The Ivy Line

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The Ivy Line

Post by dave3054 » Sun Sep 17, 2017 10:34 pm

Hi All
Being quite new to the forum I didn't want to outstay my welcome in the introduction section so I will bore you all here instead. :D
I have been building an oo gauge garden railway for just over a year and is on going. It consists of two main circuits, the outer is wired in heavy duty feeders for use with my Hornby live steam Dwight D Eisenhower A4. All the other tracks are DCC. I can switch the outer live steam track to the rest for DCC working. Points and semaphore signals are operated by cable and lever frames. I will post pics and more info later.
My new project, The Ivy Line, is an o gauge railway using the MSS cast metal track mounted on deck boards. I have a Mamod MKlll gas fired steam loco and some freight wagons. I intend to evolve the layout into a small industrial railway.
Not that I am a railway fanatic in any way but I also have a shed layout for when the weather closes in. Well a bloke needs a hobby. :lol:

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Re: The Ivy Line

Post by bazzer42 » Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:07 am

Look forward to the pictures Dave, small industrial suits me (as does a bit of 4mm)

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Re: The Ivy Line

Post by tom_tom_go » Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:14 am

We like all scales here so tell us about about all your railways please.

I remember when the Hornby live steam was released, I was amazed.

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Re: The Ivy Line

Post by dave3054 » Sun Sep 24, 2017 10:04 pm

Hi All
Nice dry day today so I took the oppertunity to test my new home built Kerr Stewart loco. I had to upgrade the battery to a 3 cell lipo to give her a bit more oomph in the pulling department.
Ive installed RC trains radio kit and a £12 sound board from ebay. It sounds a bit basic but not at all bad.
my SK biuld 1.jpg
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Construction of the body work.
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Up and running on the Ivy line.
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This is the site before the railway took over.
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The line so far, I am going to extend the loop through the shrubs on the left when funds allow.

But for now I will just enjoy this new gigantic (for me) size of model railwaying.

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Re: The Ivy Line

Post by dizzysteamer » Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:12 pm

Hi Dave this looks promising your railway looks a nice height to work with too :D We have come over to 16mm from N gauge so everything is still huge in comparison :D But its lovely to work with i expect your going through the same things we did in january and wondering why you had not discovered this earlier :lol:
Good luck with expansion
Steph :D
Amateur engineer,  frustrated would be locomotive driver😊

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