The SHLR - A very small Garden Railway in Shropshire

Love the Green and Creme Steam tram. Have you documented the bulding of it? wWas it that that was sold to help fund the digital conversion? Wish I had known you were selling it, would have loved it to go with my selection of Steam Trams.

Nice railway, but oh the bending down. If you move, may I suggest a height of AT least 2ft 6in or more if SWMBO will let you. Yes harder work to start with, but in the long term.... When I made the move to Luton back in 1987, the thing that sold the house to me was the dip with a wall just 3ft high 100ft down. Had a terminal station built there within 3 weeks of moving in. Then just used LGB on the lawn as the Railway moved up towards the house via a spiral to gain height. That with an operating pit allowed the 2ft 6in at the 3 Stations. I did have a station en route at about 1 ft heigh. But it never got used much. That line is now sadly closed.
JonD
 
Sorry to hear you have to lift this railway up mate as its a little cracker.

I hope your move will open the chance to rebuild your railway bigger and better then before.

Thanks for posting a small picture history of you line i really enjoyed seeing the changes.

Jason.
 
3Valve said:
Hey Richie,

Yes mate still looking to remain in the Madeley area if possible (cos it's like Posh Telford :laugh::laugh:), but also looking in Newport.

Interested in a place about 1/2 mile from the current house. Oldy worldy cottage with a large brick built workshop and a huuuuuge garden.

There have been a couple of silly offers made by another couple (both rejected), I'm hoping to get a sensible offer in on Tuesday, then we'll see how it goes from there. :nail::nail:
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That sounds great Gareth the Oldy Worldy cottage with work shop and garden wish you all the best with it on Tuesday .
 
dunnyrail said:
Love the Green and Creme Steam tram. Have you documented the bulding of it? wWas it that that was sold to help fund the digital conversion? Wish I had known you were selling it, would have loved it to go with my selection of Steam Trams.

Nice railway, but oh the bending down. If you move, may I suggest a height of AT least 2ft 6in or more if SWMBO will let you. Yes harder work to start with, but in the long term.... When I made the move to Luton back in 1987, the thing that sold the house to me was the dip with a wall just 3ft high 100ft down. Had a terminal station built there within 3 weeks of moving in. Then just used LGB on the lawn as the Railway moved up towards the house via a spiral to gain height. That with an operating pit allowed the 2ft 6in at the 3 Stations. I did have a station en route at about 1 ft heigh. But it never got used much. That line is now sadly closed.
JonD
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Hi Jon,

I still have the tram mate. One of my favourites as it was my first scratch-build in G-scale.

There's a brief page on the construction on my website, here's the link to the page: -

http://www.shlr.info/tram.htm

Had a lucky escape at the weekend.

The line is still there. Doesn't need to be lifted until next week now.
 
Well I oculdn't put it off any longer and the line finally got lifted today ready for the house move.

Managed to get in one last running session before the rails came up thought.

Here's a few pics.

Corpet was put into use

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and the 2091

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Platform was busier than usually for the last session before closure.

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Trains were soon running. 2091 out on the line.

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As it was a special occasion most of the loco fleet was put out on public display

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although some were still getting a last spit n polish

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3Valve said:
Well I oculdn't put it off any longer and the line finally got lifted today ready for the house move.

Managed to get in one last running session before the rails came up thought.

Here's a few pics.

Corpet was put into use

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and the 2091

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Platform was busier than usually for the last session before closure.

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What a sad day for you Gareth to have to lift your line:crying: But good news about the house move was it the one you were after with the bigger garden:bigsmile:
 
Cheers Mel. Twas a wee bit sad but never mind. It'll be reborn bigger n better mate.

Richie, yes mate it is the old cottage with the big garden that we're going for.

Offer accepted and mortgage all sorted so looking good so far.
 
absolutely wonderfull railway gareth,cant wait to see what you produce next???

but looking at your past work it makes mine look childlike by comparrison,(ENVY).

good luck with the house move allan.:wave:
 
[align=center]Always sad when a railway gets lifted,

but you got some lovely memories there,

and

we are waiting with bated breath for the new railway,

thanks for sharing.
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Garreth your layout is gi-normous next to mine :thumbup:
 
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