New beginnings

[Northsider]

Would that be the same store my uncle sent me to for a bottle of steam.....

I cannot tell a lie: I have in my time sent pupils for

• Tartan paint
• A long weight
• lefthanded glass paper
• a long stand
• a tin of anti-gravity paint

Eddercayshun ain't wot it used ter be!

 

[PhilP]

A can of Lucas 'Blinker-Fluid' for faulty indicators...

PhilP.

 

[JimmyB]

A glass hammer!

 

[Paul M]

Nowadays you'd be had for workplace bullying!

 

[Paul M]

A glass hammer!

One's wish is my command

 

[Jasper]

Building a new link, crossing the Barren Field.

(The Barren Field used to be the Sedum Field, but my daughter moved in with me after a breakup, and brought her cat. The cat loved the Sedum Field and took to doing her "Number Two" there. That's how it became the Barren Field.)

 

[Jasper]

When the overhead gets icy, you know it's the Winter.

 

[FatherMcD]

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When the overhead gets icy, you know it's the Winter.

So, no trains today?

 

[Chris Vernell]

So, no trains today?

Wrong kind of ice

 

[Jasper]

So, no trains today?

Regrettably, no.

 

[Jasper]

That thick blanket has melted away, and now a more powdery kind of snow is falling. A good moment to present my latest acquisition.

 

[Paul M]

You lucky, lucky chap!

 

[HobbitFertang]

Very tasty!!

 

[FatherMcD]

That thick blanket has melted away, and now a more powdery kind of snow is falling. A good moment to present my latest acquisition.

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Trains again!!

 

[Jasper]

The danger of having to remove parts of the layout for house renovations has passed. Phew! I was so relieved I immediately began to make some track changes I've been contemplating. I can't stop myself from bringing back the 64mm gauge, even though I still don't have any decent rolling stock for it. Long term project, I guess.


Two test vehicles are visible here, one for each gauge:



Same scene, opposite view:




In the area nearer the Flamingo, I did a thorough cleaning where every bit of track is lifted in turn, and whatever Mother Nature has dropped in the past year gets removed.
Yesterday at dusk I ran my trusty Eggliner. I hadn't run track power for quite a while, but everything went smoothly.

 

[dunnyrail]

The danger of having to remove parts of the layout for house renovations has passed. Phew! I was so relieved I immediately began to make some track changes I've been contemplating. I can't stop myself from bringing back the 64mm gauge, even though I still don't have any decent rolling stock for it. Long term project, I guess.


Two test vehicles are visible here, one for each gauge:
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Same scene, opposite view:
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In the area nearer the Flamingo, I did a thorough cleaning where every bit of track is lifted in turn, and whatever Mother Nature has dropped in the past year gets removed.
Yesterday at dusk I ran my trusty Eggliner. I hadn't run track power for quite a while, but everything went smoothly.

Thomas Wagons work nicely for Gauge 3 track 64mm, I have regauged a couple using the original wheels.

 

[Jasper]

Thomas Wagons work nicely for Gauge 3 track 64mm, I have regauged a couple using the original wheels.

As in, The Tank Engine?

 

[Chris Vernell]

As in, The Tank Engine?

Yes.

 

[dunnyrail]

As in, The Tank Engine?

Yes I tend to get ones without faces though the faces are easily removed. Below you can see what I have done removing buffers, adding 3 link couplings, splitting the chassis, my own variation of 3 point suspension and pushing the wheels out on their axles. I think I may have drilled a small hole in the axle boxes as well. Other than that I have left the green color as original. Still needs new lettering.