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Early Morning train.

Post by LMS-Jools » Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:09 pm

An early morning works train tackles slippy rails on a cold, frosty and icy morning december 2009 on the Little Morecambe Steam Railway.

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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:25 pm

Brrrr! Brill steam and a nice wheel slip. You have managed to capture a real 15 inch charm somehow with that stock!
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Post by pauly » Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:40 pm

Im curious, why the scale change?
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Post by laalratty » Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:42 pm

I dunno, I think the driver wasn't being aware of the rail conditions and being a bit throttle happy... :lol:
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Post by LMS-Jools » Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:35 pm

pauly wrote:Im curious, why the scale change?
I love 15inch gauge lines and I like the larger 1/12th scale in my own garden.
There are several local 1/19th 16mm lines to run on and I have a couple of small drivers who man the Locos when I visit these lines ! lol along with a couple of items of appropriately scaled stock.

I have reverted to the name of "Little Morecambe Steam Railway" coz A/ it is a Little railway and B/ I like the name.
However it is now themed upon a mythical 15 inch guage line running from Steamtown at Carnforth through Bolton Le Sands, Hest Bank, Torrisholme and down on to Morecambe Seafront providing services to Tourists, local commuters and transport for the highly precious locally mined Quernmore Quartz QQ.

So there  :twisted:  lol  ;)  :D  8)

ps do come and visit sometime. :P
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Post by Matt » Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:41 pm

nice video.

On the topic of new scale for your line, are your going to rebuild your locos in 1/12 scale then?
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Post by LMS-Jools » Wed Dec 16, 2009 6:01 pm

lol  as far as I am concerned they are 1/12th already Ravenglass style.

Lady Adele on the 15inch gauge LMSR
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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Wed Dec 16, 2009 6:31 pm

What loco is the green one at the bottom?
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Post by DolwyddelanLightRail » Wed Dec 16, 2009 6:58 pm

So I see it must be something to do with Edrigs, as my one was really slippy when I ran her! (Literally, as you'll see when i finish the vid!)
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Post by Matt » Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:22 pm

Mr. Bond of the DVLR wrote:What loco is the green one at the bottom?
That's Bonnie Dundee, the ratty's smallest loco.

It started out a a 2 foot gauge loco, then was rebuilt to the 15 inch gauge form in the picture, before being rebuilt again to a tender loco.

Sadly, dundee hasn't worked for several years now, and I don't think it will again at ravenglass.
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Post by Matt » Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:29 pm

I like the pic of the edrig, although I think that the lady ann would look better with a bigger body.

I found this on flickr. It's a 7/8ths line in America.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/narrow_escape/1961040841/

I rather like the look of this loco.
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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:35 pm

I have a ratty in postcards book with bonnie in, I should have recobnised it!
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Post by laalratty » Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:39 pm

LMS-Jools wrote: I have reverted to the name of "Little Morecambe Steam Railway" coz A/ it is a Little railway and B/ I like the name.
However it is now themed upon a mythical 15 inch guage line running from Steamtown at Carnforth through Bolton Le Sands, Hest Bank, Torrisholme and down on to Morecambe Seafront providing services to Tourists, local commuters and transport for the highly precious locally mined Quernmore Quartz QQ.
Huwahh, the Little Morecambe steam railway is back :D  :D  :D
I've mentioned this to Jools already but a 15 inch gauge line from Steamtown Carnforth to Morecambe actually very nearly happenend. People who remember Steamtown before it became west coast railways main depot might remember that there was a 15inch gauge railway down the west side of the site. In the mid 80's they got planning permission for an extention to Morecambe, but alas it didn't happen. If only it had, things could have worked out very differently in later years... :(
ps Where did you find that photo of Dundee at steamtown jools?
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Post by LMS-Jools » Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:39 pm

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