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Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 1:39 pm
by tom_tom_go
Some nice shots of your line there, I like all the planting (something my railway lacks as it is raised).

Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:31 pm
by CSL
tom_tom_go wrote: Mon Feb 25, 2019 1:39 pm Some nice shots of your line there, I like all the planting (something my railway lacks as it is raised).
Thank you!

Clearly the photographic trickery to disguise the state of the garden is working! Then again, as per my first post of this thread, I did set out to integrate railway and landscape - and nature does get messy in real life as in miniature.

I do rather like the moss colonising the trackbed - gives that impression of decay...

Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:09 pm
by CSL
The first track run of 2019 for the Bertie. New ghostly crew members fresh from the Midlands Garden Rail Show looking good in blur-o-vision!
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Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:09 pm
by Tom the blacksmith
Looking good CSL, keep them coming :thumbup:

Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:31 pm
by CSL
A brief but tantalising conversation about an extension over last weekend. Don't watch this space, though - it won't be quick to materialise!

Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:22 pm
by Tom the blacksmith
I think you've already made massive progress from the sound of it, getting planning permission is hard work :thumbup:
Look forward to seeing the ideas.
Tom

Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:58 am
by Andrew
CSL wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:31 pm A brief but tantalising conversation about an extension over last weekend. Don't watch this space, though - it won't be quick to materialise!
Ooh, interesting... I really like the neat and compact character of your line, but an extension's always an exciting prospect...

Most of my planned extensions fail to materialise, and that's probably a good thing - in one imaginary version of an extended (WH)WHR the whole of the lawn is taken up with Beddgelert style S-bends...

Cheers,

Andrew.

Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 8:12 pm
by CSL
Andrew wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:58 am Ooh, interesting... I really like the neat and compact character of your line, but an extension's always an exciting prospect...

Most of my planned extensions fail to materialise, and that's probably a good thing - in one imaginary version of an extended (WH)WHR the whole of the lawn is taken up with Beddgelert style S-bends..
Ha ha! Actually there is a bit a that kind risk to a bit of the grassed area, which may not be sensible in the final reckoning. The concept is the same as mentioned in passing before and is about the only practical one, but definitely compromises at least one of the principles I listed in post 1 in a fairly significant way.

Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2019 1:46 pm
by CSL
Well, I have invested in... some Wood Valley Works curve templates.
A journey starts with a single step, and all that.
(No doubt the existing curves will be revealed to be distinctly uneven when checked!)

Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2019 3:08 pm
by CSL
... And now the critical sets of points are on order.
Bank holidays are truly slippery-slope time.

Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 8:56 pm
by CSL
Pleased with these photos from yesterday.
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Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 8:05 am
by Andrew
CSL wrote: Mon May 20, 2019 8:56 pm Pleased with these photos from yesterday
I would be too - very nice, just the sort of photos that got me into the whole world of garden railways...

Cheers,
Andrew

Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 8:07 am
by philipy
Very nicely done.
Don't forget about the June Quarterly Garden Railway Gallery.... :D

Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 8:44 am
by FWLR
Great photos...if you didn't know they were 16mm, you could be mistaken for the real thing...

Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 9:33 pm
by CSL
The buttercups have grown a bit since the last photo of the Mamod!
And they weren't there at all at the start of this thread - when they first appeared early this year I decided to leave them to see what happened. I guess that's what ground-level garden railways are all about.
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Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 10:10 pm
by Tom the blacksmith
Great shot CSL, keep em coming!

Tom

Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 10:19 pm
by CSL
Tom the blacksmith wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2019 10:10 pm Great shot CSL, keep em coming!
Thank you!
Got to say that my habit of taking ground-level shots with minimal scale cues is a cause of constant puzzlement to non-garden railwayers who can't work out how large the models are...

Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 6:03 am
by FWLR
Brilliant photo again, I do love the way you capture the moment with your locos.

Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 6:33 am
by CSL
FWLR wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2019 6:03 am Brilliant photo again, I do love the way you capture the moment with your locos.
Thank you so much. The surroundings of the railway have got rather wild compared to some gardens shown in this forum, but that has its benefits sometimes.

Re: Clatterbach Valley Light Railway

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:11 am
by FWLR
CSL wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2019 6:33 am
FWLR wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2019 6:03 am Brilliant photo again, I do love the way you capture the moment with your locos.
Thank you so much. The surroundings of the railway have got rather wild compared to some gardens shown in this forum, but that has its benefits sometimes.
It sure does, I think the way it blends in looking like the real thing, is brilliant.