Pictures Page - Feb 2008 Archive
Here are the photos we took in Feb 2008
March 2005: Grant on Nutkin. This track no longer exists - its all been bypassed by the new loop-to-...
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Alice goes for a ride the day we officially opened the first section of track - proudly holding the ...
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Anne and Nick enjoy a trip in first class
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Chris watching trains
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Darryl having fun with one of his vintage Gravely machines just after Christmas 2007 while Chris fin...
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Jan 2008: Aligning the Shed Branch final sections of track. Mainline will come off big viaduct and d...
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Dec 2007: Chris is busy on the retaining wall between the Shed branch and the new mainline loop. Ste...
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Here's Chris Working in the new cutting Dec 2007
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Dec 2007: Darryl's Gravely is amazingly efficient at leveling the grade. It leaves it as smooth as w...
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Looking from Tunnel back up the grade. Digger is sitting on end of the new big bridge approach.
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This is how we use the DPC strips - between the painted steelwork and the treated pine sleeper. You ...
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Dec 2007: "Where's the mainline gone?" - Steve at the end of the shed branchline the day we officall...
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Dec 2007: Teething problems on opening day: Steve eases his loco through a curved turnout while Chri...
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Steve eases the first official 5 inch gauge train through the ribbon while Chris and Peter look on.
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Dec 2007: Another photo of the first official train
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Dec 2007: Looking back from the middle of the top mainline loop toward the workshop as Darryl disapp...
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Jan 2008: Looking from end of vege garden toward junction between branch and mainline. The grading D...
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Dec 2007: Looking like an abandoned line - the mainline tunnel 4m below the shed and garden looks f...
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Jan 2008: This is the site of the new turntable and steaming bays. All water, air and electricity s...
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Nov 2007: Laying track just outside the barn late into the night in order to have something to run o...
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Dec 2007: The VIP tent for the official opening of the Shed branch and the 5 inch guage line. A goo...
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Dec 2007: Steve eases number 24 forward to cut the ribbon and open the line.
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Jan 2008: Peter cutting a 300mm wide roll of plastic Damp proof course (DPC) into strips for use bet...
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Jan 2008: Peter cutting a 300mm wide roll of plastic Damp proof course (DPC) into strips for use bet...
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Peter taking Chris for a ride
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Dec 2007 Peter and Chris.
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Dec 2007: Peter milling point blades. Dual gauge turnout production seems to eat point blades at an ...
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Jan 2008: General view of the shed and yard area. Turntable and steaming bays are in the middle. New...
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The usual suspects...
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The official ribbon breaks. Steve at the controls while Chris watches on. What you cant see is the l...
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Dec 2007: Steaming up in preparation for the day. No 24 is a 2 ft gauge prototype - see how big the ...
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Dec 2007: Steve busy preping another section of track for welding
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This track should last for a few years!
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Branch from shed on right, return loop down through cutting on left. Both tracks are on a 1 in 40 gr...
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