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The Pine Hill Railway (PHRy) - a Norwegian Garden Railway
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:04 pm
by KjellAn
Hello and welcome to The Pine Hill Garden Railway.
Last year I was starting to build my garden railway, and make different kind of rolling stock. I live in Norway, in the county of Østfold. It's south of Oslo and the climate is much like the British Isles.
Here in this topic I would like to share pictures, videos and thoughts about my garden railway. All comments are welcome.
As some of you have noticed I have already shared some pictures and questions about building a tunnel on the layout, a coalbunker on my livesteam Billy, and other thoughts. I think this topic should give a more general view of my garden railway.
January 2012
Now, there is winter here in Norway, and here is a picture from last day with my RH Billy in action.
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:43 pm
by MDLR
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:08 pm
by Narrow Minded
Very nice! ~ What's all that white stuff?
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:32 pm
by Dwayne
I guess snow is a given in your neck of the woods. I like to look at it in pictures, not in person (even though I'm originally from Oh Canada). Looking forward to seeing more of your railroad.
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:48 pm
by DWR
nice railway
,we didnt get any whte stuff this year in Wales
nice picture
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:06 pm
by KjellAn
28. February 2012
My Garden Railway will have 3 bridges, and last weekend I put together a Girder Bridge made of thin aluminum-profiles and rivets.
Here are some pics.
The bridge is very similar to those made by MVL Bridges, but I would like to build one from scratch by myselves instead of buy it ready assembled.
The aluminum profiles will finally be primed with some etch-primer before the paintjob, so the bridge will withstand the humid climate all year around.
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:27 am
by IrishPeter
Crikey! That's one heck of a bridge! Excellant job.
Peter in AZ
The Pine Hill Railway - a Norwegian Garden Railway
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:08 pm
by KjellAn
17th May 2012
In the occasion of the Norwegian National Day to day, the RH Billy was decorated with flags in front of the smokebox.
Here are som pictures from the event.
The ALF on the trestle
At the main-station - a small scratch-built wooden-construction
And here is a video. Enjoy it. :D
Link to video
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:31 pm
by Pretoria
Excellent -- thank-you !!
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 9:53 pm
by KjellAn
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 11:11 pm
by invicta280
Good to see that the bad weather did not stop the fun!
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:21 am
by IrishPeter
The 'conspicuous colour scheme' made me think of the County Donegal Railway with its Gerenium Red and Cream coaches and Gerenium Red and Black locomotives. Glad to know that rain did not stop play!
Peter in AZ
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:22 pm
by Keith S
Don't worry Kjell, soon it will be snow and your friends can stay dry!
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:26 pm
by St.Michael
Hi.
I really like your trestle bridge
Do you now of any constructions like that, that really have existed here in scandinavia?
Regards from Michael, a bit further up north...
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:16 pm
by KjellAn
Railways in Norway was in the early eras often build as narrow gauge and with wooden trestles where bridges was needed.
This to achieve low building-costs. Narrow gauge needed less area for the track and wood was a lowcost-building-material, particularly in Norway.
Here are some links to pictures of trestles in Norway:
Oxstadøi viadukt
Hvalstad viadukt
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:56 pm
by St.Michael
Thank you!
Very inspiring pictures!
Michael
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 1:55 pm
by KjellAn
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 2:02 pm
by MDLR
That looks delightful!
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 3:17 pm
by IrishPeter
I absolutely love the pictures. Thank you, they cheered me up no end, as I had just had to abandon any thought of pushing on further with my track relay today as I am under snow myself. Hopefully it will clear here by Monday.
Peter in AZ
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 3:22 pm
by williamfj
Great photos, I can feel the cold!