duncan1_9_8_4
Jack of all trades on the Railway
A little bit of potting up to make the house side siding more aesthetic.
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duncan1_9_8_4
Jack of all trades on the Railway
A little bit of autumn sunshine.... Bit annoyed as it looks like I'm going to lose a feature conifer....
duncan1_9_8_4
Jack of all trades on the Railway
Winter Maintenance. Henry Hoovered out the gunk and leaves from point work. Oiled the slide chairs. Cleaned the track. And any other general maintenance. 1 seized point motor that is struggling to move the blades, tried adjusting and oiling but no such luck.
As often as not the seized motor if it is EPL can be recovered, it could be crud in the rack or rust within the metal where the cylinder with magnet inside rotates. Recently sorted a couple by taking fully apart, cleaning out the rust some silicone grease then used to give good rotation and was working again after cleaning out the contacts with a small file. Look out for unsoldered wire from the contacts to the armature. Note when you pull apart the small spot that is used to stop rotation whilst moving the rack and the side bits where the longest outlet is at the front.
duncan1_9_8_4
Jack of all trades on the Railway
It finally came, the 2024 Club Car, and a little present to myself, the new Rail Bus.
duncan1_9_8_4
Jack of all trades on the Railway
Finally dug (well, it just pulled out) the slowly dieing conifer and replaced it with some old faithfuls. Ferns.
Also been using up some astroturf to green up the shelf along the drive. It'll never look realistic, because it's a shelf on a 6ft fence, along a drive, but it will definitely help to make it more aestheticly pleasing.
I long to get the track cleaned, but the track is still damp, so just end up smearing the dirt around. One day, one day.....
Also been using up some astroturf to green up the shelf along the drive. It'll never look realistic, because it's a shelf on a 6ft fence, along a drive, but it will definitely help to make it more aestheticly pleasing.
I long to get the track cleaned, but the track is still damp, so just end up smearing the dirt around. One day, one day.....
duncan1_9_8_4
Jack of all trades on the Railway
The new MFX version of the railbus.
duncan1_9_8_4
Jack of all trades on the Railway
And the last job. This siding is now usable after some excavation works. I'd been lazy when I put it in years ago, and it's always been on a gradient. Until now. All leveled and now usable to stable wagons on.
Have you thought about maybe just 1 battery conversion, you could run any time then dirty/wet track. Pick the right loco and it could be both.
duncan1_9_8_4
Jack of all trades on the Railway
I've toyed with the idea of the Piko 25t shunter as a battery locomotive. Other than that though, no. I just can't bring myself to gut a locomotive to do a conversion.
Rhinochugger
Retired Oik
Pick your loco carefully - one that has a bit of space inside makes life a bit easier - remember that you can chuck out a lump of heavy weight if you're going to replace it with a battery pack
Now, if I remember rightly, you have some bogie dismals
Alan McLennan
Registered
Duncan, looks like you conifer had wet feet.
As Rhino says, first one is the hardest (in your mind), my first was a wizzy cranks. Plenty of space inside, a battery pack fits nicely in the centre where the real thing would have batteries/fuel tanks. Perhaps look out for a good sized chunky diesel, a Piko class 218 is a very good one that can often be had quite cheep (the older ones with non plated wheels were rubbish on track power), so long as the motors run well you would be good to go. Fosworks using their wiring loom makes things easier and you could have DCC sound chip if you wished.
duncan1_9_8_4
Jack of all trades on the Railway
A few dolls house bits and bobs for the luggage racks on the new Railbus.
duncan1_9_8_4
Jack of all trades on the Railway
I may have one somewhere.....
Gerard
Registered
Well done Duncan. What will be the use of the other part of your garden? May be you can make a wide loop along the sides. Put the track on loose concrete slabs. Its no problem if somebody steps on your rails, they are super strong. The only thing to care about are the switches. Let nature do the job of blending them into the garden colours. When there is a problem of shifting rail in front of a doorway just drill tiny holes in the slabs and fix the rails.
