The CVLR gets it's new home (WIP railway & stock)

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:58 am

taliesin001 · Post by **taliesin001** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:52 pm

Very good vids, thanks for posting, really enjoyed

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:59 pm

More ploughing today, although some sections were bad due to ice forming up to the railhead in the 2ft. Derailed a couple of times with that as the loco's wheels cut a new flangeway into the packed ice.
While we did not have the settling deep snow, we did have constant snow & by the time I had ploughed & gone to set up another loco to run a train I found I needed to plough again... So all trains today cancelled (except the plough of course).

Brutal Bill the driver was very miffed that the shed inspector made him take the Edrig class loco for plough duties today. Not the best loco being cabless (That & the fact Bill only ever wears a sleeveless top).

Still he managed to do up to Chyknell station before returning to shed for more coal (well gas)

Just need to deal with the icing problem, theres only a couple of sections that do it.

90733 · Post by **90733** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:17 pm

Cool

Looks brill, I tried ploughing for the first time today!

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:23 pm

How did you get on mate?

Bloomin cold out there though.

90733 · Post by **90733** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:29 pm

Pendo Pilot:44642 wrote:How did you get on mate?

Bloomin cold out there though.

Not very well, but better than I though, I was using a small battery loco and only have a little battery avaiable at my mums house at the moment, and it's it bloomin bodged plough, not a proper one like yours, and these large locos

Note to self: Build a proper plough!

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:02 pm

You need to use your Edrig or something, even my Jessie & Jack didnt do to well as they kept slipping even before I attached the plough!

Plus the steam helps to clear blocked points!

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:22 am

Talking of Edrigs & ploughing........

<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FLedfDQKcDg?fs ... ram><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FLedfDQKcDg?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

90733 · Post by **90733** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:35 am

Brill Vid

Considerig the ice/compact snow problem in flangeway, do you think a 'canister' of boiling/hot water in a tank on a wagon , with piepes leading the water down to the flangeway as you run along, metling it

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:40 am

problem is with that you melt the ice then after you've gone there is more ice

90733 · Post by **90733** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:49 am

Sir haydn:44656 wrote:problem is with that you melt the ice then after you've gone there is more ice

True, forgot about that

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:12 pm

Wow Shane

i havent been on the thread for a couple of days and look what you do

The Rapier looks ace! and those snowy shots are excellent!! Especially one of them with the Countess in it and the others of course, glad the snow plough has worked fine, i think and the others on the forum with ploughs that work need to sell your plans to southeastern trains or build them a few

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:35 pm

most excellent, The driver on the edrig must have been cold - he appears to hop back and forth from foot to foot depenbding on which direction the loco is going...

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 7:59 pm

Mr. Bond of the DVLR:44709 wrote:he appears to hop back and forth from foot to foot depenbding on which direction the loco is going...

Thats cause he has the reverser stuck up his bottom...ish.

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:14 pm

want to come and plough my line shane???

DLRdan · Post by **DLRdan** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:46 pm

I think Shane's wife might mind Matt

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:41 pm

PMSL :-)

Of course you could always try....

<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cUMFfm2NkrU?fs ... ram><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cUMFfm2NkrU?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 4:29 pm

Well first update of the new year for the CVLR..

Seems managment have got there way & some kind of company livery is being tested on the passenger stock..Still WIP of course..

Crests & or lettering still to be decided upon.

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 5:32 pm

Well it works for me

(and why not crests and lettering?)

hussra · Post by **hussra** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:49 pm

I like the livery; nice to see you back on here.

Garden Railway Forum

The CVLR gets it's new home (WIP railway & stock)

Who is online