I'dve thought pole shunting in such a small scale would be too fiddly to work. Fastening the pole to the loco though, never thought of that one.
They used to do something similar in the canefields, only pulling, with rope. Dangerous, and I'm told, illegal nowadays.
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- Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:52 am
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Shunting on the wrong track!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1839
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:34 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Little Wonder
- Replies: 64
- Views: 23754
Re: Little Wonder
Hell of a process. Always a pleasure to see how you do it.
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 12:04 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Building an 0-4-0 outside frame tank loco
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4378
Re: Building an 0-4-0 outside frame tank loco
I tried the baking soda on my Simplex a while back, to similar effect. Not for me.
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:38 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Building an 0-4-0 outside frame tank loco
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4378
Re: Building an 0-4-0 outside frame tank loco
You sure know how to pick an interesting prototype. Looking forward to the result, in time.
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:29 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: N&BLR Ongoing Projects thread
- Replies: 47
- Views: 19234
Re: N&BLR Ongoing Projects thread
My ignorance of the prototype doesn't stop me seeing the craftsmanship you're putting into this.
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:26 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Faller Hit Train, Play Train and the like
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1392
Re: Faller Hit Train, Play Train and the like
I'd heard of these, but never seen one until now. Yours seems very well-looked-after for it's age.
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:55 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
- Replies: 3391
- Views: 1114643
Re: Time to build a railway...but where?
That's what I like to see.
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 9:48 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Kerr Stuart diesel
- Replies: 56
- Views: 28856
Re: Kerr Stuart diesel
Work of art, them!
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:38 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1980
Re: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage
If you want "eccentric", maybe just stick some seats in that cattle van?!! I'll call it "In-Laws Class". :lol: :lol: Not far from the truth, though. The local Moreton/Mapleton tramways were known to add longitudinal bench seats to cane trucks and flat wagons, for special excursi...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:43 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1980
Re: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage
25/09/19 The 1mm styrene sheet from the kit was cut to length, and scribed as needed. A bulb mount (I believe salvaged from a car instrument panel many yeas ago) was fitted with a 3V bulb. Superglue and a ruler made for a tidy visible wiring run, though I did get carried away - the wires need only g...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:16 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1980
Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage
A "little" :lol: project from my defunct blog, that I've been meaning to contribute to the forum for quite a while.. Back in early 2019... I wanted an end-platform carriage, reminiscent of the various carriages found on the 2ft gauge sugar tramways of Queensland. Several of these were buil...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 6:54 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Stuart's occasional loco thread - Boot Lane Works 'Lilibet'
- Replies: 40
- Views: 9758
Re: Stuart's occasional loco thread - Boot Lane Works 'Lilibet'
I'll second the suggestion of the pin vice. I love mine.
Looking forward to seeing the new loco come together, always nice to see a new build.
Looking forward to seeing the new loco come together, always nice to see a new build.
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:59 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
- Replies: 917
- Views: 360277
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
I'd be up for that. When are you leaving?Hydrostatic Dazza wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:49 pm Thankyou. You will have to come around for a afternoon and evening session on the POR before we go to Wales. [/color][/b]
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 10:28 am
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4864
Re: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
Nice and practical, love the coffee shelf. I'd like to put something similar under a workbench one day, so storage yards like yours are always worth reading.
Suitably tiny yet grunty shunter for such a tight space, too.
Suitably tiny yet grunty shunter for such a tight space, too.
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 12:04 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
- Replies: 917
- Views: 360277
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Masterpiece as always, Darrell.
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 11:47 pm
- Forum: Quarterly Garden Railway Gallery
- Topic: March 2024 Gallery CLOSING DATE 1st MARCH
- Replies: 36
- Views: 9240
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 3:04 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Camera Vehicle
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3222
Re: Camera Vehicle
I wonder if a bit of soft (spongy foam) padding might absorb the vibrations.
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 2:52 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan
- Replies: 280
- Views: 132576
Re: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan
A set of clacks straddling the boiler top, along with suitable firebox-top pipework and stubby boiler fittings, might lend a little further "BR-Standardism" to it, but I'm really grasping at straws - you've made a fine job already.
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 6:57 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Next overhaul project....
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10780
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 12:53 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Little Wonder
- Replies: 64
- Views: 23754
Re: Little Wonder
Suitably fiddly.
They're really packed in there, between those axleboxes.
They're really packed in there, between those axleboxes.