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Garden railway meet

 
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DLR


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PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:45 pm    Post subject: Garden railway meet Reply with quote
Just thought you might like to see what i was doing this afternoon.





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pauly


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PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
looks like you had fun

is that you in the background in the second photo
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
no thats Steve, he owns the line. Any way i dont show up in photos
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
well I love his line

wish Id gone 32 now
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
heres a little back ground. The line is a bout 250 feet long and climbs 8 foot from one end to the other. There is a spiral and some seriuosly steep bits (1 in 15 in one place )
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
DLR wrote:
no thats Steve, he owns the line. Any way i dont show up in photos

You're a vampire?  
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
close enough
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alan2525


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PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Some nice loco's there! Whats the loco in the first shot?
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
great railway there
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks like a great Garden Railway, and did I see some Garlic in one of those photos?  
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
alan2525 wrote:
Some nice loco's there! Whats the loco in the first shot?


Its my Finescle peckett
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great pictures, and it looks as if you all enjoyed yourselves.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Terrific pics! too much fun........
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Some nice locos, including a Mamod.

thanks for posting these photos.
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