rmwsn Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Hi, I remember somewhere between 1989 and 1992 there was a couple of articles about a garden railway (probably O-gauge) and the guy had built the locomotives and stock himself, one of the locos was in the style of the NBL D6100 and I seem to recall that one part of the shape he used a shampoo bottle. Does anyone remember anymore about this or what issues the articles appeared in? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold griffgriff Posted May 21, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21, 2017 Was it end to end with 2 reasonably sized termini? Griff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted May 22, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) Hi, I remember somewhere between 1989 and 1992 there was a couple of articles about a garden railway (probably O-gauge) and the guy had built the locomotives and stock himself, one of the locos was in the style of the NBL D6100 and I seem to recall that one part of the shape he used a shampoo bottle. Does anyone remember anymore about this or what issues the articles appeared in? It shouldn't be too hard to find as most garden layouts appear in the August issues. Edit to add Nick Gough has provide a Railway Modeller index on this thread. Post 64 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/88097-what-should-i-do-with-my-old-railway-modellers/page-3&do=findComment&comment=2727410 Perhaps that will jog your memory. Edited May 22, 2017 by kevinlms Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmwsn Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 ok looking. cant remember if terminus or not. Just remember he used a vosene bottle to get the shape of a loco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I have a vague recollection it may have been one of Robin Lumley's garden lines. His first one was based on the Princetown branch. The one with the D6100 was his second, and was again based on a prototype location somewhere on the Western Region but I can't remember where it was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold melmoth Posted May 22, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2017 Yes, I think it is Robin Lumley. The article is called "Resurgam" and is in the August 89 RM. The line is based on the Tavistock branch and the NBL diesel (D63xx) used bits of a Head and Shoulders bottle. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I had a feeling it was somewhere else on Dartmoor but couldn't remember exactly where, so thanks for filling in the gaps! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 ... The line is based on the Tavistock branch and the NBL diesel (D63xx) used bits of a Head and Shoulders bottle. There's plenty of WR train crews and fitters who'd tell you so did the real things! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmwsn Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 (edited) Hi, I went online and got a copy of the August 1989 issue - thanks yes, that was the one I was thinking of ! Edited May 25, 2017 by rmwsn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmwsn Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 Something else I was thinking about was that I don't think RM has ever seemed to cover the Bekonscot railway. (at least it wasn't in the spreadsheet) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted May 25, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 25, 2017 Something else I was thinking about was that I don't think RM has ever seemed to cover the Bekonscot railway. (at least it wasn't in the spreadsheet) Perhaps because its actually a miniature railway? A look in the Model Engineer index, gets some success. http://www.groundlevel.demon.co.uk/me_index.html#Model%20Engineer%20Index%20Downloads I found some entries on another site, but that only goes to 2013. The above covers to date, I believe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Assuming we're talking about the Gauge 1 railway in the model village itself, not the 15" Bekonscot Light Railway, then Gauge 1 is borderline between model and miniature railways. As it's clearly not capable of carrying passengers, I would put it in the 'model' category. And other Gauge 1 railways have featured in RM in the past, though I can't think of any recently. The only real reason I can think of that Bekonscot hasn't had an article in Railway Modeller is maybe nobody has submitted one.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmwsn Posted June 17, 2017 Author Share Posted June 17, 2017 Assuming we're talking about the Gauge 1 railway in the model village itself, not the 15" Bekonscot Light Railway, then Gauge 1 is borderline between model and miniature railways. As it's clearly not capable of carrying passengers, I would put it in the 'model' category. And other Gauge 1 railways have featured in RM in the past, though I can't think of any recently. The only real reason I can think of that Bekonscot hasn't had an article in Railway Modeller is maybe nobody has submitted one.... Regarding the Gauge 1 railway there.....There were a couple of mk I's running around in Chiltern Railways livery the other day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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