Ah yes I have the Railtruck built by a friend, did not appear in my Irish Stock thread so must do an update.
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I always look forward to pretty much anything you do, both here and your blog. This latest effort is especially well done and the commentary is excellent in that it imparts some local history and characters that bring the PLR and its little corner of the world practically into real life. Thank you!
I decided to install a test track in the workshop. Initially, it was just going to be a length of track above the workbench, but you know how these things escalate!
It now encircles the interior of the workshop, with a couple of sidings to hold stock waiting to be repaired, serviced or finished-off. At first I was going to use brass track but thought this would be a waste and then remembered the Playmobil train set which I'd bought when my nephew came to stay (ten years ago). I knew the Playmobil railcar would run happily on my 45mm track, so ...... would my rolling stock run on the plastic Playmobil track? Surprisingly it did, though the check rails on the points needed an extra shim of aluminium to guide some of the wheels through.
It turned-out I had enough straights for 3/4 of the circuit, so I bought a few more on eBay to finish it off. They arrived this morning, so by this afternoon I was in business!
Of course, when the weather is too wet or cold outside, I could always run a train or two inside....!
Rik
It now encircles the interior of the workshop, with a couple of sidings to hold stock waiting to be repaired, serviced or finished-off. At first I was going to use brass track but thought this would be a waste and then remembered the Playmobil train set which I'd bought when my nephew came to stay (ten years ago). I knew the Playmobil railcar would run happily on my 45mm track, so ...... would my rolling stock run on the plastic Playmobil track? Surprisingly it did, though the check rails on the points needed an extra shim of aluminium to guide some of the wheels through.
It turned-out I had enough straights for 3/4 of the circuit, so I bought a few more on eBay to finish it off. They arrived this morning, so by this afternoon I was in business!
Of course, when the weather is too wet or cold outside, I could always run a train or two inside....!
Rik
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I've blogged what I did, just in case anyone is interested
riksrailway.blogspot.com
Rik
How I made a test track in the workshop
Narrow gauge large scale model garden railway. Battery powered, radio controlled locomotives, some Bluetooth. Set in Cheshire UK in 1930s
riksrailway.blogspot.com
Rik
Sometimes what seems like a crazy idea turns out to be a good one. When my daughter and her husband suggested we had a barbecue outside on New Year's Eve, I wasn't too sure. But we borrowed a fire pit from my mate, set up the gas BBQ and my daughter and her husband prepared the food.
Even though it was about -2C, we actually had a great evening - one of the best New Years I can remember.
But I can't have a BBQ without running a train and so I had to smash the frozen snow on the track with a wooden mallet and then chisel the frozen moss out from between the rails before I could run anything. I'm please to say, the train ran perfectly all evening with only one derailment on a frozen point.
And yes, we did stick it out until after midnight!
A happ(ier) New Year everyone....
Rik
Even though it was about -2C, we actually had a great evening - one of the best New Years I can remember.
But I can't have a BBQ without running a train and so I had to smash the frozen snow on the track with a wooden mallet and then chisel the frozen moss out from between the rails before I could run anything. I'm please to say, the train ran perfectly all evening with only one derailment on a frozen point.
And yes, we did stick it out until after midnight!
A happ(ier) New Year everyone....
Rik
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'Cause I was young, and I could, and the neighbourhood would come out to smell the aroma
Right!
I'm not going to click 'play' then... - I have w-a-y too much to be getting on with..
(perhaps later?)..
PhilP.
I'm not going to click 'play' then... - I have w-a-y too much to be getting on with..
(perhaps later?)..
PhilP.
Rik, the video seems to be marked as private? I can't watch here nor directly on YouTube \(I'm sub'ed to you). The last video I see posted by you is from a couple of weeks ago.