Garden Railway Forum

Hi,
Yes Peter's buildings are grand. Kes (Peter's daughter who I first met as a child) was there arranging the placement of the buildings.
Regards Tony.

Hi, Some video taken a few days ago on the Talylyn Railway's Garden Railway. Sorry about the quality but I hope it shows how attractive this garden railway is. We stopped off there on our way home from visiting The Garden Railway Show in Llanfair. Regards Tony. http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac1...

Hi Dan,
Thank you for the clearer drawings. Off to Llanfair to play trains for a few days.
Regards Tony.

Hi,
I have just remembered that there are photographs and video of the CMES at www.cardiff-mes.org.uk Some are a bit old pre new club house etc.
Regards Tony.

Hi Keith, Alas I didn't take any photographs of the club's larger engines as the ones taken were for the GR Forum. The club's next openday is the 9th. September so some will be taken then and posted. The club has a raised 5"/3.5" gauge track and a 7.25"/5" gauge ground level trac...

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac154/gaynorandtony/Mynydd%20Bychan%20Light%20Railway/MBLRAugust201008LR.jpg Hi, The Mynydd Bychan (Little Mountain) Light Railway is owned and operated by members of the Cardiff Model Engineering Society's Garden Railway Group at their headquarters at Heath Park ...

Hi Andy, Yesterday I also spent a very pleasent day playing on a friends GR. It is very scenic and uses welded steel track. Not up to producing video's so photographs attached. The locomotive is a little smaller than a Garrett. Regards Tony. http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac154/gaynorandtony/Gar...

Hi Mr. Bond, Do you mean curving a standard Peco SM32 point? If so I don't know if it is possible not having tried it, I would have thought it was too rigid. I have made G1 points using peco track and chairs for use on our clubs GR they are of the Hornby tin plate type because members use commercial...

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Hi Brian,
I hope things are well with you. I haven't used the points I had from you at the AGM yet, so far all the points fitted on the GR have been curved. See you at Llanfair?
Regards Tony

Hello Again, The crossover was finished late yesterday afternoon and Nev collected it this morning. The following photographs show the crossover being constructed and I hope explain themselves, if not please ask. http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac154/gaynorandtony/Making%20a%20diamond%20cross-ove...

Hi, Having just started to build a railway in the garden I have just joined the group. As progress in the GR direction is slow at the moment due to waiting for materials. I thought the group might be interested in how some frogs were made for a friend's diamond cross over. The track he is using on h...