Garden Railway Forum

Hi,

It was good to get back to some sort of normality and the sun shined!

https://youtu.be/rU1_6CFhyew

Take care Tony.

Hi Graeme,

Looking good, I have never made a conventional point with a bending blade maybe next time.
I have tested the points just finished.

https://youtu.be/J9pPOVqjMFg

Take care Tony.

Hi Rik, That is very kind of you but I am not very good with computers so not sure if they would be useful. But if it isn't too much trouble for you I will have a try. I have read Garden Railways but never subscribed, I have met Marc Horovitz a few times who was and still might be its editor. Even c...

Hi,

https://youtu.be/DEbvxkpFPOw

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Hi,

The recently made portable layout made using a couple of paste tables as base boards is having a passing loop fitted.https://youtu.be/WbWBE3MTUro

https://youtu.be/WbWBE3MTUro

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Hi,
Yesterday sun shine here in Old South Wales and a friends garden railway was visited for a bit of a play.
https://youtu.be/X9U58FK-SW0
Take care Tony.

Hi Rik, Are the locos powered off the shelf or more of your clever mods? They are modified children's toys mostly bought in charity shops for a couple of pounds. The ones I mostly use were marketed by a company known as 'Golden Bear' in Telford; I believe they were discontinued some years ago. They ...

Hi,

https://youtu.be/jqViPfYWrMI

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Hi,

The last part of the video taken in 1997.

https://youtu.be/SZTSQZq2fXI

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Hi, I have been copying some more of the many old videos that I made many years ago. In 1997 a friend had been employed as a tour guide for 14 Americans visiting railways and garden railways in the UK. Unfortunately at the last minute the assistant tour guide fell ill and I was asked if I would like...

Hi George,

They are staple shaped heat exchanging rods made from 2 mm solid copper when straight these are often referred to as hedgehog pins. They increase the heating area of pot boilers and are well worth the effort in fitting.
Take care Tony.

Hi,

Over Bank Holiday I finished and tested the boiler for an Ellie that I am making.
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Hi,

The sun was shining so:

https://youtu.be/lWuIKFzJZ4w

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Hi John,

Sorry looking at drawing I used 1.3/4" trunnion to axle.

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Hi John, I made only two drawings making the engine both of which are attached. 001 IMG_1744 crop.jpg 002 IMG_1776.JPG The dimensions are the same as Mamod use on their locomotive: Trunnion to axle 1.7/8" (48 mm used), Steam Port centres 1" (25 mm used), Stroke 3/4" (18 mm used). If t...

Hi,

I have just finished building a double acting engine with reverse for an Ellie Steam Tram.

https://youtu.be/ZlInA09hBco

Take care Tony.

Hi Simon, Good to hear from you. Gaynor and I at the last minute were asked to escort 14 American tourists on a coach tour of some of the Garden Railways and narrow gauge railways of Wales, we could have done with a couple of Border Collies but that is another story. For many years I had used cine a...

Hi,

https://youtu.be/_FwImvRo5GQ

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Hi,

Even after almost a year of lock downs I never thought I would tire of playing in my shed. So for a bit of a change I have been going through old photographs and video and attempting to copy those that I thought might be found interesting.

https://youtu.be/W8IPlnC3EYM

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Hi,

https://youtu.be/A77v6M_f84A

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