71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan
Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan
Should use something like a Shay, quite stable and would've climbed every hill in the program.
Or (more likely) a WD Baldwin for even more chaos!
Or (more likely) a WD Baldwin for even more chaos!
Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan
Rebuild the GCR and use mamods.
If at first you don't succeed, use a bigger hammer!
Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan
Very interesting indeed.
Thanks for posting this Tony.
Thanks for posting this Tony.
If at first you don't succeed, use a bigger hammer!
Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan
Thanks for posting Tony, I can't access the videos down here, so good to be able to read about some of it.
Grant.
Grant.
Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan
Honestly, after reading that article I'm surprised they didn't go for a Sandy River 24. It's a "grand" loco and has all the stuff that Silver Lady has plus the additions of pony trucks and a much lower center of gravity!
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Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan
An extensive article included in the Feb. edition of 16mm Today which arrived in the post this morning. Haven't got round to reading it yet but covers 'behind the scenes' detail apparently.
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Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan
I agree with JMORGthat an Accucraft shay might have been the machine for the job. ALL "pony trucks"...
I once saw a video of an Accucraft shay pulling a man on a 5"gauge wagon, with little 45mm rails on the sleepers between the 5" rails. It didn't appear too bothered by the load either.
Not without historical precedent, either, there was ONE shay in he U.K. at some point or other (there's a prototype for everything)
Although a shay would have been more difficult to repair if anything had gone wrong, and at its top speed we'd still be waiting for it to get there.
Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan
The article does mention that other manufacturers engines were tried and found wanting........
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Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan
Has was I Phil, it would have looked brilliant steaming over that vast expense..
ROD
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Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan
I agree Peter.Peter Butler wrote: βSun Feb 04, 2018 10:31 pm Considering I have not been too enthusiastic about the way the whole event was stage managed, in the end it was quite an emotional moment.
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan
They can come to my house and build a new line for me...
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Re: 71 Mile Garden Railway anyone?? Channel 4 - 7th Jan
We would need Isambard Kingdom Brunel as a host for that program..Killian Keane wrote: βTue Feb 06, 2018 9:06 pm It might be blasphemy for me to say this, but if they end up doing a second series, I might suggest that they not use a narrow gauge locomotive, that would aid with the constant falling off problem, maybe gauge 3?
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