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Bloody brilliant, Chris! Think I'll have to pinch that plank step tray method, it's ubiquitous down here.

Definitely have a soft spot for those front bogey/rear single wheelset railmotor conversions. Most railmotors built in Queensland (usually AEC truck conversions) were done this way.

Thanks for the positive remarks re the Ford railmotor . It was also received well by a couple of visitors from the Hoffnant and Login railways whose locos paid a visit this week.

The Pickup rounding the curve . It runs quite well on 3 AAA batteries. The wiring is very basic at the moment, but before spending more on it ,I would like to find a better motor gearbox assembly. As I had to glue the top hat bearings in place . If only there was a fold up brass etch like what is used in 7mm scale models. The next project is under way.

That Rheidol carriage looks nice, but I'm a sucker for pass cars with full length running boards. So typically narrow gauge.
Grant.

No Trains today ! Had about nine inches of the white stuff by looking at the tops of the telegraph poles.

Wow!! Snow?!

Rik

ge_rik wrote: ↑Thu Nov 20, 2025 11:09 am Wow!! Snow?!

Rik

I bet you want to cut your holiday short now!

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Thu Nov 20, 2025 11:13 am

ge_rik wrote: ↑Thu Nov 20, 2025 11:09 am Wow!! Snow?!

Rik

I bet you want to cut your holiday short now!

Just about to board the flight home. Maybe shorts and sandals are not the best preparation.....

Rik

These past few days have come as a bit of a shock, as it has been quite mild..

Phil.P

The weather has changed with warmer temperatures resulting in a rapid thaw . The heavy snow fall was due to a local weather phenomenon known as the Pembrokeshire Dangler combining with northern winds.

The railway seems to have survived without incident. Weather forecast for Sunday is back to normal, heavy rain and gales!

Chris,

I had not heard of the Pembrokeshire Dangler before a few days ago when I saw mention of it on the BBC news site. I’m glad to live in Ceredigion!,

Phil

gilfachphil wrote: ↑Sun Nov 23, 2025 7:25 am
I had not heard of the Pembrokeshire Dangler before a few days ago when I saw mention of it on the BBC news site.

Yep, me too! I saw it on a weather round-up on the Beeb site earlier in the week. I've mentioned it to one or two other people who had never heard of it either.
Is it an actual Welsh idiom or is it something the Beeb have dreamed up?

Pembrokeshire Dangler is quite genuine and is frequently mentioned by one of our model group members who lives near St Clears, Pembrokeshire border area.

gilfachphil wrote: ↑Sun Nov 23, 2025 7:25 am Chris,

I had not heard of the Pembrokeshire Dangler before a few days ago when I saw mention of it on the BBC news site. I’m glad to live in Ceredigion!,

Phil

Phil
Ceredigion is also affected by the Dangler as is parts of Devon and Cornwall. The weather pattern runs down the Irish Sea .
Did you not get any snow ?
Chris

Chris,

no snow here this winter yet, the coldest we have seen is a single day of heavy frost. It’s quite mild by the sea on this side of the peninsula,

Phil

Didn't get any snow here either. Just a load of hail, which piled up with each new shower and refused to melt.

Thankfully a lot more manageable, than the meteor shower suffered by a line here in QLD, a few weeks back.
(I don't know the owner, just a youtube viewer of some years)

Vincent has joined the PMR loco roster. It arrived A couple of days ago but I could not run / test fire Vincent until I had a delivery of the correct grade steam oil. Regner locos require a thicker viscosity oil 460 grade where as my Roundhouse engines run on a lighter 220 grade. This model is one of Regners latest batches build date August 25. It has the newer gas burner and a 6mm wide water level sight glass also a water top up valve . I also opted for the Whistle .
On carefully prepping the loco I was pleasantly surprised when the burner ignited on the first attempt . I am looking forward to running Vincent on my railway once the heavy rains have past.

My only criticism of Vincent is that the safety valve is a little fiddly to remove and I need to adapt one of my filling syringes inorder to fill and extract water.

Fantastic Chris. Good choice on the whistle - absolutely essential of course. I've fitted that and the top up to mine. I've also got one of the new burners but haven't tried it yet, it's really good to hear yours lit first time. Anyway, congrats on the new acquisition. Regner steam rally next time we meet!