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The FeckHallBahn Mamod Quarry loco. It’s properly run in now but because of the railways steep hills will always need to be double headed, which does work well but what I really wanted was a live steamer that could trundle around without any input from me. The Quarry is not that loco. I’ve decided t...

The Taming of Gerhilde - manual control live steam Mamod Quarry Loco https://youtu.be/hqqafH9EMuA It appears that threats can work on steam engines!!! Both train engines are controlled by a Piko key fob. The GE switcher has 4 traction tyres and is fitted with some sort of safety cutout if it stalls,...

Thank you loads.

I am definitely leaning towards a geared loco although my Billy, Leader and Caradoc are all fine.
It’s had 3 hours of running time on the rails and 40 minutes on blocks. It’s covered just over 1,000 yards actually moving.

I need to make a decision - this forum is a good place to ask advice. My Mamod Quarry is just about unmanageable as a manual loco on the FeckHallBahn - give it enough regulator to get up the inclines and it does an excellent impression of Mallard on the flat bits with inevitable off roading on the R...

Thanks Chris It’s back with them again now. Steam chest on the left pouring steam out at any psi >20. I suspect there’s a warped or inaccurately machined surface in there somewhere. One piston rod gland came out mid run. The thing that baffles me is that it was fine on blocks but as soon as it was o...

Welcome Wednesday - Take Two (of ???) https://youtu.be/76u9lNIiIEc The fabulous team at Mamod received my broken (by me) brand new quarry loco on Monday repaired it and turned the wheel centres down to give me deeper flanges so that it wouldn’t bounce off on my LGB point frogs, as they did for my Bo...

Walter Pigeon on the FeckHallBahn’s Vogelscheiße Incline

Hello Group
I’m quite tempted by a Mamod Brunel. Is there anyone with experience of fitting directional RC to one? The FeckHallBahn is ground level and not a loop; I need to be able to stop (and preferably reverse) trains remotely at the far end of the line.
Thanks in advance
Nigel.

Ha! It’s smack in the middle of two flexible track sections and also smack in the middle of a granite slab! I can live with it; it doesn’t cause any problems. Just looks messy. We had literally just had the (tiny) garden extensively remodelled and landscaped to what we’d wanted for 20 years when I w...

It would, but there isn’t room. It’s not a massive problem though, it’s only a headshunt extension and at the end of a baseboard. The track is floating nicely on ballast and I’ll reconfigure the station when I replace the plank it’s sitting on. image.jpg I had to take the main line lot out again thi...

They’re soaked in yacht varnish, hopefully that will do the job.

That’s almost exactly what I ended up doing but with M2 self tapping screws for the first bit. I used panel pins for the next bit but without the half moon shape (because I didn’t think of it). Two more places to do still I’ve now sorted out the warp visible in this IMG_5428.jpeg The sleepers here a...

I do that using my Apple watch as a remote control for my phone camera for my track inspections. Absolutely no need for it but it’s fun! Only problem with driving ‘live’ is lag and occasional watch screen freeze. Wouldn’t trust it with live steam

Hi - this looks spot on. What’s the power source; reviews on the product page aren’t particularly helpful!

Love it Andrew!

It’s definitely worth a try, thanks.

However. The entire existing wagon fell to bits earlier so I’m going to build a new one - with suspension and a vibration damping tripod mount!

Thank you all, much appreciated.

New Year’s Day 2024 on the FeckHallBahn https://youtu.be/r4PotjKO6rk Filmed at all the FeckHallBahn’s main line stations over the course of a couple of hours on 1/1/2024. We start at Hornundtrompetebahnhof. Keith bustles off to Tiefeshorn where it will take up banking loco/Hilflok duties - wet and c...

Me again! My camera wagon, for on train filming, is a fairly knackered chassis scavenged off a defunct brake van. The camera (iPhone) is attached to it using a tripod mount. I’m going to replace the wagon - any ideas or solutions for making it less bouncy? Full line inspection following Storm Gerrit...

Happy New Year to all Soaking wet here on the FeckHallBahn but I did manage to run a few trains. I’ve got quite a few gaps where the plastic sleepers have pulled free from their rails and in places where secondhand track had more rail than sleepers. I want to replace them with wooden sleepers (I hav...