The Commotion Railway - a balcony and picnic railway

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The Commotion Railway - a balcony and picnic railway

Post by rebelego » Sun Sep 15, 2013 9:48 am

Welcome to The Commotion Railway (Norwegian: Rystelsesbanen).
To make a long story short... This summer I have been bit by the live steam garden railway bug. Problem is... I don't have a garden.
Instead I am lucky to have a long and narrow balcony, thus in June it started like this:
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In July I got a Roundhouse Charles engine. The wider Billy and Lady Ann engines would scratch the walls.
Here is a photo taken from the control tower:
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An upgrade to the track plan came in August:
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Edit: Resolved photos.
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Post by Lner fan Sam » Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:00 am

Nice job you have done there. :D
my first live steam engine build thread:
http://gardenrails.myfreeforum.org/about6685.html

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Post by VIGNOT » Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:09 am

Well done !
Big trains in small space. Great.
And no problem at all with the grass... :lol:
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Post by The Denying Dutchman » Sun Sep 15, 2013 2:50 pm

That's a "garden" railway I like, no trees that stand in the way and no annoying plants and weeds that grow where they aren't supposed to grow!  ;)
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Post by sstjc » Sun Sep 15, 2013 3:02 pm

I like that a lot. What is the radius of the curves ?
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Post by tom_tom_go » Sun Sep 15, 2013 5:32 pm

Very jealous.

You can play trains and cook at the same time!
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Post by jim@NAL » Sun Sep 15, 2013 6:53 pm

I like that lots good use of space shows you can get a railway in a small space
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Post by METHSSNIFFER » Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:01 pm

Have you thought about going into training!

You could be a balcony coach!
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Post by rebelego » Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:03 am

Thanks everybody!

The track is LGB and the radius at each end is R1, ie 60 cm.
It is actually squeezed a little bit in.
The other curves and the points are R5.

As the railway is based on loose track, I now and then take the track
with me and just lay it out on the ground:

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Yes, it is LEGO. I can even boast that the wagons are scratch built. :D
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Post by rebelego » Thu Nov 07, 2013 1:47 pm

A short video from warmer days...




Edit: Resloved video.
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Post by Bandit » Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:34 pm

Great Garden Railway...without a garden ! Well done ! :D
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Post by sstjc » Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:53 pm

It would be interesting to see a video of it running on the balcony...
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Post by rebelego » Fri Nov 08, 2013 2:21 pm

The only video I have from the balcony is this:



A contraption made from an old Mamod SE.2a steam engine and some LEGO bricks. :lol:

The balcony railway is currently removed. It got a bit cold out there, and I'm going to change the windows, so the balcony has to be cleared anyway.


Edit: Resolved video.
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Post by MDLR » Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:09 pm

rebelego:91485 wrote:The only video I have from the balcony is this:
Wow! That's a high speed train, and no mistake!
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Post by IrishPeter » Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:57 am

Moves like an arthritic Ruston!

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Traffic Pattern? What pattern? Spuds out; grain in, but cattle, sheep and passengers are a lot less predictable.
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Post by rebelego » Sun May 25, 2014 3:09 pm

But this thread wasn't dead.
I have just forgot to post, so first some winter steam with the track just placed out on the snow:
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More recently the track has been out on the grass again:
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I will return to the main line at the balcony soon... :)

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Post by kandnwlr » Sun May 25, 2014 3:33 pm

sstjc:91456 wrote:It would be interesting to see a video of it running on the balcony...
Fantastic work and truely in the spirit of DIY garden railways :lol:
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Post by kandnwlr » Sun May 25, 2014 3:35 pm

You should think of entering the lower photo in the Summer Photo competition.
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Post by rebelego » Sun May 25, 2014 4:47 pm

kandnwlr:100995 wrote:You should think of entering the lower photo in the Summer Photo competition.
Done. Thanks for reminding me. Though, maybe I get disqualified for double posting and/or prepublishing. :roll:
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Post by laalratty » Sun May 25, 2014 8:09 pm

rebelego:100999 wrote:
kandnwlr:100995 wrote:You should think of entering the lower photo in the Summer Photo competition.
Done. Thanks for reminding me. Though, maybe I get disqualified for double posting and/or prepublishing.   :roll:
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