A super weekend in sunny Blackpool, not a cloud in the sky, a full day trains on saturday with not to many moans from Gail, well a few about "it's alright for some", "I suppose you want a brew now" and stuff like that. Anyway.......................
A lighthouse in Rio Grande country, well, why not!
Cheers,
Kim
Sorry to hear about your weather woes mate, I've managed to use my plow once in 5 winters!! Funny old world! Even had the cab forward out.
Yes I agree its good to see someone out runing trains. Quite windy and blasted cold here in Maryland today, too cold to get me outdoors.
Kim that is a dandy garden railroad you have there. I could not quite tell, do you have a turning loop at the far end near the shed? There appears room for one but the photos did not capture that far end enough to tell.
AL
RUDY JAGER, CEO OF THE LONE WOLF RAILROAD
TRUST ME--I USED TO WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT!
Independent Operator wrote: We seem to have the same windmill in common as you'll see in the picture I took yesterday. Have you noticed that yours does not turn as easily in the breeze as it did new? Great looking layout there Kimbrit. Greetings from Calif. .
I think I have same barn and windmill.
Dave
The head is gray, hands don't work , back is weak, legs give out, eyes are gone, money go's and my wife still love's Me.
If it started out as a bird feeder its the same one. I was never going to admit that in public either
dwbeckett wrote: Independent Operator wrote: We seem to have the same windmill in common as you'll see in the picture I took yesterday. Have you noticed that yours does not turn as easily in the breeze as it did new? Great looking layout there Kimbrit. Greetings from Calif. .I think I have same barn and windmill. Dave
That windmill was a great little buy, hard to build with big clumsy fingers but it went together ok in the end. I packed the rotor shaft with plenty of grease and it's ok this year, had to WD40 the tuning spindle as that was a bit tight. My set up is a continuous circuit around the edge of the garden, over the last couple of years I've lifted the whole back garden by about 1' due to winter flooding and last year I raised the whole right hand side by another 6" or so to give my shaky knees a chance. Bob, I know what you mean about shoveling dirt! I'm now putting another loop around the back of the shed which will rejoin the main on the left hand side of the garden, my power is analogue so I'll use insulating joiners to isolate the track and give me storage for a train. The pics are the top end of the layout showing the loop and the new track.
Looking good in California, nice bridge.
Cheers guys,
Kim:
Thanks!
I hate to admit it but when I built the bridge I got lazy and just planned to have it hanging over the dirt. My wife who is not that much of a train person shamed me into taking it all the way. I'm glad now she did that. I have taken more pictures of trains on that bridge and more movie shots of trains on it than any person in his right mind would
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