Garden Railway Forum

Hi,

https://youtu.be/Oenc4HCh_6M

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Hi,

It is some time since I ran my version of 'Ellie'

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https://youtu.be/-PKen6YMX4o

Hi,

https://youtu.be/feXuQdW4PPg

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Hi,

A bit more about the history of the Cardiff Model Engineering Society garden railway.

https://youtu.be/3MgDgi_2XZU

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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...

Hi,

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

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Hi,

https://youtu.be/HYA59CLnf2w

Hopefully it will be completed by the autumn.

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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.

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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

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Hi,

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

https://youtu.be/w5mGDThz-nU

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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

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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.

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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

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Hi,

https://youtu.be/NKrXAozL9_Y

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