Garden Railway Forum

yes I misread but still ages since I was last here

Where to start, At the beginning I suppose. I was involved in the original discussions to form the 16mm Association Modular railway, The Height used as standard was taken from a portable railway owned by the group. There was a problem with the Spec agreed by the 16mm association as in our group we h...

Ye Gods Have I really not posted anything on here since 2014 AD.

Ok Cement trackbed is now well established and the trackplan has been revised a bit. My stock has really been added to in the mean time and is now very popular on the show circuit with the Hampshire area Group Modular railway

Looks Great, Nice rescue

This is a great railway, Even visited by the WPSR occasionally

Ok my order was placed on the 3rd and received on the 10th. I think that the company is running better than their previous reputation suggests. The quality of their products is superb.

Yes the lettering works well.

Yes logging in is resolved

I have put my own lettering on my railway stock. One easy way is to find a local vinyl cutter and ask for a lot of your letters. think of a standard height for your lettering. I use 1cm white lettering. the font can be anything you choose but avoid very thin fonts as they are hard to apply. Vinyl ca...

Well oil be, that is good.

I have a stirling that has been modified to make it more user friendly. One modification is the smoke box door that is hinged. just remove the horrible bayonet fitting and drill the hinge castings put in a wire and hey presto hinged smoke box.

I've just built 3 x 5 plank wagons which I got from a ebay seller who hadn't built them. I was impressed by the quality and decided to get more kits having forgotten the previous slowness of service. Has anyone had some recent good service from North Pilton Works?

I am very shocked at his loss a great supporter of all things 16mm, Super sense of humour and he even sold a loco to me. I will miss him.

Hi Gang, I need a pumped water top up bottle that will fit an accucraft top up valve. I would use dream steam but they don't show it on their on line listings. Where can I get one from?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvQ7krvDaKE

The stirling first train on Hampshires dual gauge modules

Have a good one and may santa bring you what you wish for.

I have found that a high pressure valve and a gas burner give a good performance.

We now have 10 modules under construction with the both gauges on the boards. By having a main line with each gauge and room to spread, it is hoped that passing loops of each gauge will be made by members. Pictures will follow once we have something to photograph.

The Hampshire 16mm group is considering building a modular railway but unlike the standard spec of the 16mm Association has both 32mm and 45mm running lines. Our group has both gauges and wanted all to be able use modules without having to exclude 45mm members. Each module owned by a member allows a...

If you were to change the transformer to the Hornby radio control power units then speed could be controlled from anywhere. No dimmer switches needed.

As to the question, Gauge is the distance between the rails and the required voltage is what the train needs to run. In this case 12 Volts

It's Great to see the railway coming together.