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It’s an Accucraft Cranmore Peckett.3230A029-9763-43BB-88CC-3E9B271F87FB.jpeg That is a lovely looking little loco. Any chance of some video? Hi Phil, I did put a clip on Twitter a while back but I plan to get some better footage sorted soon and put it on YouTube: https://twitter.com/bwlrpeter/statu...

What a great photo, your railway is looking good! Like the telegraph poles, keep thinking I ought to install a few!

It has been a while since I updated this thread. I’ve had some family issues recently which have taken up a lot of my spare time. My dad had a major stroke in early May and hasn't made much of a recovery, and then soon after my mum fell out of bed and managed to severely aggravate the mobility issue...

Great to see you are back in action Rod and making progress on your new line. It looks a nice space but as someone with a ground level line I know all about the extra maintenance issues it can mean plus the wear and tear on the knees and back bending down all the time! :D would agree with the other ...

Heavy duty civil engineering going on there!

What lovely photos, very atmospheric and I think the rust on the tippers looks convincing

My railway is 45mm gauge (Peco) and it merges into the garden quite effectively, you can look out at the garden from the house and barely see any evidence that a railway is there apart from a couple of bridges, just a few tantalising glimpses of the track 🙂. Of course that is down to it being a grou...

Looking amazing Andrew! What a very atmospheric Railway you have, I like it!

That’s an eggscellent photo.

I couldn't choose between these, so I have posted two.. :imsorry Well 2 pics are allowed! :D Both good ones, although I'd say the 2nd photo perhaps suits the theme better, as in the first the train is rather overshadowed (literally!) by that superb bridge. If a "my favourite bridge" theme...

Garethh wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 1:33 pm
My ‘rusty’ train, kit built lady Anne ‘Rosie’ with a simply 7/8ths body pulling a mix of swift sixteen and binnie stock, all looking like they’ve seen better days!

What a lovely looking engine! Some great entries so far, but Rosie has really caught my eye!

Sunday Afternoon Excursion on the BWLR IMG_E3166[1].jpg This is my favourite train mainly because these Brandbright carriages were made the year before I actually started construction in the garden and so are some of the first 16mm vehicles I built and I have to say I think I made a good job of them...

Looks amazing and the rivets will really help the look of the finished wagon (and keep any rivet counters occupied for a while )

Splendid work!

These all look really good, especially the cattle truck, looking forward to seeing the finished article!

More about the track realignment. As the railway and the range of motive power I have acquired has developed its has become apparent that here and there some changes could be made to facilitate easier running, particularly for manual control steam engines. The first change I've made is where the lin...

How do you operate the terminus behind the shed?! It looks to be a very tight squeeze! It is! However it's not quite as bad as it seems from the photos, as there is good access from the side of the shed to the buffer stop end of the station(from whence the photos are taken) and access round the oth...

I've not posted on this thread for a while. Its not so much that I haven't been up to much with the railway, just never get round to posting too often! You may have seen my Soller tram car in one of the other threads, so that is one project I've been working on over the winter. I've also renovated o...

Whilst I'm on this thread, an update on the Occre Soller Tram kit I was building which is now finished, but as mentioned earlier in the thread, I still need to motorise it.

That's absolutely brilliant! brings a whole new angle to the phrase "On train catering"...

ge_rik wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 8:43 am I love the way the driver is hanging out of the cab to see the signal.

Rik

He has to do that to avoid bashing his head on the gas regulator...