Garden Railway Forum

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Stephen Jack Wallbank:115039 wrote:You have to replace the wheels on the hornby stock, else they will ride on the sleepers.

How do I do that?

Two questions:
-is it cheap and easy to convert a tablet burning engine to a methylated spirits one?
-Can Hornby '0' gauge rolling stock be used with normal mamod engines with a bit of doctoring?

OK and thanks for the information

Since there are tenders for mamods, and gas burners, has anyone made a tender for the canister, so there is more space on the footplate?
So the cannister would trail behind the engine on wheels?

Thanks, and great videos!!

I think for my first engine I'll try an sl on eBay

DLRdan:114949 wrote: If you are interested I can put some links to videos.

Yes please!!

So I have seen on YouTube videos of roundhouse engines and accucrafts with SSP Slomos fitted, so I just wondered if one could be fitted to a mamod?

OK thanks

I thought the older mamods would be better. Thanks for the information.

Ok thanks

Thank you!!

Hello everyone
Are mss locos any good? Only wondering as they are cheap and they look good for a first locomotive.
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Hello Arthur, It sounds like you have an interesting if challenging space to work in. I can't claim to be any expert in garden railways, I'm still at the Civil Engineering stage myself, but I've done a good deal research and a good deal more planning! As a starter, how narrow is 'narrow'? It sounds...

Hello everyone Now to put it straight, I know barely anything about railways in the garden. Having a large but narrow garden, I thought it to be a good idea to build an o gauge mamod track. However, I will not have very much time to build it. I have heard oo gauge isn't good in the garden, and havin...