Dorkingian Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 (edited) 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 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narrow Minded Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Marvelous stuff, and here's to more of that "Spring sunshine" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold vjoneslong Posted April 5, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2017 Love them Bullied pacifics, but please less of the LNER stuff (from a self-confessed GWR nut). OO still looks good in the garden. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 (edited) Here's 30737 "King Uther" hauling 11 coaches across Foxdale Bank: Edited April 27, 2017 by Dorkingian 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 (edited) 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 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold vjoneslong Posted May 2, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2017 Love the shots of the Arthur! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold vjoneslong Posted May 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 3, 2017 Thanks Dorkingian. Your videos are very enjoyable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narrow Minded Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 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. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) 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 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 (edited) 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 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold vjoneslong Posted July 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2017 Some lovely photos there. Please keep them coming! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) 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 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 (edited) 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 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterfgf Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Earlier in the year I noticed that one of my Peco buffer stops had been vandalised: 20170913_125247_001a.jpg Not sure whether the culprit was a bird or a squirrel. I decided the solution lay in using a more robust product: 20170922_150731a.jpg So far, so good! Hornby Dublo? It should outlast everything else. Peterfgf 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 (edited) 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 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) 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 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) 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 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 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? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) 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 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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