The Shankly and Gdynia Railway

[IanAlan]

King Coal is on the move.

[Mountain Goat]

That is a fair length train for the little loco to pull.

[IanAlan]

Yes MG, it's a powerful little locomotive. Hence its name, Little Giant. It does, however, labour going past the curved point, but I think that this is because I used some flexi-track and made the curve too sharp. I plan to re-lay this ( the infamous To-do List again).

Little Giant belongs to My Friend Stan. When he was last here playing trains, he experimented with adding some weights to give it more traction. These certainly made a big difference to its pulling power and got rid of the wheel slide. I removed the weights for my photo sessions...







... although I forgot to remove the weight in the cab for the first photo.

Incidently MG, I have read and noted your comments last month in a post in the OO section of the forum about not overloading locomotives with too much added weight as this can cause damage to the gears. I don't want to overdo it.

[IanAlan]

Busy Busy


Still on the Move


We're Getting There


Since taking these photos, I've shifted the blue diesel locomotive to the 3rd radius track where it performs much better. You live and learn.

The top photo shows clearly the overhang that eight-wheel carriages have on model railway set track curves.

[IanAlan]

Trains, Boats and Automobiles


Another Day, Another Trainload of Coal


Windy Miller


These scenic views show the two smaller road bridges to good effect. They're definitely amongst my favourite scenic features. I 'plan' one day to build up the river banks etc, so that the land drops down to the river as it would in real life. One day.

[IanAlan]

People in Motion







I'm sure that you all noticed that in the third photo there's a straight level crossing on a curve. Something more for the To Do List. I haven't decided yet whether to cut the curve into the crossing or cut some card or plastic to fill the gap.

[IanAlan]

Pigs and Sheep


Scrap Yard


Poetry in Motion

[IanAlan]

Trains


More Trains


No Trains

[IanAlan]

Patriotic View


Pigeons-eye View (Hats on)


View from the Top

[IanAlan]

Hi Everyone,
I've painted some backscenes with trees etc and attached them to two sides of the baseboard by the detachable plywood sides. They need a little tweaking, but I'm vey pleased with the results.









The painted trees are significantly taller than any of my current model trees, but I've got the raw materials to make some taller trees, so they will eventually blend in better. The style of the two new sides is different to the previous 'tear and paint' method used on the first side that I did a few months ago. I may add some bluey-grey far-distance trees behind some of the new ones to link them all together visually.