Garden Railway Open Day up at the Windy Ridge Railroad in July 2008

[carmium]

I'm told by local (Vancouver) garden railway club members that everyone they know uses battery packs and radio control these days to avoid electrical pickup problems - and to control steam throttles. Is this something that is not popular in the UK?

[Krocehlavyman]

Really LIVE steam at 1:20. AMAZING !

[u1638]

what gauge of track are these locos running on

[d7106]

Hi.

Who are the coaches made by at 2:06?

[682charlie]

THAT WAS AWSOME!!!!!!!!

[Bus7777]

The train in the background at 1:20. Is it the real life size thing?

[DocterJones]

What an amazing set up! And watching the steamers running makes it even better!!!

[gavinfalconer123]

what happens when it rains do you have to pack up all the track

[bungle80a]

No. The rails stay out all year long. The controller for the electric locos is brought out and connected when wanted. Obviously, for the steam locomotives this isnt a problem!

[gavinfalconer123]

but do you have to sand the track an stuff so it doesn't rust??

[bungle80a]

The rails on this line are made from brass, and dont rust. The track (32mm) in some of my other vids is Nickel Silver and also doesnt really rust. Depending on how much the railway is used the rlines do need cleaning occasionally. Especially if Live Steamers have been running! They tend to leave a lot of oily gunge on the rails. This can cause probs for the electrics on railways that use electric. On the non-electric railways, it causes slipping!

[gavinfalconer123]

ok thanks for replying

[mikespall]

Brilliant video with a fantastic mix of British and American prototypes. Something to aspirer to. What a Railway!!

[Traceymermaid]

wow nice neighbours........

[ATKFOH3]

What was that little car at the end? Too cool with the big train.

[TOMLAD0]

wow if only i had the money very nice

[nardp96]

i thought that G scale was mostly eropian trains and that american models were wicked expensive.

[ogwen040]

Bungle is indeed a man out standing in his field.

[ogwen040]

Yes, it was nice that West Coast Railways entered into the spirit of the event by putting on an 8F that day!

(Wot, no ants?) ;-)

[ColumbineMHLR]

Fantastic!!! The shot of the 'big' train in the background was truly FANTASTIC! I wished my line had a real one passing by! And WOW! Those are some gorgeous machines!