A simple change has made such a difference
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:09 pm
or "Why didn't think of this before"...
I've just realised that I have probably ran my trains more times this year than the total of all previous 8 years since I started my garden railway. Whilst it has something to do with an extension I carried out over the winter and the 'infamous' bespoke wi-fi control system I installed in my locos, a large part is do with this: It may be obvious to many of you but it was only after I had completed the track extension to the front, back and side of the 12' long summerhouse that I realised the floor of the summerhouse was at the same level as the track and what I could do as a result.
To be honest this was the most difficult "OK" decision from my wife. "You want to cut out a hole in the summerhouse!". Luckily, I found an example in an American Railway magazine and got the go-ahead.
Take tonight for example, after a 3 hour drive, a nice meal and with rain clouds in the distance, I normally would never have bothered to setup a train. Now, within a couple of minutes, an up to 12 foot long train is having a nice run. It also doesn't take long to return it if the rain starts.
It also gives me the incentive to get my first points motor working.
Michael
I've just realised that I have probably ran my trains more times this year than the total of all previous 8 years since I started my garden railway. Whilst it has something to do with an extension I carried out over the winter and the 'infamous' bespoke wi-fi control system I installed in my locos, a large part is do with this: It may be obvious to many of you but it was only after I had completed the track extension to the front, back and side of the 12' long summerhouse that I realised the floor of the summerhouse was at the same level as the track and what I could do as a result.
To be honest this was the most difficult "OK" decision from my wife. "You want to cut out a hole in the summerhouse!". Luckily, I found an example in an American Railway magazine and got the go-ahead.
Take tonight for example, after a 3 hour drive, a nice meal and with rain clouds in the distance, I normally would never have bothered to setup a train. Now, within a couple of minutes, an up to 12 foot long train is having a nice run. It also doesn't take long to return it if the rain starts.
It also gives me the incentive to get my first points motor working.
Michael