Ok so I had some goof off time today so I laid out all my track to see what I can do and to show The Boss what I was thinking, ( she is BIG on what are you thinking, or often What were you thinking). Any way, this is from the south west side of the house looking north, house on right , fence and side street on left
The track May or may not go on this side of the Oleander, this plant stays, as it is a view block from the sidewalk, the green sage plant the track is on is regrowth from an earlier removal, so it may go too. the idea is to go behind the 2nd Oleander to give a better approach to the river rock pile
approach to river rock pile is up for debate now, as to how to cross it and what to do with it visually
these 3 plants are dependant on the river rock pile off left, they may stay, the plan may be having the track go under the front side and trim accordingly, The Boss has given the ok for their removal if warranted, I may play with trimming to see what can be done, this may become a 2 track area if it fits, it will be a town in final plan
this is the far north east corner of track plan , working back to the south toward the patio and around the palms. Long term is for palms to be gone as they are into the ficus tree. the track coming out from under the plant is to see what curves are neccessary to make track work in front side of plants. Bird bath is moveable and can go anywhere if needed
patio on the right. Sago plants will stay, altough the summer sun is really burning them this year. siding is planned with as big as possible business built on site between main line and patio. trestle will NOT stay there as there is foot traffic pathway , I will have to lower track to flagstone level there. The ground will be leveled off at curve, currently still trying to kill an very difficult to kill plant that keeps sending up shoots from impossibly small pieces of roots
turn to the south back on west side of house, going to double track as much as possible here, grass will be gone when time comes
Have not decides IF the left side track will just be a siding or make a hard left at the end of the grass to connect back with the west side in picture #1 Taking into account what track I have and what I do not have( NO switches) I feel ok about having just enough track to complete this and get things rolling. I spent a while moving things here and there to come up with this Idea. tThe Aloe Vera can be adjusted as needed for clearance if I double track all the way past and around
Anyone see any big problems I may have ?
After reading the butt modeling thread I figured I better do something that will qualify as railroad work. Thanks for getting me going Devon!
Andy Here is your idea, I think I like it. I wanted to keep as much grass as possible, but this adjustment does not make a big a difference as I thought it would. I can still put a switch either on the straight section before the track lands on the grass, ( it will all be flat in this area) or down the line before the Aloe plant
