Garden Railway - Station Platforms

[jcarta]

Evening All

 

Not sure which forum to place this in......

 

I have built a garden railway and it has got to the stage that I would like to add some station platforms on the layout. Previously I had built these from 3-5mm plastic and they lasted probably 2 years until the weather got to them, especially the sun. Then I rebuilt the platforms out of wood and covered this with roof felt but no matter how careful I have been the damp / wet gets to it.

 

When the sun shines my garden is a great sun trap and when the temperatures rise they have an effect on the platforms so I thought about aluminium angle as the platform fronts but I don't know what is best to use as the platform hence why I am looking for some , excuse the pun, some constructive pointers.

 

Jim

[Phil Parker]

Standard gauge or narrow gauge?

 

Scale?

[jcarta]

1 minute ago, Phil Parker said:

Standard gauge or narrow gauge?

 

Standard gauge - 7mm

 

Jim

[JSModels]

If they're straight, my first thought would be to use solid plastic deck boards - something like this would seem ideal -

 

 

Use smooth side up, rout or cut off the lower portion of the groove to leave an overhang. 25mm thick, weather resistant, and doesn't even need painting!

 

You could even cut/scribe some flagstone detail into it if you wanted.

[jcarta]

Thanks JRB

 

I will have a look around on the internet for a local supplier.

 

Jim

[PatB]

On a garden railway with a concrete track bed, it's hard to find anything more durable that cement, cast in simple wooden formwork. 

 

Indeed, even without a concrete trackbed to bond to, I'd seriously consider cast concrete if at all possible.