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Hi, As I have been making a bit of a record of replacing the raised track of the Cardiff Model Engineering Society garden railway that had been destroyed by a bough falling from a tree. I realised that the CMES had had a garden railway for over 23 years and I thought it might be an idea to put toget...

Tony Bird

Hi,

A little more progress has been made: https://youtu.be/euiOgxvUXF4

Take care Tony.

Tony Bird

Hi,

https://youtu.be/HYA59CLnf2w

Hopefully it will be completed by the autumn.

Take care Tony.

Tony Bird

Hi Nigel,

Glad you like it. The working ones had sprung levers that kept them centralised the lever being pushed in the desired direction and released.

Take care Tony.

Tony Bird

Hi,

Some years ago I made some remotely operated points using rods and 'U' nails connected to a hand operated lever. The system still allowed trains to run through and switch the points themselves. a video of the prototypes might be found interesting.

https://youtu.be/dgDN8Rib_jQ

Take care Tony.

Tony Bird

Hi,

Visited a garden railway a few days ago and took some video, which might be found interesting.

https://youtu.be/w5mGDThz-nU

Take care Tony.

Tony Bird

Hello again Paul,

Sorry, I forgot to mention it is only the ground level track that uses Peco G1 track, the raised track uses Peco G45.

Tony.

Tony Bird

Hi Paul, The Cardiff Model Engineering Society uses Peco G1 track on its garden railway it having the same code 200 rail that Peco Sm32 uses, other than vintage model locomotives with their deep flanges there has been no problems running any stock on it including G45. As to points I cannot help as t...

Tony Bird

Hi,

I came across this short old video made by a friend of our first 16 mm scale model railway known as Rhydypenau Light Railway and back then 16 mm layout were fairly rare. The locomotives are; an R/C Merlin Maestro, a Mamod and Toucan a modified Mamod.

https://youtu.be/o7ilVBWhyWg

Take care Tony.

Tony Bird

https://youtu.be/KzNOXNSpLG0

Tony Bird

Hi,
Might be found interesting and maybe helpful.
https://youtu.be/szQKX6tezTA
Take care Tony.

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