Southwold stock
Re: Southwold stock
Fascinating stuff, thanks Andrew. I'll satisfy myself that a light engine leaves a train of smoke and steam behind it. I'll have to draw up a rule book for the PLR, but it'll probably be based heavily on the Southwold rule book (if I can lay hands on it) as the PLR, like the SR does not have continuous braking.....
Rik
Rik
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I was Andrew, plus "The Torch" in Stoke and also Blackpool "Mecca"
It was every alternate Saturday for Stoke and Blackpool. The Mecca stayed open until they closed it in the Eighties.
The actual name of were we danced was called "The Highland Room"...No we didn't do the highland fling...
It was aimed at the person who saidJimmyb wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 5:01 pmNot sure who this is aimed at, but upper case letters to start words could be correct, and if you are trying to emphasis a specific word, again upper case letters could be considered correct, though personally I go for italics and/or bold. I would agree whole posts or even complete sentences in upper case letters is considered poor etiquette, but it maybe that the person is SHOUTING
"that is NOT a sea shanty! They're shanties, not sea shanties (a tip if you're trying to appear knowledgeable but if you want to wind up an expert..."
Mark Twain defined an expert as "an ordinary fellow from another town".
Danish scientist and Nobel laureate Niels Bohr defined an expert as "A person that has made every possible mistake within his or her field."
What the Danish scientist must mean for me then is, I have loads of expertise in many fields, but a master of none...
That can go for people who call themselves experts also.....
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
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Isn't a train, a locomotive with wagons or coaches being pulled or pushed along a railway track.....
I don't know because I am not an expert and my knowledge of all things railway related is very limited, as most members know.... .. Now I am joking.
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Re: Southwold stock
Finally, I have got around to printing and assembling one of the Southwold's 6-wheel open wagons. It's taken a while as I was experimenting with a different way of getting the chassis to articulate and my first couple of attempts were less than satisfactory. Touch wood, this one seems to reliably negotiate the ups and downs and tight curves of the PLR so I am in the process of tweaking the original drawings to take account of the changes of design.
I'll probably construct just one more (to check the new design works) as I'm rapidly running out of storage space on the PLR .....
Rik
I'll probably construct just one more (to check the new design works) as I'm rapidly running out of storage space on the PLR .....
Rik
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Looks exceptional Rik, I love the light weathering, so it looks like it's still in use rather than rotting away in some siding, just right IMHO Great job on sorting out that articulating part, rather you than me, lol
The buck stops here .......
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Ditton Meadow Light Railway (DMLR)
Member of Peterborough and District Association
http://peterborough.16mm.org.uk/
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That's a great job Rik. Will you be sharing the secret of your success with the Cleminson style articulation?
Phil
Sporadic Garden Railer who's inconsistencies know no bounds
My Line - https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11077
Sporadic Garden Railer who's inconsistencies know no bounds
My Line - https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11077
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Great build Rik.
Is it just me or does a 6-wheel open wagon just look "WRONG!" somehow?
Is it just me or does a 6-wheel open wagon just look "WRONG!" somehow?
Philip
Re: Southwold stock
Once I've constructed Mk2 to check my tweaking of the drawings actually work, I'll post the files in the 3D drawing section.
Rik
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