Hi Joe and list;
Tome 30'' is about right. But then I'm an old man. With the poor
drainage at PLS, PVC drainage pipe is used all the time. That clay base
there makes it a necessity. It's amazing how effective it is.We added some
to a low area in the infield of the Gauge1 track at PLS last year and solved
a nagging drainage problem. It is a lot of work and you have to put it in
the right place.
Phil.P. Reading,PA.
> Fellow steamers,
>
> I am in the middle of digging a trench along my straight away. So far,
> the pit measures 4 ft by 4 ft by 15 inches.
>
> I plan to build an operator's pit/path to fiddle with those manual locos
> along the lines of 4 ft wide and 12 to 15 ft long (depending on my
> back). My concern is about the height for comfortable access to the
> manual loco along the pit path. 24 inches? 30 inches? 36 inches? I
> am leaning toward 30 inches...thus raising the roadbed by 15 inches.
>
> Has anyone else done this on the list? If I could do this the whole way
> around, there would be a turtle back effect in the middle.
>
> Has anyone bothered to put in PVC piping for drainage?
> --
> Regards,
> Joe Betsko
> Pennsylvania USA
>
