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- Mon Jun 04, 2018 1:46 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Andrew and the Chocolate Factory
- Replies: 47
- Views: 16935
Re: Andrew and the Chocolate Factory
Hello again! So much for good intentions, eh? Specifically, the intention to get this layout finished in time for the Avon Valley Railway model railway exhibition, and the one o chronicle that process here... I was making good progress, but it became apparent that to finish the thing on time for the...
- Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:36 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Gordon Diplock
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2378
Re: Gordon Diplock
Hi Peter, I've just dug out these recollections I posted at the time when the video of the railcar was posted here: I met Gordon a few times when I was very new to the hobby, he always seemed to have something interesting to play with and could build stuff at a most prolific rate. I recall him once ...
- Fri Feb 23, 2018 7:45 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Jurassic models Baldwin cab back kit
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2482
Re: Jurassic models Baldwin cab back kit
Hello! Sorry, a little late in the day (I've not been around much!), but if it's still of use, here's the Jurassic Baldwin cab back: Baldwin back.jpg It's designed to slot right down into the bunker, but I had to modify it because that's where the RC kit lives on mine. The kit leaves you to sort the...
- Fri Feb 23, 2018 2:14 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Andrew and the Chocolate Factory
- Replies: 47
- Views: 16935
Andrew and the Chocolate Factory
Hello all, As promised (well, a little later than promised really...), here's a thread about the indoor line I'm currently building very loosely based on the old Fry's chocolate factory at Keynsham. The factory was connected to the GWR London-Bristol mainline, and had its own Sentinel loco for shunt...
- Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:59 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 759
- Views: 324927
Re: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
Hello again! Thanks again to those that voted for the Avon Valley Railway's "Chocolate Train" - we got the money! The wagon restoration team can now order the timber they need to rebuild a BR brake van to run with the old Frys factory Sentinel when it returns to steam later this year - tha...
- Fri Nov 17, 2017 7:00 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 759
- Views: 324927
Re: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
Thanks for the votes - and for the fantastic story! I believe there was a "transfer" to Somerdale twice a day, usually pannier hauled - although apparently the rule book allowed anything except a railcar, so it could theoretically have been a King... Perhaps the chocolate girls were unawar...
- Fri Nov 17, 2017 2:38 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 759
- Views: 324927
Re: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
Ah, it's good to be back! I've been having a look round and there's so much inspirational stuff going on - I'll participate properly again once I've got a little more modelling time... In the meantime,that chocolate factory microlayout idea keeps bubbling away... I had a bit of a brainwave this morn...
- Thu Nov 16, 2017 2:43 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 759
- Views: 324927
Re: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
Hello all! It's been an awfully long time since I've been here, but it's good to see lots of familiar faces (well, names...) and some new ones too - I hope this finds you all well... I've done very little in the way of modelling or running trains over the last 18 months, so there's not much to repor...
- Tue May 17, 2016 9:45 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 759
- Views: 324927
Evening all, As mentioned previously, recent work on the line has involved tidying it up a little, particularly around Trefechan, which has always been rather neglected. The long siding has been relaid, the slate wall/ledge it sits upon glued and grouted into place, and the whole station site has be...
- Mon May 16, 2016 9:39 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Amberwood light Railway
- Replies: 53
- Views: 28476
- Mon May 16, 2016 9:36 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: RWLR - Robin Wood Light Railway
- Replies: 716
- Views: 303937
- Mon May 16, 2016 9:35 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Peckforton Light Railway - Setting up a session
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7863
- Mon May 16, 2016 9:00 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Charnwood Forest Light Railway
- Replies: 315
- Views: 124622
- Tue May 10, 2016 8:13 pm
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: NWNG Cleminson
- Replies: 52
- Views: 26163
It has been an enjoyable project and I can't wait to try the coach on a garden line next Sunday, with my other homebuilt NWNG/WHR stock, as I don't have one of my own. Hopefully the weather will pick up again. Pictures will follow. Yes please! I'm sure they'll be a sight to behold, it's a lovely ca...
- Tue May 10, 2016 8:08 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: IP engineering
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6525
- Thu May 05, 2016 9:02 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Leawarra Nayook Railway
- Replies: 631
- Views: 239570
- Wed May 04, 2016 8:56 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Does anyone recognise this loco?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8012
- Mon May 02, 2016 10:02 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 759
- Views: 324927
Was the class 40 a green one? There was a very nice shiny one on the Tech Centre at Derby at the start of last week but it shuffled off somewhere on Friday. Andrew Yes, it looked lovely. The 45 was in an unusual version of blue. Unless I've got them muddled up, which is a possibility... I can just ...
- Mon May 02, 2016 9:32 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 759
- Views: 324927
Hello again, Yesterday saw an unusual amount of progress on the (WH)WHR, focussing on the previously rather neglected Trefechan station area. I cleared an area behind the station which had served as a spoil heap during construction, held in place by a retaining wall of loose bricks. Various bits of ...
- Mon May 02, 2016 2:02 pm
- Forum: Scenery
- Topic: A Quiet Sunday
- Replies: 276
- Views: 125725