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

Oooh! Matron! That hurt! Ah yes, I remember that now. Hmm. Have you tried some OO gauge or O gauge scale train? On a couple of my wagons I have used some fine chain meant for OO and it works a treat. And I only meant a temporary barrier.... like the ones the council uses.

Cheers Pinzer! I'm looking forward to seeing progress this year as well. I have set myself the target of getting the main loop done before the height of summer. If I keep chipping away at it it will soon be done.

Wow! What a railway! When living with my parents I had OO in the garden. When I finally got a place of my own after university, I was toying with the idea of going into O. It if wasn't for a very close friend of mine deciding to get into 16mm scale I would have probably gone down that route. Even though I now primarily work in 16mm, I still have acquired the odd O gauge kit of industrial tank engines (a couple of Pecketts) so who knows in the future? Please show us more!

Lovely stuff there, nice to see something from "Down Under" as they say here. I miss my OO garden railway, it used to feel right. My stock wasn't amazingly detailed, it was built out of brass by a friend to withstand the outside. I look forward to seeing your progress, please do keep up us up to date!

Well you wouldn't be able to keep my away with a pitchfork! Yes, the DFLR now has its own topic. I love the incline. Is this going to be rope worked or are you going to require three engines to push one wagon up the gradient? Oh and you had better put a barrier at the end of the track, otherwise it might result in a accident.

Thanks very much. I always aimed to have as large as possible radius. These are between 6 foot and 7 foot. I do have one slightly tighter (maybe 5 foot 6) due to an error when building the track bed. I've decided to experiment with some gauge widened track in the not too distant future and hopefully that will reduce drag. I hope to keep you all up to date. If it wasn't for the super rapid pace of Owd Bob and the McMullen Coal Company I reckon it would still be on the drawing board.

Thank you very much kind sir. The crest took many hours to create, but I'm pleased with it.

Finally, I wish to share some recent videos of the line in operation.

My narrow gauge modelling interest generally circle around the Welshpool & Llanfair, and as such my motive power and rolling stock reflects this, though I do have several freelance locos and stock as well. Motive power started with the acquiring of a Campbelltown & Machrihanish 0-6-2, otherwise known as a Roundhouse Argyll. P1010747 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Next was a Pearse Ulysses. 2012-03-30 17.22.39 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Then the W&LLR obsession set in, as Countess arrived. P1040967 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Then a Accucraft Lawley appeared, and represents a joint purchase between myself and Swmbo. Nausicaa (as she is now named) is very special as she was purchased and used at our wedding. 2012-09-12 19.09.57 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr wedding1 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Next, a trip to the National Garden Railway show saw a Caradoc going for a song, and hence another joint purchase. Sophie1edited by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Then a Accucraft Joan appeared. IMAG0097 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Followed by a Essel Engineering Chattenden. IMAG0382 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr And more recently, a brand new Accucraft W&LLR No 14/SLR 85. IMAG0455 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr

Good morning everyone! I too am a refugee from 'another place'. I am constructing a 16mm to the foot, 32mm gauge garden railway. Construction has been ongoing for nearly two years now, but is fairly slow. The story goes that SWMBO and I bought a house (with big garden) which was cheap but needs much renovation. This means I swap between modelling and DIY. The garden that came with the house is rather long, and gently slopes away from the house. This gave plenty of scope for a railway. Here are some photos of the garden in the summer of 2015 as I planned construction. IMAG0109 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG0099 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG0101 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Construction started in earnest in June 2015. I decided on a squashed figure of 8, with the railway crossing over itself on the house side of the green house. This does involve some gradients, but I tried to slacken them out as much as possible. Previous incarnations of the line had involved "temporary" permanent way since we were living in rented accommodation. Therefore I decided that this time I was going to construct something far more substantial which wouldn't sink and shift as I had previously suffered from. I started by using the bricks I rescued from the knocking down of a party wall (to enable a larger kitchen), but have since moved on to the spare concrete bricks we bought for building work and the ubiquitous aerated blocks. Here are some photos showing my efforts from 2015 to 2016. june5th1 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr august20151 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr july21st2 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG0311 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG0317 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr july25th6 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr By Summer 2016, interest was waning as I hadn't been able to steam anything. Therefore the decision was made to build an extra passing loop to enable end to end running to keep the interest alive. IMAG0054 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG0055 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG0079 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Track was laid, using Peco SM32 screwed into the bricks and blocks. august20155 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG0289 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG0117 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG0106 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Steam was finally raised using my Accucraft Lawley and Brandbright rake. IMAG0104 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Since then, some ballasting has taken place, and some planting. IMAG0103 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG0122 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG0112 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG0113 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Before winter set in in 2016, I decided to make a push to construct the next phase of the line, which will include the main station, sheds, and the return of the loop. First job was to put the bridge in for the line to cross over itself. IMAG0308 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG0309 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr The last photo shows progress at the end of 2016. Now the clocks have gone forward and the ground is starting to dry out, I'm working on the track bed for the station, photos of which will appear tomorrow once I have gotten home tonight.

Lovely stuff NM. Good to see the Westwood & Loscoe still has a forum presence!

Ah! This is where you have gone to Pinzer! Love it! Good to see the McMullen Coal Company making steady progress.