Garden Railway Forum

I'm the guy who would do something dumb and buy the house BECAUSE of the Garden Railway.

drewzero1 wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 10:55 pm All I found in my back garden was 300 bricks and a bunch of trash!

Lol, I don't have to tell ya'll what I found in my back yard.

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 bite :lol: Yep, everything here either pokes, pricks, poisons, stings, bites or sprays you. Sometimes all the above lol. But it's beautiful an...

Here's a few more pics, I overloaded my last post.
I plan on lots of small cactus and clover along my railroad.

Just an update here. No more Skunks, ran them off last month. Such a relief. House is coming along and I'm slowly pecking away on the land. I've been pruning and hacking on the Mesquite Trees. They're all blooming like crazy which brings the Killer Bees. But I've noticed the AKB (Africanized Killer ...

I see no reason why not. I gather the valve gear on the 13T Shay (and the other Shay models) is much the same as the Ruby design, with piston valves on the cylinders and a third piston valve doing the reversing. Driving with a single servo on the reverser is a common arrangement on other Accucraft ...

Thanks everyone, very helpful! On the two cylinder, can you do what I did w the Ruby and give it good steam at the throttle and use the reverser valve to regulate speed (and direction of course)? That's how I ran the ruby with RC, a single servo on the valve instead of the throttle. A bit bummed but...

So.....I think my plans have changed a bit as far as my return to live steam, had a couple questions for y'all. My original plan was to replace my Ruby that I sold a few years back and build either a Billy or Lady Anne Kit, then Americanize that model. I still want to replace the Ruby, modify from t...

drewzero1 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:56 pm Something that caught my eye is the minimum-gauge mine railway up above...just watch for bears in that tunnel.

I didn't catch that at first!
And what a cool railway, has a great feel to it.

I'll follow this with interest. Somewhat of a contrast to the conditions I'm facing in the NW of England. So far this year, rain, followed by rain, followed by even more rain. I did find a rather sleepy wasp in the shed last week...... :? :lol: Rik I understand about the constant rain, I can't do t...

It is at times like this, an aerial shot from a drone, would put the whole kit and caboodle into perspective. An area like that, in our (wet) 'green and pleasant land' would turn into a jungle, in a single season. - I am guessing it is dry enough that the vegetation does not get out of hand easily?...

Such a beautiful place, if you're planning to model something like Santa Fe or Denver & Rio Grande you won't need to add much in the way of scenery! I love it in pictures and movies but as a lifelong midwesterner I couldn't take the heat. Can't quite tell from the picture, is it level or is the...

I think there's enough space here. There's another 1/2 acre over that ridge on the left. Id love to get my hands on the 4 acres across our driveway, but I have enough work to do here.

Can confirm that printed ones with metal wheels give enough weight down low, eliminated a derail problem I had. Yeah I really liked the heavy trucks, sounds like the printed units with metal wheels sets will work just fine, thanks for the heads up. I do all three as I find wood is good and cheap fo...

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4624688
I did a set of these, they look great but assembly was tedious. The X Brace/bracket was a PITA.
So now I'm printing these. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2929708 They look amazing...

Thanks for all the comments and help, much appreciated. As far as printing them to make a mold, I was thinking for a low temp metal cast, I like the weight of the ones I used to get from NENG. BUT I'll try them first with metal wheel sets, might be perfect and less work. Again, thanks everyone I'll ...

Well, I'm a bit old school and didn't realize how versatile these 3D Printers are. A while back my neighbor gave me a brand new Printrbot, I just stared at the box for a few months. Well recently he set me up with all the software and what not and I've been playing in "Thingiverse", met so...

I'll check them out, thank you.
I should have been a little more specific, looking for late 1800's / early 1900's American narrow gauge style but there's a couple of those you linked that I'll look into...

I'm not sure this is the correct area to be posting this. But since it's in the "Rolling Stock" section I'll ask here, if it needs relocated we'll that's fine. My question is about Fn3 truck sources, like 4' archbars and even the early 3'7" units, or anything for that matter. I've bee...

siclick33 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 7:37 pm Summerlands Chuffer with FX control fitted.

This was a great thread and with awesome pictures. I'm going to be doing a Billy Kit here in 2024, appreciate the write up.