Monthly Archives: March 2016

Hitting the bottle, again

Posted on 31/03/2016 by Bob Hughes

I didn’t notice while cutting the holes but the new bottle diorama is a quite a lot smaller than Farrall Sidings. No matter, the bridge crossing a mountain stream will fit anyway. This line has a ready made fictional history, … Continue reading →

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Puggy bridge

Posted on 30/03/2016 by Bob Hughes

The 3ft gauge railway between Loch Treig and Fort William was known locally as the Puggy Line. Originally the contractor’s railway during building of a tunnel from the loch to a hydro-electric plant at the British Aluminium Company’s factory, the railway was retained … Continue reading →

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This is how it should be done

Posted on 30/03/2016 by Bob Hughes

This layout is absolutely amazing. The track plan is a an oval, slightly distorted so as to avoid having any straight track running parallel to the baseboard edges, with a passing loop at one station. There are two sidings, one at … Continue reading →

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An out of season visit to the coast

Posted on 28/03/2016 by Bob Hughes

As the latest winter storm is battering the south of England I thought I’d have a visit to the seaside. The North Sea is cold all year round so it makes little difference what time of year we go to Muston Sands! … Continue reading →

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Tatty

Posted on 27/03/2016 by Bob Hughes

I’ve spent most of today playing TrainStation on FaceBook but, while waiting for virtual trains to arrive, I have also been doing something creative in the real world. I think it will be too tall for the tunnel on Allt-Na-Ballt, which … Continue reading →

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Bigger things

Posted on 26/03/2016 by Bob Hughes

This loco is considerably bigger than the “clockwork lemon” featured in yesterday’s post and is primarily intended for use on Muston Sands. However, it does clear the loading gauge for Farrall Sidings and is seen in the photos above working … Continue reading →

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Clockwork Lemon

Posted on 25/03/2016 by Bob Hughes

Nothing to do with the novel and film named for similarly powered citrus fruit. The clockwork lemon is a re-build of one of the dummy locos used on Allt-Na-Ballt and Muston Sands. These two layouts are suited for dummy locos … Continue reading →

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Credo quia absurdum – iterum

Posted on 23/03/2016 by Bob Hughes

There are some weird things on narrow gauge railways. None more so than the home made locomotives often found on small industrial lines. This one appears to be a conglomeration of American army Jeep, scrap wood, corrugated iron sheets and a railway wagon … Continue reading →

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Going south

Posted on 06/03/2016 by Bob Hughes

FCPyF autoferro #27, with a van of supplies for the journey, was seen awaiting passengers at Rio Paleta before breakfast time this morning. But Sunday services on the FCPyF don’t usually start until after lunch, so why was the railcar out so … Continue reading →

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