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Finaly got some pictures of the railway today but will upload later to busy right now :S not very good pictures though , and a small railway .


had a eventful day started to build level crossing for cyclists and watched my best mate get punched full pelt square in the face! :S cos' he accedently pushed his little brother and now my mate has broken nose and left lots of blood on path got police coming later for statement :( but oh well will post pics later

Who the hell punched your mate in the nose??!

Look forward to the railway pics anyway

cant be as bad as mine a small line end to end will a small pit widing gear in the middel and a small yard

pictures are uploading on photobucket now but off to girlfriends for a bit . so will post when back

S' nowt wrong with a small railway. Some of the best garden railways I've seen are tiny- Tag Gorton's "Longlands and Western" for one.

Tiny lines are lovely! I know! You get alot of time fiddling and playing with the locos!

It seems to be a general rule that the smaller the railway, the more effort that goes into planning the whole scene, not just the trackwork- they always seem to be much more detailed and much better thought out.

Well I'm not sure about better thought out through experience!!!

There's an exception to every rule

fair point

Yeah after all my track work is down im going to detail but cant to too much of extent due to dogs like to sit on the railway !

And for the track work its rather shoddy due to i was following contours of the garden so typical NG trackwork that isn't maintained is what i use to cover it up lol

Here they are


View of the problem hanging out of Punch's cab (a I P engineering Punch loco )



Not the best of pictures but a view of the Cyclist crossing so far .. it will curve round to the right when i get more cement ... reason for mud everywhere is had to chase dog off of it just need to rain and it will be clean:)

Now for pictures of the line


The end of the line (can only fit short wheelbased locos ( only 0-4-0's )


Down the loop (now you can see what i meant by bad trackwork)


where station will go ... will be scratch built and base on Rhydyronen on the Talyllyn Railway


where the crossing is needs to have slate fencing and mini conifers now and some moss


The pw hut scratch build from marine ply with a layer of outdoor polyfiller painted and scribed :D:D XD needs reballasting



last bit of line at halfway round at the mo built up to ease the corner of but created a horrid gradient comeing up to it ( the mesh is to stop cats digging until i have sceniced it )

Sorry forgot this should of gone in railways/layouts please may you move it if not dont worry lol

Nice pics, love the railway.

Increadibly reminisant of NG. Love the look down the twisty trackwork! Bloody straight shelves! Will be a lovely rustic line when done I'm sure.

thanks cant wait to do detailing i love doing that

Like that a lot already- nicely rural, and not overcrowded which is what people sometimes do in a small space- nice. Get some cameos in there with careful detailing and you'll be able to get some ace photos.

Excellent, looks decidedly diladated narrow gaugey which is what it should be

thanks guys

Aye very atmospheric But - dare I ask - are derailments a problem?