Garden Railroad: Laying Track
That mound of dirt is starting to look like a garden railroad! With my trusty assistant, Ryder, we laid track for the first time today. It was a beautiful February day, though just 30 degrees at our start time of 8 am. By afternoon, I was in shirtsleeves and a bit sunburned. The track was powered up and a locomotive did the first test run. Ryder reported that the work was hard, but that made it fun!
I moved earth last spring, but summer and fall got away from me, and the railroad didn't happen. For the coming months, I expect that the McGuire-Henkel-Dunbar line will be limited to basic service in a rustic desert setting.



Bending the rail with our dual track bending tool


Wait, what? That's all it does? Well yes, other than time travel.
Technical:
- Proline flexible brass track from Trainli
- For bending the rails we used Trainli's DuoTrak Rail Bender
- MRC Track power controller from Only Trains
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