7mm 7mm in the Great Outdoors

[Al Tait]

Back to work this week and motivation has done one again. So an hours chill and testing in the Garden. Just about given up with the Cargo Wagons, I think they're too light, too long and too much play between the bogies and the chassis. They will need some works attention to see if I can get them running better. MOD train (or at least part of it) has been on on test in various forms and ran absolutely fine around all bar one very short section of track. Not enough play between the loco and first wagon going through the point work. Slight tweak to the alignment may be required. The MK1 set however ran for a good 40/50 mins with no trouble around the tighter inner loop.

 

[Al Tait]

Post work playtime.





All being well I should get some more wiring done over the weekend.

 

[Al Tait]

A bit more work in the garden this morning has closed a couple of vista's up, but also opened up new opportunities. The train in these picture is only one wagon but gives the impression of a much longer train.

 

[Alan]

I do like the weathering on the 37.

 

[Al Tait]

I do like the weathering on the 37.

Ta, I am generally the builder/modifier and my mate Cam generally does the painting and weathering.

 

[Al Tait]

Friday Nights Post Work Playtime tonight has consisted of 37156 & 37427 after 37423 decided to throw a wobbler!



Wiring is just about done, two more boxes and the frog juicers on the other junction. Landfill has commenced in earnest!!

 

[Al Tait]

Well I said I wasn't going to have any 20's, but as my mainline fleet basically consists of a 26 and a raft of 37's when one came up mint for a sensible price I couldn't resist now I have somewhere to run them. Unfortunately for my wallet at the ECT do this weekend it found a stable mate. The blue one has an identity in mind but now I need to research the RF one!

An afternoon play has also been had now the wiring is complete!

 

[Al Tait]

Very very little progress here both inside and out but as Father is here this weekend we've fired up the time machine back to the 80's for a quick thrash round the garden!

 

[Al Tait]

Cam & I had a bit of a play last night and gave his 60059 a test run post chip fitting.

 

[Al Tait]

Obligatory snow shots this morning. 37423 & 26024 on snow clearing duties. They didn't get far due to the drift and the Independents weren't available. There may be a 1Z99 to collect them later in the day.

 

[Al Tait]

More gratuitous snow pictures as the driver failed 26024 with a broken heater and 37156 brought the Independent ploughs over from Dovedale!

 

[John Ross]

Filmed in February this year 12" to the foot 37s clear the Aberdeen/ Inverness line.

 

[Al Tait]

Been a while since I chucked anything in here but yesterday we had a bit of an ad-hoc session in the garden while a couple of items were delivered and a bit of a MIOG show meeting. It was bloody freezing cleaning the track this morning and it didn't all go to plan with various loco's and wagons not playing ball but we did manage to get one loop running nicely with the turbots and a few loco's. 26005 has broken cover and now needs to go back to St Rollox for rectification and 47492 has arrived to go through works.

 

[John Duffy]

OH that has made my day by bringing back a few memories. Very nice.

John

 

[Al Tait]

Here are a couple from yesterday morning. A quick stage before work as the white stuff had come down again. Now the weather is getting better I need to get out and do some post winter maintenance and get up and running properly again.

 

[Jordan]

You Garden guys are so fearless taking your trains out in the wet!! mine stay safe indoors, I wouldn't want them anywhere near any sort of moisture!!

 

[Al Tait]

Well from Snow at the beginning of the month to Sun & BBQ's towards the end. Bit of a running session yesterday. unfortunately I've only got 26024 & 37156 in traffic at the moment, the rest of the fleet need some attention.

47114 & 47309 are both WIP do just posed for some pictures, now back in the workshop, aiming to get these back to Cam this week so we can hopefully get at least one of them in traffic for Doncaster GoG show with Dovedale.







60062 paid a visit with some Skytrex PCA's, unfortunately the PCA's wouldn't play ball around the layout so didn't last long.





And lastly, the backbones of my fleet 26024 & 37156 both stretched their legs with the MOD train and the MK1's.







So nice to be able to get out into the garden and relax.

 

[Al Tait]

You Garden guys are so fearless taking your trains out in the wet!! mine stay safe indoors, I wouldn't want them anywhere near any sort of moisture!!

To be fair I wouldn't run anything in the wet, we have been known to through coats over the trains when we've got caught out. The house is that warm inside normally that any moisture soon evaporate!

 

[Al Tait]

Yesterday we finally had our MIOG show debrief and discussed what we want to do next year. The railway got a clean and trains ensued.













Finally, not quite sure what this device was that appeared from BT&S:

 

[Al Tait]

Latest of the workbench and into traffic is 33051, an impulse buy but I rather like it. Back to the WB for some rectification this week and it should be appearing on Dovedale at Doncaster next weekend.



Also out yesterday the stalwart of the garden railway 37423.