Taita Gorge Railway

First day of Spring (according to the calender).

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Sunshine.

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... and a bit of shade, getting some practice for the summer ahead.
 
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Evening arrives on the Taita Gorge. Very harsh shade in the original, so that called for the shadowbuster button on the computer.
Newly weathered stock shown to advantage.
 
When the shadows too dark to see in the park, who you gonna call.... Shadowbusters.

David
 
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End of the year, end of the decade, and tomorrow is the 20th birthday of the Taita Gorge Railway.

Today's activity has been the addition of a handbrake wheel on the 7/8ths loco. It came from a Bachmann flat wagon, as I don't use the American type brakes when I NZise these wagons. I knew I had one somewhere, and I found it within a few minutes.
 
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My adventure into the realm of 7/8ths has reached a milestone..... a completed train, ready for the road. Throttle lever, with ivory knob, added, and the driver tidied up.

Other news, is that while repairing a DPDT switch that I use for one of my return loops, I had to clear away some growth (weeds), and lo and behold, one missing Big Hauler smokebox stay bar (missing for two years) was found.
 
Gavin Sowry said:
Other news, is that while repairing a DPDT switch that I use for one of my return loops, I had to clear away some growth (weeds), and lo and behold, one missing Big Hauler smokebox stay bar (missing for two years) was found.
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Did I say 'finished'? Well, that statement lasted all of 24 hours. There were bits of paintwork that need spot touch ups. While waiting for that to dry, I rumaged around in my 'bits' collection, and found a suitable, if smallish, seat for the driver, and another bit that could pass for a control of some sort (as luck would have it, this was already a natural matt black.

Back to the day job tomorrow..... looking forward to the evening running sessions that our summer brings. Next step in the 7/8ths adventure, is for a few structures, just to put the stock into context.

Taita Gorge Railway is now a true 'Scale Convertable' railway. By that, I mean it can be any of 1:29, G (1:24-1:22.5), or 7/8ths, depending on which structure are put out. All my buildings are only placed temporarily for operating sessions, and come inside (if I remember) at night. The big no no, is mixing scales. Note the empty concrete pad, that has my 1:24 scale station shelter when running G, or my Aristo American station when 1:29 is flavour of the day. Either of which, frankly, are going to look damned silly with this 7/8ths in front of them, so, no building (until I make one).
 
Some great photos, Gavin. Great to see your railway still thriving.

Rik
 
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Well, that's the Summer over, and life as we knew it. First day of Autumn/Fall over here on the Taita Gorge, best stock up on the winter heating supplies (for others, that is. We use hydro generated electricity).
 
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