Wooden Backyard Railway (part 2)

This is my brother's partially completed 14-inch gauge backyard railroad. Here he is starting at the bottom of the hill and pushing his son, who's working the camera, on the firewood car up to the woodshed at the other end of the line. (Later this year he plans to build a battery powered locomotive.)

The rails are made from white oak and the ties are made of ash. Even the railcar's wheels are wood (also white oak).

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[Farenheit4051]

What texture pack is this?

[petepenguin]

Holy crap that's cool! Unfortunatly my back yards way too small for a train and barely big enough for a tiny homemade coaster

[94Princesi]

tracks and chairs made of wood???

[soymilk43223]

Actually have i seen a personal page for the construction of this online somewhere? And to the videomaker, hold the camera up next time :P

[rockguitarist946]

@CowsXonXcrack it gets better, actually, because I found West Coast Rail(aka Club Rail or 1" tall rail) for around 80 cents a foot, or $5.00 for one 10 foot segment.

[CowsXonXcrack]

@rockguitarist946 Thats actually very cheap compared to brass LGB G-scale track. 12 dollars for 1 piece of a 5 foot circle, and you need 12 of those pieces to make the complete 5 foot circle.

[cjk247]

that is so cool. you gotta have some imgination to do this. wish i could put something in my yard

[rockguitarist946]

this is a very cool alternative to an expensive 7.5 inch railway where aluminum rail averages around $1.80 for one foot of single rail

[modelrailroader4157]

VERY VERY VERY VERY COOL........ keep up the good work dude. im following this story

[mrlandroverdiscovery]

Is he going 2 make a wood locomotive?