CoggesRailway
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Well it seems good form to keep all one's piccies etc in one thread, so here's mine!
I just wanted to share some pictures that showed the new yard area at the end of the garden. This has a long passing loop/siding and then 4 smallers sidings too. They are all insulated and switched with big waterproof switches suitable for use with the foot or a shunting stick.
You may also spot I am starting to bring a Cogges Railway colour scheme into play. The Cogges Railway is a tumble down affair re-opened by some preservationists on the Island of Cogges. The liveries are badly applied and rarely cleaned as befits a mainly volunteer staff who are busy trying to eek a living on the island- but also fits yours cack handed truly. There are ore and logging operations which subsidise the tourist trains. The island is temperate and geographically placed such that stock and motive power is american and european and the local workshops regauge locos where they have to (rule 8 ok?!)
A rusting connie sits in the open air waiting restoration. Sorry Mr Mike Beavercreek, her gearbox let go even though I was only running her light engine as I was well aware of teh drive train issue, so no worries there! The repair was well beyond me (I researched over on Large Scale) and I would rather spend the money on something different than get a specialist to fix even if I could find one. Anyway I guess people spend more on birdbaths etc. I like the way I can sit in the warm and see her lonley and rusting just as on many preserved line! Yes i salvaged the tender wheels and a few other pieces before abandoning her. The gear box is so knackered she tows very well - meaning I can shunt her about etc and make her part of a interesting train being dragged etc. But no human hand is ever touching her again he he he....
I just wanted to share some pictures that showed the new yard area at the end of the garden. This has a long passing loop/siding and then 4 smallers sidings too. They are all insulated and switched with big waterproof switches suitable for use with the foot or a shunting stick.
You may also spot I am starting to bring a Cogges Railway colour scheme into play. The Cogges Railway is a tumble down affair re-opened by some preservationists on the Island of Cogges. The liveries are badly applied and rarely cleaned as befits a mainly volunteer staff who are busy trying to eek a living on the island- but also fits yours cack handed truly. There are ore and logging operations which subsidise the tourist trains. The island is temperate and geographically placed such that stock and motive power is american and european and the local workshops regauge locos where they have to (rule 8 ok?!)
A rusting connie sits in the open air waiting restoration. Sorry Mr Mike Beavercreek, her gearbox let go even though I was only running her light engine as I was well aware of teh drive train issue, so no worries there! The repair was well beyond me (I researched over on Large Scale) and I would rather spend the money on something different than get a specialist to fix even if I could find one. Anyway I guess people spend more on birdbaths etc. I like the way I can sit in the warm and see her lonley and rusting just as on many preserved line! Yes i salvaged the tender wheels and a few other pieces before abandoning her. The gear box is so knackered she tows very well - meaning I can shunt her about etc and make her part of a interesting train being dragged etc. But no human hand is ever touching her again he he he....
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