Garden Railway Forum

Thank you Bill. The garden has very little to do with me so I shall pass on your praise to my better half.

As for who the great man is, why its its Isambard Brunel himself. When I saw Rob Bennett was making a BusyBody caricature of Isambard I just had to get one as the driver for my Brunel.

I think Rob must have based his model on this photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_K ... Chains.jpg

mikewakefielduk@btinterne:101953 wrote:and here's my Brunel out in the sunshine today.

http://youtu.be/9SiU6hr_P2c

The gearing is great as it now doesn't race on the downhill stretch and still makes it uphill, all without manual intervention.

That´s a nice line you´ve got and the new gearing (that´s what I was wondering about) seems capable of dealing with ups and downs. Nice

The gradient is steep, 1 in 10, hence why all my locos need either gearing or radio control.

I wonder what grade my 'hills' are as I have a prodder to get the train up and past the sudden inclines....that's why I prefer a clock-wise direction for live steamers.