Monthly Archives: April 2024

The civil engineer took possession of the station limits at San Fernandez Veinte Veinte this morning while the turntable was being rewired using a DPDT switch to avoid using the awkward to reach two pin plug located under the baseboard. … Continue reading →

It’s not just the real railway that has issues with timekeeping. The parcel arrived this afternoon, it’s only a day late, a mere nothing by FCPyF standards! Six of the coaches will have their bogies removed for future use on … Continue reading →

I spent some time clearing the flangeways in Grande loco shed this morning, mainly on track 6 but they all needed doing. The shed area now works a lot better than it did. I then had a look at Sentinel … Continue reading →

Derrotado is will lose the through train to/from Grande for the next operating session. The low level micro layout can still be run independently using a combination of conventional and puppet rod powered trains. As the branch terminus has lost … Continue reading →

Two of the coaches used for the international tourist trains have been replaced. The train shown above has Kadee couplers throughout. Drawn from the FCPyF’s “Welsh” stock, the coaches shown below have the adaptability of dual couplers. In the second … Continue reading →

Trials with various locos during the latter half of this week have mainly been disappointing, some were not up to the job. Some were but didn’t look the part and one, which was not on the initial list of candidates, … Continue reading →

I had a guest operator present for the FCPyF’s monthly operating session yesterday. The track and motive power wheels had been cleaned on Monday, which helped reliability, but there was still some finger-prodding needed. My guest did not come empty … Continue reading →

Here are two facts you probably didn’t know that you didn’t know. Firstly, an old style Tri-ang split axle wheel moulding is a push fit on a piece of wire coat hanger. Stunning news, eh? Secondly, if you file the … Continue reading →