Here are a few shots of the scratchbuilt Manning Wardle taken just before she enters the paintshops. The loco is one of two built in Leeds in 1868 for the short F+B line, built the same year as a feeder and potential rival to the Festiniog. The little locos and the 6 carriages were destined [...]
This link has lots of photos by Geoff Plumb of various British Industrial Systems including the 2′ gauge Leighton Buzzard Light Railway. Many of the photos are in colour and provide a superb model reference whatever the gauge.
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RJ Models Chopper couplers look great but are fiddly to use. Here is a simple modification to make them more useful.
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AMTP or Association du Musée du Transport de Pithiviers, the first touristic line in continental europe. It’s a preserved 60cm gauge line in south of Paris. This line was laid on for commercial user, Tramway, but is mainly used for sugar beet transportation. A complete description could be found on the wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramway_de_Pithiviers_%C3%A0_Toury.
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Prototype shot after rebuild
Protype shot after rebuild
Little Wonder at Dinas
Powered smokebox and motor/fan unit
Reed switches to drive powered smokebox
Updated photo of the newer – correct (I Hope) firebox
new firebox detail
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Le P’tit train de la Haute Somme is a preserved 60cm gauge sugar beet line (with WW1 military origins) in the Somme area of France. As well as steam and diesel stock it has an extensive museum with plenty of interesting 60cm/2ft locos and rolling stock (and some O14 models). A trip on the line [...]
Railway museum with an extensive collection of 600 mm narrow gauge passenger railcars. Ö.Sl.J. operates traffic on two different lines:
Traffic with steam on the 600 mm narrow-gauge line with locomotives and carriages dating from the period 1890-1925 between Mariefred and Läggesta junction, circa 4 km.
Traffic between Läggesta and Taxinge-Näsby, circa 7 km, currently suspended.
Wikipedia page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostra_Sodermanlands_Jarnvag
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Here is a sneak preview of the new L&B clips from KBscale. Rail is Karlgarin 82/7 on a coffee stirrer sleeper.
After discovering one of my locos would not fit under a bridge on my layout I made up a simple height and width jig to test clearances. I cut a profile corresponding to the maximum height and width required from a piece of 9mm ply and fixed this to a piece of wood which fits [...]
The Ashover Light Railway Society have just updated their website which includes news about their first engine. The site contains some useful background information on this classic Colonel Stephens railway.
