Category Archives: Toy train chit chat

30 minute challenge

Posted on 22/07/2017 by

Over on the Narrow Gauge Railway Modellers forum there is a long running thread with this title. Odd half hour jobs that are done while you can’t decide what else you should be doing. I’ve just been pottering around in … Continue reading →

Posted in Bodging and Kitbashing, My trains, Narrow gauge, Toy train chit chat

Autoferro #28

Posted on 22/07/2017 by

The bus arrived in this morning’s post, not bad considering it’s come from China, and the first thing to be done with it was dismantling. The bus is slightly too short for the chassis I had in mind but an … Continue reading →

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Joined up thinking

Posted on 16/07/2017 by

Bloody hell, management speak creeping into Sierra Oculta. I’ll have to have words with the culprit. Anyways, in a rare show of logic the FCPyF’s middle management have been making themselves useful (for a change) by renumbering the railcar fleet … Continue reading →

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All change at Puerto del Sastra*

Posted on 15/07/2017 by

Puerto was originally part of the upper shelf section before last year’s re-build of the FCPyF. The branch terminus had an exit-to-staging via a rather unconvincing bridge across the station platforms and this was the main reason for it’s demise … Continue reading →

Posted in FCPyF 2016 rebuild, My trains, Narrow gauge, Toy train chit chat

Vacancies

Posted on 13/07/2017 by

I reckon I’m going to have to open a tearoom at one of the FCPyF’s stations. I keep getting job applications from women claiming to have visited the website but my railway does not employ women as train drivers, conductors, … Continue reading →

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Shrinking violets

Posted on 11/07/2017 by

There are several locos on the FCPyF which are seldom photographed, either because their duties keep them away from the public’s gaze or because they’re just not photogenic! Plymouth diesel #6 is a prime instance of this. Function over form, … Continue reading →

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Autoferro

Posted on 10/07/2017 by

It’s about time the FCPyF had some modern rolling stock. Nothing says “South American Railroad” to me more than the autoferro. Rail-buses are common the world over, even in the UK we have the infamous “Pacers” built from Leyland National … Continue reading →

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