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by Keith S
Wed May 25, 2011 1:11 am
Forum: New Models & Reviews
Topic: Model Town New Release
Replies: 5
Views: 2335

It would be fun to stick a small live steam beam engine in there.
by Keith S
Mon May 23, 2011 10:42 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Closure of the MDLR
Replies: 66
Views: 28992

I'm all for a motion-detector activated cyclotron from a cold-war-era radar mounted in a tree by the railway ready to release a permanently-sterilizing burst of microwaves at the vandals, but in all seriousness the burglar alarm wired to the rails seems like a brilliant idea. Yes it would be a small...
by Keith S
Mon May 23, 2011 4:30 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Closure of the MDLR
Replies: 66
Views: 28992

Would mains power travel in peco track without starting a fire? That would teach them a lesson.
by Keith S
Sun May 22, 2011 11:06 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: What OS Are You Running ?
Replies: 14
Views: 4439

I'm typing this on a Mac, but the "operating system" I am using is steam.
by Keith S
Sun May 22, 2011 9:42 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Closure of the MDLR
Replies: 66
Views: 28992

Hmmm. People in Canada who spank their infants are considered to be worse than Hitler and have their children taken away. That's why you see so many young people doing things like vandalising track. I suspect MDLR's vandals are young people. You underestimate the value of a good spanking, it just mi...
by Keith S
Sun May 22, 2011 9:24 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Closure of the MDLR
Replies: 66
Views: 28992

I read about that Maxitrack theft and found myself wondering how exactly one steals and makes off with several large live steam engines? Must have been a fairly organized and planned heist. Is there actually a black market in steam toys? I've always felt that steam enthusiasts as a group are a fairl...
by Keith S
Sat May 21, 2011 2:51 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Joys of Life Railway AGM Running day
Replies: 14
Views: 5223

I like the little blue one that looks like a giant "Bertie"!
by Keith S
Fri May 20, 2011 1:38 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Caledonia
Replies: 38
Views: 15047

I spotted the missing lock right away too. It's a glaring omission on an otherwise beautiful engine. :lol:
by Keith S
Thu May 19, 2011 2:44 pm
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: The CVLR gets it's new home (WIP railway & stock)
Replies: 1208
Views: 370839

So looks like the hard man has found a job on the railway, rather than simply leaning against the station looking menacing. Or is he about to steal that locomotive headboard? Photographs can be misleading.
by Keith S
Sat May 14, 2011 7:28 pm
Forum: Videos
Topic: Finally, the MHLRforumfest in April on video!
Replies: 19
Views: 7249

The scene at "02:33".... if you could just bury me under the tracks right there when I'm dead, I'll give you my locomotives. My red "Billy" would look nice with your open passenger wagons. I usually like the sound of "chuff pipes" in a locomotive, but in this case I mus...
by Keith S
Sat May 14, 2011 7:10 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: a little comparison
Replies: 2
Views: 2734

I did something similar, to compare a few different steam toys for the benefit of people who hadn't seen a Roundhouse engine in real life. I was rather surprised when the parts came in the mail, how small the locomotive was. You don't really get a sense of size when you see them on the internet. In ...
by Keith S
Sat May 14, 2011 4:21 pm
Forum: Videos
Topic: Finally, the MHLRforumfest in April on video!
Replies: 19
Views: 7249

I enjoyed that.
by Keith S
Sat May 14, 2011 4:05 pm
Forum: Photographs
Topic: Hope Mountain Railway
Replies: 13
Views: 5720

I especially like the little river running through it.
by Keith S
Sat May 14, 2011 4:03 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Helping a friend out (Roundhouse Jack)
Replies: 2
Views: 2434

Has that engine been "weathered" with paint, or has it come by it appearance honestly? It looks great, what a nice engine. Impressive amount of tinkering to get her going, she must have some miles.
by Keith S
Thu May 12, 2011 7:14 am
Forum: Photographs
Topic: An Evening in May
Replies: 11
Views: 4037

Beautiful. I wish I had somewhere to run my steam engine. That railway looks great.
by Keith S
Wed May 11, 2011 2:10 am
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Can I run 009 on battery power
Replies: 12
Views: 5203

Good news! You CAN use batteries.

Bad News! I personally don't know what kind of battery would be best, but I 'm sure someone will be along shortly to sort it out for you. Good luck

*I used to run OO scale model engines with the leftover flat chemical batteries from polaroid film packs.
by Keith S
Wed May 11, 2011 1:42 am
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Which one's to scale?
Replies: 42
Views: 14719

I couldn't agree more. I don't wish to criticize those who do try to be as accurate to a prototype as possible, but I am not one of those people. My tastes range more towards the generic engines and rolling stock, for one because fretting over scale accuracy makes me feel bored, and also because I f...
by Keith S
Tue May 10, 2011 6:09 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Which one's to scale?
Replies: 42
Views: 14719

not sure. they have always made stock over scale Hmmmmn! IP made some Ffesty rolling stock overscale to try to match the over wide Roundhouse Taliesin – and got pilloried for it. They do not 'always' make stuff overscale. In the case of the quarryman's coach, the dimensions of the IP model were tak...
by Keith S
Tue May 10, 2011 4:19 pm
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: The CVLR gets it's new home (WIP railway & stock)
Replies: 1208
Views: 370839

Much better :) It still sounds a little off in reverse but in forward almost perfect. Actually it sounds great. I wasn't sure about chuff pipes at first but now I highly approve of them. Now when I watch videos of engines without chuff pipes I feel like there is something wrong with the sound. You s...
by Keith S
Sun May 08, 2011 4:35 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Large Gas Burner
Replies: 11
Views: 9587

I for one would like to see a photograph of this engine. Also around the web there are some discussions about burner building, it looks like it's tricky to get right but building one isn't necessarily difficult. maybe some kind of extra long radiant burner would work or perhaps some baffling in the ...