Garden Railway Forum

philipy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 5:49 am Love the way that flower bed now fades into the railway scenery, so that the railway becomes part of the garden and real world landscape.

Thanks Phillip, in hindsight I wish we did that as well at the other end, might still be able to do that but the space is tighter and to be honest I am in need of a break of rocks and cement and mixing and shoveling soil. It is soon time to get back to the Red Room and get on with the tender of my loco build. However I am already having thoughts of "Next time we will do this and that and include this and do it this way and longer and " but I slap myself a few times about the face, there will not be a next time, this little railway will be it.

Andrew wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 9:16 am What a wonderful railway you're creating there - so much to enjoy! I think the tunnel mouth in the cutting is my favourite of the recent pictures, it looks just right...

Cheers,

Andrew.

I just told MAM you like the tunnel, she liked that. I keep saying we are making a garden with a small railway in it, it will not be a scale model railway.

After a day in the bike frame making workshop I sat down under the awning of the Pottery shed, tiredly contemplating the railway. MAM some time ago brought home a bag of slate chips from the evil empire's big green box. Bingo ! Off I went to get a tube of liquid nails from the workshop. Just the relaxing project I needed last night, finishing in the dark with one only glass of red. Bravo MAM for the bag of slate chips that have been waiting for 2 years.

"Feathers, I don't think management have a full grip on this camera gizmo"

Why this drone pic this morning?
Management simply liked it.

A wee test run of the video camera wagon last Sunday night. It is a rough video as I just turned it on and payed attention to the conversations with others and it was dark and one stall, to get the run with 12 axles steady and slow, 25-30 psi is best, but there was one stall, if the radius was greater all the better but... I oil the curves with light oil and that makes a noticeable difference and also a pre run wipe of the rail with a sponge scourer does wonders for smooth steady running but I did not do that last Sunday, I just hosed the track to remove garden soil and sugar cane mulch. The RC and plate work still to be done by MAM

https://www.flickr.com/photos/llewellyn ... ed-public/

That slate wall is beautiful, Dazza.

The video gives just a glimpse of the pleasures to come once it is all complete, thank you.

What a brilliantly built Slate Wall, you really have got a talent for using materials to their fullest Dazza.

Love the video shoot too. Thank you Dazza it's fantastic....

I take it that you were using the waterpump pliers to break/cut the slate, was that an easy process? I ask as I can see a whole host of possible construction projects on my railway, I have thought about this process before but have never actually carried out any experiments with slate.

pandsrowe wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:37 am I can see a whole host of possible construction projects on my railway, I have thought about this process before but have never actually carried out any experiments with slate.

Slate is a really useful and durable construction material to use on our railways. I have used old roofing slates and slate chippings for a number of things including ..... Buffers.....
Water tower... Cattle dock.... Platform edging..... Paving slabs..... .
All of the above are cut to size with a wet tile cutter.
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I started to build a castle using slate chippings, but that needs a lot more patience so was never finished, but the idea does work.....

For those who may interested in full size steam ops in Queensland
I am on the black loco #967, I fired out and drove home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-yx2xy5XuI

Great video Dazza.. Thanks for posting.. Two beautiful looking locos, they were a joy to see.

FWLR wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:55 am Great video Dazza.. Thanks for posting.. Two beautiful looking locos, they were a joy to see.

I have a much better video, but the file is too big.
Stay tuned.

New Video, try this one to see the work in progress. Next time I will do it with the Signals in place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdsENugG52c

What a fabulous video that is, it's the first email I viewed on my laptop this morning and wow it blew me away so much I had to play it on the 55'' inch telly. The views are amazing and what a massive difference the front view makes. You have got to tell us how you managed that Dazza. Was MAM driving the loco also....

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant......

Dazza great video, having watched the progress of the build it was fantastic to see it all "joined-up". From a technical perspective you have the swing on the camera just about spot on nicely following the curve of the track, but will good side views

Excellent video Dazza, the rock faces are just the best and the planting softens the harsh landscape beautifully. Very smooth running too. I can tell by your happy. smiling face (?) how much you enjoyed the ride!

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:38 am Excellent video Dazza, the rock faces are just the best and the planting softens the harsh landscape beautifully. Very smooth running too. I can tell by your happy. smiling face (?) how much you enjoyed the ride!

Thanks Peter, however I think there was some crud on camera wagon wheel, it sounds like a wheel flat spot , thud thud thud. I will do another video when I put the signals out. So many details to do to remove seams and holes and fill to be added and also the paper that is hanging from the tunnel roof at potters junction. There is much to do added to the list as one sees a different perspective from the train camera. As for my face, I was in operation contemplation mode and also tired from the weekends exertions. Is that excuse good enough :-)

Jimmyb wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:37 am Dazza great video, having watched the progress of the build it was fantastic to see it all "joined-up". From a technical perspective you have the swing on the camera just about spot on nicely following the curve of the track, but will good side views

All simply a guess and a poke.The ply base is left overs from concrete form work (Shuttering in the UK ) and furniture pads underneath, scrap steel for the off set counter weight and the Whitworth screw that I found rummaging through the screw draws and cut to length. The cameras seem to be dirt cheap by my way of thinking, some times found for less than $50. All these cheap gadgets to my mind's reckoning is simply science fiction. I do feel a bit soiled, it is a bit of crass consumer consumption, but only once in a life time eh.

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