7.8.08
More Micro-Trains couplings (what a disaster!)
Well, today I had my first attempt at fitting a Microtrains 1015 coupling to an Aust-N-Rail K wagon. I remembered reading that Rob Carpenter (the designer of the K wagon and Mr Aust-N-Rail himself) had designed the coupler boxes to take 1015s quite easily, so I hacked away. Everything went swimmingly except that my couplings are way too low! I discovered that Microtrains couplings are a little trickier than I expected--more practice needed.
Anyway, I had some fun with our little consist of three wagons. Zoë the 2.5 yr old train enthusiast asked if we could run 'her' Thomas (who has been purchased for use on our tail-chaser layout for the church fete display).
Here are some photos:
Above: 4520 has crested the grade from Dunmore and is easing its train down to the Minnamurra River crossing.
Above: Descending the 1:40 grade down to the river.
Above: Crossing the river and floodplain.
Above: The floodplain, with an old dairy in the background.
Above: Coming off the floodplain and approaching the Dairy Factory.
Above: 4520 has crested the grade from Dunmore and is easing its train down to the Minnamurra River crossing.
Above: Entering the village boundaries.
Above: Shunting the oil siding
Above: Running around the train.
Above: 4520's little train has been placed in the run-around loop awaiting the arrival of the passenger service.
Above: The passenger train arrives!
Above: View from Mt Saddleback.
That's all for now: Lunch hour is over and it's time to go back to work!
Glenn.
Anyway, I had some fun with our little consist of three wagons. Zoë the 2.5 yr old train enthusiast asked if we could run 'her' Thomas (who has been purchased for use on our tail-chaser layout for the church fete display).
Here are some photos:
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Above: Descending the 1:40 grade down to the river.
Above: Crossing the river and floodplain.
Above: The floodplain, with an old dairy in the background.
Above: Coming off the floodplain and approaching the Dairy Factory.
Above: 4520 has crested the grade from Dunmore and is easing its train down to the Minnamurra River crossing.
Above: Entering the village boundaries.
Above: Shunting the oil siding
Above: Running around the train.
Above: 4520's little train has been placed in the run-around loop awaiting the arrival of the passenger service.
Above: The passenger train arrives!
Above: View from Mt Saddleback.
That's all for now: Lunch hour is over and it's time to go back to work!
Glenn.
Labels: micro_trains, progress, rolling_stock
# posted by CoastalRev @ 1:37 PM 
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