Garden Railway Forum

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.

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...

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.

Hi,
Might be found interesting and maybe helpful.
https://youtu.be/szQKX6tezTA
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Hi, A bit of a disaster at the Cardiff Model Engineering Society's Garden Railway, the high winds of last week caused a bough to fall from a tree and it landed on the track of the garden railway. Yesterday I went to inspect the damage and while there another member was testing a model he has nearly ...

Hi Mike,

Contacted my friend who reminded me that he had left a copy of the article! Found it and photographed it, if the result isn't good enough let me know and I will try again.

Take care Tony.

Hi Mike, The boiler is a none standard design in as much as it is a modified commercially produced one, the original builder wrote an article about its construction in SMT and the present owner has a copy, he is due to visit me tomorrow and if I can contact him before then, I will ask him to bring h...

Hi,
I have cobbled together some recently made and published videos on modifying a MSS saddle tanks boiler fittings.

https://youtu.be/qe9drPXixP4

Take care Tony.

Hi,

https://youtu.be/NKrXAozL9_Y

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Hi,

https://youtu.be/hPQLPXXQk9A

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Hi,

https://youtu.be/MKyVVqAocNc

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Hi,

I have been playing with a Mamod (MSS) chassis

https://youtu.be/D13yehbrixg

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Hi,

I spent part of this afternoon running a Mamod locomotive that had just had some work done to it.

https://youtu.be/Z3ltLYoqEmM

Take care Tony.

Hi Keith

It is a Roundhouse Bertie which I fitted a Swift Sixteen tram body kit to.

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Hi,

With the weather cooling and a model railway exhibition to attend this weekend a model steam tram was tested on the garden railway.

https://youtu.be/hH4xq3wpRLQ

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Hi,

A friends coal fired model locomotive was run on our garden railway two days ago.

https://youtu.be/4Lfw5iTpj0k

Take care Tony.

Hi,

I have just finished cleaning up for reuse some rail lifted from a garden railway.

https://youtu.be/dDKDMfmTEB0

Take care Tony.

Hi, A friend recently purchased a coal fired model locomotive which performed very well on its first run in his owners ship. Due to having Covid I didn't attend and the video was taken by my friend's partner. https://youtu.be/Ui8-FrvK8_o I am very tempted to make a copy I hope you enjoy. Take care T...

Hi,

I have been making points for a paste table model railway I am making for children to play on, and I needed some point levers and rather than buying them as eight are needed I thought I might make them:

https://youtu.be/MiHIlpjanWQ

Take care Tony.