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I echo the above comments, even the one about pinching the log pile idea. I think the lighting is just right for that last shot, as well as the composition.

Just bought myself a new camera after my old one bit the dust - almost literally - grit in the lens mechanism!!! Have now become interested in making the most of all the features which come with the new camera, so on the look out for ideas.

Rik

I had to replace the log pile with new logs as the old logs had bugs in them after being there so long. Every morning I would find the pile strewn all over the tracks by blackbirds. Hence the new logs are wire on.
Grant.
PS you need an axe and chopping block too.

Good luck with the new camera Rik. Mine is 12yrs. old and non Reflex, an Olympus with only 5.1 megapixel capability, and a woefully short depth of field. Tweaking it to its maximum to attain anything near what I actually need. Perhaps it's time for me to update too.
Grant.

I really loved my little Canon campact camera - must have been getting on for ten years old. It had a viewfinder and took AA batteries. I failed to find anything similar to replace it - viewfinders seem to have bitten the dust and they all had inbuilt rechargeable batteries. In the end, I went for a 'bridge' camera. It has a viewfinder, takes AA batteries and has a 50x zoom lens with a macro setting which goes down to 1cm. It's a bit bigger than my old camera but I figured I could use my phone for quickie snapshots and the new camera for more considered shots.

Rik
PS Really love that chopping block pic

Sounds good Rik, can't imagine framing a shot without a viewfinder. Being able to replace batteries is a plus for me too, hate finding something un-useable because the batts. no longer take or hold charge. Small size is a bonus, tried to take a shot today from inside the crib room at Nayook, still working on that.
Grant.

When I read the entry by Grant about finding his log pile strewn about by birds, I thought that sounds familiar as I suffer the same problem. The wire-down system is now about to be adopted on the BURPS, so thank you Grant!

That loco of yours Grant looks great in all your photos, real workhorse that looks coal fired

Some superb shots again Grant. Like everyone else, I love the shot of the lads going for a can of tea after a hard mornings work but the shot of the chopping block is pure magic!

Andrew

Thanks everyone for the kind replies.
It's not only blackbirds I have a problem with Peter, I'd like to know how to teach ants to put back what they've taken out when there finished. They might only take it one grain at a time but it seems its always in my track work. Ah! the joys of garden railways.
Grant.

Right on cue.... this evening my log pile looked like this, again! Certainly time for new logs and a wire-down system.

INCIDENT at NAYOOK.
There was a derailment and rollover at Nayook today (guess who left a hose across the line). This was what confronted the boys at the scene. First a discussion about how to go about it. The Thornycroft was then set up, and a winch line run through a snatch block on a ground anchor to another block stropped to the loco frame, then back to the first block giving a two to one purchase. The Thornycroft sat down on its ground spades, and winching began. Coming up slowly Nearly there. The winch was then run to the front of the loco, a forward pull with suitable timber blocking and back on tracks again. Grant.
PS all workwas done with the trucks winch, all I did was work the switch. No five fingered help.

LNR wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2017 7:58 am I
PS all work was done with the trucks winch, all I did was work the switch. No five fingered help.

You've got your little guys trained to manouvere the block and tackle as well? That's brilliant, well done!

Seriously, a lovely set of piccys. I bet you had fun doing it as well.

Brilliant sequence of pictures.

Very clever stuff Grant, beautifully executed and filmed.... certainly different to the usual garden railway storyline.

Great set of Photo's. It's another way of playing trains, that's for sure!

A video of that in action would of been great Grant

Lovely set of photos of something a little different.
David.

Lovely pictures and I do love the "ground cover" growing on the ballast, is it something cultivated or natural ?

My goodness Grant, your railway is more like real life than real life! I absolutely love it.

Andrew

Thank you for the kind replies, they are appreciated.
The ground cover is entirely natural Bazzer, it all disappears in the summer heat though.
Grant.