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Mineral Wagons aplenty
The first half dozen are Hornby Dublo, and then some of the others further along, mixed in with Bachmann, Tri-ang, allsorts:
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Hornby Dublo 2-6-4 Standard Tank out in the fresh air
on the Dorking Garden Railway that day in early April. Just one short clip - a fuller video may follow later (but talk is cheap):
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A quickly edited short video of the Black 5 selected from last week's running session:
and a still:
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A bluebell railway
Pictures from Wednesday's running session.
First, the Black 5 on Foxdale Bank:
The same stretch of track, here with a Jubilee and 10 bogies:
Scene at Throstlebeck (note Powercab):
and Sycamore Curve in late sunshine:
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A few pictures from yesterday's running session
Black 5 on Foxdale Bank
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Great comment, thanks, Great Central. Such authenticity doesn't come without effort!
Anyway, one of the joys of digital is that you can always take several shots to reduce the risk of such problems (or else digitally remove the offending item).
BTW, the parcels van is a converter vehicle, with an HD coupling on one end and a tension lock on the other.
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Another running day
Yesterday's weather was fine with cloudy intervals although I managed to capture some sunshine shots in between. Here is the Hornby Dublo 2-6-4T on a stopping train.
There are more, and sunnier, photos here:
and a linked video here:
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My HD 2-6-4 tank
was fortunately converted to 2-rail about 50 years ago by a commercial concern. Yesterday she was out enjoying the sunshine on the Dorking Garden Railway:
There are a few more photos here:
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2-railing the Duchess of Montrose
16 hours ago, Il Grifone said:A heresy I performed in the early sixties, when you could finally obtain Dublo spares. It used to be return to Binns Road only.
Your best bet is to try and source a set of 2 rail HD or Wrenn 'City' wheels. For some unknown reason, Meccano Ltd. redesigned the chassis so a complete one won't fit without modification, but the wheels are the same. Saying that, it looks like this is an early Montrose' with the thin crank pins. The later wheels will need bushing for these to fit. An alternative is to source a later set of motion*. It rather depends on how much wear has taken place in the coupling rods.
The pony truck has a standard rolling stock spoked wheelset, but the bogie and tender wheels are specials. For economy the original wheels can be left on the non-insulated side, which should be the left-hand side, contrary to normal practice, to avoid having to reverse the magnet. The tender can be used to pickup on one side, which saves manufacturing a 2 rail pickup, but obviously will require an insulated drawbar.
* A set from a 'City' will do but, IIRC needs some modification at the cylinder end to fit. As a downside, you get the pressed tin crosshead rather than the superior cast 'Duchess' one.
All I could find at present was this, but it should be possible to find them at a lower price - keep the original gear wheel unless worn - there are two types fine and the early coarse.
Many thanks for that, David. Sadly beyond my capabilities. Half a century ago there were commercial offerings available for that process, but I guess demand has disappeared, understandably. She'll have to be just for the display case - and the rather more limited 3-rail track. Thanks again.
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2-railing the Duchess of Montrose
Despite the sharp intakes of breath to be heard from some colleagues, I want to 2-rail the Duchess recently given to me by a close friend. At the risk of repeating earlier material, what are my main options please (assuming normal conditions will eventually apply once more)?
I'm not able to do sophisticated drilling or quartering myself, so any solution will require outsourcing, or buying-in bits.
This is what she looks like, posed on the Dorking Garden Railway:
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Yes, excellent pictures once again. Wonderfully evocative. Thanks for sharing.
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and further on
the train rumbles past Sycamore Manor:
Meanwhile, the N Class reappeared on a local passenger train, seen here at Northdown Sidings
before finally heading past ECS in the sidings and along Bamboo Curtain Straight
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Continuing on her way
The West Country runs onto Foxdale Bank
Passing the commemorative platelayers hut
There was just time to grab a threequarter rear shot as she went by...
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Then,
a West Country appeared with a passenger train, seen here running past the goods train at Northdown Sidings:
Running across the Northern Viaduct and past Foxdale Carr Hall:
and heading past the new footbridge on towards Foxdale Bank:
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First train of the year
About time too, some may say. Well, up till now the weather hasn't been great, and there's always real life which conspires to get in the way of running trains. But with this recent spell of fine weather - and no social obligations intervening - I was able to make the most of yesterday.
It was a Southern day in honour of the sunshine, and the first train past was a coal train hauled by an N Class 2-6-0:
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Just to keep things ticking over...
while not much has happened in the garden recently, here are a couple of photos from 2017. Looks like I had black and white film in the camera that day!
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Later that same day
After the uncooperative Caley loco, it was on with the trusty BR Standard 4MT which is always reliable. Here, it is passing Throstlebeck signalbox with a few vans.
Coming off Foxdale Bank, with Sycamore Cottage in the background
and, with a couple more vans added on, bowling along Bamboo Curtain Straight
Despite the previous night's frost, everywhere was still very wet from the recent rain, and fortunately this trespasser was spotted and ejected before any damage was done:
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Seeing the year out
It had been a long wait for a day of good weather that was also convenient for a running session, but the penultimate day of December was a good opportunity to test run the Caledonian Single locomotive and coaches acquired a couple of months ago.
I knew I should have tested the Single indoors first! In fact she wouldn't turn a wheel that day, so these photos were just posed. Will have to try some indoor TLC.
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I've only just come across this fascinating thread, but I have some Thomas photos over in the Garden Railways section:
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Catching up
As I've not managed to post any new photos here for a while, here are some older ones (well, 2018 anyway) which haven't been shown before, of the Black 5 in sunny weather.
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Those are all superb pics, James. You've been really successful in capturing the atmosphere, which is partly down to your excellent rolling stock building and weathering skills, but also to your eye for the nearby backdrop - and the more distant one. The way you somehow bridge the scale differences between the models and the real scenery is magical.
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That looks a very promising layout. I like your improvised use of three rail track with the centre rail removed - hope the metal parts manage to resist the weather.
Looking forward to seeing more photos of your rolling stock...
Keep up the good work!
Dorking Garden Railway - videos in 00 scale
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Green and Black: 8F and 9F on a coal train
Just that: