G Scale - Garden Railway in Ireland

[Georgeconna]

Here a few piccy of My Fathers Garden Railway in Cork Ireland, Electric powered. Tracking cleaning is an onerous task!.

 

It Started off with the Purchase of a MNR 0-6-0 for static display and went from there. Lessons Learned on the way was to possibly raise the track higher to avoid the detritus from tress and Grass cutting etc. I do dislike the over / Under bridge as I can't stand the trains speeding down the bank but that was the Brief!. Being in Ireland and situated on top of a high enough wind hit Hill operating days are far a few between!

 

545_4585 by Georgeconna, on Flickr

 

545_4590 by Georgeconna, on Flickr

 

545_4588 by Georgeconna, on Flickr

 

546_4601 by Georgeconna, on Flickr

 

545_4582 by Georgeconna, on Flickr

 

Temptations are there to purchase another I.O.M loco, Maybe one of the Donegal Railcars or one of the Beyer Peacocks maybe with live steam but I have my reservations live steam will clear the bank.

[77philg]

Here a few piccy of My Fathers Garden Railway in Cork Ireland, Electric powered. Tracking cleaning is an onerous task!.

 

It Started off with the Purchase of a MNR 0-6-0 for static display and went from there. Lessons Learned on the way was to possibly raise the track higher to avoid the detritus from tress and Grass cutting etc. I do dislike the over / Under bridge as I can't stand the trains speeding down the bank but that was the Brief!. Being in Ireland and situated on top of a high enough wind hit Hill op

 

Temptations are there to purchase another I.O.M loco, Maybe one of the Donegal Railcars or one of the Beyer Peacocks maybe with live steam but I have my reservations live steam will clear the bank.

  Live steam is often more powerful than electric pick up  .The locos  tend to be heavier . But your track cleaning will increase because live steam leaves oily deposits on the track when running. I tend to build my garden railways flat  and pile wagons on to get my steam engines to perform .Any locos that are electric pick up are converted to battery ,and fitted with radio control .That saves cleaning the track . I started out in g scale but tired of track cleaning etc and went for 16mm live steam but using g scale 45mm track . Phil

[vjoneslong]

Love pictures there Georgeconna. Thanks very much for sharing.

[Killian keane]

A nice railway, I especially like the pond side section

If you want to avoid the tedious track cleaning you could always switch from track power to battery power

Edited July 23, 2017 by Killian keane

[Jongudmund]

Got a picture of the under/ over bridge?