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They kind of look like Burlington style rerailers, but I'm not 100% sure that's what they're supposed to be. I've had a hard time finding reference photos with anything similar mounted on a locomotive pilot. They must have based it on something...

I split this into its own topic as the previous thread was from 2008, and I don't think anybody on there has been around recently. (https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=243 in case it's helpful for reference.) Are you talking about the wedge-shaped things on the Bachmann Big Hauler version ...

Oooh, I'm imagining something like the Irish peat lines, maybe with those rustic looking wooden crate wagons for the moss?! That sounds wonderful! Put your railway to work. That's got me thinking, maybe I can run an extension out to the vegetable patch and compost pile :twisted: I'm reminded of thi...

Attention to detail and consideration given to so many aspects of this (the railway, rolling stock, operations, video) is, of course, so impressive. Love the sheep audio! Sheep audio was something that stood out to me as well, as something I wouldn't have thought to add but that gives a lot of ambi...

Wow Drew, I didn't realise that the Nolwyn Valley railway had developed this far. It all looks very rustic.I need to re-read you thread. The camera angle is deceptive... This is pretty much the whole thing! :mrgreen: For some reason I had thought the deadline was the 1st of June, so this is great n...

The afternoon goods approaches the halt:

After reading the whole article one thing that caught my eye was that she didn't want to "settle" for battery power, but planned to run live steam... I guess the battery mafia hasn't gotten to her yet! :lol: I bet her kids would have a lot of fun with some battery locos-- mine sure do! Thr...

It looks really lovely, Rik. I hope I can make it over to visit someday.

I have a few domestic trips planned this summer that involve a rail history preservation element... I might have to borrow this idea and see if anybody can guess where I am!

Wow, lucky! Sounds like it ended up in the right hands.

All I found in my back garden was 300 bricks and a bunch of trash!

Sorry to disappoint Rik, was hoping to let somebody else guess. The 'steamroller' comment was meant as an oblique reference to Sir Haydn's wide-treaded pony wheels. There was a Railway Series story where the other engines made fun of Sir Handel (based on Sir Haydn) for that feature. (That might've b...

A downy woodpecker visited the line the other day. It made for a decent bird's-eye view of the line as well. Screenshot_20240517-014200__01.jpg The wall has met with spousal approval but I keep fiddling with it. I suppose it's better to get the placement perfect now rather than notice things after i...

Wow, some great scenery you've got to work with there. I've read about those beetles, they can spray boiling chemicals out the back end :shock: Your wildlife sure makes me appreciate mine... Even if we do have to shovel the lake flies off the sidewalk a few weeks a year, at least they don't sting or...

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 2:51 pm
'Mallard' ? ..... This is fun!

Mallard's not green... Clearly, this is ’Dwight D Eisenhower’!

I think I know it again, but somebody else can have this one.

(I might've heard this one has steamroller wheels? )

The distinctive large/boxy side tanks were the first clue, though the wheels did throw me off a bit... I hadn't realized they were so small! The glimpse of the crest on the tank and the mineral wagon in the background were also helpful clues. I didn't even notice the buffers until after answering, b...

That has to be Tom Rolt! Are you at the Talyllyn Railway?

So, does that mean you never do any wallpapering?? :lol: Because, using a plumbline, that's how you get a vertical line on a wall to line the edge of the wallpaper to. I've been doing it that way for 50 years and never had any probs ( he says modestly!). In fact you can actually get plumblines with...

Nice loco! Love the belt drive (is that what you'd call it?), beautifully quirky. And that corner's looking just right... Cheers, Andrew. Thanks! I was trying to make it look like it was built from scraps in the quarry's workshop, which it kind of was; the skip frame it's built on had lost two axle...

Whoopee, a cupee! :mrgreen: I'll admit I get a bit confused if a loco component doesn't have a red (+) and a black (-) on it. (And even then I get mixed up sometimes!) :lol: So would the exhaust steam come into the middle set of tubes from the cylinders, and depending on the position of the pistons ...

The screw on the end looks like it could be for attaching a handle, so does it have some kind of valve inside? The symmetrical nature of the dual outlets suggests it might connect to something that's the same on both sides, like cylinders maybe. (I don't know much about steam locos, but I'm pretty s...