Garden Railway Forum

Should lead to some interesting shunting activities. Of course wagons will only be able to be picked up in the same direction they were dropped so there will be some extra empty mileage- unless you authorise rope-shunting...

A friend has actually built a Tasmanian K1 on 2 cut-down Billy chassis. Originally both ends were powered, from a home-built C-type boiler- which could keep up on a good day. However his line is level and tightly curved so he runs short trains and really doesn't need the power, so he disconnected th...

laalratty:93725 wrote:A wild stab in the dark, Rheidol, the Plynlimon and Hafon Tramway and later Vale of Rheidol Bagnall

Spot on, sir! Your ball!

Or Feliz natividad or something...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce7YptC9 ... e=youtu.be

Well, if everyone else is content to ask who's going to ask, but nobody's going to ask, then somebody had better ask or we'll just keep going round in circles. 1 locomotive had in its lifetime: four owners, three gauges, three names, two home lines, one number worn and one number allocated but never...

There are other methods if you're sufficiently practical and equipped. 1) It is possible to just buy flat-bottom rail and make up your own track- cut sleepers on a table saw and spike rail down with gimp pins or similar. 2) If you can weld, I have known someone build a complete railway from 12mm bla...

Just way too busy these days with young family life & access to the site via mobile phone (which is what I usually only have when I get time) is painful to say the least. I use FB as it's easier & works well on my phone hence I publish & comment more on that these days. Been meaning to ...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSDFlsGL ... e=youtu.be

Ze vords, zey are failink...

Only just found this thread, which is a shame because something similar has been lurking in the back of my mind for far too long: I call it the Self-Propelled Auxilliary (Modular), or SPAM for short. Yours however does have a vital feature that mine conspicuously lacks, the drive and effort to turn ...

I have a fascination with 2'6" lines; at Home, on the Continent or in the far-flung bits of the Empire. I have dark thoughts of sticking with 32mm gauge but fudging the scale to halfinch-'G'ish something to make big stuff practical, like JZ class 93s and Saxon VIIs

I wouldn't worry too much. Even if both the founders are ready to hang up their branded green dustcoats (though I thought Barry had a few years yet even if Roger has had enough) there's enough younger talent to keep them going a fair while. I believe Harri is effectively CME (design) there now and h...

We had an excellent steamup on Friday- nice weather apart from rain at 0430 (yes, that is NOT a typo) and 0900, an excellent turnout with a lovely atmosphere and good running all-round. For me, the highlight of the day came around 1700 when DolwyddelanLightRail and Lawrence703 looked up and asked &q...

SapperAnt:84551 wrote:Im actually disappointed by this. There needs to be one representative sample which retains the majority of its historical material.

I think that has been taken into account by the clearly stated promise to leave Princess and Livingston Thompson untouched.

Surely 1472 is just another GWR 0-4-2T? Mallards (ducks rapidly) True, but it was also her allocated GNR number, following on from 1470 Great Northern and 1471 Sir Frederick Banbury . I believe she may have carried it very briefly, before the LNER numbering scheme was agreed- (NER as was, much like...

As I said... The first genuine authenticated 100mph run ;) As the Irishman said, "if I was going to Tipperary, I wouldn't start from here". Nobody would claim the collection is entirely balanced or representative. Everything in the national collection was preserved and acquired either by i...

Aizoon:84422 wrote:What is this fascination with 4472?

The first genuine authenticated 100mph run not fascinating enough for you?

Coulldn't resist this: Zillertalbahn in Austria 1:1 scale, 2'6" gauge.



Guy on the front bufferbeam is driving. See the transmitter? Note also yellow beacon on roof- when flashing means "moving on radio control".

In theory It boils down to a question of approach. I would say a "garden railway" goes around and through the the garden, blends with it and makes use of the greenery for scenery. A balance is struck between scale realism and real-world aesthetic considerations. A "Railway in the gar...

The standard Mamod SL boiler has been hydraulically tested and developed a leak at the sight glass at 120 PSI, which sealed again when the pressure was reduced to 60 PSI. Thus it has been deemed safe for use at 25 PSI (the pressure setting of upgraded safety valves made by the likes of IP Eng) and ...