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Gentlemn and Rene. I have been really slack but I have a problem with my computer and cannot recall any email addresses, however I think Doreen can. Jack, this is the best i can do on a narrative and i thank you for your interest; all of you. As an afterthought Area 3 has its own built in watering system to keep the plants that are all quite young regualrly watered. We are having an opening day this Wednesday i wish you could be here, my mates off the forum that is. Not the airy fairy types that only want to discuss theories etc. As explained; this house is a very new swish architect designed residence but it does not have a back yard. As part of a new trend in housing the push is toward having a side yard, which we do have and it includes an entertainment area, an 8 metre swimming pool and area 2 of my layout. This was the first and original layout. The railway includes two areas which have a distinctly oriental theme based on a Thailand Bhuddist culture. The track is just a 40 m roughly (very roughly) circular track around the extremes of the area. It has two switches (clockwise access)one at the eastern end or front of the house and this leads to area 1. The other switch is at the western end or rear of the house (anticlockwise access) and leads behind the pumphouse to area 3. This area is known as Siam Junction. Area 3 has an American double dogbone configuration track and a reversingg loop in conjunction with each other, the dogbone is connected to the reversing loop by a crossover section. even thiugh I designed and built it, I have trouble following just where th train is going to go next. But i can easily run two trains at once on it and they don't run into each other unless I am taliking too much ar having a few too many drinks, which i do often. If you go from the central section which includes the two switches of the crossover plus one other, the tracks both curves around to the right. The reversing loop which is the inner track curves around on itslef with a negative gradient until it meets up with itself at the 3 rd switch and that completes the reversing loop (anticlockwise). However the outer track also curves arount to the right with a positive gradient up to the viaduct. It then s runs along it onto and off "the bridge that never was" (but now is a major attraction). A Switch is located on the bridge and straight through will take it back along behind the pumphouse into the top level of a doubled decker tunnel.( more about this later). The track curves away to the right and down a negative gradient a set of R2 esses under the main double track mentioned earlier, curving around to the left around behind the palm tree and through Vampires tunnel and curving under the descending ramp and up to the main section and the crossover again. Whew. This will be as clear as mud when you see the photographs, both Doreen and I are very pleased with the way it has come out and I must repeat this is a positive thing and not something hairy fairy, something has been planned and excuted and many small dificulties have been overcome with decent planning and an inventive approach Rgds ian PS I hope you all think the same. We only have a small amount of lawn and it is area 1 the track from the switch skirts lawn and leads into the clockwise reversing loop. This area is knoiwn as "Orient Loop" and is a pebbled area on the Japanese theme with a Shinto pagoda (this houses the electronics for the reversing loop) many small palms and tropical ferns. An area of mysrtery and ongoing minor problems. (sorry but this section is out of order with the rest and I don't know how it happened) PPS The section straight aheadfrom the bridge is for a planned future expansion it will be elevated above the existing track and run right through area 2 along side the fence and the pool, under a planned water feature right htrough past the lawn in area 1 and connect up into the middle of the reversing loop in area 1.
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