The developing scenery of the ANLR
The developing scenery of the ANLR
Well I have still been carrying on with the upper loop, in fact it is looking quite smart now, after the addition of some large bits of slate from a slate waste tip and some crushed slate from the local aggregate supplier
This area now looks very presentable, with just a few areas to cover with crushed slate. There is however, a lot of planting to do in the spring.
On another note, the incline will be fully unveiled this weekend at my christmas steamup, it has already been tested with 3 loaded waggons going down pulling 3 empty waggons down, we hope to do it with 4 up and 4 down on Saturday.
This area now looks very presentable, with just a few areas to cover with crushed slate. There is however, a lot of planting to do in the spring.
On another note, the incline will be fully unveiled this weekend at my christmas steamup, it has already been tested with 3 loaded waggons going down pulling 3 empty waggons down, we hope to do it with 4 up and 4 down on Saturday.
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
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Looking forward to saturday.
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Cecil your engines on Fire!
Its a Mamod it does that.
Cecil your engines on Fire!
Its a Mamod it does that.
Following a request for more pics of the incline, today I gave in and dragged the camera out into the cold, along with the winding house and six slate waggons and took this lot.
Loaded waggons waiting to decend
The weight of the loaded waggons pulls the empties back up (although it didn't work so well today for some reason)
The loadeds can now be taken to the coast at Afonglas (well they could if the incline was connected to the rest of the railway!!!)
And finally...
To celebrate the new year, some of the local members came round for a little afternoon steam up.
And as LMSjools brought his Lady Anne, to finish the afternoon off we just had to doublehead them
Loaded waggons waiting to decend
The weight of the loaded waggons pulls the empties back up (although it didn't work so well today for some reason)
The loadeds can now be taken to the coast at Afonglas (well they could if the incline was connected to the rest of the railway!!!)
And finally...
To celebrate the new year, some of the local members came round for a little afternoon steam up.
And as LMSjools brought his Lady Anne, to finish the afternoon off we just had to doublehead them
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
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I was thinking of this myself, although of all the pics i've seen of real winding house they always seem to be close to the end of the incline. Might have to do some checking on the net
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
What!pauly wrote:yeah but you cant scale down physics
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Cecil your engines on Fire!
Its a Mamod it does that.
Cecil your engines on Fire!
Its a Mamod it does that.
Not sure about the scaling of physics, but today the incline winding house was lowered slightly and also moved further back. I will take some pics hopefully later this week as the area looks a bit different now, although we havn't tried out the incline with the changes yet, so we don't know if it runs better.
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
Well havn't managed to get the incline pics yet, but here are a few of other scenery projects on the ANLR
The First Signal
This is the Lineside Delights signal kit that I gave dad for christmas (I don't particualy like building signals or buildings so as I couldn't think of anything else to give him :mrgreen: ) It took a couple of weeks for him to build and looked rather hard to me, however, it does look rather nice, although I can only think of one railway that had only 1 signal.
The Slate wall
This slate wall in front of the greenhouse has been under construction for some time, but it is finally finished, and is a significant visual improvement over the concrete block wall
Lastly, the final area of slate chippings has been put down in the quarry, this area has soil under the chippings and matting, so I will probably put in a couple of plants in the spring
The First Signal
This is the Lineside Delights signal kit that I gave dad for christmas (I don't particualy like building signals or buildings so as I couldn't think of anything else to give him :mrgreen: ) It took a couple of weeks for him to build and looked rather hard to me, however, it does look rather nice, although I can only think of one railway that had only 1 signal.
The Slate wall
This slate wall in front of the greenhouse has been under construction for some time, but it is finally finished, and is a significant visual improvement over the concrete block wall
Lastly, the final area of slate chippings has been put down in the quarry, this area has soil under the chippings and matting, so I will probably put in a couple of plants in the spring
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"What the hell is that?"
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
Not sure, I basically brought it for dad to see how easy it was to build, although dad has said that as we have one signal, we might as well signal the rest of the railway. This could be risky with the number of cats in the area where I live!
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
Now then, I am about to do a post about something that is pivotal to our garden railways, but never usually talked about, even in garden rail. I wonder why...
Yes, i'm talking PLANTS!
Today I planted this lot in the new border around Ty Pren, 4 miniature trees, and 3 alpines. Here they are close up, including the lables with the names!
This conifer promises to grow to 75cm high, with a spread of 45 cm. Foliage is green in the summer but turns red in the autum and winter. If it does as it says on the label, I can see it easily adding to the scenic value of the Nant Llywyd valley.
Another tree, this a variety of the Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana, these are all slow growing dwarf conifers, many of which are great for garden railways and worth looking out for at the garden centre. This one grows up to 45cm high with a 45cm spread in 5 years.
This is a dwarf Hebe, found in the alpines section of our favorite garden centre, although it is actually a shrub (making this part of the garden a shrubbery I suppose :roll: ). When fully grown, many Hebe's have small leaves, and do great representations of tree's or large bushes. This one I think will be in the large bush categorie, with a height and spread of 30cm. do be careful when looking for Hebes, check the height and spread as some grow to rather a large size!
If that didn't bore you too much, I will start another topic in sceneary about some of the other plants on the ANLR if people would like.
Yes, i'm talking PLANTS!
Today I planted this lot in the new border around Ty Pren, 4 miniature trees, and 3 alpines. Here they are close up, including the lables with the names!
This conifer promises to grow to 75cm high, with a spread of 45 cm. Foliage is green in the summer but turns red in the autum and winter. If it does as it says on the label, I can see it easily adding to the scenic value of the Nant Llywyd valley.
Another tree, this a variety of the Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana, these are all slow growing dwarf conifers, many of which are great for garden railways and worth looking out for at the garden centre. This one grows up to 45cm high with a 45cm spread in 5 years.
This is a dwarf Hebe, found in the alpines section of our favorite garden centre, although it is actually a shrub (making this part of the garden a shrubbery I suppose :roll: ). When fully grown, many Hebe's have small leaves, and do great representations of tree's or large bushes. This one I think will be in the large bush categorie, with a height and spread of 30cm. do be careful when looking for Hebes, check the height and spread as some grow to rather a large size!
If that didn't bore you too much, I will start another topic in sceneary about some of the other plants on the ANLR if people would like.
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
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