A railway slumbers....add your pics!

[ge_rik]

Where's that then? Looks a bit narrow for 15ins gauge, so perhaps 10.5ins?

Edit: sorry I don't seem able to add a picture

Actually it's 2' 3" - Talyllyn Railway - difficult to judge without any reference points

A few more images .....................

....... just to show not all the track is overgrown

Rik

 

[Rhinochugger]

A similar vein - well almost

 

[nicebutdim]

A weeks worth of no action...

 

[garrymartin]

A glimpse of the Seahaven Branch through the vegitation. Just the sound of birdsong disturbs the peace.

Meanwhile a view of a dead railway! The trees have encroached up the slight embankment, whilst the track bed is now maintained as a cycle way.

This section between Freshwater & Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight.

 

[beavercreek]

I leave a lot of rolling stock out all year round so the tracks will always look a bit inhabited but sometimes they do seem like a 'slow' day..

 

[ge_rik]

Lovely setting, Mike. Your miniature trees are particularly effective.

Rik

 

[dunnyrail]

I suppose Post #8 on the following thread would count on this one:-

http://www.gscalecentral.net/tm?m=228300&high= < Link To http://www.forum.gscalece...tm?m=228300&high=

JonD

 

[CoggesRailway]

Yes dunny some evocative shots!

 

[mbiff]

not ran mine for a couple of weeks and was suprised by the plant growth - lol

 

[Rod Fearnley]

Will it or won't it?
Nope. I give up!

 

[Madman]

Love those overgrown pics!

Here's some of mine

Doug, What is the stuff that looks like miniature ferns in the third photo?

Its called lepintella squalida 'platts black'. Found in the Alpine section of your local garden centre. It comes in a green version as well as the black. The black version seems to be fairly easy to find, just found the green version this year, at the local garden centre after looking for 4 years!

It spreads quite easily but can be easily dug up if needed, and is pretty hardy. Alot of the other plants in that photo died this winter, i think the freezing rain in december killed alot of them, as they survived the previous winter that was colder for longer. In keeping with this thread, and wanting to avoid drifting into never never land, I am posting another photo of life in the slow lane.


Some of the replacement alpines that i put in this spring have given up as well, its just been too wet for them!

As it seems that warmer winters seem to lessen the health of some plants. Our past winter had abosolutely no snow and no real hard freezing of the ground. Consequently some plants do not look as healthy as they normally do.

I'm not sure what went down, but as you can see the photo I posted got double exposure, and wound up not where I thought it would.

 

[steven large]

no train running for 3 months........overgrown on my shed side...ivy..

 

[trammayo]

That first pic, with the scrap cars, looks good Steven

 

[steven large]

That first pic, with the scrap cars, looks good Steven

thks u mate.... i ave more pictures as well......on different sites...

 

[CoggesRailway]

excellent steven, i like the view down the bridge!

 

[steven large]

excellent steven, i like the view down the bridge!

thks u mate....cheers,, will post fews more soon.....cheers