A Welsh Pear Tree Light Railway

laurence703 · Post by **laurence703** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:50 pm

I was invited to a railway in North Wales and run my Mamod... Which almost set fire to the track and it did set fire to itself a few times...
It was a beautiful little railway in a 3 tier garden. The railway has its own steaming bays and a good sized area with sidings and loco maintenance. The owners have plans to extend the railway to make it longer.

Anyway, here are some pics:

benchmark · Post by **benchmark** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:37 pm

It looks veyr nice and level. Thank you for sharing.

dougrail · Post by **dougrail** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:52 pm

Cool photos, thanks for sharing Laurance.

Good to see Ofrio in action as well - the green livery suits it

laurence703 · Post by **laurence703** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:57 pm

Thanks

I'm really happy with it. Ofario will be wanting some steel wheels though as it wobbles if it goes too fast... oh and some nameplates!

The railway is really nice, its the first time I've taken my loco anywhere so I was a tad nervous if it were to throw a hissy fit and not play ball... needless to say its the best its ever run!

I think I need to get up to Butterley and have a day's playing...

Resurgam05 · Post by **Resurgam05** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:02 pm

There is still much to do on what is now the third encarnation of the PTLR (Wales). However it has already surpassed the previous attempts in terms of personal satisfaction. Here are a few more photographs taken during recent running.

Single Fairlie, "Fury" has steam to spare as she approaches "Maelgwyn's Bridge" on a crisp spring morning.

The "Darj B" passes the site of what is now "Pooch's Pocket" station.

Hunslet 0-4-0ST+t "Resurgam" potters along the main line with a peak season passenger train.

A visiting "VofR tank" also approaching "Maelgwyn's Bridge", this is a favourite spot with the photographers. Note the newly installed home signal for "Pooch's Pocket".

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:44 pm

Lovely set of pics

laurence703 · Post by **laurence703** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:37 pm

Visited again this weekend just gone and had a play!
Here's some photos:

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