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Soar Valley Light wrote: ↑Thu Aug 30, 2018 4:26 pm Hi Mark,

I hope the move goes well and that a new line makes an appearance as soon as you're settled back in the homeland. I look forward to the commencement of the 'Batter Pudding Special' service!

Andrew

Cheers - yes I think I'll need a new headboard - The Yorkshire Pudding

Sad news Mark, we never did meet up for a run on your line. My railway is getting the axe as well so you are not the only one.

Good luck.

Tom

Cheers Tom - my hope is that my next line will be a lot more visitor loco friendly (ie have wider clearances) so who knows you may make it to CHLRv2!

Two railways disappearing within a week is not good news. I'm sorry to hear the circumstances that have led to this move, too much happening at the same time and a need to prioritise your actions to make the best decisions available. Good luck and best wishes for your future.

Sorry to hear this Mark,
I hope all goes well in the weeks and months ahead.

Thanks Peter & Jim - sure it will all work out...........eventually

Mark,

I understand your reasons for you having to dismantle your railway. I'm sure, in time you will construct something that will give you as much or more pleasure than your present line did. From what I see the Yorkshire group of the 16mm association is large and active so there should be plenty of opportunity to run your stock until you are able to build your new railway.

I can only add my commiserations to those of everyone else Mark, and hope that you are soon able to complete the move you hope for. As Ian says, Yorkshire 16mm Assoc group is large and thriving, so once you're up there, you'll be able to get running again, and maybe see some examples to base CHLR mk2 on. Good luck!

Hope all works out well with the move.

Perhaps Birds Nest Halt should be renamed Wasps Nest Halt on the new railway in the light of the picture.

Rik

Sad news - I've really enjoyed the way you created a 'real' working railway - but I look forward to seeing how CHLR 2 will shape up.

Cheers for todays messages of encouragement - all very welcome

Yes The Yorkshire Group is very active and has a sub group near where I'm hoping to live (Huddersfield area) so that will be bonus - will miss my Kent contacts though!

Rik - yes the wasps were very active around the maturing grapes - taking the track up was high dangerous!!!!! - we did get the grape harvest in before the track removal though - here's a video

That inertia wagon makes all the difference to the running.

Yes it does Tom - nice and slow and that video is based on manual control as the servo is playing up - just shows how effective it can be - does need an oil though!

If you have not moved yet I can take a look at the loco if you like?

Cheers Tom - thats a kind offer -but I'm getting the guy who fitted it to have a look as I'm passing on one of my trips upt'north as it maybe just something daft I've done - if the problem continues, I'll give you a shout

Thanks

Shame to see the line go, I've enjoyed watch it develop. It had a great character! The Yorkshire group is great and very active! I sadly don't get to as many steam ups as I wished I did. I'm based in the Bradford area and if you ever want to have a run on our rather little line you'd be more than welcome too!

Cheers Jack - may well take you up in that offer!

Hi everyone – you’ll have noticed I dropped off the radar for many months – sadly my house move has dragged on (we are still have our house in Kent – our sale isn’t moving despite a sizeable price drop - blooming Brexit ) but I was lucky enough to get a new job in Manchester starting in November.

This has left my 16mm activity in total limbo – I sort of lost interest for a while but over the last couple of weeks I’ve started to regain my mojo – whilst I can’t do any actual model, I can develop a backstory and develop a new track plan that I’ll hope to be able to implement when we sell up and move north.

I’m also hoping to establish a temp line around my relatives garden where I’m staying to at least run some trains on some of the soon arriving spring and summer evenings

So its good to be back and watch this space. The Castle Hill Light Railway will rise from the ashes as the CHLRv2 will be built in the shadow of the real Castle Hill in Huddersfield.

In the coming days I’ll start with a map and the back story – good to be back

Mark

Glad you are back Mark.

While you are in Kent you can always have a run on my little line or check out the 16mm NGM Kent roster for meetings.

Cheers Tom - we should compare diaries for a Kent meeting at some point this summer - based on the latest vote in Parliament tonight concerning the B issue, I don't see the housing market picking up anytime soon