Chough ran out of gas in the tunnel
This is where the Boulton comes to the rescue.
Now with radio control, the Boulton hauls the broken down train home.
Author: Simon Wood
Lecturer in medical education, lapsed mathematician, Doctor Who fan and garden railway builder. See simonwood.info for more...
R&B Tramway
Amazing how these petals fell in to this pattern!!!
Late night steam
Although I spent most of the day making holes, it seems a shame not to have a steam up. Chough was in steam shortly after 9pm and is still running in the dusk.
Sent from my electric telephone.
Making holes…
Slightly off topic, but this is why I haven’t posted any photos of playing trains today – I’ve been busy working on the extension.
This phase of the extension includes gaining access to the shed for stock storage.
Access gained.
Then main line will pass through a wall – another hole needed!
Both holes together.
View from the shed looking towards the current limit of the extension….
Shunting wagons on a calm evening at the Sling and Lavan Tramway
“Jupiter” lazily shunts wagons at the Lavan Road canal wharf in the calm evening light.
Little Boxes
All 3d printed
Off to Midlands sand quarry
From Terry Timms
Lambak railway
A few shots of my mamod Bolton recently converted. It will be a logging loco with some double bogi flatbeds
Have a great weekend
Cain Howley
http://gardenrailwaybuildings.simplesite.com/
Lambak Railway
A few more shots of the extension loop, coal sand, water and diesel station under construction, will have a very polluted feel about it! A few abandoned buildings dotted around to complement abandoned quarry and mine next to viaduct
Lambak Railway
Just a continuation of last virtual meetup, finished the old quarry with viaduct spanning it, all track laid and ballast fixed with SBR. The extension loop is nearly complete with a little more track to lay in station area
Sling and Lavan Tramway staff make plans for VE Day Celebrations
Some of the Tramway staff decided it would be a good idea to celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day with a bit of a bang!
In this rural part of North West Wales finding any ex. MoD equipment to help was a problem but, after asking around, one of the local residents, who’s father had been in the Home Guard, produced this cannon that had been lingering in the back of her garage. Ideal, thought the crew of “Venus”, and they decided to take it up the line to find somewhere quiet to try it out!!!
Having borrowed one of the quarry gunpowder vans for the necessary explosives, the crew of “Venus” carry out a load check before coupling up.
Passing the local brewery, and in the spirit of the Home Guard, they feel the need for some “dutch courage” and stop the train to pop in.
Someway up the line they stop again at a convenient crossing point (it is a rural Tramway remember!) and leave the train to either (a) check if it’s quiet enough for a test bang; (b) find somewhere to get rid of the beer; or, (c) sleep off the beer in the sun!!!
“Venus” is a much modified Mamod with lots of Mike Chaney improvements and a body which is my interpretation of Spooner’s design for a shunting engine for the Penrhyn Railway.
Mike Barton
North West Wales 16mm Group Coordinator
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Website: http://nwwales.16mm.org.uk