I am fitting ball races to most of my wagons - and they actually go through it under gravity as per the prototype.
Trevor
Brilliant!Trevor Thompson wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 9:33 amI am fitting ball races to most of my wagons - and they actually go through it under gravity as per the prototype.
Trevor
The really impressive thing is how "Chough" runs so slowly and predictably. Simon was able to just set the regulator and away she goes - really slowly and strongly leaving him free to take photos.Andrew wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 12:28 pm Wonderful photos of a lovely line, thank you!
I like them all very much, but my particular favourite is the one of "Chough" alongside the bank of wild flowers.
You're a brave man to run manual live steam on a steeply graded, sharply curving, end-to-end line AND take photos!!! Trevor's permanent way must be excellent...
All the best,
Andrew.
Trevor is too modest about the track work - it is very solid and even - the construction is detailed further up but the effect is that you really don't need to worry about letting trains do their thing unattended, even on the viaduct with its sizeable drop! So I can think about the camera rather than the loco. It is also true that Chough performs very well - that superb Roundhouse Engineering - and with a near silent burner and steaming for ages on single fill, always enjoyable to run.Trevor Thompson wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 10:20 amThe really impressive thing is how "Chough" runs so slowly and predictably. Simon was able to just set the regulator and away she goes - really slowly and strongly leaving him free to take photos.
Trevor Thompson wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 2:46 pm
We are working our way to terminate the line behind that green house you can see in the distance
Excuse the delay in replying - I had to get the tape out!Andrew wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 4:36 pmTrevor Thompson wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 2:46 pm
We are working our way to terminate the line behind that green house you can see in the distance
That's VERY impressive! How long will the completed line be?
Trevor Thompson wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 3:21 pmExcuse the delay in replying - I had to get the tape out!Andrew wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 4:36 pmTrevor Thompson wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 2:46 pm
We are working our way to terminate the line behind that green house you can see in the distance
That's VERY impressive! How long will the completed line be?
The current length of running line is 250 feet. From the head shunt in the terminus to the second path crossing. Excluding passing loops and sidings of course. From the current end of line to the hedge is 55 feet, and from the hedge to the back of the greenhouse another 85 feet.
Once I get through the hedge there is the continuation of the bank running behind the vegetable beds which I plan to build on ( tidying up the bank as I go). It means another bank to dig out, a wall to build and a footpath to lay. That received a positive response, but the track on top of the wall may yet incur resistance. Just got to explain the benefits of the plan properly! In the same way the bank behind the greenhouse is an overgrown mess - which I have just finished strimming, so a terminus here has to be an improvement.
So the completed line should be roughly 1.6 scale miles long.
Trevor
Aha! That's what I was really getting at, I think - and it's VERY impressive!Trevor Thompson wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 3:21 pm
So the completed line should be roughly 1.6 scale miles long.
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