Garden Railway Forum

Hi Its obvious from the photos that a lot of planning has gone into this and you've given it a lot of thought. However it has to be asked, as this is a 'cut and cover' tunnel rather than a bore tunnel, is there any reinforcing steel in the concrete roof? Just wondering because the garden may reasser...

What a great venue! And plenty of narrow guage action for the visitors to admire. Excellent

I think the problem arises because most model rail track curves are to a constant radius and when you go from say 3' rad one way abruptly to 3' rad the other you will get a pretty savage swing and maybe buffer lock and all that malarkey. On a full size railway ( and some models) the curves are trans...

Great detailing on the coach. Did you have any problems with the kit?
Some people (myself included ) have struck some odd surprises with
these IP kits. They are good fun to make though and good value for money i reckon.

You have a 'Billy' in victorian maroon. I'm consumed with envy!

Great pics guys.

The final picture in James' post looks like an Alice in Wonderland moment. Britomart in the foreground, behind which is a giant
clockwork 0-6-0T (you can clearly see the hole for the key) and in
the background a huge Dapol/Airfix signal cabin.
Were there any mushrooms growing there?

Thanks Marquis de Carabas. I will check it out dreckly..


Oh crumbs! , perhaps we should start a separate biscuit thread

Sorry chaps

The association of 16mm narrow guage modellers

www.16mm.org.uk

issue a quarterly magazine called 16mm today and once a year you get a handbook as well. Good value IMHO.

An S bend

btw Isn't that 16mm handbook a work of art. Can't put it down!

Excusez-moi going a bit off topic but where did you get a tin of Anzac biccies from?

My wife( a Kiwi) has just last week baked a batch of Anzacs for her kids at school for Remembrance Day.

I was apalled to note, on my last journey on a WCML train that there were no notices on the correct and safe procedure for drinking a cup of tea and worse than that.... No sign anywhere giving advice on the correct method of breathing. This lax approach to essential health and safety practices must ...

Well done Laurence. Your parents have wisely decided that a properly laid out garden railway is an asset and an improvement on your average flower bed.

Go ahead and repay their confidence. I like their proviso that it has to be 'proper steam'.

Yes, and you can bet your bottom dollar that those who whinge about the return of the railway are the same people who want motorways and by-passes built so they can get to and from their rural idyll quicker, but that's in someone else's backyard. A narrow guage railway is an enhancement to any lands...

Thats reet proper grand is that! A few months back i bought a similar old hornby c/w loco off ebay with the intention of doing something similar. However the wheels on mine look alarmingly wobbly and as i don't yet have a track to test it on i have to wait for a visit to a friend's track to see if i...

Good railway in the making there. That diesel is full of character too.
And what a privelidge to be keeper of the Yak.

That is impressive model engineering. My hat is off sir!

I read somewhere that fishplates were so called from a german word
fischer meaning to fix(at least i thought it was german).

Impressive tunnel !

Stunning railway, beautiful scenic treatment, excellent cinematography, a feast of steam.....oh, and a great sound track.
What's not to like?

Can imagine a real Monty Python moment when the Legonaries
are confronted by the ticket inspector

'' Er, hold my shield a moment would you, i know my ticket is here somewhere''

At least we now know how the romans managed to conquer the known world so quick!