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My condolences for your loss Tom, sad news indeed.

I am 67 this year, so I hope to survive a bit longer to use your advice to build a better line. Although Anne does want to be able to get to her Fairy Gardens at the back fence, so lifting it higher I feel will not be an option. But she has given permission to extend, so that's a bonus...

Hi Tom,

I'm sad to hear of the demise of the old RWLR, and will miss your regular reports from your inspiring and characterful little line, but I'm looking forward to its next incarnation already, whenever that may be.

I'm sorry to hear about your Dad too - that sort of thing really does make you reconsider priorities, and that can be a silver lining on even the darkest cloud. My Dad died years ago, when I was still a child, and for me my hobby is a connection with him - it was him that got me into this mess!

With very best wishes,

Andrew.

Sorry to hear of your Dad's passing Tom. Good luck with your future projects.

Hello Tom,

Like others, I'm very sorry to see your line go. It (and you) have been agreat source of inspiration at times when I was standing in the middle of a bomb site that showed no prospect of ever being a garden again - let alone one that contained a railway! The things that hold our interest have a tendancy to change over time, external factors certainly influence that and can lead to major changes in direction. Whatever the reason, if a house move is being contemplated, then there is clearly no option for the line but to 'close and demolish'.

I hope you find a great new home to move to and that it inspires you to build again. Your notes to yourself in the post above are really useful pointers. It's a great idea to leave 'self prompts' like this, it saves re-learning old lessons - don't ask how I know this! Remember them when the time comes and hopefully any new line will be even better than the Robin Wood Light. In the meantime, please keep contributing to the discussions on here, your practical and competent comments are always a pleasure to read.

Andrew

ge_rik wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2019 2:03 pm I don't keep servos outside, but I know Greg does. He just covers them will a simple flap of felt or plasticard and they seem to carry on for years with little or no maintenance (and he uses bog standard rather than weatherproof versions). I originally assumed it was because the climate around Sydney is more conducive but then discovered they get more rain per year than London.
Anyhow, I'm sure Greg will attest to that when morning arrives on Oz.
Rik

It's taken me a little while get back here.
My outdoor servos (total 6) are all inside small styrene (plasticard) 'huts'. Three are larger servos operating turnouts, and three are the mini blue ones as in the pic you posted on 3/4 ,operating semaphore signals.
I have had 2 failures of these mini ones stripping gears and locking up. Not sure why.

All the best with planning a new railway.

Neat boxes Greg.....

tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2011 3:58 pm

Phew! - That's a "Low Relief"!

He he such wit

I have been wondering what to do about buffers and after not really finding anything suitable from the trade that uses 'real world' materials I had a go at making my own:





The wood needs painting and maybe a lamp bracket could be fixed to the buffer beam?

Cheers,

Tom
RWLR

New to this forum and looking to see what is on here. Most impressed by the Buffer I dont think I have seen better.

Don

Hi Don,

Peco now do a buffer stop for SM32 track that looks better:

https://peco-uk.com/products/buffer-stop2

Not bad for £8.00, cheapest I can find with P&P.

Still like yours Tom.. And easy to make with left over track bits. Might have ago at making one or two.

Ah but I do like the use of Wood for wooden things where practical.

Don

It has been nearly a year since the railway was dismantled and now that the better weather is here I managed to get outside today and sit where the station use to be under the 'Red Robin' bush:


Where the original part of the railway use to run along the fence and loop back on itself:


Forest sits with me, the cats miss the shelf railway and the warmth of the gravel in the summer sun:


The buffer stop at the station is all that remains of the railway outside:

That last picture's very poignant Tom!

Glad the cats have found somewhere else to sit, even if it's not quite as pleasant for them as your permanent way...