Here is a video taken at the Rochdale Model Railway Exhibition in February 2010 of Paul Holmes’ Dinas 1869 featuring Little Wonder
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Some advance shots of The Boat, a gravity inspection vehicle from the mid 19th Century Festiniog Railway. The 7mm scale model is powered by a Nigel Lawton micromotor and Mikroantreibe gears to replicate the effects of gravity on a layout which is actually level! DCC by CT Elektronics
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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 [...]
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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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Here is a sneak preview of the new L&B clips from KBscale. Rail is Karlgarin 82/7 on a coffee stirrer sleeper.
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.
Narrow Perspectives is an interesting website featuring a collection of photographs of narrow gauge railways in the British Isles. Most of the pictures are from the last twenty years or so but there is a section featuring historic photographs and another with photos from the 1960s of the Ffestiniog Railway’s Deviation Project.
I’ve been asked to place these photos of Festiniog and Penrhyn Quarry railway chairs on the site for everyone’s information.
The hardware was supplied to me by Adrian Gray when I showed a willingness to produce brass masters of them for castings in 7mm. scale. I also decided to do them in 1/32nd scale, should anyone [...]
Here are some photos I took in June 2006 on the Vale of Rheidol railway in Wales at Aberffrwd station. Note the substantial nature of the track (c. 60lb/yd) and modern pointwork which is typical of modern preserved NG railways in the UK.
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Chelfham Station – photo taken by S Miles-Davey 1930s
I have been given permission to publish these two photos of the original Lynton and Barnstaple railway which show very good detail of the track and pointwork as relaid by the Southern Railway. (Click pictures to enlarge)
Bratton Bank – photo taken by HGW Household 1927
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