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- Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:23 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Multi-Tasking
- Replies: 5
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I should perhaps point out that it has not been the same half dozen, half-completed projects for the last eleven years, but a rolling list, as most railway projects do not stall completely. At the moment I am finishing up a TDLR style third-brake, and two other carriages, on a do a little leave a li...
- Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:03 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Question about rails
- Replies: 18
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Peco 45mm code 250 flexi track does not need a railbender on it. Bend it to the curves you want by hand, tack/screw/nail/glue it down to something and job done. True if you build a timber viaduct for the whole railway. However, if you float your track in ballast - my preferred method of constructi...
- Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:45 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Question about rails
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12361
The SVRR sleeper spacing is American - roughly 24 scale inches - which is a little narrower than we used in Britain and Ireland. Anyone who is not a rivet - or in this case sleeper - counter will not notice. However, if your (imagined?) prototype is industrial or something like that then all bets ar...
- Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:16 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Question about rails
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12361
Setrack is track on a moulded plastic base that basically does not bend. a.k.a. Sectional Track. When it comes to flexitrack, anything from code 200 upwards really needs a rail bender to get a smooth consistent curve. Your can achieve this using simpler rigs - the nails in a plank method - but you ...
- Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:15 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Question about rails
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12361
I use Aristocraft European tie/sleeper spacing track for my layout, which as it is made for the North American market might be pretty easy to get hold of. I usually buy from St Aubin Trains in Idaho, they use Fedex and UPs to ship boxes of track. It uses Elephant-proof rail, but once ballasted loo...
- Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:18 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Filcris Trackbed - questions...
- Replies: 1
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- Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:28 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Multi-Tasking
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3870
- Sat Feb 26, 2011 3:19 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Skebawn and Castleknox Light Railway and Tramway
- Replies: 163
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- Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:39 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Skebawn and Castleknox Light Railway and Tramway
- Replies: 163
- Views: 80045
The Skebawn and Castleknox Light Railway and Tramway
I am one of the Irish NG crowd and having had my eye caught by the more tramway-like lines such as the Castlederg and Victoria Bridge, the Schull and Skibbereen, and the slightly more "mainline" Cork and Muskerry, I thought I would have a go at reproducing that sort of a line in my yard. ...
- Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:17 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Anglicizing, or rather Hibernizing, Ruby - and cattle wagons
- Replies: 7
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I managed to get outside and take a few pictures this afternoon ahead of the next stormrolling into town. I have to warn you though, most of my stuff is in a state of runnable, but not finished as certain jobs - like fabricating carriage balcony handrails - are up there with painting the fence! h...
- Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:59 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Anglicizing, or rather Hibernizing, Ruby - and cattle wagons
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6027
Anglicizing, or rather Hibernizing, Ruby - and cattle wagons
The current ongoing project is Anglicizing a Ruby. I've decided the main things that need doing are: 1. Loose the sand pot on top of the boiler - done 2. Change the dome - done - replaced with roundhouse Millie dome 3. Install longer regulator handle so I can do the 'off balance grab' from the si...
- Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:15 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: The worst GR season
- Replies: 15
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Re: The worst GR season
Which season do you think is the worst for Garden Railways, Id say this 1 where in now. the weathers horrible, rainy and cloudy and the gardens all bleak and dead looking. roll on late spring! Summer rainy season is probably the least inviting here due to the heat and relatively high humidity - not...