The early motive power woes of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Line are often waxed lyrical in literature on that railways history. It is true to say with running an all-year round service with heavy goods and huge numbers of passengers in the season ‘La’al Ratty’ was short of motive power with the guts to do […]

The Haywards Estate Railway sort of just happened, and was the result of a bit of dabbling in Gn15 scale. It all started with the wagon, an 00 underframe with a scratchbuilt superstructure. This was followed by a Sidelines conversion of a Bachmann Gas Mechanical. Of course, that needed an Engine Shed to store it […]

While working on my entry for the Vertical Boiler Challenge, I encountered a problem that I found a rather easy solution to.
wcg1/The fixture block and quartered axle

The photo above shows the solution. The problem that I had, was that I needed a way to quarter the axles, as the locomotive was to have rods and […]

OK, so what have stockings and tights have to do with model railways?
I have a couple of uses for them and you could probably find some more!
Any lady in your life will more than likely at some point wear stockings or tights and inevitably they get a ladder in them then throw them away. Ask […]