Hello!
The Bank Holiday weekend has seen a fair bit of progress in the garden. Most of that hasn't been directly railway related, but I did clear the line as far as Penlan and re-jig the point there which had been causing derailments.
Naturally, that needed testing, so Russell was steamed, the perfect loco for the job given that its pony trucks can be somewhat reluctant to stay on the line when faced with iffy track. The run didn't go entirely smoothly, I struggled to get an even flow of gas (partially blocked jet?), but I enjoyed myself and did manage to get my testing done, starting with the MOTTLITTS, seen here heading back down to Trefechan:
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I managed to push and pull those through the pointwork without problem, so then thought I'd try a bigger challenge, the lightweight rusty tippers... Such a grotty train ought to be beneath the dignity of my flagship loco really, but I told myself I was recreating
Russell's post-WHR industrial days on the Fayle's Tramway...
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The tippers negotiated the pointwork about as well as you could expect them to, so I'm declaring my trackwork a success - a return to passenger working (originally scheduled for this weekend) edges ever closer...
Finally, I couldn't resist setting up this little scene once the run was over - Happy Easter!
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Cheers all,
Andrew.