Garden Railway Forum

You are welcome to come and run anytime. I will be forwarding the steam up dates to Richard on Monday.

The l&b chassis has been completed and run on air. The boiler parts are beginning to come together now so 2015 should be the year the loco is completed. The carriage works will have the l&b carriages completed and a second rake of them should be added. There is a rake of open wagons that awa...

Just another thought. If the balloon loop idea sounds good but space could be an issue, why not make the balloon loop removable? Without seeing the space where the line is to go its a little harder to see but there are plenty of posibilities. Andrew I will send you a pm with regards to my line. Save...

And so another year has passed, the railway has continued to evolve and is growing into something both friends and family are able to enjoy. Plans for 2015: Well if I'm being honest I don't quite know what direction to head in. I would like to add some more buildings to the line, and the seating ins...

Hi joe, Did you visit my line in November? I used to have big long straights running the length of the garden and it suited well for a while. This issue was that trains can very quickly pick up momentum on a long straight and they looked rather boring. I relaid the long straights in the summer onto ...

I had the same issue with my ragleth when I changed to mixed gas. The pink substance is actually the "smell" they add to the Tasso you know its there. I found once I had cleared the jet loco worked well for acupressure of runs and then blocked again. I changed the can of gas and haven't ha...

Haha sorry Tom. I meant to send you the link so you could seeing in action!

So tonight I had a go at making the first boiler end cap

And the answer to the question of what size former is 37mm

If they're made from mild steel it's a non starter due to corrosion issues. soldering the steel to the copper isn't an issue as such as the boiler needs to be silver soldered in any case. The last thing we want though is any rust trying to go through the steam ways as its a sure fire way of blocking...

What material are core plugs made from? It's certainly a good shout given the price of them

It's all being made out of 16swg both tube and backplates

I need to clear the sides down in the workshop again and then it's assembling the smokebox and starting the boiler work. If anyone can tell me what size former to use to flange the end plates to fit 42mm copper pipe that would be useful. With a bit of luck and a push down hill I would like to have t...

Take a look at Atropos. If I recall correctly they have scale mine/quarry point work.

Some great photos there! Looking forward to seeing what comes next

So now the chassis has been running on air I began looking at firing and boilers again.... After many hours of changingy mind I finally settled on a meths fired pot boiler with a chick feed meths burner. A bit of playing in the workshop later and the sump and burners have been made and tested on the...

Any chance of some more photos please?

A little bit of progress....



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Oh I dream of having a djb!

Roundhouse got the slip eccentric parts back in stock so these were ordered and arrived today

Maybe I will manage to get this loco running on air before the year is out....