Ox Mountain Railway

[playmofire]

"A train a day, keeps he doctor away" may not be quite true, but I'm sure it helps both those who run them and those who look at the photos, and it will certainly help keep the tracks clean.

 

[trammayo]

"A train a day, keeps he doctor away" may not be quite true, but I'm sure it helps both those who run them and those who look at the photos, and it will certainly help keep the tracks clean.

Well, after your very welcome help with my photo problems, I felt inspired to go out and run a train!

I was going to nominate my trial run of Dotti's basics as my train operation of the day but then those who do not embrace TTTE look away now! Dotti also has another outing (even if she posed)....



The coach has never operated on my lines (garden or trailer) so I took the opportunity to give it an airing...


And I do think it's a really great 'of the shelf' model.

Starting on the inner circle, I eventually opened the overgrown (well, more overgrown than the rest) link line ...


Dandelions rule!





And, as you may notice, I'm still working to ISO 5009 (maintaining my usual standards)!


More to follow ...

 

[trammayo]

And now it's Dotti's turn (posing only). I even got one of my Binnie Hudson tippers out (for that will be her purpose - hauling skips!).





And who knows, maybe James will make another appearance today!

 

[playmofire]

A nice selection of photos, Mick, with James looking very smart with the green Emily coach.

That coach is a favourite of mine, although unsuitable for R1 curves and probably a bit big for the Playmobil locos I use. However, the LGB 3050 green coach is a good alternative I use.

I've always thought James could do with a bit more "decoration" on the boiler and tender, the large red areas of red paint being a but bland.

Dotti is coming along well; look forward to seeing her running with a string of skips

 

[trammayo]

A nice selection of photos, Mick, with James looking very smart with the green Emily coach.

That coach is a favourite of mine, although unsuitable for R1 curves and probably a bit big for the Playmobil locos I use. However, the LGB 3050 green coach is a good alternative I use.

I've always thought James could do with a bit more "decoration" on the boiler and tender, the large red areas of red paint being a but bland.

Dotti is coming along well; look forward to seeing her running with a string of skips

Thanks for your kind words. I agree about the blanket of red covering James - it crossed my mind yesterday that, between the boiler and the footplate, was a little too much!

 

[Rhinochugger]

Thanks for your kind words. I agree about the blanket of red covering James - it crossed my mind yesterday that, between the boiler and the footplate, was a little too much!

He's faithful to the original Awdry books, although later images have black lining on the wheel splashers.

That's partly the issue with TTTE series, the stories and characters were a slight caricature, although in the Rev Awdry originals, the railway operational aspects were always prototypical.

 

[trammayo]

H'mm yes - lining on the splashers would help break it up!
Thomas was probably my largest single purchase (Himself, Annie & Clarabel) - E500 inc postage!
I'm always loathe to start painting something unless I'm bashing it. Since then, I obtained Percy, James, and the two trucks for more acceptable prices!
At one time, I did think of selling them on until I cured the couplings! I might do the splashers yet - the lining could be polished out if I ever disposed of the loco.

He's faithful to the original Awdry books, although later images have black lining on the wheel splashers.

That's partly the issue with TTTE series, the stories and characters were a slight caricature, although in the Rev Awdry originals, the railway operational aspects were always prototypical.

Edit
I tried several times yesterday afternoon to reply but the internet was so poor it would not allow it. However, after composing a reply now (and posting), up came my composition from yesterday - hence this edit! Doh!

Don't you just love the intangible?

 

[trammayo]

After an hour so in the house warming up, I had to go outside to give our goat some corn. If its fine, I can feed him at the gate - and it was fine.

So out came James again, plus my scratchbuilt stock...



Then we had a derailment (this happened three times before I put things away). Only after locking the shed did I discover the cause - one of those alpines, growing profusely around the tracks, had become detached! ..




It was the single-axle pony that derailed but didn't cause the loco to fully derail until the wheels hit the crossing.

So , back on track with Tomas getting fed up with the interuptions. A case of "Off again, on again, gone again, Finnegan" - a purported message from a driver on certain Irish narrow gauge railway!

 

[playmofire]

Excellent set of photos there, Mick. Even you shouldn't be able to find fault wit them!

And as for that scratch built rolling stock - more piccies, please.

 

[Rhinochugger]

A case of "Off again, on again, gone again, Finnegan" - a purported message from a driver on certain Irish narrow gauge railway!

Yes, I've heard that one - either County Donegal or West Clare

 

[trammayo]

Yes, I've heard that one - either County Donegal or West Clare

West Clare. "Are ye right there Michael, are ye right?" - Percy French's favourite (not) railway.

 

[trammayo]

Excellent set of photos there, Mick. Even you shouldn't be able to find fault wit them!

And as for that scratch built rolling stock - more piccies, please.

I don't have many pics of the stuff as they were an early attempt to provide some rolling stock. Most are unfinished (needing brake gear, door fittings, etc) and the only thing I photographed - during construction - was the Guard's Van...




The base/underframe is common to all that 2-axle stock...

OMER - Ox Mountains Electric Railway - never got around to relettering. This shows the brake lever that they all should have!



Vacuum pipe/s - ex welding electrodes with a screw thread cut to represent the flexible connecting pipe...

 

[Tropic Blunder1]

They look incredible mate! love the way you've done it, got any more pics of the steeple cab?

 

[Madman]

Great photos, Mick. Glad to hear that it wasn't James T R E causing the derailments. Those Bachmann locos can be touchy, at least on my railway, at times.

 

[playmofire]

Great work, Mick, even though you do claim them to be unfinished they look fine to me.

 

[trammayo]

They look incredible mate! love the way you've done it, got any more pics of the steeple cab?

I used an Aristo truck and the body is ply for the sides and card for the curved bits (and pieces of plastic from a milk container at either end of the truck).
It did have a sprung bow collector (as per the pics) but I forgot to tie it down one day and it hit the tunnel opening! It now has two dummy trolley arms - made from welding rods (one bent upwards and the other as though its tied down!). ...



The lights are also dummy!

 

[casey jones snr]

Lovely little locomotive Mick.

 

[Rhinochugger]

West Clare. "Are ye right there Michael, are ye right?" - Percy French's favourite (not) railway.

Was he the guy who got taken to court by the railway company?, and on arriving late in court was asked by the judge why he was late, to which he replied, 'I came on the West Clare, your honour.'

Case dismissed

 

[trammayo]

Was he the guy who got taken to court by the railway company?, and on arriving late in court was asked by the judge why he was late, to which he replied, 'I came on the West Clare, your honour.'

Case dismissed

He's the one!

 

[trammayo]

Well, here we are, still in the damp season (1st Jan to 31st Dec) - interspersed with tantalising rays from a shiney object up above. Forecast was right yesterday so, forewarned, I ran a train in the morning.

Percy and the terrible twins...




H'mm need to give that lighthouse its' stripes back!



Same weather periods (rain this afternoon), so it will be this morning if I get chance to run another today.