A place for the discussion of garden railways and any garden style/scale portable and/or indoor layouts
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by angr607 » Sat Aug 25, 2012 10:51 pm
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by dougrail » Sat Aug 25, 2012 11:58 pm
Nice set up there, liking the coach builds very much
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by Sir Clothem Cap » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:00 am
There is a lot of good stock building there Jon keep up the good work.
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by MDLR » Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:55 pm
Welcome to the madhouse! Your railway takes me back to Hornby 0 gauge on the lawn.......................
I take it you're not going to be allowed to build a permanent line (yet)?
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by angr607 » Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:44 pm
Thanks for the comments guys,
MDLR:74101 wrote:I take it you're not going to be allowed to build a permanent line (yet)?
Well, as the landlords keep changing thier minds, its a case of when the fences get replaced then they'll make a final decision.
Keith&Joanna:74070 wrote:Welcome!
More pics of the diesel please
Once I return from a away trip to a local museum where I'm helping to exhibt a LGB/G45 layout this weekend, I shall take you loads as the engine has now been finished including a RC conversion. Hopefully I'll have pictures for you on either sunday or monday.
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by Keith S » Fri Sep 14, 2012 1:16 am
angr607:74765 wrote:
Well, as the landlords keep changing thier minds, its a case of when the fences get replaced then they'll make a final decision.
Just make them watch youtube videos of some of the more "gardeny" lines. Not the ones that look like busy little model train sets, but ones that fit unobtrusively into leafy garden settings, with the rails disappearing and re-appearing around foliage. I think parents and wives are more amenable to the idea of a garden railway when they can see that they are not forfeiting their gardens to thousands of miniature houses and shunting yards, but are going to enjoy the planting and rockery that will be taking place.
...unless you are after a busy model train set kind of look, then you'll have to adopt some other strategy, like buying your father a model locomotive for Christmas.
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by angr607 » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:16 pm
If only it was that easy to pursuade my parents.....
Warning - Lots of Photographs
Simply because I haven't had a chance to update this with photographs and news of the railway for a while, here's a selection of photographs showing the railway as it is at the moment along with two images taken out of Anyrail5 to show the kinds of plans I've been working on to give me a longer run/more siding space.
Enjoy:
For other photographs and more information on the planned extensions, see here:
http://billingtonrail.blogspot.co.uk/
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by angr607 » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:34 pm
Evening all,
Since the last post, I've been busy working on some buildings for the line. Namely the two running sheds and the main platform. All three made using my ACAP principle (As Cheap As Possible). Although I've only managed to get photographs of two in the gardan, all 3 should look great once painted.
Ironically, the last building (the carriage shed) is the one that's most likely to see track laid for its use over the other shed.
Comments/suggestions on how to paint these buildings more than welcome.
Until next time,
Jon
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by Annie » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:39 pm
I love the troublesome trucks
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by LMS-Jools » Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:13 pm
Keep up the good work, your experimenting with line configurations will help you when you can be more permanent.
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by Spule 4 » Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:57 am
WOW, super-old LGB Stainz. Nice find!!!
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