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  1. Thanks for the DVD Ian, it arrived at lunchtime. Well done on a superb railway. Just watching it now while the wife is watching strickly come dancing and I know what I would rather be watching and its not BBC1!
  2. Thanks for the advice Mick and Chris. I have successfully managed to solder my track joints and power is now working spot on.
  3. Thanks for the replies. Could someone explain bonding in a bit more detail and how it is achieved please?? Am I right in thinking you solder a wire to the fishplate, then solder the other end to the next fishplate and so on..... what do you do with the cable when you reach the end, and do you need to solder both fish plates of the track?
  4. Can I firstly apologise for the lack of update on my project. SInce my last update in October 2011, I have completely revamped the track layout and ended a shed to the layout, to be honest wish I had added a shed first then the railway would have been much easier, as the shed was a freebie I still need to make it water tight and block up some holes. The original plan was to have a straight end to end layout up my garden fence with a turntable at one end to turn locomotives around, however this idea has been scrapped and the railway now runs 30 feet up the garden with a couple of passing loops and sidings through a curve and into the shed where lines are currently terminated, plans are already a foot to add an extension out of the shed and down the otherside of the garden, currently trying to bribe the wife now that the new fence I promised her has been erected the conifers removed. The suspension bridge has gone, didn't survive the winter months and has been replaced with track. I have added 3 stations (not counting the terminus in the shed). The town area at the far end of the garden is complete before a re-added siding, a wooded area with camping coaches and an odd building. Up near the shed we're added the Bachmann Scenic OO Fire station, and I hope to add some more buildings in this area as a second town area before the trains disappear into the shed. Was quite lucky that I managed to get a model fire engine park in the appliance bay.. The branchline then disappears into the shed where lines split into two lines before terminating at the end of the shed. I have temporarily installed a station in the shed, but plan on addeding the Hornby station with canopy and a turntable at some point in the future. I have numoerous issues with power. originally power was controlled through an external power supply from an outside socket with extensions run up the garden. This was then changed to the power going half up the main track, this worked really well. However when the shed was built I opted to run power from inside the shed, this worked fine for a while but then loco's started slowly down and not moving too well. I then opted to run of car batteries as I was sick of both the dog and wife tripped over my cables. Despite charging the batteries they never really served their purpose so I have gone back to operating power from a half way point outside which seems to be working well again. I used both Analogue and DC control, but as I am an IT Technician I am looking to control trains through my PC and IPAD which would make life a lot easier. Has anyone else had such power issues? I have published some pictures of my layout to http://s.joomeo.com/503170dfef1a0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I also have a small youtube clip "> " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; 13%
  5. After a little running in winter, after covering up the layout and losing my suspension bridge in the process, I am up and running again. I have added a new power feed to the middle of my existing layout. Thought I would share some you tube videos of running wih you all. Please visit my You Tube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/simonjjuk?feature=mhee" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
  6. Thanks for the advice guys, I have removed the covers today and found that the track was fine, however some of the buildings including the suspension bridge head come loose. The suspension bridge was plastic and needs repairing so I have removed this from the railway today and replaced it with some more track, I will rethink the bridge idea and maybe place it somewhere else in the garden early next year. Thanks
  7. Earlier in the month, I covered the railway including the suspension bridge in plastic rubble bags with waterproof tape, thinking the frost and impending snow would damage the layout? I have however noticed that a number of people are still running trains on their garden layouts through winter, is it advisable to cover up the track or should weather I remove the covers and run when I can? Thanks for your help.
  8. Hi Folks Just wanted to introduce myself, been a reader of the forum for quite a while, also followed the Selby Garden Railway on You Tube. After years of nagging the wife, I took the plunge earlier this year and sold my N Gauge model railway layout and purchased timber, supports ready to commence the building of my Garden Railway. I did toil with the idea of running G scale but realised how expense it was so decided to go with OO Gauge. My Garden's not level at all so gradients were always going to be a problem, plus I have a very nosey standard poodle, so it needed to be raised off the ground. The first stage was completed late August 2011, I decided to use 6 x 4 timber, 10ft lengths, joined together and hung 4ft off the ground using hanging basket brackets. Once intial construction was complete I laid some track and started running trains. I have tried to ballast the track but the rain keeps washing it away, so like everyone else I have purchased some shed roofing felt and will remove my track and lay this before the winter sets in. I am located in Laceby, near Grimsby, I work as an IT Technician for a local college. Pictures to follow.
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