they plow their land they'll sometimes hit rocks they might pay you to take out the rocks or them and you can keep the rocks and use my above

[@grahamheath3799]

Lots of fun had by all wheelies no less!

[@davekimbler2308]

I can’t believe the progress you’ve made so far ! It’s fantastic ! I’m very jealous of your new Railroad and glad I’ve been here from the beginning and hopefully to the final spike !

[@Lunar_Leit]

i love how it ends at a bunch of nettles

[@danielwoods621]

Can't wait for next episodes loop the loop.

[@Doitgood52]

Well done guys! Now for the extension into the field you should use your famous one track rail system with a wheel barrow on it to spread the muck and also maybe for planting as well? I love the railway system.

[@bm8292]

Tim, Your self-catering railway is great. Your idea is enterprising. I have always admired your work. Especially your goodness to share it so that others can benefit from it. Thanks, Tim.

[@tomtruesdale6901]

Outstanding job on that section of your railway Tim, very well done.

[@stormbowman7148]

You should make a luxury waggon with suspension for a smooth ride. 🙂