A Garden Railway Pipedream: the odyssey continues

simond

Western Thunderer
Lady D and I had several 'debates' as to what I had in mind, and I found that if I did not exhibit independent thought, all went well:)

in the days of yore when I used to commute to Poland, I met a similarly fated regular on Ryanair, one Dennis from Lincoln. We found ourselves having curry and chips in Katowice airport on a Thursday evening quite regularly.
One evening I asked him if he had any plans for the weekend.
“Decorating the lounge”
“Oh,”, says I, “what colour?”.
“No idea”, he replies.
“Don’t you get a say?”, I enquire
“Don’t be daft, I don’t want to do it twice”.
 

isambardme

Western Thunderer
And we have now finished off this part of the rockery:)

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Onto the next part...... Apart from sorting out an area that was really difficult to keep tidy, we feel that we are pulling the graden and railway together.

Richard
Excellent use of alpines & houseleeks, well done. Will look great when assorted Pacifics run by, hopefully not before too long, if people are allowed to meet in small groups, always 2 metres apart. (Now where did I put that 2 metre stick? !!) Keep safe all. Steve
 

Focalplane

Western Thunderer
Simon reminds me of a story my doctor in Walton-on-Thames told me a long time ago:

Just before the end of WWII the wife of a POW airman wrote to say that she was planning to decorate the bedroom before his imminent return. He replied that she only needed to decorate the ceiling as that is all she would be seeing once he finally returned.

OK, back to the workbench!
 

Dikitriki

Flying Squad
Well, after umpty ump years of planning and hard work by a lot of mates, I finally, for the very first time, ran my own live steam loco. A bit hit and miss as I am a complete beginner, and have to learn as I go, but I did get it to work. I suspect a lot of practice is needed before I fully understand the machine, and can get steady controlled running.


It's a start.

Richard
 

Pencarrow

Western Thunderer
Great achievement Richard. Looks fast enough to show Mallard a clean set of heels. Might need some safety nets on the elevated sections though ;).
 

TheSnapper

Western Thunderer
Great stuff Richard!
You must be really chuffed (pun intended)!
A great milestone for you personally and for 'the team' collectively.
Also great work on the landscaping recently.
Looking forward to some running 'when this bloody war is over'.
Cheers
Tim
 

Dikitriki

Flying Squad
Thanks guys. I do think I need a lot of practice:) Tough, but someone's got to do it:cool:

It's too fast for my liking at the moment, but, hey, getting it to move is an achievement. I shall hang my 7 Mk1s on the drawhook and see whether that slows it down. I assume that as it runs in and I get more familiar with it, it will become more controllable.

Richard
 

Focalplane

Western Thunderer
Well done, Richard! The sound on the last segment reminded me of the sounds of the real thing passing Tamworth at speed.
 

isambardme

Western Thunderer
More practice :)


A much better speed I think.

Richard
Well done Richard, looks great on the second run, indeed pretty majestic sweeping round those curves.
Remember the gas supply knob gives some speed control, as well as the regulator. How long did you get her running for?
Steve
 

Dikitriki

Flying Squad
Well done Richard, looks great on the second run, indeed pretty majestic sweeping round those curves.
Remember the gas supply knob gives some speed control, as well as the regulator. How long did you get her running for?
Steve

I don't think the gas supply can do anything for the speed, merely increase/decrease the rate at which steam is created. So it can reduce the propensity to stall through lack of steam if that's what you meant. I ended the session after 35 minutes, but I hadn't exhausted the gas. I shall time a full running session when I am more familiar with the locomotive.

Richard
 
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