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Faster stronger Hilda the cable car.MOV
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Yet more improvements that now allow the heavy car to reach the top in double quick time.
First though I got fed up with adjusting the cable so I made a couple of rails a...
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Cable Car hilda goes to the top of the house.MOV
GGRailway
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Hilda has been improved! She now travels to the top of the house, running perilously close to the flat roof of the extension.
A new end pulley with a ball bearing press...
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Building Hilda.MOV
GGRailway
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A basic guide to the construction of Hilda. I've tried to explain everything so apologies for teaching my grandmother how to suck eggs as they say.
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Hilda the DIY Steam Cable Car
GGRailway
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Hilda is an Alpine cable car powered by an ancient Mamod Minor. The Mamod came off e-bay and the brass safety valve body and the boiler end cap had decomposed so I had to ...
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Building the New Wagons
GGRailway
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A simple guide to how I built the new wagons from some 3mm ply and odds and ends. The chassis are glued with a hot glue gun. The bearings are 4mm tube and the 75mm lazy s...
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Elves on the line
GGRailway
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This is what garden railways are about. The grandchildren can muck about as much as they like without doing any serious damage. Here the Chief Elf decides the guard is no...
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GGR gets some new wagons
GGRailway
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It was rather cold and windy so I left the Mamod indoors. The new wagons (at the back of the train) are hand made from 3mm (1/8") external ply. The wheels are turned from...
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New Mamod runs 36mins 12 secs
GGRailway
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Sorry it's dark; it was light when the run started! How long, I wondered, could the little engine run on one fill of gas? Answer: 36 minutes and 12 seconds from start of ...
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Mamod Double Header
GGRailway
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A very brief shot of an old Mamod (MSS) and the new Mamod double heading a train.
It's not really practical - the new engine runs for double or treble the time. Get the g...
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New Mamod so powerful that she spins her wheels pulling 20lb
GGRailway
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This is the all new Mamod engine. What can you get for around £200 ($300)? That's half the price of the Chinese machines. it has to be fairly useless, surely? Well, I tr...
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