Garden Railway Forum

Thanks for the kind remarks! Regarding the turntable, I've placed a bolt through the axle which keeps it in place when a locomotive rolls onto it. The turntable itself will stay manual, since I'm always around when it's in use. I like to keep things as simple as possible.. :D The best thing about th...

A first small movie from the newly (re)built railway. The leveling pays off: My little new steamloco "Bollenwees" can now pull 9 cars and has steam to spare..

FWLR wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 7:15 am Don’t think I was laughing at real people for one minute Daan, it’s just the way invicta280 put it.

I wouldn’t laugh at such a terrible thing, so chill mate, life’s too short. And I did say your line was full of visual interest but more so now.

No offense in any way, don't worry..

Also dangerous for your 16mm scale passengers. If the fall didn't prove fatal they could still be eaten by the crocs :shock: :laughing3: :laughing3: You can laugh about it, but it has happened in the everglades in 1993. There a highspeed deluxe train derailed on a bridge because a barge had hit it,...

I've bent it myself by bolting the two pieces together. It you bend one L shaped angle, it will curve outward, but if you bolt 2 back-to-back, they will keep straight when bending. I've made two overlength pieces and marked them every 5cm. Then bent them by hand in a workmate and a vice and checked ...

Regarding "long term railway construction" I would offer the idea of starting with one station and finish that on a short, overseable timespan. From there on, move forward to an oval, so that you can run a train and try out your made rolling stock. Then advance into the garden steadily, gr...

The past two days I've been working on a new bridge section in the Alpstein bridge. It lacked a section because I relocated 2 smaller sections and removed a stone pier to another spot. This left a gap of 55cm in the bridge. http://www.zeelandnet.nl/communities/data/s38/upload/images/stoomloks/b4.jpg...

Thanks. I always thought they were R1 and so never bothered with planning for them. A single slip would have been useful at my main station and so a double slip would give an added bonus. Must keep an eye open for a secondhand one. Rik I've tried the configuration in Anyrail (that's the progamme I ...

GTB wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 4:06 pm ... The valve gear design is heavy on steam though and uses about 20% more steam than a similar size RH loco..

You could check if it's set for inside admission.

Thanks for the compliments! @Rik, it is a normal LGB double slip. They are 22,5 degrees (R1 is 30) and the length is 1,5 straight, so 45 cm. It is about R3 I guess. In my railtool for the computer I don't have any double slips in R1 from LGB, they are all this size. Mine however misses the boxes to ...

It's always a joy to see a live steamer being built. These little ruby's are ideal for kitbashing, your version is a very interesting one. Great locomotive!

Today (and the days before) a whole lot of building going on. The sagged wooden board is gone, it's underframe is gone and in it's place are concrete tiles and a stone wall. The triangle is on a concrete pavement slab and the bridge has been altered to better fit in the new situation, although a new...

You'll be thankful for the wisdom to keep the line level, if you run mamods or otherwise.. Your method gives a good roadbed which is easy to level out. Good job!

That could be, it's like the sound is synchronized to the movement in the video, so that's why I asked..

Is it just my imagination or do these pumps make weird noises..?
It is a nice, interesting touch to the locomotive. Good idea!

May be a dumb remark: 3.7 volt Li-ion is about a mobile phone battery. Would a charger for those be working?

Nice video Rik! It really is a strong puller with 4x4.. Great layout with the little bridge across the small river.

A video will come, but yesterday I took down the old stationboard and started rebuilding that area of the railway. Instead of wood, I made a brick wall with a wide top supporting the track and left the rest open for landscaping. The bridge will be altered a bit (grows longer) to hook up at the end o...

Stunning locomotive! And a nice video..

It looks absolutely fine this way, and in future situations you can use these parts again in a bigger or continuous layout.. When I see the rails going onto the aluminium frame however, it screems "guardrails" to me. Specially since it's high above the pavement. Just a bit of spare track t...

Nice little loco, it could do with a bit of weight I guess..
And it needs a scale fire extinguisher, you are a brave man putting "Trust Fire" batteries in a wooden locomotive..