Hi all.

A nice sunny but very chilly day here in the South Lakes. Took the chance to take some images on my "Garden Line". This is the only model railway I have left and if I don't make an effort to post a blog on it it will get passed over. Don't get to expectant regarding this line. It's very simple and was in fact built for a reason other than a model railway. When we moved up here at the end of the last century (that has quite a pioneering ring about it) the front lawn was in a bit of a state. As gardening in general and lawn mowing in particular are not my forte I suggested building a low wall of oval shape on top of which a model railway could be laid. This was agreed. The final plan was for the four corners to be cultivated and the inside of the oval to be filled with Golden Gravel. See image one. The whole thing is getting a bit seen into now but will last my time out. Over the years most of the original stock including a Roundhouse Lady Anne, a rake of side tippers, some four wheel coaches and sundry other vehicles including a four wheel diesel loco have been disposed of including the railcar featured in one image..Further images of the disposed of stock only exist on video tape. The line was always a good opening gambit for cold callers. "Any trains running today?). This should cease now as our little estate is now a "No cold calling " area. So what of the existing stock. The loco has a scratch built body on a four wheeled chassis kit. Not sure who the kit supplier was. It normally runs on batteries but it can also, at the throw of a switch pick up current from the rails. The two rail freight vehicles are pure battery worked. The chassis are some simple one axle drive, and once again I don't remember the supplier. The bodies are from the Chad Valle range that Woolworth used to sell. The two coach passenger rake are Bachmann. Goods stock is a mix of scratch built and Mamod. That's about it. Oh, there's one of those cheap train sets where the loco only runs forward and has one of those irritating sound units in it! All great stuff.