Garden Railway Forum

hey folks, cheers for the lovely Responses. appreciate them! in other non CCT news i have ordered a live steam NA in Red as i am a Trainee FIreman on the Real Locos when i am not running steam in the garden.

Well having survived the depression and with passenger numbers increasing, the LNR management have decided to order a new loco (currently being built as we speak) however the weather has thrown a spanner in the works with a severe storm bringing trees down and completely blocking the main line at t...

Hey all, Appreciate the lovely Responses, the printer I am looking at is a Bambu Labs A1 Combo (Able to print Multi Colour FIlament)
As For the Suprise loco, i have managed to acquire an accucraft Plantation 0-4-2 live steamer. runs like a swiss watch.

Hey Chaps, Been a little while since i posted last. a couple of exciting things have happened since i last posted. I finally have acquired a Bachmann Davenport for use as the tramways main diesel. this will be converted to battery power when funds are available to do so. 429600442_1090297238755408_8...

LNR wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:03 pm Mitch,
Do you get the trucks to turn it into a 2-6-2, or are they an extra?
Grant.

Gday Grant, the 2-6-2 is an extra but accucraft are offering the 2-6-2 as R-T-R or kit

Hey folks, thanks for the lovely replies, greatly appreciated. Mabel has been ran in a fair bit since i first collected it and runs like a sewing machine (albeat Steam Powered!)

Hey Folks, Picked up my new Accucraft Mabel last week from Argyle Loco Works.
Runs Superbly well and very powerful and smooth,
still some things im getting used to but i am very happy with it

Lovely Work Aaron! do like fowler diesels, especially fowler Resilent class locos like peldon, might be a idea for another project??

Some really interesting equipment getting an outing there. The SP car is a stunner. Is that a roundhouse Sammy lurking near the shed? Sure is ! not many of them around, especially in red!, good running reliable loco and never given me much trouble, the SP car was built by a friend of mine and runs ...

Sure was a great day Aaron, had a blast. everything went well!

Thanks Rik, looking forward to getting the bridge fixed up and my Mabel Arriving in the not too distant future .
Have had thoughts on adding a couple more sidings in but not too sure .

Unfortunately no thread on this forum at all to my knowledge, it belongs to a friend of mine and I believe he is planning to put one up at some point.

The SP car is a scratch built unit with a mix of marine steam products adapted to conventional rail use. it’s a mighty fine machine and runs superbly well.

Forgot to Add These Pics last post ,had my 21st birthday steam up in September, thanks to Alexander (MelbourneSparks) for taking the pics for me IMG_4995.jpeg The ESET SP Car passes through the tanks at the summit of the grade IMG_4994.jpeg The Thermo Electric Tram is Assisted by the ESETs Ruby IMG_...

Good time was had at GSSU, thanks for the loan of the wagons, robin ran like a charm, looking forward to getting my Mabel and running it with yours ! Great read, enjoyed it a lot.

Hey All, Apollogies for being so long between postings, a fair bit has been happening on the line as of late. #1 a Accucraft Mabel has ordered and is due for delivery very soon, will be manually controlled and a 0-6-0, gotta work out a name for it now ;) #2 the track has seen some improvements and t...

Hey all. been a good few months since ive updated . The trackwork in the cutting is being reworked as the foundations are being relaid. I have gotten my Bachmann Porter Converted to Battery Power by a friend of mine. Ive also aquired a bachmann lyn 2-4-2 (Newer Version) which will be converted to ba...

Hey All, sorry for the lack of postings, working a part time job and having a car + Volunteering at two railways has taken up a lot of my time for running Steam trains in my garden lately, All the locos are performing well, the porter is due to be converted to Battery Power very soon by a friend of ...

he likes his "Yoga" routine so give him some time for that i suppose!

Is that the Yoga that comes in cans and bottles??

Cheers for the compliments folks, Cool Train is sneaking in a visit to another local line then it is off to the Eltham South Electric Tramway + The North East Victoria Railway as far as i am aware

Mitch