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Wrong gauge? Your on a splendid gauge! Looks a nice railway, lets see some more?

Coor, thats an action shot if ever I saw one! Interesting plants and scenary

Nice pics looks like a well established line. I don't think the Roundhouse Lindas are the greatest runners in the world, I've had a manual one visit, it was very lively, and needed close control to prevent speed becoming excesive

Absolutely super photos there, lots of lovely planting and locos. The Linda looks rather nice in red lining too

Lovely pics thanks for sharing.

laalratty wrote: I don't think the Roundhouse Lindas are the greatest runners in the world, I've had a manual one visit, it was very lively, and needed close control to prevent speed becoming excesive

that may be the case with manual ones but my RC one ran brilliant straight out of the box.

Lovely looking line & loco's, very picturesque

Great to see some new photo's featuring something other than SNOW !

Very picturesque line and an excellent loco stud - very inspiring!

Cheers, Greg.

Keith&Joanna wrote:One has probably noticed i like to run my engines backwards alot, don't ask me why, just think they look good this way!

I agree completely, and do the same for two reason:

1: Most narrow gauge lines, or SG branches for that matter, didn't bother with turntables so engines were usually "the same way round". Usually the gradients of the line would dictate this choice and an engine would generally be placed so it's chimney faced uphill, ensuring the firebox crown would stay covered with water. Sometimes the facing was merely local preference. On the Isle of Man, engines always faced away from their home station, and still do today so the Douglas engines look West while the single Port Erin loco faces east.

2: As engines get smaller, from express passenger, to branch passenger, to narrow gauge, some things shrink faster than other. The cab shrinks least of all, since it's basically a hollow metal box to accomodate the crew, and the size of the enginemen doesn't alter, whatever size the engine may be. For that reason the cab and it's proportions relative to the rest of the engine and the surrounding railway infrastructure is a key visual signature of a narrow gauge loco. So, IMHO, it doesn't lose the 'cute factor' appeal even when you're viewing its backside.

I also think (tho this may be uninformed prejudice) that too much running in one direction will tend to wear a bias into the motion, so eventually an engine will be much better one way than the other. So, both to keep wear even and for the aesthetic reasons mentioned above I always make a habit of balancing my running; going end-to-end and back if I can, but if not alternating between chimney first and bunker first runs.

The railways pictured certainly contrast well with the well maintained gardens Nice locos anyway, is "Joy" the only non-Roundhouse you have?

Really nice railway and rolling stock/locos etc!

There really is a hell of a change on Kelly (if i've got it right!) on her livery!

There is something about engines running backwards that appeals to me aswell, not quite sure what though! Then again I am a GVT fan and they had to run cab backwards all the time for legal reasons!!!
Looks a fantastic railway with a wide variety of stock and verywell kept gardens, where can I get hold of scrambled egg plant? I have some nobodies buisness which doesn't seem to have done much yet...

nice pics as usual Keith! - i got Oh Doctor Beeching series 1 & 2 for xmas by the way - yay

Keith&Joanna wrote:Nice one George, hope you liked them as much as i did!  

Currently watching Smell of Reeves & Mortimer again  8)

yes they're brillient - very funny how the porter knocks on the doors and says come in to him self... (im gonna keep doing that when im next working at Weybourne station NNR haha)  :sign5:

my fav one is when the signalman does his back in and hethel tries to move the signal leaver to get the train into the station and the train keeps stopping and starting as the signal  keeps going up and down lol and the one when the driver chains himself to the front of the train as he thinks hes gonna loose his job...

Lovely pictures. I too like to run me locos in reverse. Everyone always asks why but I just think it looks nice that way.

Seconded, strange really but I suppose being a GVT fan...

Loving the picture keith!

Off topic I know, but I do love Oh Doctor Beeching too... One of my favourites is when they go to collect milk and the cows turn out to be bulls!

BOLLOCKS!
Made me laugh sooo much!