Goings on at The Overdale Valley Light Railway

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Re: Goings on at The Overdale Valley Light Railway

Post by Gralyn » Fri May 11, 2018 2:28 pm

IanC wrote: Fri May 11, 2018 11:04 am I enjoyed seeing your railway. Sun and trains. a great recepie for a good time.

May I ask what make are the coaches in the video?

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Mainly variants of the Timpdon Kits.
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Post by ge_rik » Fri May 11, 2018 6:32 pm

Nice range of motive power on view, Graham.

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Re: Goings on at The Overdale Valley Light Railway

Post by IanC » Fri May 11, 2018 8:22 pm

Gralyn wrote: Fri May 11, 2018 2:28 pm
IanC wrote: Fri May 11, 2018 11:04 am I enjoyed seeing your railway. Sun and trains. a great recepie for a good time.

May I ask what make are the coaches in the video?

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Mainly variants of the Timpdon Kits.
Thank you Grayln I'm torn between the Timpdon kits and some IP Engineering ones. I'm looking for some that closely match some I already have and my Lady Anne.

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Re: Goings on at The Overdale Valley Light Railway

Post by FWLR » Sat May 12, 2018 7:14 am

Great videos Graham. Really love your line and no music….. :lol: :lol: :lol:

The final overall shot of the line is brilliant too. :thumbright: :thumbright: A lot of people leave out these shots, don’t know why…I personally love to see how people have laid out their line.

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Re: Goings on at The Overdale Valley Light Railway

Post by IanC » Sat May 12, 2018 10:52 am

FWLR wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 7:14 am The final overall shot of the line is brilliant too. :thumbright: :thumbright: A lot of people leave out these shots, don’t know why…I personally love to see how people have laid out their line.
I agree. I am at the planning stage and the overall shots are most useful.

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Post by Gralyn » Tue May 15, 2018 7:07 pm

Another fine running afternoon on the OVLR. plenty of chuff noise from the Decauville 0-4-0

https://youtu.be/rzwOA6oXrMg
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Post by tom_tom_go » Tue May 15, 2018 7:31 pm

R/C control needed on that loco for sure if you are deciding whether to sell it with or without, zoom!

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Post by FWLR » Wed May 16, 2018 7:19 am

Agree with Tom. R/C all day for me. :thumbright:

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Post by Lonsdaler » Wed May 16, 2018 9:08 am

FWLR wrote: Wed May 16, 2018 7:19 am Agree with Tom. R/C all day for me. :thumbright:
My Decauville will run very well on manual only, with fine control over speed. The problem with them is the lack of room to install RC, hence Gralyn's tender.
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Post by Gralyn » Wed May 16, 2018 10:00 am

Lonsdaler wrote: Wed May 16, 2018 9:08 am
FWLR wrote: Wed May 16, 2018 7:19 am Agree with Tom. R/C all day for me. :thumbright:
My Decauville will run very well on manual only, with fine control over speed. The problem with them is the lack of room to install RC, hence Gralyn's tender.
With practice I could get the loco to run quite slowly. It required different adjustments for each different train.
Yesterdays run was also trying out the log trucks so I did not spend the time adjusting the loco speed as I should, the logs kept sliding off
as the rear wagon loaded with gravel pushed them together.
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Re: Goings on at The Overdale Valley Light Railway

Post by FWLR » Wed May 16, 2018 10:35 am

Still a very nice little loco :thumbright:

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Post by Gralyn » Fri May 18, 2018 1:39 pm

I had some friends from the local Model Railway Club round for a running session yesterday. I managed
to persuade one of them to drive the live steam R/C Locos so that I could take some video. Here is
the result.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuLp4HLOC2A[/video]
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Re: Goings on at The Overdale Valley Light Railway

Post by FWLR » Fri May 18, 2018 4:01 pm

Great video Graham, looks like you all had a great steam up.

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Post by Gralyn » Fri May 18, 2018 4:57 pm

Just testing video links with you tube


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Re: Goings on at The Overdale Valley Light Railway

Post by FWLR » Sat May 19, 2018 6:23 am

Very nice logging train there Graham. :thumbright:

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Post by Gralyn » Sat May 19, 2018 1:30 pm

FWLR wrote: Sat May 19, 2018 6:23 am Very nice logging train there Graham. :thumbright:
All I have to do now is to work out a way of securing the logs that looks prototypical.
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Re: Goings on at The Overdale Valley Light Railway

Post by Gralyn » Mon May 21, 2018 10:14 am

We had a Works Outing yesterday to sunny Doncaster for a visit to the Roundhouse factory. The Roundhouse Team
excelled themselves making everyone welcome and provided a superb Buffet. Staff were Brilliant answering questions
and showing how they manufacture the parts and assemble the engines. There was even a short length of track from a certain TV
show and the battered locos showing their battle scares.
A Great Day Out.
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Re: Goings on at The Overdale Valley Light Railway

Post by FWLR » Tue May 22, 2018 9:07 am

Seemed like a great day out Graham. I need to try and arrange a visit myself sometime.

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Post by IanC » Tue May 22, 2018 9:21 am

FWLR wrote: Tue May 22, 2018 9:07 am Seemed like a great day out Graham. I need to try and arrange a visit myself sometime.
I haven't done the factory tour, or open day, but I did pick up my Lady Anne from the factory when it was built.

I would imagine seeing them being assembled would be very interesting.

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Re: Goings on at The Overdale Valley Light Railway

Post by FWLR » Tue May 22, 2018 11:20 am

We may have to arrange a trip sometime Ian, with possibly some other members, or anybody else who would be interested. :thumbleft:

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