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MarkE

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Hi All, I've made a bit more progress with my other station in the garden. I've added lighting to my first platform canopy. Still more to do on it, but it's another step forward. 

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22 hours ago, MarkE said:

Hi All, I've made a bit more progress with my other station in the garden. I've added lighting to my first platform canopy. Still more to do on it, but it's another step forward. 

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I still think this is truly remarkable for an outdoor station.

The overall impression is spot on, right down to the smallest detail, and as I said: I know plenty of indoor layouts that can't compete with this!

High praise for you.

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Many thanks Thomas for your kind comment. My layout is very simple compared to yours, I wouldn't no where to start with all those  impressive bridges and tunnels, plus all the wiring that must be involved. Wiring is not my strong point!

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On 31/03/2025 at 01:01, MarkE said:

Many thanks Thomas for your kind comment. My layout is very simple compared to yours, I wouldn't no where to start with all those  impressive bridges and tunnels, plus all the wiring that must be involved. Wiring is not my strong point!

You get better with time. In the beginning, I made mistakes, too, working with cheap speaker cables, for example. They crumbled. I had to rework and replace a lot of them. Today, I only use high-quality cables from industrial (automotive) and landscaping suppliers. In fact, this is one of the few areas where, in my opinion, the choice of material is more important than one's own skills.

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Hi All, Another little update on my Garden Railway! It's the first time that I have assembled all the station buildings together!

Regards

Mark

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What a wonderful station complex you have built and the lighting just makes oh so much more. How you manage with the winters weather. I was very tempted to take the covers off Howey Valley but notice warnings of snow and frost coming next week. Thanks for sharing your great modeling skills.

Ken B

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Thanks Ken for your comments. The lighting is powered from 2 AAA batteries with a latching reed switch so they can be turned on/off by passing a magnet over it.

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Hi All,

This week I've had some repair work done to my roof, so it was a good opportunity to take some shots of the railway from the scaffolding. The first photo is of the top section of the garden, the overgrown pond and streams are on the right with the concrete trackbed of the yet to be finished branch line below it and on the left, the main station and figure of eight loop.

The second photo is looking down the whole side of the garden towards the other station beyond the viaducts and the last shot is the bottom return loop through the garage.

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On 29/04/2025 at 21:12, MarkE said:

IMG_20250429_191016.thumb.jpg.b93e596007e9de393daf0a80a9b353aa.jpgThis is a clearer shot of the bottom of the garden, showing the lift-out bridges across the garden path.

But you are also well on your way to becoming Pontifex Maximus.

😎👍

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Hi All,

I thought I would share these photos with you of the newly delivered Quad Art Coaches from Ellis Clark Trains. They are the most beautifully detailed set of coaches I've ever bought.

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