Popular Post Jenny Emily Posted February 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2018 Who says that garden railways in the snow should be the preserve of the larger scales? Beast from the East bringing several inches stopping real trains from running? Let a pair of Bachmann class 25s show them how to do it, treating the scale 15 feet of the stuff like a ferret treats a northerners trouser leg: 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Wait for the niormal sloppy wet stuff and watch it cake solid in the first yard and stop proceedings! The recent powder is lovely, but pretty rare in the UK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 That's a bl**dy sight more than SWR managed to achieve west of Salisbury .......................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 All the snow gone now. Winter sun also makes a garden railway look its best though: 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Well that is fascinating. Did you ever find the ballast plough? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 Well that is fascinating. Did you ever find the ballast plough? Yes, it fell off inside the shed having not liked being propelled at high speed across Bolton East junction. Both locomotives were flat out at the time. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Losing wagons was a regular feature when I had OO operating outdoors. (I believe the real railway had much the same trouble with traditional 4W wagons.) They would disappear into 'the foilage' screening the line's structural support, and might be rediscovered if the plant happened to be deciduous, or on those occasions when the lady landscaper decided something needed cutting back/removal/replacement/transplanting. I expect there are still a few scattered around the now lifted route, unless some later gardener has been very thorough. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 Losing wagons was a regular feature when I had OO operating outdoors. (I believe the real railway had much the same trouble with traditional 4W wagons.) They would disappear into 'the foilage' screening the line's structural support, and might be rediscovered if the plant happened to be deciduous, or on those occasions when the lady landscaper decided something needed cutting back/removal/replacement/transplanting. I expect there are still a few scattered around the now lifted route, unless some later gardener has been very thorough. Sometimes slipped couplings result in the last few wagons getting left behind. The train, if unnoticed, will do another circuit then collide with the tail of the train resulting in one of three options: 1. neatly propelling the tail of the train around until noticed. 2. Derail into a huge heap of train usually taking out the train on the adjacent track for good measure. 3. Showering wagons into the undergrowth before carrying on its merry way. Lost wagons are eventually tracked down after it is noticed that the brake van is missing. Coaches usually result in option 2 as they never depart the track quite so neatly. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 treating the scale 15 feet of the stuff like a ferret treats a northerners trouser leg: Hi Jenny, A great video as always! Good fun too which is what the hobby is about after all! Although, it has to be said, the above comment has now got me thinking about ‘Snow Drift at Bleath Gill’ and all those wonderful and romantic pictures and films of trains in snow in a whole new way that I’m a little unsettled about... All the best, Castle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Is this using track power as well? Impressive! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted March 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2018 Wait for the niormal sloppy wet stuff and watch it cake solid in the first yard and stop proceedings! The recent powder is lovely, but pretty rare in the UK. The RIGHT kind of snow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted March 7, 2018 Author Share Posted March 7, 2018 Is this using track power as well? Impressive! Yes it is. 12V DC helped an awful lot by the track being cleaned the day before the snow arrived. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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