RTM tramways
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I know that we all love more Trains, but sometimes less is more and you certainly have enough Passenger Stock and Locomotives for your superbly done modest line. Perhaps an odd Wagon or two might be in order. But you do need the Stock out on the line space to move around! Genarally accepted formula is that the Stock take roughly no more than 60% of the Siding Space. You could include Run Round Loops as part of that space.I neednewmore traction...
JonD
Aaaaah the bug has really bitten. This is the dangerous time when need over rides common sense and you end up with far more traction and stock.I neednewmore traction...
. I have far too much stock and motive power
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Ah yes, the temptation of traction! Do I really need two 0-4-0 RC tank locos, three track-powered ones, two diesel shunters and a works loco? No, not really, but it is good to be covered in case of breakdowns! (Not that I have ever had any.)
It aint that bad yet. Motorized traction is available as railbus, a Stainz, an Elias, the rough running D10 diesel shunter (still have to get some parts) and the veldbahn Deutz.
I like to get different stock on the rails. The Deutz is run 'alone' as I think it doesn't match the rest of the stock and the D10 is also an oddball, including it's orange flatbeds.
The railbus, Stainz and Elias match perfectly.
I like to get different stock on the rails. The Deutz is run 'alone' as I think it doesn't match the rest of the stock and the D10 is also an oddball, including it's orange flatbeds.
The railbus, Stainz and Elias match perfectly.
Nice to see your railway going from strength to strength Henri?
You seem to have your idea for a Dutch style tramway down to a tee!
I understand your point about the orange D10 and wagons and the Fledbahn Deutz loco, so I suggest you view your railway as a heritage one. The orange D10 and wagons could be the track maintenance train and the Deutz could be used with small LGB or HLW tippler wagons for a similar reason....
You seem to have your idea for a Dutch style tramway down to a tee!
I understand your point about the orange D10 and wagons and the Fledbahn Deutz loco, so I suggest you view your railway as a heritage one. The orange D10 and wagons could be the track maintenance train and the Deutz could be used with small LGB or HLW tippler wagons for a similar reason....
Very good point, Giz - once you assume it's a preserved or heritage line, then you can happliy run anything - including the two new Austrian style coaches you've acquired, Henri!
I was also going to suggest that you get just a short train of LGB Feldbahn stock to run with your little Deutz diesel - just two or three of the little shortie open wagons, tipper cars or flat cars would make up a perfect train for the little loco, without straining its drive mechanism (LGB have always recommended only running these with small numbers of wagons).
Jon.
Yes, Buy, Buy until you have way too much and can never decide what to run.....LOL I think alot of us suffer from the dreaded "Glutton" desease.
What a thoroughly entertaining thread this has been so far. Great to see a railway progress from an idea to an almost complete entity (I only say "almost complete" in the sense that we never truly get them finished, there's always that new idea on the horizon). Fantastic and very speedy progress. Well done.
Thanks for the kind words!!! Means a lot to me to hear it from experienced railroaders!!!
As I wrote somewhere earlier, it railroad is a therapy for the family (mostly myself) as my wife is suffering from cancer. It helped me through the half year of therapy and surgery she had to take. Fortunately my wife is declared 'clean' (what is the correct English, all bad cells are removed?) but now she has fallen into the 'black hole' as she now actually realises what she has gone through. This has stopped my work on the tramway as all my free time is to help her getting her mind back to 'normal'... We take very long walks and talk for hours, each evening and weekends.
We'll get there, but at the moment I have no time to finish the sawmill or engine shed... Ah well, it is time very well spend.
As I wrote somewhere earlier, it railroad is a therapy for the family (mostly myself) as my wife is suffering from cancer. It helped me through the half year of therapy and surgery she had to take. Fortunately my wife is declared 'clean' (what is the correct English, all bad cells are removed?) but now she has fallen into the 'black hole' as she now actually realises what she has gone through. This has stopped my work on the tramway as all my free time is to help her getting her mind back to 'normal'... We take very long walks and talk for hours, each evening and weekends.
We'll get there, but at the moment I have no time to finish the sawmill or engine shed... Ah well, it is time very well spend.
Best of luck Henri and best wishes. We look forwards to lots more pictures when your ready.Look after both of you.
Best wishes for yourself, the missus, and the kids too Henri....
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All good wishes from me too.... I think the term you're looking for in English is "in remission"....?
Jon.
Jon.
Hello Henri, I send you and your wife and the rest of your famliy all the best wishes. Hope for you all, that get through this hard part of your life.
Peter
Peter