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Yes that is bonkers, If you wanted one they do crop up for about 2K, there's something quite clunky and wrong with Roundhouse's version but can't put my finger on what it is. John Please can you find me one for £2000 - it's a loco on my bucket list :D . I've watched 3 sell so far this year, all for...

Dads Merlin L & M has found a new home, probably the best place it could go. It is with a collector on the south coast who also has the Merlin 'Beast' and a Mac Muckley L & M. He is delighted with it. Sad to see it go but nice to see it being appreciated and being used regularly. We hope to ...

Good idea.....

Here's my Dads Auric awaiting a rebuild - hopefully it will be running in the spring. He thinks he has all the parts bar a bracket to hold the boiler to the chassis.

George.

Ian - Mike isn't the only one interested in Pearse build numbers. I would be very interested in build numbers for the Auric and Lew if you had an approximate idea? Btw - the Merlin L & M has found a new home, probably the best place it could go. It is with a collector on the south coast who also...

I love the second photo with the view down the platform; very atmospheric.

Taw and Lyn pull away from St Just on a double headed service at the 'West Cornwall Light Railway'.

The track behind the train swoops away towards the 'Newlyn' end of the line.

Credit to Peter and Bruce Dawes for the location and Tony Rodwell for the first 3 coaches and Lyn.

I hope you enjoy

George

Very smart . That 'S' bend is just overflowing with narrow gauge atmosphere!

Yep, that bridge looks much better. well done! I love the head-on shot of the train approaching the junction, just lovely. Ditto - you beat me to it Philip. :) Rik Thanks, it was hard to get a shot without it looking like a building site - hence the low angle. Enjoy indeed. Nice work on the bridge ...

I use a junior hacksaw with a metal cutting blade and that works well so you should be fine. Maybe, as tom said, a different blade is in order?

Not the best quality video I'm afraid. Again this was taken at Peter and Bruce Dawes West Cornwall Light Railway. All the buildings you see are miniature versions of buildings in St Just which Peter has scratch built himself!

I think it's about time for an update! The railway has been out of action since February but it has finally been connected up again. The bridge was rebuilt (you were right Phillipy - I wasn't happy with the bridge - it was more of a temporary arrangement but the new one should suffice!) IMG_20190624...

Another photo taken on the West Cornwall Light Railway.

Crossing the girder bridge

video to follow

Hopefully Andrew we will be able to see more of that brilliant looking line and of course your exquisite looking Merlin, George... She sure does look beautiful. I bet your are so proud to own her. Yes of course, it's nice to have something different and it is a lovely looking loco. Mind you I haven...

As promised we took the Merlin for a proper test at our local Reading Group garden railway meeting a couple of weeks ago and I'm pleased to say that it's performance exceeded our expectations. The venue was Peter and Bruce Dawes superb West Cornwall Light Railway. Raising steam in the new station ar...

Here is my Entry: 'Trethevan Farm'

Sorry for being hopeless on sending you a theme Philipy, I thought I sent you something but it must not of got through

tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:14 pm Nicely done the sign writing. Did you use just a brush and acrylic or enamel paint?

Thank you, I used Humbrol enamel as there white paint is very strong and is fine with one coat for letters. The body of the wagon is Pheonix Precision Paints GWR freight wagon grey if you were wondering.

Added this to demonstrate the three liveries present

I have decided to make a second thread to keep railway and rolling stock updates separate. To Start things off, I thought I would give some background information for goods traffic on the railway. I imagine the railway came under ownership of Southern Railway through the grouping act of 1921 (much l...

Sorry for going off topic but is that a Pendle Valley 'railway Inn' I see?. If so it would be greatly appreciated if you could get the floor plan dimensions for me. I was thinking of getting one but before I invest money into it I would like to know if It would fit on my railway (there is no dimensi...