Selby Garden Railway new extension - Part One

After a winter of renovation and the construction of a new extension, the Selby Garden Railway finally re-opened today with a single running line being brought back into full operation. The first train to make a complete circuit of the new line was a Hornby Black 5, No. 44875, hauling a rake of 8 BR Mk1 crimson & cream coaches.

After previous concerns that my fleet of steam loco's would be unable to haul anything above half-a-dozen coaches up the gradients on the line, the Black 5 had no problems hauling 8 coaches which looks a reasonable length and it could perhaps pull another one or two. I'm more than happy with that.

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[thompo999]

Just so cool. Beats 4 coaches going round and round a loft

[digest59]

@thompo999 It did.... unfortunately it's now been completely dismantled to be replaced by a new garden layout at our new home. Watch this space.....

[gearbox428]

Great video,you have been busy,layout looks fabulous and so different and the black five with those crimson and carmine coaches look just right.After seeing your the loco pulling eight coaches quite happily I must have another go at flattening my gradients to get longer trains without a banking engine,look forward to more videos cheers phil

[digest59]

@gearbox428 Phil, I had to add additional weight to the Black 5 in order to get it pulling anything more than 6 coaches. For want of something more suitable I simply inserted 7 x 5p pieces in the smokebox (available everywhere at a cost of 35 pence) which proved sufficient. More weight would be better. Today, I had the same engine pulling nine coaches without a problem and it's not an easy gradient by any means.

[jamie12370]

how do you keep it clean and stuff

[digest59]

@jamie12370 Takes a bit more effort than with an indoor layout but its still relatively easy. Just a brush with a small handbrush, a wipe with a standard track rubber and some track cleaning fluid in the CMX track cleaner and that's usually all that's required. More stubborn deposits such as bird droppings might need more attention. Not too difficult really and certainly worth the effort in the end.

[thepofmeister]

absolutely brilliant! well done! :o)

[rob123474]

omg that was wicked .

what a great outdoor set you have .

i had a train set as a kid back in the 80's up in the loft but i did not do much to it .

it was just the track layed out in twists and turns and had a few points but i did not build scenery .

don't know why i did not cause it was a big layout and i could have made a nice model if i wanted to .

anyway , thumbs up to yours mate .

do you have 125's on it ?

[16Hitchy]

great outdoor adventure you have, where abouts are you??

[digest59]

@technoandrew That's okay Andrew, I still intend to cover the pin heads securing the track to prevent them rusting further - like I said, it was something I had thought about doing and won't affect my ability to make changes to the track at a later date. The roofing felt tacks would also benefit so I could do them at the same time.