16mmm meet Sunday 6.12

6G Garten Bahn had a special train today worked by 0-4-0 “Alice”. Lots of steam due to the cold still morning. The track team were also hard at work . Alice can be seen working the rather heavy special train at many locations on the line. Panoramic coaches were included in the consist as well as the obligatory Bar Car. There were some adhesion problems, requiring heavy sanding on the uphill gradient , plenty of wheelslip!

Look – no hands!

Admittedly I haven’t even begun to finish the 4415 but I have now taken a link out of each chain to improve the running – and laid my hands on a Deltang receiver, now fitted, so I can remote control. I’ve very pleased with the way it performs – the slow running is absolutely superb, but it can belt along at a fair lick too. And I won’t ever lose it or wonder where it’s got to…

Banana Cake!

There may be those who argue, based on the strictest definition, that this is not really a “garden railway” photograph. But, I feel, that would be to overlook the inextricably unified relationship between cake and our garden railway meet-ups…and, in particular, I’ve been aiming to make this banana cake of Syndy’s since our second or third meet-up back in May – and, having finally run out of courgettes, I’ve now got round to it. It’s not the real thing I know but if it’s even a fraction as good as Syndy’s it will remind me of time spent on the Rhos & Betws in the happy days when we were able to actually run our trains on each other’s railways. Hopefully will will again, soon.

Simon (Moel Rhos)

Lambak Railway Cain Howley

Hi all, hope your weekend is nice, looks dry for a change! Progress on 18″ mine lines.

Just finished two of a set of 6 tubs for my greenbat, locoremote arrived friday so will install that soon, just finished my first yard of track for the mining loops, I used Cliff Barker’s guage 3 rail as I like the chunky appearance, it is steel so will rust up lovely, I made a loaded of cast sleepers and chairs and mixed it in with other resin lengths with Cliff Barker’s rail chairs, It will resemble a thrown together of all sorts. Will paint up next to make sleepers and chairs look nice.
I slipped the tubs in behind my 1 foot gauge 7/8ths mining loco to show how versatile the Tub will be, fits behind perfectly.