The Apple Valley Railway (7 1/4" gauge)

[Nomis]

Thanks, that got it

But i think you can only do one video per post.

Here is the 2nd one:

As well as a drivers eye view of the whole line:

[Nomis]

What is this doing in my shed?



And what might be under there, wrapped up against the cold?

[tom_tom_go]

Does the black stuff go in it?

[bazzer42]

Watching that video and looking at the shape of that tarpaulin cover I think i am Marks and Spencer envious....

[Nomis]

What is under the cover is not in any of the videos.....

....i will start a seperate thread over in the "live steam" forum soon

[Big Jim]

Oooooo,

Can't wait.....

[Nomis]

It's a "Marie Estelle", modelled on a 3' gauge porter.

The loco had been out of use for a few years, so needs some cosmetic tidying and improvements. However, everything works and it has brand new boiler certificate (passing a hydraulic and steam test was part of the deal).

Steamed it up at kensey valley at the weekend where it performed very well despite the challenging track. I have a lot to learn about driving and firing!

Everything in this size is more serious than in the small scales; the working pressure is 90psi, and the boiler takes 5.5 litres of water.....

[Big Jim]

Oooooo, Lovely.

Is it a commercial build or a labour of love?

[Nomis]

Seems to be home built, but has a commercial boiler (and some professionally made fittings).

Fits in nicely with my other locos size-wise and it even goes around the tight curves on my track, when pushed around at least.

[tom_tom_go]

Any chance of seeing it in steam round your line soon?

[Nomis]

I am hoping to have a go steaming it at home this weekend.

Whilst we did run it at the weekend, that was in the dark, and on a less familiar track. It will be nice to take some time to get to know the loco, and try out some different lighting up & firing techniques...

[Nomis]

And because I know that I would want to know....

....the price was roughly the same as a new coal fired 16mm scale loco (or two new "lady annes")........

[LNR]

Your a lucky man, I'm sure you will enjoy many happy hours using and working on it.
Grant.

[tom_tom_go]

Any updates on this one? I like hearing about larger scale stuff on here

[jim@NAL]

I agree more posts please I wish I had a bigger garden now

[Nomis]

testing some alternatives to photobucket:

[Nomis]

Fail....

Anyone know a way of posting here from google photos?

[tom_tom_go]

Fail....

Anyone know a way of posting here from google photos?

https://ctrlq.org/google/photos/?_ga=2. ... 1499807370

[Nomis]

Thanks, but doesn't seem to work for me....

Having to put every link through that other tool is a real pain too.

Is there not a free image hosting service that also supports bb code links?

[tom_tom_go]

Sorry, I should of explained a bit more as the link I provided gives you code written in HTML to embed in websites.

You only need this bit:

Code: Select all

[img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/PcXygA9pAYTiIYPy0K8KjlnnsrM_8riMZ0cXSFeCEQaOHnXg5ARRJl4GOnBMtVn7hevwATNhXSJ_GrbULYFTOTjRuZkol-Ej-MKEcz39PNSTgjj7kkAIrRKRX5M836BN3med3aLfgQ[/img]

Thinking about it, you might be able to get this info in Google Photos directly (never used it before so will need to investigate).