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- Sat Jun 10, 2023 11:54 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: My first attempt at a garden railway
- Replies: 30
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Re: My first attempt at a garden railway
I think I’ve got the wires crossed. The railway in the garden will be a larger layout and will be a planned out and back. I want to build a small baseboard based layout quickly to be able to run my locos while taking time to build the one in the garden. Our garden is flat and the space available for...
- Sat Jun 10, 2023 8:52 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: SSP slomo
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5059
Re: SSP slomo
I like the brick idea!
- Thu Jun 08, 2023 5:22 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Quick build to run rolling stock ideas
- Replies: 7
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Re: Quick build to run rolling stock ideas
Thanks all. The plan in my head is something like an inglenook on an 8x4 baseboard. That way it can live in the shed and come out on trestles/ workmates when I want to have a play. The biggest hurdle I have found with getting started with something more permanent in the garden is not being able to r...
- Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:10 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Quick build to run rolling stock ideas
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4405
Quick build to run rolling stock ideas
Hello All As can be seen in my other thread, I am/ have been attempting to build a railway in the garden for nearly 10 years. It has never materialised but with this latest round of ideas, I am certain we can get round to it. As an aside to building a layout in the garden, can anyone help with ideas...
- Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:54 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: My first attempt at a garden railway
- Replies: 30
- Views: 23352
Re: My first attempt at a garden railway
Well, third time lucky as they say..... My foray into the garden really hasn't gone well. I have been moved to a new area at work and one of the lads I work with is involved quite heavily with Pete Waterman and his modelling ventures. This has rekindled an interest in modelling, so far as to go that...
- Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:48 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: SSP slomo
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5059
Re: SSP slomo
Thanks for the idea there Andrew. I'd like to keep Mildred tender free for now, but if that is the case I will certainly look into it. The idea of the slomo has been rekindled after watching videos of a layout called Hambledon - the end to end shunting at very slow speed using live steam appeals to ...
- Thu Jun 08, 2023 8:50 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: SSP slomo
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5059
Re: SSP slomo
Thanks for the replies and the heads up about Wilson Locomotives Tony. Thanks for reminding me of the momentum van Rik, it’s been so long since I had the garden rail bug that I’d forgotten about that. I believe it was just being conceived when I last paid much attention to the 16mm world. Lovely ide...
- Tue Jun 06, 2023 9:30 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: SSP slomo
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5059
SSP slomo
Hello all I have had a significant time away from garden rails but a friend has reignited my interest in model railways of all scales. I am now looking to recommission my Roundhouse Mildred and would like to fit an SSP Slomo but it seems they have stopped making them. Is there an equivalent availabl...
- Tue Jun 06, 2023 9:26 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Help - U.K SAR info wanted
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4703
Re: Help - U.K SAR info wanted
Thanks for the replies. Yes, it was a fantastic set up and I’m very sorry to hear of its demise.
- Sun May 28, 2023 4:50 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Help - U.K SAR info wanted
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4703
- Sun May 28, 2023 4:43 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Help - U.K SAR info wanted
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4703
Help - U.K SAR info wanted
Hello all It's has been a long time since I posted but glad the old log in still works. I have been talking to a modelling friend about garden railways and the subject of SAR mineral layouts came up. I seem to recall a raised level layout based on an SAR(?) theme here in the U.K. I think it was 45mm...
- Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:22 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Another Railway! The WR, now the MGR
- Replies: 103
- Views: 66170
- Tue Aug 09, 2016 12:42 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: What Engine?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6508
Bryan I have a Roundhouse Mildred. It is a lovely little RC 0-4-0 loco. Very easy to run as a newbie to this hobby. I know Roundhouse have discontinued this particular model, but I'm sure a similar model from them is available. There is always the 2nd hand market. Sorry that I can't offer any more i...
- Mon Aug 08, 2016 1:10 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Apple Valley Railway (7 1/4" gauge)
- Replies: 204
- Views: 144958
- Mon Aug 08, 2016 10:29 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Apple Valley Railway (7 1/4" gauge)
- Replies: 204
- Views: 144958
- Sat Aug 06, 2016 6:54 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: My first attempt at a garden railway
- Replies: 30
- Views: 23352
Well, after a very long time of nothing happening at all due to varying reasons - redundancy and all the mess that comes along with that, I am now stable in a new job and have a renewed interest in building this project. My good lady, although not at all interested in the hobby, has shown an interes...
- Sun May 31, 2015 10:06 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: My first attempt at a garden railway
- Replies: 30
- Views: 23352
Hi Tom Love the updates on your line and 7/8ths stuff. I've been so busy with work that it hasn't helped with any thing railway! As I've said before, your line is perfect inspiration for construction of mine eventually. For the time being, my temporary layout will be using the large radius curves so...
- Sun May 31, 2015 9:35 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: My first attempt at a garden railway
- Replies: 30
- Views: 23352
Hello all Well it has been nearly a year and nothing has happened. This is due to varying projects on our house - inside and garden related. The area I planned to build the ground level line has been scrapped and a line on posts settled on due to running height and dodgy knees. Eventually the line w...
- Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:19 pm
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Boxing day running
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4684
- Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:55 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Smokey Sophie - A Roundhouse/Riverdale Amy coal fire build
- Replies: 185
- Views: 131314