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Continued work on the new rail line
« on: April 12, 2010, 12:26:39 »
The start of a underground railway line is being constructed before the rest of the main line can be completed.

This is the very start of the underground line with the first station. An overground station and the rest of the overground line will later be built on top as the underground work is completed.



 

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Re: Continued work on the new rail line
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2010, 12:28:39 »
Working on the station:



 

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Re: Continued work on the new rail line
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2010, 12:33:51 »
Looks really interesting....You sure know how to enjoy your playmobil Damo!!!!!

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Re: Continued work on the new rail line
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2010, 12:34:46 »
Overground and the P&M site office:




A mini tractor pulls a machine along the length of the site which levels and grades the soil:




Because there is no vehicular access available to the worksite, machines have to be lowered down by crane and a road roller is far too heavy, so a wacker plate is used. It compacts the earth down ready for the track to be laid:


 

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Re: Continued work on the new rail line
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2010, 12:39:20 »
An excavator continues to dig out the earth:



 

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Re: Continued work on the new rail line
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2010, 12:45:13 »
There is now such a  vast amount of excavation material that the tower crane has to be used to load it into trucks to be taken away:

 





 

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Re: Continued work on the new rail line
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2010, 12:48:42 »


Get down from there!




I hope you enjoy :)

I know this isn't how they are made in real life but it was easier to do it like this than to try and mine a tunnel through the flower bed :P
 

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Re: Continued work on the new rail line
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2010, 12:52:52 »
You certainly have some great ideas, Damo, and it all looks very realistic and the shots are very well thought out.  I like the detail, you even show the tyre tracks of the dumper truck, and the photo looking up at the crane with the corner of the house in the background could be of a real crane.

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Re: Continued work on the new rail line
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2010, 12:58:03 »
You certainly have some great ideas, Damo, and it all looks very realistic and the shots are very well thought out.  I like the detail, you even show the tyre tracks of the dumper truck, and the photo looking up at the crane with the corner of the house in the background could be of a real crane.

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Re: Continued work on the new rail line
« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2010, 13:54:30 »


Great photos, Damo !!!

Thanks for sharing ...

I wasn't going to ask, but I just couldn't help myself ...  ;D
(Maybe it's because I'm a big Playmobil train collector!)

Will your train actually be able to go through the tunnel when construction is completed?

All the best,
Richard