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New record on the ØVJ

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:47 pm
by St.Michael
The last two seasons with traindriving on the ØVJ, I had this train in my thoughts. As mentioned earlier I have rebuilt major parts of the line and decided not to drive long wagons trough the sharpest curves.
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The whole train is about 2,5 m. And it looked very impressing, finding it´s way in the landscape :D
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Here it has stopped at "Stålbågågutua" station.
Going uphill with a new chufferpipe installed, there were also a fantastic sound to the scenery
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And here is the timber train I altered with..

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:18 pm
by benchmark
It looks good. Do you have any pictures of the whole layout?

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:57 pm
by St.Michael
Thank You for asking. The ØVJ runs trough a lot of wilderness and its impossible to take a picture that will explain the line. If you are interested I´ll draw a map of the ØVJ and publish it here on the forum.
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Regards from Michael

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:30 am
by benchmark
St.Michael:71797 wrote:If you are interested I´ll draw a map of the ØVJ and publish it here on the forum.
Yes, i would be very much interested to see that.

Did you raise it a little off the ground due to uneven terrain or is there another reason?

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:53 pm
by St.Michael
Here is a not so god, sketsh of the line. The part marked with red is where i drive long passenger trains. ØVJ is built on a small hill, and I like it best when it runs on the ground. But the raising of the railway on sticks was nessesary to gain extra length to the line :| That means that the railway "sticks out" on both sides of the hill. I´m planning to plant some climbing green plants to hide the most of the poor construction..
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And here is a picture with the childrens playhouse in the background (which I usually mask on my trainpics ;) )
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Now I´m really curios about your railway. Can you show pictures and tell a bit about it?

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:43 pm
by benchmark
Intresting design.