I've just uploaded the final one of the 15 late catch ups - Pewsey 07 August this year,
Thanks to all who have been patient, have provided encouragement and have sent me lots of supplementary information to correct the many errors I've made with the captions over the last 14 of the 15 updates, so probably nothing different with this 15th one as well!
Link to the blogsite : http://micksrovingreporter.blogspot.com/
Please access my photo reports through the blogsite and use the link to get to the photo album for each blog from there and NOT directly to the google images site which is simply a hosting media to feed the blog.
Mick
Terrific stuff Mick,
Many thanks for the reports, much appreciated.
Well done, Mick - many thanks!
Mick,
A question regarding some of your equipment - is your Mull & Iona snow plow a kit, kitbash, or scratchbuilt?
Jeff S.
Quote from: Jeff Schumaker on November 13, 2021, 14:01
A question regarding some of your equipment - is your Mull & Iona snow plow a kit, kitbash, or scratchbuilt?
Hi Jeff.
The snow plough is scratchbuilt from plastic card. It runs on nothing more sophisticated than a Peco N gauge 15ft wagon chassis. I made two of them around 20 years ago and the other one runs on Ted Polet's Craigcorrie & Dunalistair Railway. I just found an old image of it which might show some of the detail. It was inspired by and based on a North Eastern Railway bogie vehicle from the early 20th century but I reasoned that trying to put an 009 bogie vehicle on the track when you can't see the wheels would be too difficult so I cheated and hid the Peco wagon chassis behind the skirts!
Before it was assigned to the Mull & Iona Railway (which only exists in my mind.....) it was originally built for the now defunct North Wheredale Railway in Yorkshire (Where?) which is why this early photo is lettered "NWR PW Dept, Gradely Bridge"
(https://forum.009society.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FjK3v7L0.jpg&hash=f5f7caffc7cbe323a3785081385d3e3897d5942e) (https://imgur.com/jK3v7L0)
Mick
Well, it's reet gradley! :)
Mick,
Thanks for the information. It's very nicely done.
Jeff S.