No I’m not daft enough to run a train in this weather. Yes I am daft enough to have left a train out in the “shelter”! Not much actual shelter from rain driven in by 40mph north west winds…
Simon (Moel Rhos)
Author: Simon Wood
Lecturer in medical education, lapsed mathematician, Doctor Who fan and garden railway builder. See simonwood.info for more...
Lambak Railway
Hi all, a loco is waiting for some dry weather to run in, since the last post I have finished Phil Sharples loco with some extra detail and a couple of figures. 6 x Triang skips bought off of ebay for approximately £6 to £11 each. I have bought another of his locos to build and create a 18inch mining line to run with my 2foot line.
I have knocked up a master of a deep sleeper with chairs to cast a load, gauged at 24mm. The master is slightly larger to compensate for shrinkage. I am planning to just bury the line in grey river sand instead of fixing, will give me a bit of flexibility to chop and change.
Hope to see you all in the near future. Will try and connect tommorow on zoom.
Cain Howley
Passenger test completes loop!
After the passenger test train showed clearance issues in the north tunnel last time https://virtualmeetup.16mmgroup.org.uk/2020/08/30/passenger-stock-clearance-testing/ this weekend’s virtual meet up finally prompted me to get going with the lump hammer and today the a test train completed the loop for the first time.
Unmodified Newqida stock coupled with the Mk1 universal coupling:
The civil engineer crew needed to work on both the side of the eastern portal….
….and the roof of the western portal.
Clearances remain tight!
Simon (Moel Rhos)
Lambak Update
Got a few days off to sort some railway stuff, got a small reverser loop in using faller metal track and a few points, this will be covered by a large engine shed right across it. The two outside lines are the continuation of the main loop eventually. Only small engines allowed in shed loop.
FVLR work in progress at Sunnyside Farm
Tea Break !
R&B Tramway Birthday cake.
R&B Tramway
Virtual meet up post
In preparation for winter running,a requisitioned cheap plastic loco and our ‘Electric Mamod’ are out on test. They are approaching our 1 in 12 incline with a mixed WD train.Ray Waters
Testing the new bridge
The Silver Lady is the widest loco that the line has and the L&B coaches are the longest rolling stock, so the combination of them seemed the best train for testing the clearances on the new bridge, and no problems were encountered, thankfully!
GR photos
Railway in the valley of the mill
Progress outside has come to a grinding halt of late ( due to the weather) but progress on 3 D printed rolling stock has proceeded at a swift pace. Kerr Stuart 4415 and 2 Ashbury 4 wheel coaches are currently receiving paint:
R&B Tramway Storm Francis
