New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

A concrete block in place, ready to be mortared in

A concrete block in place, ready to be mortared in

The trackbed is now a trench and the barrow beside is full

The trackbed blocks in place, with tools including a spirit level lying beside

## Renewing the Trackbed

I mentioned recently much of the line had been lifted for new trackbed, and I’ve now finished and relaid. The original trackbed design was motivated by the ‘overgrown’ aesthetic and in particular wanting moss to grow.

The moss got […]

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A model village from above, with the railway looping behind it and sidings in the foreground

A steam loco with passenger carriages on a scenic indoor layout

Two models of the steeple cab loco Magaera

A steam loco pulling a passenger training with a miniature tree behind it

## October ’24 Meeting at the Brockhampton and Umbridge Railway

This last of the ‘catch-up’ posts from our 2024 meetings is about our October gathering at the Brockhampton and Umbridge. The weather held out for us and we benefited from the low […]

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Sailing boat on the pond

A old fashioned car on rails with another car next to the railway

Railcar and hunslet diesel

Huslet with a train of open wagons

## September ’24 Meeting at the Hoffnant Valley Railway

Another ‘catch-up’ post from last September, when the group returned to the Hoffnant Valley railway. Despite an iffy forecast and a few drops of rain, the weather held up and we ran a great […]

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