Lool and be amazed!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph-UDb1TIC8
Be nice when it’s finished…
tac
Ottawa Valley GRS
Yes, tac… that is an amazing RR… Great creativity in the build…
Enjoyed the video… THX…
that is going to be a beautiful layout once completed with that great countryside backdrop, this one has to be a labor of love to make all those trestles and digging out of the hillside.
Wow! That’s alotta hills. I really like the backdrop. Very cool.
Terry
Yeah, that ‘backdrop’ took about 2,550,000,000 cubic yards of material…it’s called The Alps.
tac
tac Foley said:
Yeah, that ‘backdrop’ took about 2,550,000,000 cubic yards of material…it’s called The Alps.
tac
and a couple million years to create…
Bruno’s Railway is presently buried under six feet if snow, BUT he dug out some of it and was running trains. Some real dedication!
BTW he has a very neat construction method for all the circular viaducts.
His location is 1960 m above sea level.
Lots of picture of his layout on a Facebook Group. 
PS he models IIm (1:22.5 scale).
Me and facetwit are not pals. I see no point to it since I’m used to emailing. Same with booktwitch or whatever it’s called.
I would have liked to have seen the loco that was making all the chuff sounds.
tac
Judging by the hillside vegetation, that area must get some very severe winters. Beautiful scenery. Best outdoor layout I have seen yet. Given the locomotive sound unit, I guess you could say that the Hills are filled woth the sound of music. Sorry, could not resist.
Norman
Almost right, Norman. The ‘Sound of Music’ was set in neighbouring Austria. As H-J pointed out, the layout IS situated almost 6400 feet above sea level…
tac
It looks as if the road bed is concrete or something similar, and was laid in a continuous stream.
In any event, WOW!
Steve Featherkile said:
It looks as if the road bed is concrete or something similar, and was laid in a continuous stream.
In any event, WOW!
Yep, it’s the most “concrete” railway that I’ve seen. Whatever isn’t set in concrete is cast in stone. Built for the ages.
Flora at that elevation is almost miniaturized, but best stick to native/local stuff or replant often.
The railway is loosely based on the old FO (Furka Oberalp) which today is part of the MGB (Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn).
here’s another video from the construction phase [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz_ySBZ6sps[/youtube]
Very cool…, maybe even a bit cold there.
At times, the engine sounds like it talking…, and appropriately at that. Listen closely and at times you will swear it is saying “I’m just a kid, I’m just a kid…”
And aren’t we all just kids at heart?
I don’t think it is solid concrete. I think that they used my technique of putting cement over foam. If you look at the end of the video at the new construction, you can see the foam core in both the white and blue foam as they construct the via duct.
That looks like Blue foam structures with a concrete surface coat.
Dennis Cherry said:
That looks like Blue foam structures with a concrete surface coat.
The forms are styrofoam, the viaducts are pre-mixed concrete. For those on Facebook here is the link to a 23 pictures series of how to.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10151233795709319&type=1
Makes sense. But they could have saved literally tons of concrete by coating the foam rather than using it as a form.
Todd Brody said:
Makes sense. But they could have saved literally tons of concrete by coating the foam rather than using it as a form.
Bruno builds it the Swiss-Way; build it once and then forget about it.
If one is intent on digging out the railway buried underneath 5+ feet of snow that is not a bad plan, not to mention the thaw in the Spring when all the water comes flowing off that whole hill side.
BTW the slope above the railway is a grazing meadow for the local cattle, one “smart guy” quipped “Aren’t you worried about one of the beasts falling into the layout?”
Wow love the scenery. Guess he has a short running season.
Usually May/June through October, which isn’t bad for the location.
Yep, those mountains provide the perfect backdrop, just a matter of selecting the right depth of field to come up with “is this real??” pictures.
OTOH living way up in a “off the track” valley isn’t for everyone. 1.5 hours by postal bus to Thusis and another 40 min from Thusis to Chur. BUT good skiing in the winter and perfect hiking/biking in the summer.