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- Wed Jan 01, 2014 5:16 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: The Great Forum Railway Inspection
- Replies: 371
- Views: 287704
I echo jim@NAL's comments. This is very well written and an extremely imaginative way of reviewing your own railway for everyone. I'm finding it really interesting and remarkably realistic. I had the pleasure(!?!) of being a participant on inspections by the late Major Peter Olver of the then HMRI. ...
- Wed Jan 01, 2014 5:09 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Happy new year
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4405
- Wed Jan 01, 2014 5:03 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: A year in the life of the R&ER 2013
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3260
- Wed Jan 01, 2014 8:42 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Shed Railway.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11535
There are some very nice looking signals there Peter. Are they scratch built or from a kit? Your pway looks very smart too. Sadly I have neither the room nor the finance to have a dedicated railway shed, I shall have to use the inspiration you have given me to try and get as close to your standard a...
- Tue Dec 31, 2013 11:17 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: telegragh poles
- Replies: 40
- Views: 17660
What an interesting topic. I must refer back in a moment to the previous topic referred to above. Pole routes, like fences, are one of the oft overlooked features common to most of our railways that contribute enormously to overall atmosphere and realism. For those interested in accuracy and technic...
- Mon Dec 30, 2013 9:36 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: New ANLR motive power, and a farewell
- Replies: 68
- Views: 36621
- Mon Dec 30, 2013 8:57 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The DVLR Mark 2
- Replies: 684
- Views: 292795
You've done it once again Mr Bond. My enthusiasm for garden railways has been fired even further, just when I thought I was as overexcited about it as it's possible to be for someone who's (considerably) more than 21 for the second time round! Having read this topic thoroughly and watched your 'How ...
- Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:15 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Where Would "The Vicster" Want The Signal?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5363
Sadly that's probably closer to the truth than is comfortable these days. It never used to be so though. I remember many of the old hand drivers I've known telling me tales of trains sliding by signals, only for the signal box window to slide open and a rather vexed signalman 'invite' the errant dri...
- Sat Dec 28, 2013 7:15 pm
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: 7/8ths Tubs swift16
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6838
They look absolutely fantastic! They remind me of many of the tubs and minecars that we used to have around the collieries. Whilst some were painted others were certainly not. I don't believe that some of them had ever been painted, especially the ones knocked up locally in the fitting shops. I hope...
- Tue Dec 24, 2013 7:46 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Life and Times of the Soar Valley Light Railway
- Replies: 32
- Views: 19907
- Tue Dec 24, 2013 7:11 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: How's the weather where you are?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5520
Loads of trees down coming over the Charnwood hills into East Staffordshire before first light. Having had a dousing myself this morning the skies cleared but I was driving through some interesting flood water. The drive home was OK apart from the wind but the skies were threatening. My partner come...
- Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:22 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Life and Times of the Soar Valley Light Railway
- Replies: 32
- Views: 19907
I joined the Coal Board on leaving school as an apprentice civil engineering technician. After nearly 13 years Mrs Thatcher decided I should leave. I joined Balfour Beatty as a project engineer in their Rail Projects business. That was about two years before privatisation of BR. We had one of the fi...
- Fri Dec 20, 2013 10:45 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Life and Times of the Soar Valley Light Railway
- Replies: 32
- Views: 19907
The Life and Times of the Soar Valley Light Railway
I’ve enjoyed pouring over the threads on here detailing the life, times and progress of some of the railways built and operated by other forum members. These have been an inspiration to me to begin serious feasibility studies for my own railways construction. I thought it might be of interest to beg...
- Fri Dec 20, 2013 9:38 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Edging a raised line.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6575
It's amazing the difference a bit of old engine oil can make to the effectiveness (and colour!) of traditional (death and destruction) or modern (environmentally friendly) creosote. Just watch you don't spill or spray the stuff about like a racing driver with champaign! Seriously, it WILL kill plant...
- Wed Dec 18, 2013 8:57 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Where Would "The Vicster" Want The Signal?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5363
A prototype for everything
Well, this just goes to prove the old modellers adage that there is a prototype for everything. I believe it is Terry Essery in his books 'Saltley Firing Days' (Very well worth a read) who describes the descent of freight trains down the Lickey bank. It seems a goodly proportion of these ran away on...
- Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:17 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The DVLR Mark 2
- Replies: 684
- Views: 292795
On face value there doesn't appear to be too much physical devastation. I hope that's so. The vegetation is another matter! Do you have a model of a working flail? When I went to Nottingham as Section Manager we were still walking the Calverton Colliery Branch, nigh on ten years after the pit had sh...
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 10:41 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Oh Bu**~R
- Replies: 74
- Views: 36805
Congratulation Jim! I can see this is a big step (no pun intended!) for you and your railway . You've certainly overcome some technical and geographical difficulties to get to this stage. I have to say, I'm not sure I'd have fancied working a mini digger on that slope. They can be unstable little bl...
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 9:30 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The DVLR Mark 2
- Replies: 684
- Views: 292795
Hi Zach, I've only just joined this forum. I've resolved to read as many of the threads as possible over time, starting with the ones about other peoples railways and experiences. The aim is to gain some tips and inspiration to spur me on to developing my own railway. Yours was one of the first I ch...