A garden railway in cold weather

Tony Bird · Post by **Tony Bird** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:14 pm

Hi,
This morning it was -4.2C in still air in our garden in old South Wales.

And there was a lot of frost.

Over winter I usually service my locomotives for use in the summer and I had a Cracker to check out.

Well it managed 1 lap. Having melted the frost on its first pass the water produced froze by the time it finished its first run around so it just stayed there with its wheels spinning.
Regards Tony

rjt · Post by **rjt** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:15 pm

I like it a lot

Might be cold but with a track like that no reason for not getting outside

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I was wondering what to do with my 'proposed' garden line - now I know, keep it simple.
Thank's for the inspiration, and it's only 3deg here (south Oxfordshire) but I am a bit of a 'wimp' this time of year

Regards,
Rob

Sir Clothem Cap · Post by **Sir Clothem Cap** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:15 pm

That is cold!! Well done for going out there and running somthing

bessytractor · Post by **bessytractor** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:22 pm

I tried running a train today, and that also struggled such was the cold!

DolwyddelanLightRail · Post by **DolwyddelanLightRail** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:28 pm

Pretty cold, and thats getting towards the temperatures of when i last ran in the snow (-7 max daytime temperature if i remember correctly!

) i couldn't leave the edrig without a fire lit for more than 1 minute literally otherwise the gas would start to freeze up etc and cause all sorts of problems

Sir Clothem Cap · Post by **Sir Clothem Cap** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:50 pm

I have just painted bits on my newest engine Inside!!

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:53 am

It wasn't quite as cold up here but I ran my Countess as it's manual control so no frozen fingers on RC gear moments. Took a while for the gas to settle down but ran fine after that with 14 on.

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:04 am

I ran my Countess as it's manual control so no frozen fingers on RC gear moments.

So you see folks, just one of the advantages of being a member of the "Burnt Fingers Brigade!!

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 1:37 pm

Or I could of worn gloves mate...

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:23 pm

Skin, gloves, it's still fingers

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