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Sorry its a bit late but here is the show vid Gary

Busy, busy, busy Since our last update the trams have been exceedingly busy. Following the Lincoln show they went out on loan to the brother-in-laws new shop and ran for 3 weeks on display in the window. Tramcars Carli and June were on duty and covered over 19,000 metres in just over 3 weeks. It was straight from there to spend the Easter Break at the 3 day York Model Railway show at the Knavesmire in York. This was a very busy show and left us with no time to look around ourselves. The red team of cars ran faultlessly over the 3 days of exhibiting . We then had 3 days to service the entire model before it was off to the Scarborough and District Railway Modellers. 40th Anniversary Show in Scarborough. The attendance at this show far exceeded the clubs expectations so much so that we had run out of our “I drove the trams cards” by 1pm on the first day! The very first exhibition we did with the trams was a Scarborough and district railway modellers’ event at Pickering Station back in May 2010 and since then we have done 34 shows. So it seemed fitting that we marked this anniversary show as our last regular exhibition outing for the time being. The trams will not be retiring; on the contrary as they are going to be running on display in a small toy shop Dianne has opened on the outskirts of Scarborough. The trams have now been running daily in the shop for 2 weeks now and are covering around 800 metres per day so a new servicing regime has had to be implemented. For the record here are some stats 5 years as a garden railway 34 exhibitions attended 8 radio interviews 5 TV interviews 1 magazine article Tramcar fleet distance covered = 250,000 metres Not too bad for what started out as a bit of fun in the garden Gary and Dianne

Forgot to add some new videos [ well, I've got to do something whilst I am off work sick ! ] Gary

Unfinished Business Having not made it last year due to a road accident whilst on route, it was defiantly a case of unfinished business as we drove to Newark for the Lincoln & District model railway club 2018 exhibition. I am still recovering from my long running chest problems so medical advice was sort before committing to attend and I would like to thank everyone who assisted with the lifting and carrying at the venue to make this possible. The trams played there part and never missed a beat , sorry but to reduce the workload we did not take the video camera on this occasion but i took a couple of pics on my mobile phone to record the event. Coming soon we will have news of a new beginning for the trams. Gary

Slate. Whilst doing research for our new slate quarry model railway we are building i have developed a deep respect for the skill and determination of the workforce. Extracting slate from high up in the Welsh mountains wearing little more than a shirt, waistcoat and a donkey jacket summer and winter alike. In the late 1800's safety was almost none existent with many workers killed or injured . The only people to get rich from slate were the quarry owners ! In our next Out n About video we take a look at the slate museum dedicated to the industry that roofed most of the buildings in the UK

Music ! and the ninetieth video The thorny question of the use of music in videos has divided opinion since the likes of YouTube first launched.. Amateur video makers don't have the luxury of closed sets or multiple retakes so we have to work with what we have shot. During editing background conversations not noticed at the time of filming can be demeaning of the chosen subject or unsuitable for a mixed audience. For our videos we often mix still images and motion video together and this can result in a very disjointed audio track . So we choose to add a carefully chosen piece of music whilst not falling foul of the complex copyright laws. At the end of the day you cannot please everyone . "Rant over". First video of 2018 is our ninetieth upload and features the excellent Welsh Highland Heritage Railway museum.

The seasons greetings to everyone As the clock ticks on and another year draws to a close we would like to thank everyone on RM Web, Facebook, Twitter ,YouTube and Wix Blog for there continuing support. TheGlenngary Tramway is due to hit the road again in February and we are very much looking forward to that ! Work on Evan Quarry is progressing slowly due to my recent ill health but i am now getting back to it so things should soon be back on track. As Dianne and I travel around visiting places to film for our videos Dianne manages to take hundreds of photos most of which end up on a hard drive never to be seen again. Whilst neither Dianne or myself profess to be experts on photography its a shame that some of Di's pictures are destined never to be seen. After much persuasion she has let me assemble some for a series of videos called "A Postcard from" Below also is a couple of videos that i posted on my other blogs etc. but not on here for some reason hope you enjoy them. Merry Christmas and a happy New year Gary and Dianne

We had planned to finish the 2017 season of events with a trip to The Christmas Model Railway Show at Manchester this December 2nd and 3rd , Following an invite from Philip Sweet . Unfortunately I have been laid low by yet another bad chest infection requiring a long course of medication to hopefully resolve things ,so after discussing the matter with Phillip it was agreed that we should withdraw from this years event. I would like to thank Phillip and his team for there kind words and understanding and we hope to be able to be part of this event at a future date. One of the side effects of the meds has been a distinct trembling of the hands so just sitting quietly working on a modelling project has at times proved to be a futile exercise. This has allowed time to catch-up with some video editing of projects filmed over the past year. One of the most popular vids we did in 2016 was the Llanberis Lake Railway which has just passed 500 views in total [a lot for one of my efforts !]. The intention was always to do a Part 2 to cover the section of the line around the bottom of the lake to Llanberis station across the road from the Snowdon mountain Railway, Hope you enjoy it. Gary

Glenngary Tramway Update 14 NYMR Autumn Steam Gala. A look around the SDRM mini model rail exhibition and some of the other attractions around Pickering station

Our next outing with the trams is The North Yorkshire Moors Railways Autumn Steam gala on the 29th and 30th September and 1st October. As this is a 3 day event and due to work etc. setup for us is on the Friday morning and results in a frantic couple of hours whilst we make sure that everything is running ok. The venue is The Learning Centre on Platform 2 At Pickering Station and is our only visit there this year . Work on our new layout Evan Quarry has taken on a sense of urgency as we have received 2 invites to shows on the strength of some mock- up photos that appeared on the clubs website. Evan Quarry is a total departure from anything I have modelled before and is the first time Dianne has tried to construct a layout form scratch. The purpose of the mock-up photos was to see if we could produce work of anywhere near the standard required for the exhibition circuit . So we now have a deadline of Spring next year. As well as the Tramway and railway videos on our YouTube channel we also have other content on a number of subjects. These include our "Out N About" series where we visit various places of interest . ​"A guide to collecting 1/72nd scale land rovers " [seen on many 00 gauge layouts] Is a series of videos to support the collecting land rovers section of the new Glenngary Tramway website

As promised a video of the SDRM 2017 Show Gary

As promised a video of last weekends SDRM 2017 show Gary

Glenngary Tramway all set up ready for a busy weekend dispite my efforts to distroy the new lighthouse !!, but all fixed now . Hope all our visitors have a good show Gary

August 2017 is shaping up to be our busiest month of the year with outings for the trams on the first ,third and fourth weekends. Having completed the first exhibition and the next weekend free we took the opportunity whilst the system was out of storage to do some extended maintenance. A tidy up of the wiring and rerouting of some of the cables plus repositioning of the street lights to the Cliffside of the incline being top of the list. The street lights had always proved to be easily damaged mostly during transport so moving them was planned some time ago and the upside is that it is now easer to thread the tramcar cable around the head drum during setup etc. Our next outing is the SDRM annual show at Pickering [19th and 20th Aug] and as this will be our 8th visit so, in keeping with previous years we have made some additions so there is something new to see. For this year we have added extra lighting to the incline and bottom station plus a lighthouse to the headland above it. All being well we will be videoing the proceedings and I will post it here in due course. Gary Glenngary Tramway

August 2017 is shaping up to be our busiest month of the year with outings for the trams on the first ,third and fourth weekends. Having completed the first exhibition and the next weekend free we took the opportunity whilst the system was out of storage to do some extended maintenance. A tidy up of the wiring and rerouting of some of the cables plus repositioning of the street lights to the Cliffside of the incline being top of the list. The street lights had always proved to be easily damaged mostly during transport so moving them was planned some time ago and the upside is that it is now easer to thread the tramcar cable around the head drum during setup etc. Our next outing is the SDRM annual show at Pickering [19th and 20th Aug] and as this will be our 8th visit so, in keeping with previous years we have made some additions so there is something new to see. For this year we have added extra lighting to the incline and bottom station plus a lighthouse to the headland above it. All being well we will be videoing the proceedings and I will post it here in due course. Gary