Garden Railway Forum

The theme for the next Gallery will be "Animal(s) on my railway".
Whether that is next door's cat, your dog, a spider, a frog, or a passing Kookaburra is up to you, and we will also accept plastic, wood, china or metal versions of your favourite animal.

Rules as always ( See the beginning of this thread if you don't know what they are).
Closing date for entries will be 1st March 2024

Maybe I'll have some kind of a railway by then!
Edit: What was I thinking? No I won't!

Spot the intruder.

It's Bambi!
(The first film I ever saw - spent the whole film sitting on the upper edge of the fold down seat as I didn't know it folded down. Got a numb bum but a very good view.)

Rik

As plastic, china and matal are permitted, I assume plush is also.

As you may have guessed by my username, mit real-life nickname and favourite "animal" is Scrat.

My old 5" gauge signal box had a Scrat as signalman:

The switches control the layout lamps, power to the point motors, position indicators and the 12V supply of the steaming bay.

This is an external picture of the old signal box with the fold-up roof [not competition entry]


@Admins:
if a fictional animal violates any rules of the competition, please remove my entry. Thanks.

Think we can allow it, Holger.

I think it's safe to cross now...

A giant furry creature wreaks havoc on the railway. As you can see, she's brought down the giant lunar mining robot.

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 4:52 pm I think it's safe to cross now...

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Wow! you really taught them to wait for a safe time to cross?

dudeface wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 6:27 pm A giant furry creature wreaks havoc on the railway.

The mountains look like they're coming along nicely! Is that a drum kit looming over the cat? edit: understood-- please ignore chitchat

Guys, I don't want to be a wet blanket, but this thread is for Gallery ENTRY pictures. The occasional "nice picture" type comment I turn a blind eye to, but please can we not start making all sorts of spurious and irrelevant posts, however funny.

*removed*

The Cat keeps her enthusiasm under control regarding the arrival of a new addition to the fleet, possibly in view of its dubious authenticity. She’ll be expecting to feature in the video though.

Not looking to win here, (there are much better shots already ) but this one does have the smallest creature so far.

Idk Aaron, that's the biggest grasshopper I think I've ever seen...

At last, a subject that I've actually got a photo that I can enter.
I told you, you're not going to run any trains today!

Hi Phil
Great photo. I can just imagine the tannoy announcement at the station immediately before this length of track .....

Rik

Eric suddenly realised he had underestimated the lifting capacity required to clear the line..

Phil.P wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 11:22 am IMG_20230515_152558.jpg
Eric suddenly realised he had underestimated the lifting capacity required to clear the line..

Rik

Couple of the local natives that visit from time to time.

An oldie from last Christmas Lawn grub control contractor, aka Ibis or "Bin Chicken" because they rummage through open rubbish bins.