The purpose of this site is twofold. It describes the railway, for the interest of others. It also acts as my main "index" into the design and implementation information for the railway.
This railway will take a long time to come to fruition. The progress section provides periodic updates on where we are with it, what is happening, what problems are being addressed etc.
The Design section describes how the railway was conceived and planned. A computer CAD design tool has been used extensively. This has enabled not only a good design to be made - reducing changes later in implementation - but also captures documentation that will be needed for ongoing maintenance.
The Construction section describes how the railway is being implemented. The Chief Civil Engineer has been busy; substantial work has been needed to arrive at a stable trackbed. This may be of interest to other modellers, and again acts to provide documentation to support future maintenance.
The track laying and wiring section describes what for many is the "interesting" part: turning a pile of timber into a running railway. This covers the process of installing the track and connecting to it. The details of how it is controlled is in the next section.
The Chief Control engineer decided that the railway would be operated on a semi- automatic basis. Information about how this is achieved, and the electronics used to achieve it, is described in the Control section.
The Chief Mechanical Engineer will have a relatively easy job: he will purchase his engines & stock "off the shelf". The rolling stock section will describe the stable, and the DCC installations needed to make them available for use.
The Operations Director describes in the "Operations" section how the railway is used.
Finally, a page listing some of the suppliers and materials used. This is more of an aide memoire than anything else, but may help others in their quest!
We are aware of a South Downs Light Railway which has its own website. We have no connection to that railway.