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 Posted - June 06 2019 : 02:34:20 AM
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https://youtu.be/aP_E5UoR5OE
Even has an electrified catenary line
running through it. Quite some sophisticated
operations going on in there, as well.
Thanks, James!
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Posted - June 06 2019 : 08:50:10 AM
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Nice garden railway action - thanks for sharing, Chops!
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Posted - June 06 2019 : 10:06:20 AM
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Thanks Guys,
I had better explain....
This was the Guano Corner Railway. It was laid as a temporary type layout in my garden in 2012/3 and it was expanded over the years and made more sophisticated.
As I think you can tell from my other layout videos I LOVE AUTOMATION! The layout had block signalling and 'lapping loops' where a train entered and allowed the next one to go out, as soon as the built in dwell time had passed and the section ahead was clear...
There are loads of videos of it on You Tube - just search for 'Guano Corner'!
The automation however was largely done with LGB reeds and EPL drives with built on switch blocks, but some special features like the shuttles and the crossing controls in the video that Chops has posted were by bespoke modules made by my chum 'Competant John'. These lurk in the plastic tubs that you can see.
Yes the catenary is live and is part of the two train operation on the shuttle in that video - Trix Twin lives!
In late 2016, I elected to dismantle the layout and then rebuild it on a new slightly raised formation clear of the path that hopefully drained better than the one then in use. One thing I wanted to do was find a way to hide the wiring, which never bothered me, but others really hated.....
I got as far as packing it all away and cleaning it, before I fell off a ladder and broke my back. I was off work three months and afterwards began to feel every day of my (then) 56 years. My enthusiasm for rebuilding it has rather waned now and I am just happy to continue to do the show type layouts that I have always done.
I was out just a week ortwo ago doing this layout again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tIKfZtpu1o
This allows me to use some the G scale stuff, and control gear, and is more in line with my trains and cars speciality!
Maybe one day I will get my zest for the garden line back? Who knows!
James
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Posted - June 06 2019 : 10:13:37 AM
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Wow...interesting testimony, James...and quite a tragic "end" to your interest in Garden Railroading.
I am inspired by those, like yourself, that take the time to set-up layouts with both trains and slot cars/trucks, to entertain viewers. Model Railroading has largely been a private hobby for me (with the exception of publishing videos of my layouts on YouTube) so seeing someone else take their hobby out into the world for others to see, admire, and even in some cases, operate, is truly cool.
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