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Love it NM. Cracking video. Same to you and enjoy Skeggy. Just beware of those "Lincolnshire Folk"!

Just love it! Industrial tank engines are the way forward. You should come down to the Foxfield Railway on the next gala. I can't get enough of it!

I think the old meths fired Lady Annes look far superior. There was a special one called a Queen Anne which I would love to get hold of...

I ended up buying some foundation blocks. These are alot bigger than your standard aerated block. I cut them in half and use them (and in four for the curves). Takes a while to saw through them. They have ended up at all angles, on ends, on sides, upright, and back to front, to suit the angles etc. All will be hidden in time. Thats what she said!

I'm very glad I got it. It comes in really handy when marking walls for wallpapering.

I'll try and remember. Will put a reminder on my phone. If I don't I have to order some for my carriage so I'll do a bulk order. They have given me discounts for that in the past.

A small amount of progress has been made. Sunday morning, Monday evening, and last night was spent putting the piers in to support the block work for the main station area. Because our nextdoor neighbours garden is slightly lower than ours, there is the potential for slippage at the end of the station. I decided that the best thing I could do was to dig down, place an old fence concrete fence post which was wedged between the current post and where his garden rises up again, and surrond it with a wet mix. That was achieved on Monday, and it was dry enough by last night for me to start the piers. The piers need another level of bricks on before the blocks, but I wanted to leave them to set a bit before putting the next layer on. IMAG0761 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG0762 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG0763 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Once I had put those two piers in, I started bringing the piers at the other end up to the next level. Here we can see the mainline swinging in to where the station area will start. Annoyingly one of the curve blocks has given way, so that will need rebedding. When Dad loans me his mixer again I intend to put some shuttering around the blocks and cast two concrete supports to help prevent the blocks from falling over. IMAG0764 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Its nice when everything is level! IMAG0765 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Hopefully will make some more progress this Friday and Sunday.

Agreed, or a 2-6-2. Anything Narrow Gauge did have something which looked like a Lady Anne (to some degree) but was a 0-4-2, and that looked rather good as well. I found it! Here it is: http://sidestreet.info/Gallery/Gallery30/Ga30.html

I look forward to finding out, and will bare that in mind!

Argh no! Not another 45mm. You'll be making Narrow Minded feel popular! What a lovely little railway you have there. And I'm glad to see you have caught the live steam bug. Once smitten, there is no going back!

I think there are few OO/HO garden railway modelers around. I have found lots of videos on Youtube and it seems to be growing in popularity. I'm afraid the line has been long dismantled. However I do have some photos, and a few videos. Enjoy! The line itself was very simple. 4 road fiddle yard in the shed. Passing loop (High Camping station) near the shed, followed by viaduct, then a single track all the way round the garden until the other end with a small terminus station. Most traffic was trains with 3/4 coaches or freight, but as the terminus was supposed to be a seaside resort (Chavington on Sea) the platforms could take up to 7/8 carriages to allow for holiday traffic. The deck was all marine plywood, put on posts, except for the station area which was plywood on metal posts. Switchboards were fitted a little way underneath the deck so as to protect them with wire. The best thing I ever did was to jump all the fish plates with thin wire, especially along the single line. This stopped any dead spots on the track which inevitably appear. We also used electrofrog points rather than insulfrog to again prevent any deadspots. We laid the track on roofing felt to represent ballast. 1 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 2 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 3 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 4 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 4 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 6 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 10 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 5 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 7 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 9 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 11 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 3 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 14 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 2 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 12 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 13 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 1 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 8 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 10 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 9 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 11 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 13 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 12 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 22 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 16 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 20 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 19 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 14 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 21 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 18 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 15 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 17 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 1 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 3 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 2 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 5 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 8 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 4 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 7 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 6 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr I work in 16mm to the foot scale now with live steam. 32mm track which represents 2 foot gauge, so think Ffestiniogg Railway (or in my case Welshpool & Llanfair) and your on the right track. I'll stop hijacking your thread now!

Looking good! I'm sorely tempted by 7mm to the foot now since I discovered Minerva Models have produced the Kerr Stuart Victory class.

OOoh. Are we having a rake of Zillertabahn carriages on the Westwood and Loscoe as well? Damn, if I had realised I have an old LGB coach which I've registered to flog at P'boro. If it doesn't sell might you be interested?

Ha! Poor old Dog. Have you still not trained him to do all the digging for you, or is he still bringing your rocks back everytime you move them? Trackshack are superb. I cannot fault their service, it is second to none. At least your not "Standard Minded" NM....

I agree with you AD on the Lady Anne, the other hang is rather annoying. I have to admit I think they are much improved with the removal of the rear bunker and flat cab back. John Sutton's Books and Models has a secondhand Pearse Joan for sale. You have been warned!

Oh most definitely. I have a small battery electric to finish somewhere which will receive the name Nog Bad the Bad. Thank you NM. I'm hoping I have a productive year on the railway front.

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

Lovely engines there AD. I know alot of people trade engines after a while, but I'm more of a hoader, so will encourage you to keep Hendey. To be honest I'm not much of a Merlin fan , don't seem right to my eyes. But having said that I think Hendey looks far more balanced than any other Merlin I have seen.I think a definite keeper. Sorry to hear of your troubles with the Pearse Countess. I think sometimes engines just behave like that. I spend the winter overhauling my Accucraft Countess as years of abuse had meant that the whistle leaked, the gauge glass had blocked, and the o-rings in the cylinders were blowing by. I had a devil of a time putting it all back together, including breaking about brand new gauge glasses as I tightened the nuts up. Chin up! If I can overcome then so can you, and Earl will soon be flying round. Any chance of some pictures of the workings of the Earl? I've never really seen one close up and my curiosity is piqued!

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.