27th December is usually a day for meeting at Almondell for a post Xmas steam up. This year Government restrictions prevented us from meeting up. Oh well, it’s a tradition & the weather was fine, dry if a bit blustery. Thus I decided to have my own steam up in isolation in the back garden. Read more about A December 27th Steam Up…..[…]
Our Bathgate Locomotive Works manager has recently updated the Newsdesk with more progress on ‘Maude’. This has been the completion of the Smokebox & a braw job it is too! My ingenuity was certainly tested on this job. How to produce two identical reverse bends which would be a perfect fit around the smokebox door Read more about A True Rivet Counter…..[…]
It was a wet Sunday and our Roving Reporter having finished all the household chores decided to visit Almondell. Two local members had braved the weather for a socially distanced test run of the recently refurbished 5″ gauge ‘Capercaillie’ which our RR caught on camera. Not sure that Robert Riddles would approve of the chimney, Read more about ‘Capercaillie’ Back On The Tracks……[…]
It has always been my wish to construct a garden railway. When I retired the plans started to come together. However, along with retirement came a house move. The house we lived in for the previous 33 years had a garden that was nearly flat, and occupied mainly be lawn. In effect a blank canvas Read more about Lockdown Garden Railway…….[…]
Chris recently dropped the Newsdesk a line with some photographs from his paint shop of the progress with the domes. In an earlier update Chris explained how he made them. Since then, they have received several coats of green paint & are looking all freshe & shiny. The finish is of an exceptionally good standard. Read more about The Russian Is Coming…..[…]
Dan contacted the Newsdesk with an update on a wee project he is working on for the club. A Rob Roy built a number of years ago is receiving some of the ‘Dan TLC’ with the intention of ultimately displaying the model in the meeting room in the Heritage Centre. Unfortunately the boiler is not Read more about Rob Roy…….[…]
Our Nantwich member, Peter has been busy constructing this rare orrery: ‘While browsing the web I came across an orrery which I believe is in the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford. It was an unusual design showing the stars visible in the sky for every night of the year as well as Read more about Orrery[…]
Daniel has sent in an update on his ‘Glen’, currently sporting a light blue undercoat….. ‘My garden steam up showed my vertical injectors only picking up halfway but guess what, they worked perfectly on the track. Some blow by was noted & on further inspection on the Monday night the pistons were found to be Read more about Piston Broke…..[…]
In October we left the Bathgate Locomotive Works having made the base of the Lum. Since then, there has been a lot of hand filing, head scratching & careful machining to produce another fine piece of work. The addition of the Lum gives ‘Maude’ a distinguished look. Robert has copied the style of Lum currently Read more about Constructing Yer Reeking Lum…..[…]
The Bathgate Locomotive works have been on bit of an intentional go slow this past week. Robert brings us up to speed: “The awaited rolled smokebox wrapper arrived. It is 2.5mm thick steel & I need to make a jig in order to bend the two ends to a vertical fit between the frames. Trying Read more about Slow Going In Bathgate…..[…]
