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Welcome, looks very good and plenty of space, i like the platform edgeing

thats looking really good its starting to look real already; looking forward to seeing further progress!

Hi all, over the last few days work has progressed on the spiral. Ive used strips of plywood with posts postcreted into the ground as support and then attached planks on top. Despite a few strips snapping when being bent to shape once complete the spiral is now a very solid structure and is ready fo...

well done for braving the winter elements, its looking like youve got some decent space for landscaping there which will tie in with your minimal station theme. Should be a pretty long run by the time its finished?
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Joe

ive also seen engines with the steam pipe go round the tender gas tank before it goes through a superheater and eventually to the cylinders, of course the longer the steam pipe the greater the time it takes for the engine to move when the regulator is moved

Many of you may have seen this before but i thought id share in case like me you hadn't, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmmoNQr_8pk
Theres some very nice filming on a great railway here, the working gravel scoop is very impressive.

Its a good project, best of luck, will you make all the components yourself?

Just thought another option is to go down the second hand route but if its your first loco it may be best to stay away from online auctions and buy from a proper trader. You can sometimes pick up mamod and mss locos for very small amounts of money at car boots although int hat case it is a bit of a ...

This conversation comes up a lot and all i can say is that mss/mamod locos are very fun and entertaining and you can have lots of fun with "mamodification" although if you can it may be best to invest in a RH basic or lower priced accucraft loco as they are undeniably better in many ways a...

Wow i really like this concept, though it is way beyond the capabilities of me to be able to fit, do you know if any UK company's or individuals could fit this system to locos?
cheers
Joe

Hi all, work has progressed a little with the second table (where the station will be) being roof felted and the tunnel through the tree being fitted as well as a support post for the swing bridge. The aim now is to make a triangular wood section for near the tunnel for a curve to join the tunnel wi...

Hi, i may be intersted, have you got any idea on price? i know you said TBA but do you have a figure in mind?

JMORG i find that quite interesting about what you said about cheddar and forest classic, have you got any examples of locos using there components?
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Joe

Thanks for the comments folks , I can't take all the credit though as a very kind friend built the swing bridge for me . The issue now is with all this track bed being built I now need to connect up the different parts and buy lots and lots of track

very nice once again Andrew

As i have now decided on a name for my railway i decided to start a new topic following on from previous discussions, http://gardenrails.myfreeforum.org/ftopic9640-0-asc-0.php Recent work has been the erection of a swing bridge to connect the lower station (which is raised) with the proposed route f...

Back to locos...... and although not what i am modeling i have always like the look of some of the snail beach railway locos such as this one: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=snailbeach+railway+0-4-2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim9bzll8DJAhUJrD4KHU5yAssQ_AUIBygB&biw=17...

Regarding prices, nowadays for an average 00 gauge loco your looking at paying around 120 pounds if recently released; so a new roundhouse bertie for example is only 5 times dearer than a standard 00 gauge model but yet a roundhouse model i am sure has far more craftsmen ship and time spent on it as...

yeah would be nice to see a video of her pulling a decent load int he future

thanks for that, looks quite a good looking loco and certainly a bargin!