Expansion - Stage 2.

Back in those heady days the Emu bay Railway was doing a roaring trade, carrying local freight and passengers, but the Railway wanted a bigger slice of the pie, so the only solution was to expand. Enough capital was raised to start stage two of the venture. This was a nicely curved run down the back yard, around another fish pond, back along the neighbours fence, under the especially designed hollow back steps and back into the basement. A passing loop was put in around some old station buildings that were moved there from the other old railway ( see the attached photos.) A set of points were laid near the man hole under the house, which took the train around the new extension. At last there was another station to go to the Railway had a purpose, so the trains ran for many years from the basement station to the station along the back fence in a much bigger loop, to every ones delight. More on this in the Next Chapter.

I have tried to keep the Garden Railway track as level as possible, less wear and tear on the locomotives, so I have not followed the  slope of the land. This creates some interesting effects and some engineering problems for the Emu Bay Railway Coy. Ltd.  Down around the pond,   I built up the track to make it level.  I made a dry stone wall,  with old railway sleepers on top to support the track. Chicken wire and shade cloth were used to create a cutting or mountain side effect, which I thought looked good after it was rendered with a coloured morter.

In the above photo you can see the neighbour enjoying the trains, through our gate in the side fence.

A live steam tram wanders through the garden on the tressel. ->>>