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Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 6:14 am
by E.V.
Peter Butler wrote: Sun Sep 08, 2019 9:06 pm Wonderful report Egor, I see Mr. Spector has found faults with your line, I hope you don't take his criticism too badly, he is just doing his job!
Thank you Peter! I'm grateful to the inspector for all the errors found. It is good that the inspector did not issue an order to close the railway. :D
Soar Valley Light wrote: Sun Sep 08, 2019 9:34 pm Fantastic report about a fantastic little railway. I'm far more impressed than the inspector! So much detail!
Thank you Andrew!

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 7:27 am
by FWLR
That's a great reports Egor. The Inspector didn't pull any punches about the line, but the driver and his mates soon showed him where to go... :lol:

I fear he will give FWLR a similar report....And may very well close the line.... :cry: :cry:

Great seeing another video of your brilliant indoor line again though. It has grown with the locals hasn't it.
:thumbright: :thumbright:

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:10 am
by E.V.
FWLR wrote: Mon Sep 09, 2019 7:27 am That's a great reports Egor. The Inspector didn't pull any punches about the line, but the driver and his mates soon showed him where to go...
I fear he will give FWLR a similar report....And may very well close the line....
Great seeing another video of your brilliant indoor line again though. It has grown with the locals hasn't it.
Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed the report.
I think you will give the inspector a warm welcome :D

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:47 pm
by ge_rik
A fascinating report, Egor. I was intrigued by the siding without a buffer stop. Looks like beyond it is the end of the world as I.N. Spectre knows it ....... :shock:

Rik

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 3:22 pm
by E.V.
ge_rik wrote: Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:47 pm A fascinating report, Egor. I was intrigued by the siding without a buffer stop. Looks like beyond it is the end of the world as I.N. Spectre knows it ....... :shock:
Thank you, Rik!
This is not the end of the world, this is a reservation for a possible extension of the tracks. The railway administration decided to save costs of buffer construction and maintanance. :)

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 5:02 pm
by ge_rik
E.V. wrote: Mon Sep 09, 2019 3:22 pm
ge_rik wrote: Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:47 pm A fascinating report, Egor. I was intrigued by the siding without a buffer stop. Looks like beyond it is the end of the world as I.N. Spectre knows it ....... :shock:
Thank you, Rik!
This is not the end of the world, this is a reservation for a possible extension of the tracks. The railway administration decided to save costs of buffer construction and maintanance. :)
So, the beginning of a new world....... :thumbup:

Rik

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 2:53 pm
by Andrew
I enjoyed the Inspector's report very much, thank you! The video was particularly good - it's a great little railway that you've made...

With best wishes,

Andrew.

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:34 am
by E.V.
Andrew wrote: Thu Sep 12, 2019 2:53 pm I enjoyed the Inspector's report very much, thank you! The video was particularly good - it's a great little railway that you've made...
Thank you, Andrew! I'm glad you liked it.

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 6:47 am
by philipy
Member Ruby in Moscow posted this on his own thread a couple of weeks ago. I have copied it here just to keep the Inspectors world travels together in one place.

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Post by ruby » Sun, 01 Sep 2019 6:05 pm
Hello! I have not been to the forum for a long time. An orange inspector came to my railroad. He speaks English. I do not understand him!
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Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 9:52 pm
by jim@NAL
Very funny this has brightened up my day great fun

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 6:43 pm
by ruby
Another garden railway in Moscow. Made in a small room. In an ordinary apartment on the 10th floor. They didn’t wait for me here. I looked at the rolling stock, infrastructure, talked with the staff. They did not say anything, they are afraid of the KGB.
The road is made of different tracks: LGB, Piko, Peko. The road has not been operated for a long time and is in poor condition.
There are bad joints, it’s dangerous. Ruby promised to fix it. I did not close this road. I was in Russia for a long time and forgot my native language. They gave me a lot of Russian vodka and rode on a bear. It's hard to write now.
Next will be the photos.

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 6:53 pm
by Lonsdaler
:lol: What state will he be in when (if!) he comes home? :lol:

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:09 pm
by ruby
Lonsdaler wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 6:53 pm :lol: What state will he be in when (if!) he comes home? :lol:

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:08 pm
by philipy
Thanks Ruby, fantastic reports! They made my wife laugh as well!! :D :D

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 5:10 pm
by DonW
I enjoyed that. Those cranes look very interesting.

Don

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 6:24 pm
by Andrew
DonW wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 5:10 pm I enjoyed that. Those cranes look very interesting.

Don
Nice to see Rocket too... Great report, thank you! Andrew

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:56 am
by Lonsdaler
ruby wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:09 pm
Lonsdaler wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 6:53 pm :lol: What state will he be in when (if!) he comes home? :lol:
:lol: oh dear, could be a medicair evacuation will be required!

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:40 am
by Peter Butler
Oh dear.... it appears he has succumbed to the demon drink since he was entertained at the BURPS.... I hope one of his future visits will include a re-hab session so he can continue with his work.
Perhaps a new successor could be trained during his absence?

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 2:33 pm
by FWLR
This is a report from the FWLR Line from Rod's partner Anne. A couple of members know why and that's also why it is a short report with the photo's.


After a very long trip from that beautiful Russia City of Moscow I finally arrived back in the UK at a line in Lancashire called Fairy Wood Light Railway. After my long trip I was not feeling too well, must have been all that Russian Vodka... :lol: :lol:

The visit was interesting when I arrived to somewhat deserted line, I found out later that the main reason is that the line is closing, but apparently it will be opened again when a lot of finance from the Directors is used to improve the running costs...So here I go with a shorted report, but you will see the line was very informative with the photos that are shown to you.

I firstly went to the small Slate Mine, that was still working, though at a vastly reduced capacity.
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The local wildlife are slightly bigger here for some reason!!

The rest of my visit consisted of meeting the line workforce, but there was some slacking going on with leaves and bicycles being left cluttering the line, plus one worker who spent an awful long time in the toilet.
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Talking to a couple of the Permeant Way Gang
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Mr Lazy, the engine driver, keeping up with his reputation...
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Next I paid a visit to the station and had a chat with the relief driver waiting for Mr Lazy's coal train.
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While I was there, I saw this chap waiting for a shoe shine boy !!!!
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I caught the Tram to Fairy Wood Hamlet..
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Arriving at the Hamlet, I could see why it was so untidy...
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There was some leaves on the track and also someone had left his bicycle on it. So a call to the PWG was in order..
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Next I came across another PW Gang, just about to start digging a hole for some electrics to go into a shed for them along the line.
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After talking with the Gang outside the local garage, a couple of cars did catch me eye...
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I do quite like that BRG MK2 Jaguar....

Next taking a look at the PW Crane in action about to lift some points...With me in the Cab directing the Crane Driver...
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After a very long and hot day, I was contemplating going for a swim in the local pond.
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I am now on my way to the next location hoping that the line doesn't have such lazy workforce working for it. But all in all, the line has plenty of scope and will only get better with some very hard work on it.


Hope you liked my take on our line while Rod is indisposed.

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 2:48 pm
by philipy
Anne, Thank you very much for the inspectors report. TBH, knowing that Rod was poorly again, I wasn't expecting anything at all, so this is brilliant and well in keeping with his earlier inspections.
Do please pass on my best wishes to Rod.