The EM&BHR today

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Just back from our hols in the Forest of Dean. Whilst there we took the oppotunity to visit Dragon G Scale Bought a Massoth feedback unit and some track contacts, want to make it work as a shuttle, but am having difficulties with that at the mo:wits:

Also wilst there, Mary took quite a fancy to a little battery powered loco, so I bought it for her. Really pleased with the purchase (more than I can say about the feedback unit at the mo )

 

[Steve]

Nice loco Mary , Congratulations

 

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Called into Mel's on the way home, gave it it's first propper run absolutly disgusted with the amount of time the loco ran for, after a full charge. It only managed to run for 2 3/4 hrs

Well impressed And best of all, Mary likes her little loco

Seen here making it's way round the W&GLR

 

[yb281]

Sure is a cracking little loco Steve .

 

[Gizzy]

Sure is a cracking little loco Steve .

We were wondering where that little loco went to?

So Mary now has 2 locos then....

 

[JRinTawa]

Nice loco Mary. So you got two loco's, so does this mean I need to buy SWMBO a second loco now to keep up?

 

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Nice loco Mary. So you got two loco's, so does this mean I need to buy SWMBO a second loco now to keep up?

John, in a word, yes

 

[stockers]

Nice pics Steve. I like Marys new toy. Battery loco - great for a quick run

 

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Today, after our holiday, the garden needed some serious attention

So I cracked on with it and managed to finish mid afternoon. Then the next task, a new entry to the gravel yard Well, I got a fair bit of spare track, and several un-needed points, so a plan was put into operation

Entry to yard

Around the corner to the yard

Train in yard

Now need to build a new loading elevator.

 

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Just back from another trip to Wales, work first, then a trip to Dragon G Scale

Bought a couple more battery loco's for Mary She now has 4 loco's of her own

 

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And I acquired for myself a couple of Piko R5 points one l/h and 1 r/h

 

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Time for a bit of track re-aligning

The gap in the track is where the R1 crossover points were

Here's where the new points will be going

And the points installed

 

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Clearance trials were sucessful

 

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Points motors ant aux switch installed

 

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And from track level

 

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Tomorrow, I'll get the points motors wired up, and then it's time for some testing

 

[Gizzy]

Those points and that diverging junction are looking good Steve....

 

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As you may remember I acquired 3 Battery loco's for Mary. Weell I discovered that 1 of them was 32mm. So, I though that some track would be a good idea along with a wagon. These were purchased from IP Engineering and Brandbright when we went to the 16mm show at brandon.

Mary also bought some figures to go in the wagon. Here they are

 

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One set of batteries last for upto 7hrs in this loco

 

[Steve]

Brilliant Pics Steve