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- Sat May 04, 2024 5:35 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Chassis thickness.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 61
Re: Chassis thickness.
Welcome to the forum! It sounds worrisome, but I'm more familiar with plastics and wood. What scale are you working with, and what kinds of loads/stresses will the locomotive be expected to handle?
- Thu May 02, 2024 7:51 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Nolwyn Valley Tramway
- Replies: 138
- Views: 32218
Re: Nolwyn Valley Tramway
Experiments in tracklaying:
Roughly the same location as the first image in this thread. Finally feels like we're getting somewhere!- Wed May 01, 2024 9:27 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Worlds longest portable model railway record
- Replies: 2
- Views: 74
Re: Worlds longest portable model railway record
I'm a bit curious how they got so close to, but not quite 1km... Didn't anybody have 10cm of track handy to stick on the end?
Regardless, it's a massive achievement and I have to give them credit for it!
Regardless, it's a massive achievement and I have to give them credit for it!
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:15 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Quarry Hunslet
- Replies: 10
- Views: 298
Re: Quarry Hunslet
Looks great so far, will be following with interest! I had originally intended Thornas to be a quarry Hunslet so I can see some things I missed or oversimplified on my version of the frame already. (Out of curiosity, how does Luna compare in size to the Hunslet?)
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:45 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
- Replies: 3388
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- Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:20 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Film photo
- Replies: 2
- Views: 72
Re: Film photo
Lovely! We collect film cameras (it just sort of happened) but haven't had much time for photography since the kiddos were born. (Aside from about 10,000 phone pictures of the kids, of course.) My favorite in operation is our Argus C3 rangefinder which was a wedding gift to my wife's grandparents an...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 3:14 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Little Engine
- Replies: 3
- Views: 300
Re: Little Engine
Makes sense, small hands for little engines!
I was trying to search for that brand, but it's difficult to find because ultimately, pretty much all rail modelers have little engines of some variety. Is it the same company that makes the ride-on ones?
I was trying to search for that brand, but it's difficult to find because ultimately, pretty much all rail modelers have little engines of some variety. Is it the same company that makes the ride-on ones?
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 6:39 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Merlin Midas MKIII
- Replies: 7
- Views: 374
Re: Merlin Midas MKIII
Welcome! We have an introduction section here: https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=32 Feel free to tell us a little about yourself, your rail interests, and your railway/aspirations over there! As for the Merlin, I'll have to defer to the live steam folks. It's very pretty, I think the red...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:11 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Animated Gif
- Replies: 6
- Views: 586
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:28 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Animated Gif
- Replies: 6
- Views: 586
Re: Animated Gif
Here's one from last fall, before the patio was complete and before the raised bed was started:
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:56 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Tytherington Light Railway
- Replies: 19
- Views: 881
Re: Tytherington Light Railway
Looks amazing, love the trees! You really converted that all from 45mm to 32mm in the last few weeks? Wow! Something that caught my eye is the minimum-gauge mine railway up above...just watch for bears in that tunnel.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:25 pm
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Haruka garden railway
- Replies: 9
- Views: 795
Re: Haruka garden railway
I didn't notice, but I see him now! I love that idea and should try to copy it... We mostly have generic figures but my preschool son has had a lot of fun with cartoon characters, action figures, superheroes etc. riding on the line. Time to sneak in some fun learning as well!
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:45 pm
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Haruka garden railway
- Replies: 9
- Views: 795
Re: Haruka garden railway
On his way to Waterloo Station?mymodeltrain wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:57 pm Rik, that is Napoleon, indeed, as a friend of mine told me about that.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:45 pm
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Haruka garden railway
- Replies: 9
- Views: 795
Re: Haruka garden railway
Very atmospheric, love the architecture showcased in this shot. Must be a popular railway, there's quite the crowd waiting for the next train!
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:12 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Mamod Quarry loco - hellllp!!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 684
Re: Mamod Quarry loco - hellllp!!
I agree, though he'd better check all restraints and fall hazards, especially after what happened to Poor Bill this weekend!
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:49 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Gmeinder & Co loco
- Replies: 100
- Views: 5291
Re: Gmeinder & Co loco
I've not found the significance of the oak leaf wreath A bit of a late response, and maybe not relevant to the discussion any more, but oak leaves are a national symbol of Germany with roots back to the pre-Roman times. I thought this article did a pretty good job encapsulating the connection... th...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 7:16 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Nolwyn Valley Tramway
- Replies: 138
- Views: 32218
Re: Nolwyn Valley Tramway
Small milestone achieved tonight as the waterfall operates successfully! A new spillway was needed as the first time I tried starting the pump all of the water was flowing out between the ponds. :shock: Protective mesh has also been cut and awaits edging. Screenshot_20240412-234141.jpg No news on th...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 2:29 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Nolwyn Valley Tramway
- Replies: 138
- Views: 32218
Re: Nolwyn Valley Tramway
Hard to beat those hooks for couplings. I use 'em on everything. I've seen them used for couplings before but never tried them for myself. My local hardware store is closing them out at eight for a dollar so I think I'd better stock up while they're still there, and the nails were a few cents for a...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:11 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Gmeinder & Co loco
- Replies: 100
- Views: 5291
Re: Gmeinder & Co loco
It looks just like the photo come to life! Seems just right leading those skips too.
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Here's the land for the future railroad
- Replies: 9
- Views: 771
Re: Here's the land for the future railroad
Wow, that's something else! You guys sure seem to have scarier critters than we do up here, I think the freezing winter helps keep the bugs in check. We had some hornets nesting in the downspout next to my railway construction site last summer. I had warned my 3YO son to stay away while I sprayed th...