Hello from Norfolk UK

[Norfolk Jim]

Welcome aboard, Jim. I really like your "Eggliner" open passenger cars. They pair perfectly with the Eggliner loco.

Many thanks, I am really proud of those. I liked the style of the LGB grizzly flats cars but didn't think they would look right with the egg shape. In the end I gathered inspiration from traction engine roofs and fairground rides.

 

[Gizzy]

Yeah the MNR is just around the corner, I often get videos from my partner when she goes food shopping as the store is next to the line. We are pretty lucky, I think we have 6 steam lines within an hour. We are off to the Bure Valley Railway on Monday

We will be at the NNR next weekend for the 40s event.

We stay at Incleboro Fields caravan site....

 

[Rhinochugger]

I'm ........................ in a sleepy village. Are you local?

Normal for Norfolk

The WWNR is in Great Bircham - not that local to Dereham but neary nuff

 

[tac foley]

I wonder what happened to Norfolk Jim? He appeared to be a fascinating and skilful character...

 

[pugwash]

I wonder what happened to Norfolk Jim? He appeared to be a fascinating and skilful character...

N Norfolk Jim was here on Monday evening so still current, I expect he will post again.

 

[Norfolk Jim]

I'm still around lurking again, checking a few posts every now and again. The forever house process started a month after my first post and has been a nightmare! Nearly all my garden railway stuff went into storage in November 2023 to make our house presentable. At the time it looked like the move would be a quick one with a seller in need to get some cash quickly. 10 months later and lots of issues along the way we moved 2 weeks ago the huge distance of 4 doors down the road!

I've managed to squeeze in a few little projects this year to keep me sane and in my normal style most are part finished! I've mainly been reading and getting my head around layout design and how traffic flowed on a couple of Welsh railways. I need to treat myself to looking through my "collection" in the next few days and I'll post some pics of some interesting bits I've made but probably not finished.

 

[Rhinochugger]

I'm still around lurking again, checking a few posts every now and again. The forever house process started a month after my first post and has been a nightmare! Nearly all my garden railway stuff went into storage in November 2023 to make our house presentable. At the time it looked like the move would be a quick one with a seller in need to get some cash quickly. 10 months later and lots of issues along the way we moved 2 weeks ago the huge distance of 4 doors down the road!

I've managed to squeeze in a few little projects this year to keep me sane and in my normal style most are part finished! I've mainly been reading and getting my head around layout design and how traffic flowed on a couple of Welsh railways. I need to treat myself to looking through my "collection" in the next few days and I'll post some pics of some interesting bits I've made but probably not finished.

What's the point in having a project if you finish it ?

 

[playmofire]

What's the point in having a project if you finish it ?

Exactly, I often wonder how people who say, "I need just one stamp to complete my collection" will manage when they've got that stamp. Does their interest in life end?

 

[Rhinochugger]

Exactly, I often wonder how people who say, "I need just one stamp to complete my collection" will manage when they've got that stamp. Does their interest in life end?

At the moment, I have a project to find another couple of projects

 

[Canyon City]

Hi Jim, greetings from another Norfolk

 

[Norfolk Jim]

Hi Jim, greetings from another Norfolk

Now that's impressive! I do have a couple of F7's that haven't seen the light of day for a year, nothing NS mind you.

 

[Canyon City]

Yes, I also use the LGB F7 A-B-B-A in my small fleet.

 

[pugwash]

At the moment, I have a project to find another couple of projects

It seems that at the moment N Norfolk Jim has one or two he may lend you. In return for running rights on your railway of course.

 

[Rhinochugger]

It seems that at the moment N Norfolk Jim has one or two he may lend you. In return for running rights on your railway of course.

Yep, I forgot to tell him that we're back in business, up and running, not far from the Windmill

 

[Gizzy]

Yep, I forgot to tell him that we're back in business, up and running, not far from the Windmill

Let me know when, so I can invoke running rights from Cambridge with the TEE train....

 

[Rhinochugger]

Let me know when, so I can invoke running rights from Cambridge with the TEE train....

Yeah, that would be good - sharrafter set something up

 

[pugwash]

Let me know when, so I can invoke running rights from Cambridge with the TEE train....

He has R1s.

 

[Rhinochugger]

He has R1s.

Oh no he doesn't, never has had anything less than R3

 

[Gizzy]

He has R1s.

The TEE set will run round R1s but usually I run it on R2 minimum....