Flooded railway & a new engine to cheer me up!

[kimbrit]

A few pics of underwater track after last weeks rain. We have quite a high water table and I've raised the level of my garden to compensate, not enough obviously. Curmudgeon, tried to e-mail you but couldn't get through, appreciate the message but I did realise that, just did my post for the benefit of those who didn't.

Cheers,

Kim

Lakeside properties, very desirable

The pond is usually a few inches lower than this

the compensation, LGB forney

pond back down to normal level now

A couple of bags of gravel soon got the track back into the dry.

 

 

 

[SandyR]

My condolences on the flood...but what a nice railway you've got! And congratulations on the new Forney!

SandyR

[Anonymous]

Kim,

As heavy rains have pounded the Texas Gulf Coast area my brain has kick into a "washout mode" very massive down pours now days and some lasting a hour or two. This has not been normal weather in my area.

I hope you will be able to solve the problem! You have a overflow pipe going out the pond?

[kimbrit]

Hi William, I wonder if anyone's having normal weather these days! I have a drain channel that the pond empties into when it reaches the level in the pic, it's a stone filed ditch that empties into a proper drain that helps to drain the rest of the garden. The level of the pond soon drops because it's quite small and the sun's on it a few hours a day. With this weather though it soon tops itself up. Managed to get a few hours railroading in this weekend though!

Cheers,

Kim 

[ttrigg]

Kim:
Nice recovery.  Very nice consolation prize. I too have had some flooding from the rains, but last year put in a 4 inch underground drain pipe.  I've got a 2 inch "overflow" pipe from the pond to the 4 inch main and four ground level drains.  In my case the drain pipe empties into the wife's rose bed in the front yard as it is three feet lower than the backyard.

[kimbrit]

Sandy, William, Tom, I can only say one statement about the C&S forney, marvellous. What a time for a company to go bust! Strangely enough Tom, I've just been in the bath thinking about a 4" drain from the top of the garden to the bottom with a proper manhole, I was listening to the driving rain beating on the bathroom window! This is what it should be like in July.

Cheers,

Kim

[Anonymous]

Kim, Glade to hear you had run time!!!

I am thinking of adding quite large drain pipes under road bed. Just a thought.....

[Capt Bob Johnson]

Unless you're thinking of transverse drainage, I'd suspect drains under the roadbed would be counterproductive in that the ballast would filter in and clog them in short order.

[Anonymous]

I still have like a weed sheets but it is abit different.

What I would do is lay pipe and lay the long rolls of barrier (lets water through) over top of pipe and etc....so problem of ballast falln would be not a problem but it would be if I need to go higher for the road bed in some areas from ballast slides. Remember we have BIG rain drops lol. 

[Anonymous]

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I wonder if anyone's having normal weather these days!

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Kim,

What we have right now I consider normal for the Okanagan Valley, nice hot weather in the middle of July (36ºC at 17:30)

 

Regards

 

ER