kenbrunt

A very Happy Christmas to you and all best Wishes for a better New Year railway wies. Ken B

Hi Mark, I use the Gaugemaster D controller for the outdoors part of the layout and have had no trouble other than dirty track. Again I only run DC and the controller goes indoors when the running session is over.

Hi Thomasi, Thanks for the great photos of some of your railway stock. Very impressive. They look well on your sweeping curves.

Hi Thomas, Great to see you have been running trains after all your major works you have undertaken. Must be very rewarding for you.

Hi to all, It was good to be able to run trains today instead of weeding. All seems to be ok trackwise other than I had mixed up to peaces of old steel track in with the new (of cause it was a lovely rusty colour.) Have replaced on length will do the other tomorrow. Hope you all have been able to enjoy garden railway running . Regards to all.

Hi all, got side track before playing trains had to cut the grass before all the wild animals attack me. To my surprise I connected power and away the trains went. A very noticeable patching running. Hopefully I will be able to solder in the new pieces of track after I have taken the CEO shopping in the morning.

Hi everyone. At last we have had a couple of days dry, not necessarily warm. I have taken the covers off for 2024 season. Have relayed about half of track as the return loop shed end were to tight. So have done away with the branch line as it never got used and relayed curves were I first laid them. Hoping for another fine day tomorrow so can soldier the rails and run some trains.

Hi Baimor, welcome back to the Garden Railway site. I am so sorry you have had to put up with vandalism. I could not imagine the amount of pain and loss I would feel after all your hard work and most of all expense. I am a newbie on this site and still awaiting a period of dry weather to lift the covers on my layout. All best wishes to you for your new layout, and look forward to see the layout rise from the ashes

Nice to hear how things are going from you. This very damp winter must have been a problem for your viaduct. I will have to wait to see how my track and buildings have survived under tarpaulins once the winter weather ends. I have spent a little time relaying the tracks inside the shed. Some of the curves were tight and causing running problems.

Well its been a nightmare for running outdoors this year with all the wet weather. I have also decided to revert to nearly the original track layout on the shed end of layout. I have had some trouble with the s curve derailing and the really tight curves have not helped. (all my fault trying to get a quart into a pint pot) So have started to lift the branch line and points and will relay next year after the covers come of for the 2024 season. So all best wishes to everyone.

Hi Andrew, You lucky man, Paris is our favourite city especially all the main line stations. We used to go every year for three weeks at a time. However our age and our passports have expired we just stay in the UK. Have you been on Euro Star before? As you stated they are super fast. We found the seating a little hard. Regards, Ken

Thanks Andrew. I am hoping for a session next week. The hedge does look well on the photo. Our neighbour had a chap come in to trim it back and he took to much off the side so most of hedge is dead.

Hi Guys. Another two months of rubbish weather. I did manage a couple of days running trains over the weekend. The track was really dirty so spent a while cleaning. Enjoyed watching longer trains run outside as the shed oval is a little restrictive with running lengthy trains. Hoping to get some fech painting done this coming weekend so will touch up on shed end mof layout before I put covers on. Everyone must be in the same boat this year, as very little news from layouts.

Hi Stephen, You have certainly had much major construction work to get were you are. It is good to see full length trains running. What radius curves are you using on the smaller return loop?

Hi Guys. Its not been the best outdoor railway weather these past weeks. Have been pottering inside shed for weeks and today was the first chance to get a little run time in. Trust your are all keeping fit and well

I let my heart rule my head and went for one of the Azuma sets. Looks very smart on track. The overhang on the coaches and the unusual coupling gizmo does not like changes in diction and small radius curves. So its will not be staying around for long, I decided to run something more me, a couple of the LNER and LMS big locos. Needless to say not a great deal done today with the wet weather.

Thanks for that tip about cloth soak in cement. I sure I have seen this done on one of the garden restorers programmes.

Wow what a lot of work you are having done and can see that its all for the better the paving looks very smart. I presume you took out your frustrations on the bamboo. potted plants. Your new Doodlebug looks very much at home. Thanks for sharing looking forward to your new part of the garden railway.

I can not believe my luck other than the main power from controller to track had to be re soldered with new wire everything ran even without a track clean. I will doo a track clean and start to get shed end scenic. weather resistant. Do any of you experience guys know of a fairly easy weather resistant mix that can be used to mould scenic banks etc?

Thanks for the update will certainly keep spring oiled.

Hi everyone, I have at last been able to take the covers off the outside track. Unfortunately not enough time to run a loco round. The CEO as given me a list as long as the track of things to get sorted outside. So at this time just spending very little time on the layout but plenty in the garden. It does however look as if all as weathered reasonable well. I have 3 points that the spring as given up so awaiting new points. Should I have placed a little grease on them before covering?

Wow its looking very good you should be very pleased how its all turning out and trains running. I still have covers on outside , however running short trains in the shed. Hoping to take the covers off in the coming weeks. Need to redo the track in short tunnel that fits in the cat flap. Me been heavy handed knocked the lined up track out during a tidy up during the winter. Many thanks for sharing.

I have been working inside the shed most of the winter, trying to squeeze a double track oval in so I can enjoy watching trains go by. The roof panelling as been successful in keeping the water away. Now the warmer weather ( will not say it loudly) Is showing itself the couple of sunny days created a problem with the roof expanding and depositing a couple of the panels on the running lines and my head. (CEO stated were there is no sense there is no feeling). So will have to try a lighter weight product, that is more flexible for the coming winter. We are still getting to below zero nights so will put off remover the cover till the beginning of May. Gives me time to get the grass, plants and seeds growing to keep the CEO happy.

Good to see your progress and I really admire your ideas on building the bridges. Will you be powering the overhead wire?