The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
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These sort of derailment issues drive me insane. My new locomotive, which was built at least partly because its configuration would avoid it, still liked to come off on some corners (turned out to be a combination of sloppy trackwork AND sloppy loco build though).
Lovely pictures of the railway; I’m happy to look at more...
Lovely pictures of the railway; I’m happy to look at more...
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Evening all!
I've just returned to rain-drenched Bristol after a mostly very sunny week in Devon. Not much railway-related goings on to report, apart from catching "Royal Scot" and "Britannia" looking very fine together as they powered along the sea wall at Teignmouth...
Back in the garden, here are a few photos of last weekend's trains, mostly a jolly little goods featuring the three new Phil Sharples wagons, as requested by Rod - we aim to please!
Here's the ensemble heading up the bank:
At Penlan there's supposed to be a small granite quarry, in addition to the timber trade, so the drop-sided open was shunted into the siding...
And at Clarach, half-a-dozen barrels needed collecting, having sat on the platform for about two years! Here's the return working heading through the shrubs...
And then heading back to Trefechan with the now-loaded granite wagon also in tow...
The intention was to steam up my Regner and run a passenger train to complement the goods, so I dug out my oldest passenger rake, the Ffestiniog four-wheelers. Alas, it was a busy weekend and that never happened, so on Saturday evening I shunted those into the tunnel ready to try again on Sunday. That didn't happen either, but they did get a quick trundle up the hill to Penlan to go back into store under the house again! Maybe when the weather improves I'll try again...
Cheers all,
Andrew.
I've just returned to rain-drenched Bristol after a mostly very sunny week in Devon. Not much railway-related goings on to report, apart from catching "Royal Scot" and "Britannia" looking very fine together as they powered along the sea wall at Teignmouth...
Back in the garden, here are a few photos of last weekend's trains, mostly a jolly little goods featuring the three new Phil Sharples wagons, as requested by Rod - we aim to please!
Here's the ensemble heading up the bank:
At Penlan there's supposed to be a small granite quarry, in addition to the timber trade, so the drop-sided open was shunted into the siding...
And at Clarach, half-a-dozen barrels needed collecting, having sat on the platform for about two years! Here's the return working heading through the shrubs...
And then heading back to Trefechan with the now-loaded granite wagon also in tow...
The intention was to steam up my Regner and run a passenger train to complement the goods, so I dug out my oldest passenger rake, the Ffestiniog four-wheelers. Alas, it was a busy weekend and that never happened, so on Saturday evening I shunted those into the tunnel ready to try again on Sunday. That didn't happen either, but they did get a quick trundle up the hill to Penlan to go back into store under the house again! Maybe when the weather improves I'll try again...
Cheers all,
Andrew.
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Very nice passenger consist.
Grant.
Grant.
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Fantastic photos Andrew...
Thank you. I always love to see your locos and rolling stock on your brilliant line.
Thank you. I always love to see your locos and rolling stock on your brilliant line.
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
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Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
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Afternoon all!
It's late summer, it's a train of open wagons, it can only mean one thing - the plum harvest!
Actually, it's been a really big crop this year, and the plums are coming thick and fast, but I felt I really out to move at least some of them by train.
And which loco was chosen for this plum job? Why, the pride of the line, Russell, of course...
Having picked up the empties, Russell headed down the line to the tree on Leach's Curve, then waited patiently (ie I turned the gas off!) while the plums were picked and loaded...
After running round at Trefechan Russell stormed up the bank once more to Clarach, where the plums will be unloaded for onward transportation...
They're still sitting there as I type this, I really must go and fetch them in. Then I'm hoping my wife may be persuaded to make one of her splendid plum cakes...
Cheers,
Andrew.
It's late summer, it's a train of open wagons, it can only mean one thing - the plum harvest!
Actually, it's been a really big crop this year, and the plums are coming thick and fast, but I felt I really out to move at least some of them by train.
And which loco was chosen for this plum job? Why, the pride of the line, Russell, of course...
Having picked up the empties, Russell headed down the line to the tree on Leach's Curve, then waited patiently (ie I turned the gas off!) while the plums were picked and loaded...
After running round at Trefechan Russell stormed up the bank once more to Clarach, where the plums will be unloaded for onward transportation...
They're still sitting there as I type this, I really must go and fetch them in. Then I'm hoping my wife may be persuaded to make one of her splendid plum cakes...
Cheers,
Andrew.
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Great set of shots - and nice plums ...... !
Rik
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Fantastic! That's what garden railway-ing is all about!
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Nice to see Russell out and earning it's keep on the railway.
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Plum jam..Yummly.
Love the train of plums Andrew. I haven't got our line to the apple tree yet. We are having a nice crop of them also this year.
Love the train of plums Andrew. I haven't got our line to the apple tree yet. We are having a nice crop of them also this year.
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
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Thought you'd be pleased to see it Tom!tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:11 pm Nice to see Russell out and earning it's keep on the railway.
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I think so, in fact I look forward to the plum trains all year! I had a complex three-train timetable worked out in my head, but when it came to it I just fancied the simple out-and-back option.
Looks like we're in for a big apple harvest too at the end of September (if they don't all fall off before then!), guest motive power for the harvest trains would be more than welcome!
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Even better...Double Yummy
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
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Hello all,
Apologies, it's been a while - work's been busy, and I've got two daughters heading off to university for the first time which seems to be taking up an awful lot of time and headspace! I'm looking forward to catching up on what everyone else has been up to, but in the meantime here's an update from the (WH)WHR, where a much-needed and very therapeutic running session took place yesterday.
The occasion was the annual apple harvest, with Accucraft Baldwain 590 being the chosen motive power, hauling a rake of bogie opens - smaller wagons aren't big enough for the apples!
Here's the train heading down the line and pausing at the tree for loading:
And the loaded train heading back up the hill. It really is a case of "swords into ploughshares", with loco and wagons built for the First World War trenches taking on an agricultural role!
As this shot reveals, it transpired that a banker was required to get the loaded train up the line. Here's "Margaret" dropping off the back of the train as it reaches the summit of Penlan Bank - she was soon required again though, to push the train up the hill to Clarach.
I'll confess that I was a little disappointed that 590 couldn't manage the train, until I carried the apples up the garden after he run - they were really heavy! Double-heading may be in order next year...
Having completed the trip, the Baldwin had just enough steam left to return the empties to the loop at Penlan, where she sat to cool down while I steamed Regner "Daisy" to run a passenger service comprising of Ffestiniog 4-wheelers:
I managed to mis-time things somewhat, so "Daisy" ran out of steam halfway through her last run, coincidentally coming to a stand next to the Baldwin at Penlan:
Not liking to leave the passengers stranded, particularly on what might prove to be the last passenger run of the season, "Margaret" we once again sent to the rescue:
Finally, here's an end-of-the-day loco line-up. It had been a slightly chaotic run (they usually are...), but good for the soul..
Cheers all,
Andrew.
Apologies, it's been a while - work's been busy, and I've got two daughters heading off to university for the first time which seems to be taking up an awful lot of time and headspace! I'm looking forward to catching up on what everyone else has been up to, but in the meantime here's an update from the (WH)WHR, where a much-needed and very therapeutic running session took place yesterday.
The occasion was the annual apple harvest, with Accucraft Baldwain 590 being the chosen motive power, hauling a rake of bogie opens - smaller wagons aren't big enough for the apples!
Here's the train heading down the line and pausing at the tree for loading:
And the loaded train heading back up the hill. It really is a case of "swords into ploughshares", with loco and wagons built for the First World War trenches taking on an agricultural role!
As this shot reveals, it transpired that a banker was required to get the loaded train up the line. Here's "Margaret" dropping off the back of the train as it reaches the summit of Penlan Bank - she was soon required again though, to push the train up the hill to Clarach.
I'll confess that I was a little disappointed that 590 couldn't manage the train, until I carried the apples up the garden after he run - they were really heavy! Double-heading may be in order next year...
Having completed the trip, the Baldwin had just enough steam left to return the empties to the loop at Penlan, where she sat to cool down while I steamed Regner "Daisy" to run a passenger service comprising of Ffestiniog 4-wheelers:
I managed to mis-time things somewhat, so "Daisy" ran out of steam halfway through her last run, coincidentally coming to a stand next to the Baldwin at Penlan:
Not liking to leave the passengers stranded, particularly on what might prove to be the last passenger run of the season, "Margaret" we once again sent to the rescue:
Finally, here's an end-of-the-day loco line-up. It had been a slightly chaotic run (they usually are...), but good for the soul..
Cheers all,
Andrew.
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Beautifully weathered Hudson bogie opens with a heavy load, coaches with full length steps, and a nicely shaded Penlan halt, what more could you want!
Great show Andrew.
Grant.
Great show Andrew.
Grant.
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Very nice photos and I loved the story Andrew. Those apples do look tasty. We are having to get rid of our apple tree, because it has that blight that effects a lot o fruit trees....
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
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Thanks chaps!
If my accounts of messing about in the garden sound like stories I reckon that's a result of pretty much learning to read on Thomas the Tank Engine books! I think there's still a part of me that thinks that if I'm useful enough the Fat Controller will give me my very own branch line... Or maybe that's what the (WH)WHR is??!
Unfortunately, the apples are pretty sour - nice in a crumble though...
Andrew.
If my accounts of messing about in the garden sound like stories I reckon that's a result of pretty much learning to read on Thomas the Tank Engine books! I think there's still a part of me that thinks that if I'm useful enough the Fat Controller will give me my very own branch line... Or maybe that's what the (WH)WHR is??!
Unfortunately, the apples are pretty sour - nice in a crumble though...
Andrew.
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Your stock looks beautifully weathered and very much at home in their surroundings. Great set of pics.
Rik
Rik
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Hi all,
Having been reminded by Peter's thread that I need to bring my buildings in for the winter, it seemed time to run the last passenger train of the year. It's a shoddy operation, but the (WH)WHR has some standards and prefers not to run passenger trains when there are no facilities for them...
I was keen to run the Baldwin again (I wanted to check that I hadn't killed the poor thing with the heavy apple train!), and went for a pair of closed carriages - it's too late in the year for opens!
Here's the train leaving Trefechan:
Catching the Autumn sunshine as it leaves the tunnel:
Climbing the bank, with the first fallen leaves evident:
At Clarach, with a dead tree providing Autumnal colour!
And heading back down the line again for the last time this year:
The (WH)WHR will be goods only until about Easter now. although it's unlikely that the locals will even notice, let alone complain...
Cheers,
Andrew.
Having been reminded by Peter's thread that I need to bring my buildings in for the winter, it seemed time to run the last passenger train of the year. It's a shoddy operation, but the (WH)WHR has some standards and prefers not to run passenger trains when there are no facilities for them...
I was keen to run the Baldwin again (I wanted to check that I hadn't killed the poor thing with the heavy apple train!), and went for a pair of closed carriages - it's too late in the year for opens!
Here's the train leaving Trefechan:
Catching the Autumn sunshine as it leaves the tunnel:
Climbing the bank, with the first fallen leaves evident:
At Clarach, with a dead tree providing Autumnal colour!
And heading back down the line again for the last time this year:
The (WH)WHR will be goods only until about Easter now. although it's unlikely that the locals will even notice, let alone complain...
Cheers,
Andrew.
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