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Post by Soar Valley Light » Sat May 25, 2019 7:57 pm

markoteal wrote: Sat May 25, 2019 7:38 pm Brill Rik - I thought i’d covered all the angles with my design but that’s a great addition -
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I think you have now! There's some real operatimng potential there/ :thumbright:

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Post by markoteal » Mon Sep 30, 2019 11:17 am

Hi everyone- just a quick update - now renting a house in Yorkshire- no garden but after going to the 16mm Yorkshire Show I have rediscovered my mojo - so I have a few kits to wok on and i’ve Unpacked my track and i’m In the process of laying out a loop and sidings in the loft space - no live steam but I can run my electric mice!
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Post by Andrew » Mon Sep 30, 2019 12:10 pm

That's looking very good - could that wall on the right be a quarry face?! Like the slate wagons too - Lineside Hut?

My dad had a layout in the loft when I was young, with old doors as baseboards, resting on tea chests, all pretty rickety I think. We didn't use it very often, but I still remember the excitement of turning off the lights so that we could see the working headlamps on his Trix Flying Scotsman...

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Re: Welcome to the CHLR

Post by tom_tom_go » Mon Sep 30, 2019 1:38 pm

Glad to hear from you Mark!

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Re: Welcome to the CHLR

Post by DonW » Mon Sep 30, 2019 1:48 pm

You can have fun with Battery power but if you can open a window I would have the odd quick run with a steamer especially if you can get a dehumidifier to collect the moisture.

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Post by BorisSpencer » Mon Sep 30, 2019 2:36 pm

DonW wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2019 1:48 pm You can have fun with Battery power but if you can open a window I would have the odd quick run with a steamer especially if you can get a dehumidifier to collect the moisture.

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Post by markoteal » Mon Sep 30, 2019 4:23 pm

Andrew wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2019 12:10 pm That's looking very good - could that wall on the right be a quarry face?! Like the slate wagons too - Lineside Hut?

My dad had a layout in the loft when I was young, with old doors as baseboards, resting on tea chests, all pretty rickety I think. We didn't use it very often, but I still remember the excitement of turning off the lights so that we could see the working headlamps on his Trix Flying Scotsman...

All the best,

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Hi Andrew - the wagons are Phil Sharples kits - work well and not a bad price - yes would be great to send it snaking through the tea chests - today’s modern cardboard boxes aren’t the same!
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Post by markoteal » Sat May 09, 2020 4:03 pm

Well the good weather tempted me outside into our yard - it’s a rented house so no perm garden railway but 20 feet is down on a very temp p-way - the inspector when he arrives here will have a field day!
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Post by Andrew » Sat May 09, 2020 5:17 pm

The true garden railwayman always finds a way, very impressive!

Topical beer choice too! For some reason they seem to be finding it hard to shift at our local Asda...

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Post by tom_tom_go » Sat May 09, 2020 5:41 pm

Good to see 'Spitfire' on the rails again Mark.

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Post by markoteal » Sat May 09, 2020 8:28 pm

Yeah - nice to get a little run - planning extending temp operations after a successful run today
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Post by markoteal » Sun May 08, 2022 6:25 pm

Hi – ok, as promised, here’s an update on early developments of CHLR v2 – now that we have eventually moved to a new house in Yorkshire

I’ve been given permission to have running rights to a loop around the garden with a main station area and a couple of industries and sidings at points around the loop (and maybe the odd halt as well :) ) – see pic below
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In the first two weeks I managed to lay track down the left-hand side of the garden using some ‘lookie likey’ railway sleepers the previous owner had installed as the ground work – eventually I may move this section into the flower bed but it’s got me up running and is a bit tramway style so I may stick with it. I also cretaed a fully ballasted shorrt section in the bottom left hand corner to show the authorities how the line will merge into the garden :D

I then created a cutting around a large bush in the top left and corner of the pick using large stone I discovered in the front garden- all great Yorkshire grit stone. I'll get some photos of this mid construction as the line gets built into it.

This is where I'd got to when this pic was taken so I’ve added red lines to show where phase 1 of the loop will go around the garden (including a station area at the top of the pic and sidings for industries part way round – this phase will keep me busy in the coming weeks and I’ll try and keep you updated on progress of each area ( I have already been busy) - all these elements will recycle parts of the original CHLR so we can all have fun spotting our favourite bits - I've had great fun unpacking loads of cardboard boxes with all my goodies in

The orange limes represent phase two of another passing loop and a MPD on the top RH corner involving tunnelling through a bush - but thats for a few months time when Mrs H goes on hols :mrgreen:

Anyway – catch up soon – we have already been running trains and if I can work out how to get a short video off whatsapp onto the forum, I should be able to show you Spitfire in action soon
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Post by philipy » Sun May 08, 2022 7:44 pm

Thanks for the update Mark. Great to see it progressing finally.
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Post by ge_rik » Sun May 08, 2022 8:18 pm

Really good to see progress to date. Looking forward to future updates.

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Spitfire in action

Post by markoteal » Sun May 08, 2022 9:00 pm

As promised a video of our first train

https://youtu.be/6WTWfnpoV6M
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Re: Spitfire in action

Post by philipy » Sun May 08, 2022 9:18 pm

markoteal wrote: Sun May 08, 2022 9:00 pm As promised a video of our first train

https://youtu.be/6WTWfnpoV6M
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Post by LNR » Mon May 09, 2022 4:16 am

Plenty of scope for development there Mark . Looking forward to more.
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PS I have a picture of your wife marching straight through the house on returning from holidays to check on "the developments" :lol:

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Post by markoteal » Mon May 09, 2022 8:18 am

PS I have a picture of your wife marching straight through the house on returning from holidays to check on "the developments"
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Post by FWLR » Mon May 09, 2022 8:52 am

Looking good so far. It will be a really nice line when you get lay all of the planed track. Looking forward to further updates in the near future.

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Re: Welcome to the CHLR

Post by Old Man Aaron » Wed May 11, 2022 4:28 pm

Great to see. :D

"Spitfire" certainly looks well-behaved. :salute:
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