Dorking Garden Railway - videos in 00 scale

[Dorkingian]

Earlier this week we had fun in the spring sunshine with trains from visitors Geoff and Josh, and also the debut of my new Rebuilt West Country class loco "Ottery St Mary".

 

First it was "Tornado" who took to the rails, seen here on Foxdale Bank:

 

 

 

Then, the second Class 67 to visit the Dorking Garden Railway, this one sporting DB Schenker Maple Leaf livery on a relief train of Virgin Mk3 coaches:

 

 

 

We then took a quick trip to Germany where we saw this 2-8-2T on a local train somewhere in the Black Forest...

 

 

 

After that, it was just Bulleid Bliss, as "Ottery St Mary" made light work of an 11 coach train:

 

 

 

 

 

And then "Clan Line" joined in the fun and we had the delight of double-headed Bulleid power.  What a way to spend the afternoon!

 

 

 

Edited March 29, 2017 by Dorkingian

[Narrow Minded]

Marvelous stuff, and here's to more of that "Spring sunshine"

[vjoneslong]

Love them Bullied pacifics, but please less of the LNER stuff   (from a self-confessed GWR nut). OO still looks good in the garden. 

[andyram]

Love the pictures of the Bullieds in action. I may be building a G scale line at moment but my dream is to get OO into the garden too.

[Dorkingian]

Here's 30737 "King Uther" hauling 11 coaches across Foxdale Bank:

 

 

 

 

Edited April 27, 2017 by Dorkingian

[Dorkingian]

Recently we had Teutonic visitors on the DGR once more:

 

 

2-10-0 showing its rear end

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who'd be a banker?!

 

Edited March 22, 2018 by Dorkingian

[vjoneslong]

Love the shots of the Arthur!

[Dorkingian]

Love the shots of the Arthur!

 

Thank you, Idris.

 

There's a 30 second video snippet of the King Arthur here:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVE9EBClNZw

Edited May 3, 2017 by Dorkingian

[vjoneslong]

Thanks Dorkingian. Your videos are very enjoyable.

[Owd Bob]

Its great to see somebody running something in this dry spell we seem to be having Can you please tell me Dorkingian what shade of Green is 'King Uther' and the coaches? i mean the darker shade.

[Dorkingian]

Its great to see somebody running something in this dry spell we seem to be having Can you please tell me Dorkingian what shade of Green is 'King Uther' and the coaches? i mean the darker shade.

 

Best I can say is "out-of-the-box Hornby" for the loco, and ditto Bachmann for the darker green coaches.

[Narrow Minded]

I'd make an educated guess they're Southern Railway "dark olive green", and if they are, Halfords rattlecan "Land Rover Coniston Green" is a good match

[Dorkingian]

Geoff and Josh came round yesterday and we had another great day running a wide variety of trains in the sunshine.  For example, the Norfolk and Western Railroad had its roots (and most of its original routes) in Virginia and West Virginia, with tentacles stretching to Maryland, North Carolina and Kentucky.  Here Bo-Bo diesel 6504 hauls a few freight cars along a shortline towards the junction to connect with a long distance train.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dorkingian]

Passenger trains weren't often hauled by Class 9F freight locos in the normal course of events (except on the Somerset and Dorset line), but here are some shots of just such a rare working.  The mixed coaching stock suggests an inter-regional train of some sort.
 
My video of another 9F hauled passenger train (made earlier) is here:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzP2KSfBppw
 
 
 

 
 

 

Edited March 22, 2018 by Dorkingian

[Dorkingian]

Southern Memories

 

We had few guest locos visiting last week, and these nostalgic photographs ensued (still wet from the darkroom!).  Did the sun always shine in the 1950s?

 

 

This is an S15 and a BR 4MT at Northdown Sidings:

 

 

 

 

Here's the Wrenn version of "Clan Line", still going strong:

 

 

 

 

And here's "Lord Anson", complete with bogie tender, passing Sycamore Lodge in dappled sunshine:

 

Edited March 22, 2018 by Dorkingian

[vjoneslong]

Some lovely photos there. Please keep them coming!

[Dorkingian]

To keep up the flow of photos, yesterday I dug out some old lineside pics, mostly 35mm slides from the 1950s, and was pleasantly surprised at how little the colours have faded!

 

 

 

This is Jubilee 45611 carefully negotiating the pointwork as it passes Throstlebeck Sidings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the same loco caught on Foxdale Bank

 

 

 

 

 

Not sure who took this old B&W print.  It may have been famous railway photographer Ivo Peters, judging from the Bentley in the foreground.  It's a BR Standard Class 4MT on a goods train, obviously at Throstlebeck Sidings once again - maybe one of Ivo's favourite spots!

 

 

 

 

 

This is another of my old 35mm slides(!); a goods train crossing the Northern Viaduct, probably hauled by a Standard 4-6-0.

 

Edited March 22, 2018 by Dorkingian

[Dorkingian]

Earlier in the year I noticed that one of my Peco buffer stops had been vandalised:

 

 

Not sure whether the culprit was a bird or a squirrel.

 

I decided the solution lay in using a more robust product:

 

 

So far, so good!

Edited December 24, 2017 by Dorkingian

[peterfgf]

Earlier in the year I noticed that one of my Peco buffer stops had been vandalised:

 

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Not sure whether the culprit was a bird or a squirrel.

 

I decided the solution lay in using a more robust product:

 

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So far, so good!

Hornby Dublo? It should outlast everything else.

Peterfgf

[Dorkingian]

Searching for some photos to cheer up the wintry prospect, I came across these 1950s scenes from last September -

a BR Standard 4MT loco on a goods train, and a Jubilee on a passenger train:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 22, 2018 by Dorkingian

[Dorkingian]

Snow business

 

In recent years we've not had any decent snow, that is the soft, dry, flaky stuff that stays around for a while and looks nice.  Instead we've had one or two mornings of uninspiring wet snow which has disappeared by lunchtime.  That happened at the weekend, when snow settled on some surfaces but not others - and not on the railway.  So to get photos, I had to improvise some temporary track across snow on the lawn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 22, 2018 by Dorkingian

[Dorkingian]

New Kid on the Block

 

Yesterday saw the inaugural run of the recently acquired Black 5 loco.  I modified it by replacing the tender drawbar with a shorter one.  It's curious how Hornby issue an excellent model with such a non-scale gap between engine and tender - and no option for improvement apart from DIY.  Anyway, the loco certainly looks good, and the TTS sound is fine even in the garden.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 22, 2018 by Dorkingian

[Jenny Emily]

Do you leave the signals outside or do they get taken in each time? Have you had much problem with the wood of the bases deteriorating in the weather?

[Dorkingian]

The signals are freshly planted for each running session, but the telegraph poles stay out - and some suffer accordingly.  Dunno if it's the birds or squirrels who attack them.

 

After five years outside, some of the "creocoted" timber trackbase is deteriorating a bit at the edges, and/or warping.  But it's so much easier to use, and has a nicer colour, than any other material.  So any replacements will be two layers of screwed boards where possible.  In the dry weather I should probably apply more creocote - probably best to keep it off the sleepers and rails as much as possible.

[Dorkingian]

All White on the Night

 

Decent snow doesn't often come to the Dorking Highlands, so on a rare occasion such as today I put some rolling stock out for a photo-shoot before the sun managed to disperse most of the previous night's fall.

 

First up was the BR Standard 2-6-4 tank on a train of coal empties:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then it was time for the Black 5 to come through with a train for Kyle of Lochalsh:

 

 

 

 

 

 

After that the crew were happy to retreat indoors to get warm again.

Edited March 22, 2018 by Dorkingian