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by Chops
Mon Jan 27, 2025 9:26 pm
Forum: The Real Thing
Topic: What happened to the original granite tramways?
Replies: 3
Views: 64

Re: What happened to the original granite tramways?

Remarkable answers! Much more than I could have found on my own without excessive web surfing. Thank you! I did watch the two garden tramway videos in full. Crikes, what a lot of work, but hauling in the garlic crop, I think he said, would seem helpful. The question that came to my mind is that here...
by Chops
Sun Jan 26, 2025 11:52 pm
Forum: The Real Thing
Topic: The Forest of Dean
Replies: 23
Views: 4584

Re: The Forest of Dean

Beautiful and serene. Hope I will someday hike that trail.
by Chops
Sun Jan 26, 2025 11:43 pm
Forum: The Real Thing
Topic: What happened to the original granite tramways?
Replies: 3
Views: 64

What happened to the original granite tramways?

Did they simply get abandoned as steam propulsion took over? Or did the collieries dry up, and the whole route simply abandoned forthwith? If the colliery continued, did the granite tramways block the railway's attempt to assume the routing? Who owned the tramways? The colliery, the canal company, o...
by Chops
Sat Jan 25, 2025 8:10 pm
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!
Replies: 1252
Views: 373703

Re: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!

Fabulous 3 railer. A decoder in the water closet. Could be electrifying.
by Chops
Sat Jan 25, 2025 7:38 am
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: 1900: The Search for Nessie Continues.
Replies: 54
Views: 8682

Fence to upgoing passenger station

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Adding a bit of fence to the passenger coach yard.
by Chops
Sat Jan 25, 2025 7:11 am
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: 1900: The Search for Nessie Continues.
Replies: 54
Views: 8682

Re: 1900: The Search for Nessie Continues.

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The tramway is in.
by Chops
Fri Jan 24, 2025 9:59 pm
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: Beacombe in the Sunny South!
Replies: 10
Views: 1646

Re: Beacombe in the Sunny South!

Yikes, Godspeed to you.
by Chops
Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:22 pm
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: Somewhere in Yorkshire
Replies: 92
Views: 35626

Re: Somewhere in Yorkshire

A little more progress yesterday, https://i.postimg.cc/jW8y5bYB/08-E33-E50-5-BE7-419-C-8-C94-5-DF858492-B74.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/YGhYLsp0/CEF944-A7-9358-490-F-9084-BF718-F829-F4-C.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/BtRcH4P0/D00-DA258-3-E51-4-EE0-AD58-C14-F537-DACCD.jpg Starting to look better, still plen...
by Chops
Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:15 pm
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: Porjus
Replies: 14
Views: 3486

Re: Porjus

We cannot wait, either. Looks extraordinary. A novelty for me, point-to-point layouts very rare in the USA.
by Chops
Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:13 pm
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: Diesels at Crown Point.
Replies: 410
Views: 163604

Re: Diesels at Crown Point.

Magnificent!