14" wooden railway

KeithT

KeithT

Hillwalking, chickens and - err - garden railways.
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They're really great!

Considering the vast amount of effort that goes into creating these wonderful systems, I do wonder what happens when the builder passes on and the rest of the family have no interest. I often think back to the Saltwood Miniature Railway in Kent, a 7 1/4" line in a large garden which I used to help out with as a youngster in the 1970s. Established in the mid 1920s, it finally closed in 1987.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltwood_Miniature_Railway
 
There was also, amongst many, the Duffield Bank Railway built by Sir Arthur Percival Heywood built in the grounds of his home. He even had a sleeping carriage and the family trooped out and were driven around the grounds all night! Parts of some of the locos survive on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Rly notably River Irt.
 
The tramway is fantastic, what fun you could have in the back garden with that system:bigsmile:
I wonder where in Sheffield the Saltwood Railway was? :thinking:
 
The tramway looks great.... Im lucky I don't have enough yard or I would waste my time with something like that.... As for the wooden rails nothing new in that, I saw some pics somewhere of rails made of stone with points...
 
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