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Passenger numbers are down, goods traffic has dropped off too.
The future of the railway is uncertain. Can it survive?
Sir Topham Hatt needs to come up with a bold plan to save the railway from bankruptcy.

The railway is in trouble and Sir Topham Hatt calls the engines to a meeting.

Can the railway be saved?

Food for thought.
I also use Kevin's music from time to time. If this happens to me I will now know what to do. Thanks for posting.
Keith

It's all coming together nicely. Can I just ask, do you use two cameras and edit the shots together or use one camera and reshoot the movement? If the latter, you have matched the speeds well. Rik Hi Rik, This was all shot using my iPhone as the only camera. It was all a little fraught as I had to ...

Since joining the Wychbold and Stoke Prior Railway loco fleet poor James has never had any suitable coaches to pull. So he was nearly always relegated to pulling goods trains. Recently two brand new shiny splendid red coaches arrived on the railway and now James' dreams have come true and he can pul...

You have even detailed the ceiling in the tunnel. And included the little recesses for the staff to duck into if a train comes while they're in there! It's all looking great. It's got a real mainline feel - I hope we get to see Gordon rushing over that bridge with The Express sometime... All the be...

Yesterday was the second birthday of my garden railway.

I started construction on 28th June 2020. It's reached the toddler stage. Lots of growing up still to do.

FWLR wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 9:20 am What a brilliant line, you have given me so much hope and encouragement.
Thanks for posting

Thank you for your kind comments.

philipy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:44 pm Very nice, thanks for sharing. The slow running is most impressive, well done.

Thank you. That's the real benefit of battery power and radio control.

A short video showing progress made on my new garden railway over the last 16 months or so.

Three years after dismantling the Sandwell Valley Railway and moving house I started work on a new garden railway. This video shows how far I've got.

I've been experimenting with a mechanism I made which rotates the camera to follow the curves on my new railway.

Yes. That is based on exactly the same story. I think I really need a G Scale Duck.

This was a lockdown project. The people who contributed and helped make this film never met. It was mostly filmed at Pine Tree Junction by the crew there who also acted as critical friends. It's based on a story by Christopher Awdry. I wrote the screenplay, directed it, starred in it and edited it a...

I do hope you'll post pictures of the reincarnation as it happens, please. Hi Phillip, I will and hopefully it will be soon. If you are interested in the provisional planning then it is on my blog at http://wychboldandstokepriorrailway.blogspot.com. Of course the plans are subject to change without...

Hi Rik, I've still got all of the aluminium bridges and I managed to salvage most of the concrete viaduct sections with not too much damage. The embankment walls also have been reclaimed and are in storage. Unfortunately the tunnel mouths and low walls along with the rest of the trackbed had to be s...

The photographs that make up this video were taken in January and February 2017. The railway had been abandoned over the winter months and then due to an impending house move the track was lifted. For every one of my garden railway videos I had always tidied up the garden, mowed the lawn, trimmed th...

Excellent. Cracking story. I hope no one was killed or injured by the explosion and you haven't breached any copyright with the Franchise owners. :lol: :lol: :lol: Pleased you liked it Ian. SC Ruffey is a little worse for wear, otherwise no one was injured. However my lawn is taking a little while ...

An 'explosive' adventure filmed on the Pine Tree Junction Railway. Thomas is pulling a train with a truck packed with high explosives - with a roof that has rusted through. He's working hard and sparks are flying from his funnel. What could possibly go wrong?