Garden Railway Forum

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:31 pm**

Yesterday saw a visit of me, laurence703 and lukejpetch at Brambleton which ensued much chaos!

A triple header mamod train was seen, comprising of Britomart, Ofario and Hampton.

A good send off for Britomart, as my challenge for last year was to see if it would still move under it's own power in 2014, and as that has been done (with 40 hours running time last year with at least 4kg on the drawbar) it's time to slowly retire the poor thing! And with Britomart's gradual retirement, it allows for other frontline motive power to return...

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2014 2:30 pm**

Nice images

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2014 6:35 pm**

Ofario, Britomart and Hampton before the Chaos began...

MORE METHS!!!

MORE WATER!!!

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2014 8:07 pm**

Lovely shots, thanks for sharing..

Posted: **Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:53 pm**

Cheers!

Posted: **Mon Feb 10, 2014 7:16 pm**

Yes great pictures, I like the angles you try to shoot from, makes the trains look like they should. That looks like a great place to have a steam-up.

Posted: **Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:47 pm**

laurence703:96616 wrote:

Is that Miley Cyrus injecting Meths on the right? The tongue looks right, possibly the meths, never had Miley down as a Mamodologist though...

Looks like great fun, must dig out my Mamod sometime...

Cheers,

Andrew

Posted: **Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:13 pm**

I look nothing like Miley Cyrus thank you very much!

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:41 am**

Wow, looks like great fun, whats the basic track layout? Looks quite extensive.

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:53 am**

It's a large layout. Works out about 6 or 7 different ways of sending your train... I'll draw up a track diagram later

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:00 am**

laurence703:96668 wrote:I look nothing like Miley Cyrus thank you very much!

What out, Laurence is going to come in like a wrecking ball....

Hat, coat...

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2014 10:08 am**

DolwyddelanLightRail:96681 wrote: Hat, coat...

I was going to get it for you...

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2014 2:01 pm**

I have always thought that having more locomotives hauling a train then needed is something of a frivolous activity that is a waste of time and money. I also find the sight of driver Laurence quite obviously playing the fool whilst in charge of a locomotive extremely disturbing.

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:23 pm**

Victor Isle:96688 wrote:I have always thought that having more locomotives hauling a train then needed is something of a frivolous activity that is a waste of time and money.

I think a pre-arranged footplate ride on Britomart on the heaviest train it is permitted to haul needs to be sorted out for you...

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:48 pm**

One track plan... Please excuse the poor drawing skills... of the bit I added!

Posted: **Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:13 pm**

It was a cracking day a running trains! Members of the West Herts. Area Group run the 16mm lines and the Brambles run the O gauge lines - having started off as a boy's club some years ago!

More information about WHAG meetings at the site can be found on our website; http://www.westherts16mm.org.uk and information about the site can be found on the BRMC page; http://www.brambleton.co.uk

Do come along and visit us if you fancy it, we are a friendly bunch! Drop me a message if you're planning on attending a future meeting :-)

Cheers,
Luke

Posted: **Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:35 am**

laurence703:96698 wrote:

One track plan... Please excuse the poor drawing skills... of the bit I added!

Now that´s what I call a line