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That does look good, Trevor

Rik

Andrew wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:56 pm Impressive work!

The railway will be very useful carrying produce from that distant veg patch! Some bespoke 3D printed spud and leek carriers may be required...

I had better use a generous loading gauge for the tunnel then!

Trevor

Trevor Thompson wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 9:21 am

Andrew wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:56 pm Impressive work!

The railway will be very useful carrying produce from that distant veg patch! Some bespoke 3D printed spud and leek carriers may be required...

I had better use a generous loading gauge for the tunnel then!

Those are some mighty big leeks you're growing there Trevor!

The station building is now finished and installed on the railway:
The goods shed is temporarily in place to mark its footprint in the station area. All three buildings are set in dry mortar and levelled. I am looking for a damp night tonight. and from the other end:
I made the tunnel yesterday, and you can see the its mouth in the distance. The tunnel is made from old bricks, with paving slabs for a roof. I am going to hide the bricks by cladding the entrances with stonework , and extending that to edge the cutting each side of the trackbed.

Finally a low level photo which shows some of the detail:
The adverts were printed onto self adhesive photographic paper, mounted on a printed backing, and varnished. Just need some customers to occupy the seats under the veranda.

Trevor

The buildings look magnificent on site, you are making excellent progress, particularly at this time of year!

That last picture of the station from low level is simply superb. You must repeat that shot once everything has settled down and weathered in, it will be difficult to tell it from the real thing.

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 4:26 pm The buildings look magnificent on site, you are making excellent progress, particularly at this time of year!

Thanks Peter!

Trevor

The weather has broken for a few days - we are getting drizzle here at the moment, so progress is temporarily slowed down!

I managed to start to recover the tunnel before it got wet, and to select some rocks from the pile to start the cuttings leading to the down hill end of the tunnel:
The other end of the tunnel is quite bare at the moment:
All that soil I pulled onto an "embankment" needs sorting out - some will go over the tunnel, and some will remain as a reduced embankment ready to take the plastic shuttering for the next length of trackbed leading along the bank. I had envisioned the embankment having a stone facing and the brickwork of the tunnel being hidden under stonework as well.

Trevor

That's worked out well, Trevor.

Rik

ge_rik wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 6:14 pm That's worked out well, Trevor.

Having seen it in person, I can confirm it definitely has worked out well. And the printed Tanygrisiau building is just incredible - it just looks so good in situ.



I’ve taken a few more photos of the RVOM.

That building does indeed look excellent

I couldn't get your link to work

https://photos.simonwood.info/index?/ca ... ruary_2023

Rik

ge_rik wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 8:30 am I couldn't get your link to work

https://photos.simonwood.info/index?/ca ... ruary_2023

Thanks Rik I think I have fixed it (I stuck some unneeded quote marks in the BBcode). It should work now?

SimonWood wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 8:47 am

ge_rik wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 8:30 am I couldn't get your link to work

https://photos.simonwood.info/index?/ca ... ruary_2023

Thanks Rik I think I have fixed it (I stuck some unneeded quote marks in the BBcode). It should work now?

Perfect!

Rik

Glad it wasn't just me that couldn't see them, but sorted now and well worth the wait. Thank you.

The head-on shot of the train coming into the station is just perfect and exactly what I was hoping for when I said earlier that we needed a low level shot like that.
Having said that, the picture of the train on the viaduct with Ddualt in the background across the valley is absolutely the pick of the crop ( IMO of course!). I could sit and look at that picture all day, it says everything about garden railways and Trevor's achievements.

philipy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 9:19 am Glad it wasn't just me that couldn't see them, but sorted now and well worth the wait. Thank you.

The head-on shot of the train coming into the station is just perfect and exactly what I was hoping for when I said earlier that we needed a low level shot like that.
Having said that, the picture of the train on the viaduct with Ddualt in the background across the valley is absolutely the pick of the crop ( IMO of course!). I could sit and look at that picture all day, it says everything about garden railways and Trevor's achievements.

Yep! Lovely photos of a lovely railway, thanks for sharing!

https://photos.simonwood.info/index?/ca ... ruary_2023


That’s a great set of pictures, as well as it all looking beautifully built and finished.

Wow those photos went down well!

All of those positive comments are very encouraging. Much appreciated.

I have been working on the extension again, and the approaches to the tunnel are now fairly complete:
the up hill end of the tunnel is completed and I am ready to continue with the track bed:
Trevor

Clara on her maiden run arriving at Tanygrisiau.

More about her to appear in my layout thread shortly,

Phil
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=13912

That is just phenomenal.

The visuals throughout your line are superb, and Simon has made excellent use of them with the photos he's taken. The picture of Dduallt gives an indication of how Tanygrisiau will mellow and become a stunning feature. Where to on the continuation though? Are we going to be seeing Blaneau station in all its glory, with a mainline interchange? I'm really looking forward to seeing you progress.