We Built A Railway In Four Hours! (And then tested it!)

If you’re not doing anything important this weekend, I recommend you make a railway – they’re great fun!

[Station_Master_]

"Ah yes darling, sorry had to dig up the roses, I've built another ingenious branchline"

[deathclawow]

Everytime you release a video about your railway I'm filled with an indescribable amount of joy. Keep up the good work Tim!

[NorfolkWesternEnjoyer]

Gotta say, I've enjoyed watching every part of this railway and seeing it expand, also, if you haven't named the Railway yet, maybe name it the Garlic Western Railway / GWR, a fun spinoff of the Great Western Railway. Would be hilarious and accurate.

[Hellyers]

Your secret is out... It was a roller coaster all along! Your had me going for a while there, I almost believed it was a railway to help the farm 😂

[SteamCase]

I might need to convince my family that a having a railway is vital for our once-a-year shipment of firewood.

[madmanmapper]

You should probably make a blockade at the end of the track, especially since it seems to be downhill to the end. A simple wooden frame with an old tire strapped to it should suffice. Something you can easily pick up and move when you decide to add more track. Maybe add some spikes on the bottom so it digs into the dirt.

[samvalentine]

The only problem here is that it needs to be even longer to enjoy that roller coaster to the utmost! Looks great, Tim! You and your team have done a fabulous job! With regards to brakes, maybe you can fashion up some homemade scrub brakes using wood as the pad material? Scrub brakes as you know push some friction material up against the outside of the wheel. Good luck!

[FarmerDrew]

My Uncle and his buddies built a live steamer operation in Byers, Colorado. I visited him while they were constructing it on flat dry land and he was pissed off all the time. Glad that you can show how railroading is a cheerful affair, my Uncle is only a bit older than y'all and currently in a nursing home because of the strokes from all of the anger.

[mabamabam]

It might be easier to knock the pins into the sleepers back in your shed. Then you can do it all in one spot and maybe even at a bench. Saves walking around with a hammer and a box of pins, and saves bending over a few hundred times.

[cprgreaves]

Well! What can I say? This: 1m45s to 3m20s, that you can set up a mass-production line and calculate and churn out the components you need for assembly, and to assemble the components with a team of three in four hours (with only one DOCUMENTED tea-break) speaks highly of your original design.

When (two years ago) you followed a procedure for sleepers, pins, rails etc and built the first stretch, you had a design that appears to serve you well, forever, and that is the hallmark of a good design. Which is to say, a good foundation for future production. Which is to say, a Good Mind, and a Good Thinking Process.
So?
Congratulations! You are an engineer.
Cheers, Chris

[shikashi]

All I can say is that I wished that I was there to pitch in and build. It's always fun watching the results of your progress. <3

[jacke]

You're making a railway to help move garlic from a garlic farm, this is like two of my fav things put together, I love it!!

[femboyorganist]

these little joyous videos are so uplifting and always become a highlight of my day whenever you release one! thank you alot for letting us follow you along at your journey Tim!

[Mikoster]

thank you for those videos, they help me, and probably a lot of other people to deal with those crazy times we have around us... cheers from Poland :)

[peanut]

Neat little railway, one thing I would mention. In the scene where you are striking one hammer with another, I hope you are wearing eye protection. My neighbor was doing that and one hammer chipped and he lost an eye.

[gwyllymsuter]

Well done Tim. It looks brilliant and works well. The only thing I can suggest is a platform on either side of the rails at load and unload points. A ramp up to the platform on either side to make it easy to load the wheel barrows. A nice close fit at the same height as the deck. Although you probably already planned this. Tim's railway Station names.
MUCK HEAP and GARLIC BEDS. Who knows, if the platform is big enough there could be Tim and Sandra's tea room at the garlic beds

[KlaxontheImpailr]

You deserve your own kid’s show set in a storybook version of your backyard, talking trains and all.

[mattiasfagerlund]

The Muckheep line, runs from Muckheep Central to Sog End.

[WJKF]

in order to speed things up: insert metal pipe uprights into sleepers and attach longer rail in the workshop, carry premade section to desired location, then complete the task by attaching second rail. Most of the work will be done inside, in warm and dry conditions, with constant access to tea.

[assassinlexx]

At those soggy parts . Pull out the pipe stub and drive down a pipe as far as you can with a sledge hammer. Cut to length. This will support a heavy rail car.
Keep your eye out for a old broken electric wheelchair. This would make a perfect train engine. Especially with your skills.
Cheers