Meanwhile Percy has been in the workshop over the Winter and has now been fitted with battery, radio control, sound and smoke. See Percy undergoing test runs on the Sandwell Valley Railway.
This was formerly the blog of The Sandwell Valley Railway which was a G Scale garden railway in West Bromwich, England. I now live in Bromsgrove and I'm building a new garden railway, The Wychbold and Stoke Prior Railway.
Saturday, 8 February 2014
Percy the Small Engine with Sound and Smoke
The railway is looking very sad after the wettest January since records began.
Meanwhile Percy has been in the workshop over the Winter and has now been fitted with battery, radio control, sound and smoke. See Percy undergoing test runs on the Sandwell Valley Railway.
Meanwhile Percy has been in the workshop over the Winter and has now been fitted with battery, radio control, sound and smoke. See Percy undergoing test runs on the Sandwell Valley Railway.
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Thomas & Percy's Ghost
It's shortly after Halloween and Thomas doesn't believe in ghosts, or does he?
Friday, 1 November 2013
A Signal Box for the Sandwell Valley Railway
The SVR now has a signal box. If it ever stops raining then it will be sited at Birdlip Junction.
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| The Signal Box from T & M Models |
Wednesday, 16 October 2013
Trains in the Rain
Pine Tree Junction film unit visited the Sandwell Valley Railway again this week. The weather was dull, cold and rainy, not really Thomas world weather which needs sunshine and bright colours. On the other hand the steam from live steam engines looks great on cold days so a different type of video was called for. After taking some very atmospheric video of the PTJ steam engines, my newly converted (to battery and radio control) Accucraft Baguley Drewry came out to play. The radio control system is from Timpdon Electronics and the sound unit, which sounds fantastic, is from Peter Spoerer Model Engineers.
Here's the video:
Here's the video:
Saturday, 12 October 2013
Preparation for the next Thomas the Tank Engine Video
Preparation is underway for the next garden railway video - 'Percy Runs Away'.
The camera has had to be mounted upside down, but this isn't a problem as the video editing software allows the picture to be rotated.
The story also requires a signal box which the SVR does not have so one has been purchased from T&M Models. It is currently under construction.
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| The new camera mount |
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| A photo taken from the new camera mount |
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| Facial recognition works on Percy! |
The story also requires a signal box which the SVR does not have so one has been purchased from T&M Models. It is currently under construction.
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Embankment Repairs
Very little work has been done on the railway this year, but the embankment by the pond had never been completed since it was put in place in 2001.
So this year it has finally been clad.
So this year it has finally been clad.
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| The embankment was made from Thermalite Blocks which have begun to crumble. |
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| Preparations under way |
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| The embankment clad with edging stones |
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