Don & Craig, have you had any warpage since it was installed. Ken, that is exactly the article I was looking for, thankyou. Nick Jr
Anytime!..
Step by step by step. Got cracking right after the storm went through and finished the planned amount just before it started to rain. Sheer luck, sheer luck. 
(http://www.rhb-grischun.ca/F-PIX/LadderTrack20_s.jpg)
The temp end of line for this year is over by the blue wheelbarrow. Slight mod will be building a curved turnout for the quarry spur, it would have worked with the standard turnout but it would have looked like a “ahhhh must be Snap-Track” make it fit job, certainly not what I’m looking for.
Whose track are you using? (or did you mention that before and I missed it)? I’ve had to make up turnouts myself to fit in odd places:
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Nick, Sorry for the late reply, no warp-age. It has stayed nice and straight. Been very happy with the way it came out. I would use this system again if I ever rebuilt.
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Eastside of my layout
(http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/Trains/Westcurvedone1.jpg)
Westside
My ladder track has been down for over a year, and I havent had any warpage or anything, either. I do envy you guys that can just pound a stake into the ground. Can’t do that in the glacial till that passes for my lawn. Gotta dig every hole.
Ken Brunt said:Llagas 215 NS rail with Terog ties.
Whose track are you using? (or did you mention that before and I missed it)?
Thanx.
Bob, go to the Hardware store an look for a Gad, about 1" or 1 1/4" Hex Chisel, Surveyor’s call a bull prick good for hard ground when you want to put in a wooden stake. You might be able to berrow one to try it out. If you liced a little closer you could try out mine!
Paul
Don told me about using a bulb planter drill bit. It goes down about 24", hooked to your drill. Then pound the pipe down a bit more and backfill. Jerry
You could try Alphy Nobel’s new product. 
The bulb planter bits are available in several sizes. I use a smaller one for ‘planting’ scale retainer wall posts and a larger one for 1 1/2" square stakes. They work very well in my relatively rock-free hard clay soil, but might not work where there is a significant rock population.
Happy RRing,
Jerry
Jerry,
It was a 3" auger I got from Marty. It was for a dog tie up in the yard, it was a auger with a loop on the end for a chain, or rope. Marty cut the end off and it fits into a 1/2 drill.
E. Paul Austin said:
Bob, go to the Hardware store an look for a Gad, about 1" or 1 1/4" Hex Chisel, Surveyor's call a bull prick good for hard ground when you want to put in a wooden stake. You might be able to berrow one to try it out. If you liced a little closer you could try out mine!Paul
I’ve got all sorts of things like that, including a hand-driven well-head bit. I really cant get much more than a foot into the ground until I encounter a basketball-sized rock. I think I need to buy a backhoe to install the RR.
Bob McCown said:E. Paul Austin said:
Bob, go to the Hardware store an look for a Gad, about 1" or 1 1/4" Hex Chisel, Surveyor's call a bull prick good for hard ground when you want to put in a wooden stake. You might be able to berrow one to try it out. If you liced a little closer you could try out mine!Paul
I’ve got all sorts of things like that, including a hand-driven well-head bit. I really cant get much more than a foot into the ground until I encounter a basketball-sized rock. I think I need to buy a backhoe to install the RR.
Just jack up the house 4 feet and bring in a corresponding amount of fill :lol:
Ralph
“I think I need to buy a backhoe to install the RR.”
That is what David McCurdy did. Bought a back hoe for his retirement to build his RGS. Big rocks are just a source of landscaping material if you can handle them easily.
Well gang, Here’s the update: The ladder has reached the projected end point for this season.
(http://www.rhb-grischun.ca/F-PIX/LadderTrack39_s.jpg)
The flag is attached to the main that is (eventually) heading to “Bergün”.
(http://www.rhb-grischun.ca/F-PIX/LadderTrack40_s.jpg)
In order to achieve a “more pleasing” contour of the landscape 
I’ll add a tunnel in the section below “Muot”. As one can’t see the two portals at one glance that should work quite well. A lot better than the cut that was necessary to get the line through there. The 20/20 hindsight moment: I should have moved the front edge (Seedorf station) even farther out, but there was a time when SWMBO had more of a hankering for lawn than she does now; alas that’s where things are. Make them work! PS Now I’m just waiting for more ties to lay more track!
Looking good… I really like flowing curves, instead of the cookie=cutter sectional track look
HJ,
Great that you made your acheivable goal. Do you feel you will get track on all of this ladder, this year?
That’s the plan, just as soon as the ties arrive. (Dave said 2 weeks)
In the meantime lots of other stuff to do in order to get things operational before the snow flies.
Oh yeah, there is shovelling, shovelling and for a change … shovelling. That is whenever I don’t move more rocks around.