The Pine Hill Railway (PHRy) - a Norwegian Garden Railway

Keith S · Post by **Keith S** » Fri May 10, 2013 2:26 am

Nice picture. I see your snow is probably gone; no such luck over here yet.

KjellAn · Post by **KjellAn** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:12 am

June 2013

Here are some pics from the last livesteam-meeting at the Pine Hill Railway (PHRy).

Enjoy them ...

Tom Rolt with a short freighttrain.

Engine no 2 on its way out on the line's big wooden trestle. The engine has not yet received her nameplates - wait and see.

A visiting tram on the trestle.

A real beauty - "Silver Lady".

Engine no 2 with a long mixed train.

The trestle is 75cm (2,5ft) at its highest level above ground level.

Evening mood at the Pine Hill station.

Here are some of the engines at steamup tracks.

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LnBmad · Post by **LnBmad** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:41 am

Looks like a great railway with some tidy models!

Big Al · Post by **Big Al** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 11:14 pm

A lovely looking railway with some nice loco's and some sunny weather.

KjellAn · Post by **KjellAn** » Sat Nov 02, 2013 8:59 am

October 2013

Here are some pics from the last steamup-meeting at the Pine Hill Railway (PHRy). A nice warm saturday - and everybody was having a great day.

Enjoy the pics ... :D

A "Silver Lady" in front of a freight train at Pine Hill station.

"Silver Lady" with a lot of accessories.

"Alf" comming out of the tunnel. The tunnel opening and the retaining wall are now covered with pieces of slate.

"Alf" and a pair of sandhoppers in a hurry ...

Evening mood at Pine Hill station.

PHRy's new coach - a Brandbright PS18. The coach is fitted with boggies instead of the axelboxes that comes with the kit. This because my line has a lot of narrow curves.

Evening mood at Pine Hill station.

A new coal-bin at Pine Hill station.

"Bjørn Ivar" - a modified RH Lady Anne.

Smalltalk about Railway'ing in the Garden.

Steamup.

A RH Claude.

A RH Claude.

One of the guests has this rake of Lego-waggons after his RH Charles.

Charles and the Lego-waggons crossing the bridge by the waterfall.

My "Victoria" looks very nice in the evening sun at the Pine Hill Railway.

Lner fan Sam · Post by **Lner fan Sam** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 1:04 pm

That silver lady with the Westinghouse pump looks lovely.

rebelego · Post by **rebelego** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 3:19 pm

KjellAn:91241 wrote:One of the guests has this rake of Lego-waggons after his RH Charles.

Guess who?

A nice shot of my train.

You have a very nice and inspiring railway. I look forward to the next steam-up.

KjellAn · Post by **KjellAn** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 5:23 pm

Lner fan Sam:91272 wrote:That silver lady with the Westinghouse pump looks lovely.

The Silver Lady with the air-pump belongs to railway-friend that tricked me into livesteam and the fantastic world of 16mm NG on 32mm track.

He also showed me how to put accessories to the engines - without beeing afraid of drilling holes in these expensive things ...

KjellAn · Post by **KjellAn** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 11:13 am

December 2013

A new engine arrived at the PHrY before Christmas - a Roundhouse Little John.

I think it looks too nice and glossy now, but I will try to make some weathering to it.

Here is Little John with a rake of gravelwagons.

The last wagon will have a brakeplatform for the brakeman. It is actually not a platform - it's more a seat hanging on the rear end of the wagon.
The wagon came this day out of the paintshop. I think the painter must have had a bad day.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 11:36 am

Excellent, thats exactly the sort of thing that I want to do to the one I've just bought. How easy would it be to distort the LGB plastic?

KjellAn · Post by **KjellAn** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 1:28 pm

I painted the green LGB-plastic with a rust color. I covered the rustspots with a chipping-fluid (you may use AK Interactive or a hairspray),
and then painted the wagon with the grey top color.
After making scratches on the surface, I paint some ruststreaks with rust color and white spirit.

KjellAn · Post by **KjellAn** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 5:30 pm

January 2014

Winter is here with snow and 4 minus C. Then it's time for a winter-steam-up. Due to the cold weather Victoria was made ready indoors.
Here are some pics from the session. Enjoy it ...

"Victoria" - a Roundhouse Silver Lady - Black with red lining.

"Victoria" in front of a mixed train at the Pine Hill station.

Pressure is 30 psi - ready to go.

Victoria with a mixed train on it's way out of the PHRy's tunnel.

Peter Butler · Post by **Peter Butler** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 7:53 pm

'Victoria' is beautiful in black with the red lining and the snow scenes are magnificent.
It is still +3C here but very wet and not suited to outdoor running....well I won't be doing it anyway!

Post by **Andrew** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 8:29 pm

Lovely photos! Thanks for the weathering tips too, those wagons further up the thread look great...

Just rain and more rain here - if I tried to run a train I think I'd sink into the lawn...

Andrew.

invicta280 · Post by **invicta280** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 10:52 pm

Superb! Victoria looks great in lined black

IrishPeter · Post by **IrishPeter** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:01 am

We are having one of our weird winter warm spells. It has been pushing +15C the last few days. Thankfully the ground is bone dry or we would have the spring bulbs trying to come up! I am taking advantage of the good weather to re-route a difficult section of track.

Peter in AZ

KjellAn · Post by **KjellAn** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:54 am

Thanks. I'll hope spring appears in some time - when temperature raises over freezing and the sun helps melting away that ice and snow.

Anyway - this is the challenge about garden railways here in Norway.

And it helps making nice pics to this thread ...

IrishPeter · Post by **IrishPeter** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:33 pm

I am glad that you post pictures fairly often. I rather like your line. It seems to get a lot of things right. It also has just enough Norwegian character to be different.

The weather here can be a challenge. I am currently wondering what the heck happened to our winter. We had a cold snap in November, a light snow fall - just enough to keep people out of church, not Walmart - then nothing! My inner Scot is going "we'll pay for this!"

Peter in AZ

KjellAn · Post by **KjellAn** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:35 pm

March 2014

My RH Little John and some of my LGB gravel wagons have been in the paintshop last days. And here is the result of the weathering of the engine and the gravel wagons.

And here is the way I did it.

First a thinn coat of matt varnish, then a wash of black and rust colors mixed with white spirit.
The rusty chimney and the footstep are drybrushed with burnt sienna powder color. Inside the cab a woodenplank floor.
The roof is first painted in different rust colors, then a layer of chipping fluid, and a topcoat of silver acrylic paint.
When the acrylic was dry, the roof was dampened with water and scratches made to look like rust spots.
Then some ruststeaks and some soot from the chimney.
Finally the little beast was given a matt varnish to seal the weathering.

Those gravel wagons were also weathered in the same way as the roof of the engine:
First painted in different rust colors, then a layer of chipping fluid, and a topcoat of grey acrylic paint. When the acrylic was dry,
the wagons were dampened with water and scratches made to look like rust spots.
Finally ruststreaks and a topcoat with matt varnish to seal the weathering.

Peter Butler · Post by **Peter Butler** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:09 pm

Very nice finish on your stock, weathering just right, and the driver seems to agree by the smile on his face!

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