The Woodlock Line

[duncan1_9_8_4]

Locomotive on loan!

 

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Just an engine running around between the heavy showers.

 

[dunnyrail]

I keep looking at one of those Piko 0-6-0’s as a Battery Conversion, somewhat similar to a Harz Diesel.

 

[duncan1_9_8_4]

Lovely locomotive. Its powerful on my somewhat steep gradients too.

 

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A trip around the line, in photo's.

 

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And picking up the alternative route from the junction....

 

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And last of all, the Railway Cat.

 

[PhilP]

And picking up the alternative route from the junction....

Points set incorrectly for following set of photo's!

What's the 'Railway Cats' name?

 

[duncan1_9_8_4]

Points set incorrectly for following set of photo's!

What's the 'Railway Cats' name?

Haha, didn't think about the points.
The cat is called Claude. An Rspca job, got hit by a car, broke his pelvis, lost some teeth. His owners never came for him, so we now have him.

 

[duncan1_9_8_4]

A few pictures from last night, one of the rare passenger trains on the line.

 

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And a video....

 

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Second video from last night.

 

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Mack gets a knuckle coupler on one end.

 

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A new updated diagram to include my soon to be loco shed spur.....

 

[Paul M]

Just revisited this thread. Marvellous set-up. Do you have any problems with folk "playing " with the outside stretch?

 

[dunnyrail]

That looks a pretty cruel grade, what is it?

 

[duncan1_9_8_4]

That looks a pretty cruel grade, what is it?

I've not worked it out to be honest, but very steep. It's really a one way circuit, but, some of the lesser brands of loco like HLW and Bachmann will pull trains up it. My USA Trains NW2 has no traction tyres and it will pull 3 coaches up. Nothing LGB or Piko I have will even pull their own weight up, and they have tyres. In fact, as a general rule, anything without traction tyres seems to have better traction than something with tyres. I know it's steep, but not just there, LGB and Piko are so so poor at gripping. The wheels are too shiny.

 

[duncan1_9_8_4]

Just revisited this thread. Marvellous set-up. Do you have any problems with folk "playing " with the outside stretch?

No problems at all, get the occasional child wants a look. Iv kept it deliberately simple from a scenery point of view though, just in case.