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philipy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 5:59 am
Love it, Sir! You do have a gift for posing a story.
Ain't that the truth!
I'm so glad that things survived Grant. If anyone could turn the calamity into a photo opportunity it is you - and what a fantastic job you made of it.
Hi Andrew, That's sad to see and hear. I hope something can rise from the ashes. Maybe not a phoenix, perhaps Y Rhiw Goch in your case? Changes are sometimes forced on us but they aren't always all bad. I hope that you can monopolise on the opportunity. I can sympathise, It's been ages since I was o...
Well, it's been a long time coming - but worth every moment of the wait! What a beautiful addition to the railway. I've always been impressed by your builds but this one takes the biscuit!
Cliff Barker also supplies rodding, trestles and cranks. I've no experience of them but I've used other components of his and they have all been very good.
Fantastic pictures of a working railways again. I've always had a soft spot for van trains, so I really liked your photos of the 'Santa Special' postal service.
I reckon this is the toughest choice we've ever been presented with! Every single entry had some merit, I managed to get down to a top three but picking a winner led me to very carefully re-read the theme, consider what that meant and then how best my top three met that target. Thank goodness I didn...
Thanks folks, You've given me some food for thought here. Durability was an issue I hadn't considered. They will need to be able to withstand the odd hot cinder and the effects of foot traffic. No idea about printing, I'm afraid, but I'm VERY impressed with your/the GCR's attention to detail! Mostly...
Hello all, I hope you will forgive a non garden railway (and 12" to the foot scale) enquiry. The Eastern Region of BR used to mark each chain along the railway by nailing small cast numbers to the sleepers (about and inch and a half by two inches and about and eighth of an inch thick). Over the...
HI Andrew, Brilliant pictures, I loved the 'pan' shot too. The train looks great. It may have been early but you seemed to drum up a respectable number of passengers! I haven't run a train at all yet this year. The state of the track on the CFLR and the amount of work required to make it fit has put...
On the Midland Railway wagons were painted grey. Even as new that could vary between a pale grey and a dark grey. The reason was that the wagon paint was 'stretched out' by mixing in all the scraps of paint from the paint shop, so the 'colour of the day' depended on what other vehicles were being pa...