2012 NZ Garden Railway Convention

JRinTawa

JRinTawa

Member of the Wellington Garden Railway Group
Over the weekend of the 28th & 29th of January the Christchurch Garden Railway Society hosted the 2012 NZ Garden Railway Convention. And a darn fine event they hosted. :thumbup: 9 garden railways visited, a railcar ride on a preserved railway and some workshop/clinics. The weekend went all to fast so all that's left is for me to post rather a few pictures to record the event.:bigsmile:

I won't add captions to all the pictures, hopefully you'll get through them all faster that way:laugh:

The weekend started with a visit to Glen A's Rocky Creek Railway.
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Second railway was a Michelle & Kevin L's Sommerset Railway & Willard Railway

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You may see Lloyd D's camera loco and Murray B's distance measuring wagon visiting the railways in some of the pictures:)
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Kevin gave us a talk on fabricating parts
This is his NZR mid era chopper coupling....
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And the stages of fabrication.
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Some nice abutments (sorry about the legs!)
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Unpictured is Michelle's great dolls house work, I slipped up there as they are rather special - sorry Michelle.
 
Third railway visited on Saturday was Andrew H's developing railway on which he runs some bigger US outline stock.
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Watch out for the apple booms (they were nice apples ;) )
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On to Dean F's Fence Line Railway for some more scratch building techniques and lunch. (yummy lunch)
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Scratch built NZR Model T railcar...
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It runs an automatic shuttle service from a loop at one end...
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...to a turntable at the other end...
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...all done automatically.
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Dean's NZR 88 seat railcar is a work of art. Vacuum formed ends and sundry bits (we learnt more on that later) and a paint job that is second to none.
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Christchurch seems to have a lot of cunning wee entry into storage areas, but this has to be the neatest.
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Dean instruction us on vacuum forming....
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....to produce something like a railcar end
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Lots inside, including a very good sound unit.
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With railcars firmly in mind we headed south to Tinwald and the Plains railway...
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...were we boarded a 12" to the foot Vulcan railcar for a trip out on the preserved ex NZR branch line.
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inside, smile please.:party:
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Photo run past....
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And back on board.:bigsmile:
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Due to the fire risk their steam loco's remained on shed.
Roger's K (K88)
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and what's that on the side tank of their Dubs A?:rolleyes:
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Last railway for the day was Kerry P's Ashburton Forks Railway http://www.ashrail.co.nz/ [IMG...AAAAAAHWs/lXaIRtUceiQ/s720/IMG_6506.JPG[/IMG]
 
Inside his huge train shed....
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Kerry gave a workshop on scratch building
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Kerry's Dubs A is one of his creations (and inspired my own - thanks Kerry :thumbup: )
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(no pictures I was busy watching the trains)
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Rogers Q
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You can tell this is a very photogenic railway, the pictures continue....
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Kerry's Dg and NZR train
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neat colours in amongst the planting
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Fans at rest:bigsmile:
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Almost the last train for the day was an impromptu double header...
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Sadly it was time then to head for dinner (well okay I ran over time a bit - opps)
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Sunday was much cooler and overcast but still perfect for trains.
We started the day at Karl A's MtCatt & Jessie Falls Railroad. (The lake is empty due to earthquake damage)
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Note the camera wagon, it screened live on their lounge TV!
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The hand crafted mountain scene has survived the earthquakes well (except cracks in the lake bed sadly).
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and it remains a photographers draw card
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The lake area still holds water
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The next visit was bitter sweet as due to severe earthquake damage Brian A is having to leave his beautiful house in two weeks, so this was one of the last runs of his Blackridge Lines.
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Thank you Brian I really appreciate you having us.:bigsmile:
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The sweeping curves and BIG loco's were a feast.
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Inside the garage was the next dream - Marklin 1 gauge
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And Hugh Keal teaching us about figure making
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:thumbup:
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Approaching lunchtime and we moved on to The Fraser Line.
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Ross is a bit of an electronic wiz, so how about this for tracking progress around your railroad!
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Another shed entry!
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Look at these for home made turnouts :-
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That's Lloyd's camera loco on the left and Ross's robotic lawnmower on the right8|
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(We ate another yummy lunch here :bigsmile: )
 
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