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Thats a great pic. It looks really good with the darj headlamp on! I also love all the details youve been adding. Adds a sense of realism!

Day 14: It wasn't me, you can't prove a thing! Finally I have caught up to date! And it is only appropriate that this is my 100th post! It has taken me at least 3 hrs tonight to do this, using my piccies as a reminder of what I achieved each day! Anyway, enough about that, here's what i've been up ...

Day 11: The board meeting After more discussions later on the previous day with PTLRsam, I had a thought that at this level above ground level it might be possible to take the line off blocks onto boards (similar to the PTLR) from about 1 ft along from where I had concreted up to so far. But as the...

Day 9: Loopy Levels - Grade = A+ First thing to do was check that the blocks I had laid so far were level. And the verdict is... http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm92/bungle80a/16mmngm/Building%20a%20garden%20railway/BuildingGeoffsrailway086a.jpg SPOT ON! The day was spent laying more blocks. Tod...

Day 7: Time to get Laid! After an action packed long weekend, it was back to hard graft (but only half a days worth)! Started the day by getting out enough blocks to complete the full mainline curve and laying them out to judge whether they would need any cutting off to allow for the curve. http://...

Finally, I have an evening to do this! Day 5: Trackbed or Canal? It rained heavily overnight and I arrived to find my concrete was not as level as it seemed on laying. Consequently, I found this... http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm92/bungle80a/16mmngm/Building%20a%20garden%20railway/BuildingGeof...

Well its been nearly 2 weeks since an update as i've been very busy building and due to the weather its been tiring so i've barely been online. But I can now report that block laying is well under way. Also, we now have a name. It is going to be the 'Fairfield Railway' (FR). Will try to get a pictor...

i've got a great pic i got of it in pine tree station with the sandwich board which i'll post when i get chance to d/l my camera!

a possible solution for your expanding track is to have a short length of track just b4 it which has 2 sets of rails for it. one set for colder periods and the other set a couple of mm shorter for when the weather picks up! All you have to is swap them over when necessary. this obviously only works ...

Cheers Matt. Bit of a step up from YDG the Mamod! I was petrified of running her dry as there is no water level gauge of any sort like I am used to!

It has been a great day. The final train ran about 8 o'clock. After the last guests departed, the rain stopped, the sun tried to get out and Westmorland began to work well. There's still a lot of work to do on her, but a cab back is on its way! She is the blue Lady Anne at the front of the shed in o...

I'm sure the first train will run before completion! And after all, a garden railway is never finished is it?

Too tired to do a full report today! Will do a combined one for day 5 & 6 after I get home 2moro!

I dont know why, perhaps its cos PTLRsam recently visited the WHR (C), but i'm quite tempted to build one of the wagons used on each train for carrying bikes. Just cos it seems like something a bit different. Would need to find some piccies, and maybe some drawings!

ERm, somthing like that! Put it this way, "get it outside...NOW!" was hollered when it started to seriously set fire to the workbench!

I look forward to seeing that. We're having a post-PTLRfest (or should that now read post Lady Anne fest) day out up on Ratty! I heard Sian ran 4 trips sat and 1 on sunday?!?

Day 4: The Recipe for success...hopefully! Today has been spent mixing concrete! In total we have mixed 4 batches to put in the trenches, with each batch having the following recipe: 1 bag of Cement 2 bags of aggregate 4 bags of builders sand (3 times as much as the cement in weight) 2-3 buckets of...

Been a funny ol' night! There were a few set backs this evening, with things going wrong. The newly fitted nipple on the pressure gauge pipe broke off while another job was being done and the meths overflow pipe snapped while trying to bend it down! The nipple was reattatched and the meths overflow ...

There has been some progress again today on the 'Lady Anne' class Loco (more on that later). Her smoke box assembly, including the wee toolbox has been given a coat of matt black, as has the flame guard. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm92/bungle80a/16mmngm/Rebuilding%20Lady%20Anne/LadyAnne077.j...

Day 3: Battle of the Somme The day started pretty wet, and the corner we are working on lies on clay, so drainage is poor at best! But I was delighted to find that the area to be worked had been cleared of foliage over the weekend! http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm92/bungle80a/16mmngm/Building%...

Today's progress! I got up to the PTLR workshops around noon and when I got there I was greeted by this... http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm92/bungle80a/16mmngm/Rebuilding%20Lady%20Anne/LadyAnne056.jpg Half hour later and the safety valve was complete. It is very similar to a Roundhouse safety v...