http://www.youtube.com/user/KandNWLR?feature=mhee
Check out the new photos on Youtube to see if ventilation is really necessary! Andrew
Hi Billy J. Sometimes you just gotta go with “tried-and-tested-technology”! Andrew
paper-clip?
Don’t you mean IUCD - International Universal Coupling Device.
tac, ig & The Linn County Boys
Check out the new photos on Youtube!
Just to say that a new video of a Regner “Vincent” live steam loco taking a long time to get round the lower loop of the Kent & North Wales is available on Youtube.
Hi there, just to say that this live steam, indoor layout has posted new photos on Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/user/KandNWLR?feature=mhee#p/a/u/1/EJMq0vK_Em
I´ve got some more building work to do and wanted to take a last look at the view from the upper loop of the Kent & North Wales Light Railway across the wide open spaces, before I get busy next weekened putting in some more buildings … here´s a Regner “Vincent” taking a turn around the upper loop before entering the Welsh terminus station.
Andrew,
I am very intrigued with your indoor railway.
Perhaps you explained the questions I am about to ask but I (obviously) missed the explanation.
How large is your indoor area?
What type of construction is the building?
You have an upper and lower loop, what are their heights above the floor?
And last but not least, how did you come by so much indoor space? Lucky you!
Thanks for posting here.
Rick
Hi Rick,
So how did I get this much space? Well, it´s been sitting there for almost 10 years now, while I was out playing trains in the garden.
The guy who built the house, originally built two double garages face to face in the basement with access through a side door. His hobby was taking apart (and occasionally putting back together) old cars. When we bought the house, we had this space some 50ft x 20 ft in the basement, together with the rest running under the house. With time we had the basement turned into a series of rooms, leaving this space empty. I sort of knew that I wanted to turn into an indoor large scale layout some 4 years ago, but things only got serious back in 2009.
I decided on a waist-height level for the lower loop; the upper around 12 inches above. I gave up trying to find a way to link the two levels, but figured that it would simply be more attractive than having two parallel tracks and would give more opportunity for buildings and scenery. The scenery reaches up some further 9-12 inches above the upper loop, and some of the buildings I have in mind will almost reach the ceiling. The idea was to combine depth and height in what is in my scale a restricted area, while keep live steam engines (almost) within reach all the time.
The track and the major scenery was finished around October this year, allowing for trains to be run around both loops; not it´s just about attacking the rest of the stuff that needs to be done. And that, as you can see is still a lot!
Thanks for asking and hope this helps to understand some of the origins of the Kent & North Wales Light Railway. Check out the new video on Youtube for a trip around the upper loop.
Regards, Andrew
New buildings on the line - and all lit up - even if the exposure times make it uncertain what time of day this is … we´ll get it right eventually.
http://www.youtube.com/user/KandNWLR?feature=mhee#p/u/9/DJZWxVBU6Gg
The K&NWLR finally finds time to post some more videos on Large Scale Central, including some of the new buildings at the harbour and an attempt to recreate a little bit of Italy in Wales. If you haven´t heard of Portmeirion, check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/user/KandNWLR?feature=mhee#p/u/0/qb6ZlF9DR9k
http://www.youtube.com/user/KandNWLR?feature=mhee#p/u/1/JSNG61XvtVE
http://www.youtube.com/user/KandNWLR?feature=mhee#p/u/2/7C5QGmnp6F0
And it´s tree planting time (indoors) on the K&NWLR, while the snow begins to settle outside …
First trees are now planted to make things look a little less bare …
A reverse cab view of a Regner “Willi” making the complete circuit of the entire line a couple of times, with a chance to see the new buildings from above, and a second locomotive in steam, a Regner “Vincent”, hauling a train of slate wagons around the lower loop, seen passing at speed.
Nice videos and nice progress on your layout. Track work is excellent - not a shake or shimmer on the videos from uneven track! Those trees look like (if I was still a kid) they could be climbed. Nice work.
Thanks for the kind remarks! You should have seen the shake of the camera in the first videos before I “sacrificed” a half-decent sprung Sierra Valley wagon to mount the camera on. But I`ve still got to get some good lighting in the cellar, but have to save up for that before getting it done!
What a nice layout. Very impressive video.
Doc Tom
More pics from the Kent & North Wales Light Railway …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpC3vHIf_gU&context=C3623a89ADOEgsToPDskJX_STuO8Cq0kU24xqfmA0J
More pics from the line including the new lighthouse in the harbour - based on a US-prototype at Stony Point, NY, and transported stone by stone to the coastline of North Wales …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl6aaRTyOdM&context=C3d4d301ADOEgsToPDskJX_STuO8Cq0kU24xqfmA0J
Very nice. Nice interior details. It would be a great town to visit and stay at the Crown Inn on a trip to Great Britain. Overall very good workmanship.
Doc Tom
Many thanks. You should check out the prototype town, Portmeirion in North Wales, which lets you stay in some of their buildings. You may find some of the buildings familiar too, as a selection can be seen on up in the corner overlooking the harbour on this last video, where a lot of work still needs to be done landscaping to make the model match the town.
And the pub is based on a real one in the village of Seal in Kent, UK, - can be Googled under the same pub name. The model is just a little smaller, as the space was not sufficient to get the entire length of the front in.