The Garden Awakes...
Hi all. Well, hasn't it been a nice day? "At last" I hear you cry! Well, admittedly, Spring has been a long time coming this year but, hopefully it has now arrived. With such a pleasant afternoon on my hands, I couldn't resist getting the trains out for a run in the garden. In fact, due to the cold and my own lack of time, this was the railway's first operating day since before Christmas! However, with warmer weather hopefully on the horizon, I plan to use the line alot more again this year, after I've done a few repairs here and there that is. (A few bits of the track are now experiencing 'drop joints' as some bits have been laid around 5-6 years now!). Today's train was the usual Mixed Freight which is often used simply due to the fact that it is already marshalled and ready to go all the time! Black 5 No45156 "Ayrshire Yeomanry" did the honours and made many laps of the line. Below, a Black 5 amongst the flowers...
Even though some bits are a tad rough now, the line still runs pretty well with few derailments. Below, 45156 has just topped the gradient away from the house and is now accelerating along the straight towards the tight curve which crosses the Flowerbeds...
As well as the '5' doing the honours on the freight, I also took the oppotunity to get the little Wilesco D405 tractor out for a run. Hauling her Living Van, the D405 made a good few laps of the garden with a good head of steam...feathering at the valves in fact!...
All in all, a very nice little afternoon in the garden. Thanks for reading folks. Comment if you wish. Good Evening...
Hi all. Well, hasn't it been a nice day? "At last" I hear you cry! Well, admittedly, Spring has been a long time coming this year but, hopefully it has now arrived. With such a pleasant afternoon on my hands, I couldn't resist getting the trains out for a run in the garden. In fact, due to the cold and my own lack of time, this was the railway's first operating day since before Christmas! However, with warmer weather hopefully on the horizon, I plan to use the line alot more again this year, after I've done a few repairs here and there that is. (A few bits of the track are now experiencing 'drop joints' as some bits have been laid around 5-6 years now!). Today's train was the usual Mixed Freight which is often used simply due to the fact that it is already marshalled and ready to go all the time! Black 5 No45156 "Ayrshire Yeomanry" did the honours and made many laps of the line. Below, a Black 5 amongst the flowers...
Even though some bits are a tad rough now, the line still runs pretty well with few derailments. Below, 45156 has just topped the gradient away from the house and is now accelerating along the straight towards the tight curve which crosses the Flowerbeds...
As well as the '5' doing the honours on the freight, I also took the oppotunity to get the little Wilesco D405 tractor out for a run. Hauling her Living Van, the D405 made a good few laps of the garden with a good head of steam...feathering at the valves in fact!...
All in all, a very nice little afternoon in the garden. Thanks for reading folks. Comment if you wish. Good Evening...
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