The Commotion Railway - a balcony and picnic railway

rebelego · Post by **rebelego** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 9:48 am

Welcome to The Commotion Railway (Norwegian: Rystelsesbanen).
To make a long story short... This summer I have been bit by the live steam garden railway bug. Problem is... I don't have a garden.
Instead I am lucky to have a long and narrow balcony, thus in June it started like this:

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In July I got a Roundhouse Charles engine. The wider Billy and Lady Ann engines would scratch the walls.
Here is a photo taken from the control tower:

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An upgrade to the track plan came in August:

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Edit: Resolved photos.

Lner fan Sam · Post by **Lner fan Sam** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:00 am

Nice job you have done there.

VIGNOT · Post by **VIGNOT** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:09 am

Well done !
Big trains in small space. Great.
And no problem at all with the grass...

The Denying Dutchman · Post by **The Denying Dutchman** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 2:50 pm

That's a "garden" railway I like, no trees that stand in the way and no annoying plants and weeds that grow where they aren't supposed to grow! ;)

sstjc · Post by **sstjc** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 3:02 pm

I like that a lot. What is the radius of the curves ?

tom_tom_go · Post by **tom_tom_go** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 5:32 pm

Very jealous.

You can play trains and cook at the same time!

jim@NAL · Post by **jim@NAL** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 6:53 pm

I like that lots good use of space shows you can get a railway in a small space

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:01 pm

Have you thought about going into training!

You could be a balcony coach!

rebelego · Post by **rebelego** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:03 am

Thanks everybody!

The track is LGB and the radius at each end is R1, ie 60 cm.
It is actually squeezed a little bit in.
The other curves and the points are R5.

As the railway is based on loose track, I now and then take the track
with me and just lay it out on the ground:

Yes, it is LEGO. I can even boast that the wagons are scratch built.

rebelego · Post by **rebelego** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 1:47 pm

A short video from warmer days...

Edit: Resloved video.

Bandit · Post by **Bandit** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:34 pm

Great Garden Railway...without a garden ! Well done !

sstjc · Post by **sstjc** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:53 pm

It would be interesting to see a video of it running on the balcony...

rebelego · Post by **rebelego** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 2:21 pm

The only video I have from the balcony is this:

A contraption made from an old Mamod SE.2a steam engine and some LEGO bricks.

The balcony railway is currently removed. It got a bit cold out there, and I'm going to change the windows, so the balcony has to be cleared anyway.

Edit: Resolved video.

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:09 pm

rebelego:91485 wrote:The only video I have from the balcony is this:

Wow! That's a high speed train, and no mistake!

IrishPeter · Post by **IrishPeter** » Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:57 am

Moves like an arthritic Ruston!

Cheers,
Peter in AZ

rebelego · Post by **rebelego** » Sun May 25, 2014 3:09 pm

But this thread wasn't dead.
I have just forgot to post, so first some winter steam with the track just placed out on the snow:

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More recently the track has been out on the grass again:

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I will return to the main line at the balcony soon...

Edit: Resolved photos.

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Sun May 25, 2014 3:33 pm

sstjc:91456 wrote:It would be interesting to see a video of it running on the balcony...

Fantastic work and truely in the spirit of DIY garden railways

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Sun May 25, 2014 3:35 pm

You should think of entering the lower photo in the Summer Photo competition.

rebelego · Post by **rebelego** » Sun May 25, 2014 4:47 pm

kandnwlr:100995 wrote:You should think of entering the lower photo in the Summer Photo competition.

Done. Thanks for reminding me. Though, maybe I get disqualified for double posting and/or prepublishing.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Sun May 25, 2014 8:09 pm

rebelego:100999 wrote:
kandnwlr:100995 wrote:You should think of entering the lower photo in the Summer Photo competition.
Done. Thanks for reminding me. Though, maybe I get disqualified for double posting and/or prepublishing.

Not by any rule that I know of. That is some setting for a Garden Rail photo!

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