Garden Railway Forum

Do you get the same symptoms when the Loco is cold i.e. Test the remote control setup longer than 3 to 4 minutes without steaming up. you should be to hear the servo motors working. Well Dave I fully charged up both controller and loco batteries this morning and left them both on for one hour and t...

Hi Dave, Many thanks for your interest. In answer to the first question - I don't know as I haven't left the power to either on when the loco is cold but I will try it when I am out in the workshop tomorrow to see what happens and let you know. To the second question the answer is yes the servo is s...

I took delivery of my Accucraft 2-6-2 loco just before Christmas. I love the model and it looks great. A few problems with remote control and gas jet have now been sorted. Many thanks to John at Trackshack for his help and prompt service. However now everything seems to be running okay I am having t...

Chaps, Chapesses, help! How do I remove the body from said loco please? Is it the large screws under the chassis or is there something hidden around the body? Any help much appreciated. Cheers! You got it. Remove the 4 screws underneath and slide the body forward and it come off easily. Best of luc...

It was great having Keith S. from Canada round last month. I wouldn't normal play trains in sub-zero temperatures in January but it was great fun and as you can see the steam/smoke effects were brilliant especially when the train passed under bridges. For those who haven't seen it already here is th...

A few more Whelan buildings. I know the pagoda may not suit every ones garden railway but it has added some colour and a point of interest. The village hall was actually a pub - The New Inn but it make quite a passable village hall I think. I haven't painted the bridge. I am just waiting for the wea...

Keith, I just had a look at the website and they do have an amazing range of stuff at unbelievable prices! Unfortunately there don't seem to be any pictures of their buildings, do you think you could post some pictures of  yours, please? Hi, Here are some pictures of my concrete buildings as reques...

I discovered, with a bit of detective work, that many of the 17 concrete buildings I have already were made by a company called Whelan’s in Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Last Saturday I went, via the bullet train from St Pancras and Sittingbourne, to Sheerness to see if I could find them...

Hi Narrow Minded, I was really interested to read your enquiry about the Welshpool loco and carriage sheds. I have just finished laying the track in Welshpool yard and will have to start work on the buildings there soon. I was wondering if you are building replicas also and if so what you were going...