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If steam appears to just be blowing up the chimney with poor performance then it could be the piston rings.

Look in builders merchants for grano dust or something similar, it is granite sized from around 5mm to dust.

Thanks very much Peter, I suspect that your climate in west Wales is very similar to mine in Lancashire, and I also suspect that the rainfall here is what has done in my ballast thus far. I already have some SBR purchased from Wickes for £18.50 for a 5L container. I'm not in any real rush for puttin...

Long time no post (well nearly) for me on here, but the last few weekends I have been reviving my Afonglas and Nant Llwyd Railway from a state of near dereliction. After removing all of the overgrowth and tidying up the plant life (3 afternoons work) I found three sections where the concrete trackbe...

Stunning work as ever.

If it is not too far away for you, then it sounds like the Hampton Loade Paddock Railway at the Severn Valley Railway might be a good place to try the garratt out on, from what I have seen it is a big railway and they seem to be welcoming to visitors too.

http://www.paddockrailway.uk/

DolwyddelanLightRail:121942 wrote:

laurence703:121941 wrote:Christopher is indeed planning on coming to Peterborough... He's coming to help lay track... don't Jinx it!

A photo of Chris actually doing something would be a rarity in itself!

A photo of me at all is a fully thought out rarity....

DLRdan:121909 wrote:
Once again Christopher, i win

Oh come on Dan, I gave up trying years ago!

Happy New Year everyone! I hope it contains just a bit more garden rail content for me, in 2016 it was rather lacking as my inactivity on here rather gave away.

That does have a rather more realistic throb to it then some other live diesels I've seen video of, very nice. Although I'm not sure everyone would appreciate the fumes!

For the last 1 1/2 years I've been on the staff of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, in a variety of temporary roles. My main expertise is P-way, guarding and now shunter driver, but I have also worked in the booking office (and still do occasionally) and also alas as loo cleaner for both Ravengla...

Must admit that was my fault, you originally put 105 which I mis-corrected to 125 which of course is the number of the service car that runs with 150....!
Now corrected properly.

Very nice work, and I love the working door latches, not something I think I'd be brave enough to try!

P.S Beat you again Christopher :D Meh, just because I decided to break with tradition and went to the pub this year :D Happy New Year to all members of this forum, sorry I've not been anything like as active in 2015 as in previous years, this is a result of having a job and spending most of my time...

It is a bit of a handful, especially as the thing is always trying to turn right after being involved in a shunting incident at Romney last year...!

Another railbike, this one 15 inch gauge and being demonstrated on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway by one of the steam drivers. This machine is actually visiting from the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, and I say "is" because although it came for the 100th Anniversary of R&ER g...

Very comprehensive review of what you've done there Doug, and the near finished result looks good. A lot of effort must have gone into getting the guards compartment smooth!

Lovely loco and train, you've done well there!

If you compare the model and the prototype, the cab on the model is definitely too tall. I think the model is only fairly loosely based on the real loco.

A very nice loco to top off a lovely railway. Me and my uncle own a Ride on Railways Trojan, alas whilst my garden has a reasonable length 32mm line the shape and slope of it (and the fire engine living in it) make a 5 inch gauge line impossible. The Trojan runs on the Joys of Life Railway in Wales ...

TonyW:111206 wrote:
Quiz time: What distinctive and unusual feature does the loco with the wooden boiler cladding have in common with Linda, Blanche and Charles? https://youtu.be/tKHu5sBTAfA?t=178

That loco seems to have the connecting rod inside of the coupling rod, the same as Linda, Blanche and Charles.