After last nights dilema over what to spend a free hour on, some fresh falling of snow made my mind up !! I had glazed the 3 coaches yesterday and more importantley given them a coat of satin varnish, that would make them stand up to some moisture in the form of snow.

I lasted about 30mins outside (it was -4C) some trains ran but I found that the fresh wet snow falling on the track reduced traction to the point it was hard work getting anything up the grade, throw in batteries that were not fully charged and it wasnt the best running session ever. I will edit what little video I have of the garratt later.

I did take about a dozen still pictures of which this one was the best ....

I just touched it up a little to add some smoke

and finally it wasnt a steam only day

John