phil_sutters

Many thanks. I am very pleased at their reception. Flogging through the albums took quite a time, but it was definitely worth it. It is a shame that Dad wasn't around when this means of sharing his enthusiasm for railways became available. I wonder whether there are other albums out there, that are just sitting on shelves, only to be got down when another enthusiast comes around or inquisitive relative goes through them after the photographer has died.

I am sure that you know there is a whole thread on this topic, nevertheless let's give it a whirl here. It may bring out some interesting views from a different group of followers. (I have just spotted a bit of grot in the sky. I shall return with a cleaned up version shortly! --- job done and a little sharpening as well)

It may not be of any use, but just to add a bit of pictorial interest, here's the only photo I can find in Dad's albums of the stock with end windows. Ex Taff Vale 409 Cardiff 21.9.1946

Nice to see they want you to feel at home with ye olde olde pub, tables and chairs. I hope you had a good time.

OK - no takers. Well you will have to put up with this fuzzy one of mine and then take a wild card

On the other hand Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway is far from clunky. It is a family run 7 1/4 " railway in its own grounds with a lengthy track around a fishing lake. The locos and rolling stock have been built by the family. Here is a selection of their stock. Despite the name not all their locos are steam, although the steam outline ones are all coal-fired steamers, I believe.

Are we aboard a large cruise ship here? Without captions and with no information in the file names, the 'ship' bit of this these 2x2 photos isn't easy to see.

On a windy Sunday morning this Painted Lady wasn't going to open its wings, but the undersides are in fact quite beautiful in their own right.

While we are in the rather clunky seaside choo-choos, this was one from a holiday in South Wales. I won't impose the Eastbourne seafront road-train on you, although it looks better than some of these rail-borne efforts!

That's me in the school cap in the front carriage. We didn't have different non-school outer wear in those days.

A new day dawns in the UK - and for me a topical subject for the day - assuming everyone else fancies it! Garden, park and seaside passenger carrying miniature railways - other venues can be included - zoos, stately homes, alongside preserved railways etc. This photo was taken yesterday - there's another open day today. Martin, who has no sight, has built a 5" line around his house, with help from a small group of friends. The details can be seen in his website - http://www.the-railway.homecall.co.uk/personal/railway.html He has three charity weekends each year. This is the last for 2017.

two birds - one stone - an N gauge terminus A multi-level continental layout - exhibition or home.

A return to Amberley

I can't remember if I had used this one in this thread before.

I used to look out for this one when I travelled regularly to Southampton in the 80s & 90s - Loopy Loo at Siemens Northam Depot

A return to Swanage - like the USA tank, I think this little shunter has moved on elsewhere.

Last one - the second Bluebell one wasn't that good - but across the mid-Sussex border at Amberley there is a bit of a long shot of the narrow gauge works.

The key character elements to make a crane of that type are the drums and gears. The chassis are usually pretty basic and sometimes with inside bearings, which avoids having to source the correct axle guards. The cabins can be plate steel, corrugated iron or wood. The ones I made were based on photos of those used on the SDJR's Highbridge Wharf. Langley and Skytrex both offer fairly simple platform-mounted cranes, which can be used as a basis and there are others - Mike's Models and Peco, I think. Langley do a resin vertical boiler, which I used on the hydraulic crane where the boiler is out on view, but the other two had scratch-built boilers hidden away inside the cabins. All the chains used came from a very fine scrap necklace. There are photos of my cranes in my album - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/album/4186-the-highbridge-wharf-project/

How about an N or smaller exhibition layout - again not yours.

One of mine from the Bluebell this time -