Dorkingian Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 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... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 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 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 One more 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 (edited) 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: https://www.oogardenrailway.co.uk/index.php?/topic/354-the-dorking-garden-railway/&do=findComment&comment=20296 and a linked video here: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/136029-Hornby-dublo/&do=findComment&comment=3948748 Edited May 3, 2020 by Dorkingian video link added 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) A Bulleid Pacific in action There's a 2-minute video here: https://youtu.be/80omXIR9zSs Edited April 9, 2020 by Dorkingian afterthought 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted April 12, 2020 Author Share Posted April 12, 2020 A few pictures from yesterday's running session Black 5 on Foxdale Bank Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 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: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 A quickly edited short video of the Black 5 selected from last week's running session: https://youtu.be/pgrsnHZuGSE and a still: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 Green and Black: 8F and 9F on a coal train Just that: 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 Yesterday's goods 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 Black Ghyll A new feature has emerged on the layout. Black Ghyll is a large cavern, much visited by serious potholers because of the extensive cave system to which it provides an entrance. It's very close to Sycamore Manor, but was previously obscured by vegetation, now cut back. No doubt the local residents always knew it was there, but probably didn't want to encourage inexperienced cavers who often get into difficulty, particularly when unanticipated rainfall swells the underground rivers. A close look shows what may be ropes left behind by potholers ascending to the lip before going down into the cavern. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 Back at Throstlebeck Sidings this week, the lucky photographer caught two trains passing: and then saw the same two workings, coal and parcels, at a slightly different spot, presumably on another day: After that, there were a couple of drone light aircraft shots of Black Gyll and then Foxdale Bank: Astonishingly, the lineside photographer captured the Standard Class 4MT with its coal train at almost the same moment as the cameraman in the plane: 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterfgf Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Wonderful, but amongst other things, I admire the straightness of the track. Lots of care and attention I think. From another Dorking resident. Peterfgf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted June 21, 2020 Author Share Posted June 21, 2020 On 30/05/2020 at 22:01, peterfgf said: the straightness of the track. Lots of care and attention I think. Nothing there I can take credit for. The track has been laid for about 8 years, and the timber base is gradually warping and in places rotting, so the running is increasingly unreliable, so the woodwork will certainly need some real attention before long. Benign neglect has at least allowed the vegetation to flourish, which I think contributes to the ambience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted June 21, 2020 Author Share Posted June 21, 2020 Another running day Yesterday saw a BR Standard 4-6-0 heading a cross country train back in the 1950s (no on-board refreshment provision in those days): At Throstlebeck Sidings, a goods train was waiting for the road: and was later seen crossing Foxdale Bank: and passing Foxdale Carr Hall 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 Another video I decided to compile a 'video of the day' for that last operating session. Here's the result. Everything is running too fast, which isn't obvious at the time but becomes only too clear when the video is reviewed afterwards. https://youtu.be/yJMtLYKqNw0 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 Only one train today, and no sunshine to brighten up the photos. At first I thought it might be the Thames-Clyde Express, but research shows it can't be, as that had a restaurant car in the 1950s. So this is just an anonymous express with no refreshment facilities, pulled by a very clean Jubilee. Here it's seen passing Black Ghyll cavern, and then beyond. There seems to have been a lineside fire on Foxdale Bank, presumbly caused by the proverbial stray spark from a locomotive. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 The video from yesterday's run: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 Just a few pics from today's 1950s running session Nothing too unusual in the locomotive department: this Black 5 on Foxdale Bank and here on Bamboo Curtain Straight And a couple of shots at Throstlebeck of the 9F on a coal train 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Loving all those dirty mineral wagons and the Sunshine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 Great Western delight What a pleasure to have the first visiting locos of the year, especially Julian's finely wrought models. And some visiting lower quadrant signals too. King William IV enjoying the sunshine: Earl of Mount Edgcumbe pauses near a shunting signal: Details of the Earl's cab and tender: A small Prairie drifts down Bamboo Curtain Straight: and Resolven Grange heads home with a coal train with a glimpse of the driver, eager for supper: The tail end: 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) And a 1.5 minute video of the King: Edited August 7, 2020 by Dorkingian video link 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 Piling on the coal again Here's the BR Standard 4MT waiting at Throstlebeck for departure with a coal train, alongside one of the recently donated and very elegant ground signals which really improve the general appearance. and later caught (from a drone) passing Black Ghyll: 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 How did you get the boards to follow the gentle curve? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 On 26/08/2020 at 08:26, dan_the_v8man said: How did you get the boards to follow the gentle curve? Saw them with an electric jig saw. Then the offcuts are cut into long wedges and bashed into the ground to fix the straight sections of trackbed to. Now all about 8 years old. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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