Snow on Jules's Garden Railway

A lot of people have asked me. "what happens when it rains or snows on my garden Railway?" This video goes some way towards showing what happens when it rains or snows...

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Entertainment

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• snow
• garden
• railway
• hornby
• lima
• heljan
• triang
• OO
• gauge

[kajajm]

Down here in the "Sunny South" of Mississippi, in August...that really cools me off. Well done and I do like the background music.

Bernard

[metadyneman]

@kajajm Glad you liked it... The weather here in England is very unpredictable. There is an old saying that goes if you don't like the weather in England.. wait 10 minutes :-) I'm glad to say as it's August it's a little bit warmer than in this film!

[ccolimon]

The Christmas lights detract from the realism of your railway.

[metadyneman]

@ccolimon That may be so, but in essence mine is a "running" railway rather than a strive for realism. When viewing the garden as a whole the lights actually complement the railway on a warm summers evening and in winter assist me in being able to find a train if it gets stuck!

[waldenhouse]

Mmmmm - snow = 300mm : 12" Railway = 4mm : 12" Going to get interesting!

[metadyneman]

@waldenhouse It did a year later!  We had 4 inches of snow . There is a sequel vid to this which shows it

[traingeekboy]

I am in the process of building my outdoor layout and keep looking at your videos to see how you braced the ply. Hard to tell though. Are the guard rails on top the main source of support for the long sections?

I hope to get a video up as soon as some track is down.

also, how old is most of your stock and motive power? I own a lot of old 70's stuff and wonder how you coped with DCC conversions. I own a Digitrax zephyr for control.

More videos please :)

[littleimproadshow]

The beauty of garden railways, you cannot model this is anyway shape or form. I think they look better in the snow, especially the buildings.

[tdfisk]

This is one of the best (if not THE best) train videos on YouTube. The Music is so perfect for the visuals and it's amazingly relaxing. I do get annoyed at people who submit videos that are either out of focus or they move around too much so you can't see anything. Your trains and video are a breath of fresh air. Very nicely done. Thomas - not the train :-)

[metadyneman]

@stuartthegrant It was VERY cold. Seems strange watching it in August though.. winter seems such a distant memory! However it lurks only to return in the future so i'm sure there will be more freezing moments on the line!