thanks for pulling back the curtain on your railway. Your line, and how you run it is so stunning I'm always asking myself "how does he do it?" I'm starting to realize that I've been running my line in a similar manner the whole time. Nice to see that you take time to enjoy it.
Thanks Dave. I'll leave it a couple of months before shooting another one. I've posted quite a few videos recently so don't want my viewers to grow tired of them. Also, I'll need to wait until we get another spell of decent weather - and who knows when that'll be? ;-}
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. It'll be a little while before I post another one - I've posted quite a few lately so maybe you need a short rest from them .... ;-)
Great video as usual. Great how your track layout lends itself to the illusion that distances are much greater than they are. Don’t know if that was deliberate or accidental but seems to work really well.
A bit of both. Initially, I had no particular plan in mind, but when I decided to adapt it to fit the real location I worked out how it could be done by doubling back over the two sections shown in the track plan at the start of the video.
Track layout and scenery are pure lovely, your schedule's simply brillant and listening to your accent's just great! Cheers for that! Die Anlage an sich ist schon klasse, aber die Ideen dahinter (Fahrplan) sind nur noch gut ganz zu schweigen von der tollen Aussprache! Herzlichen Dank!
It was a bit confusing the first few times I ran trains but I've been at it with this track plan for around ten years now so I'm pretty much used to it.
Once again, a delightful video. I really want to establish a Freight manager but I wanted to wait until you complete your upgrade to Google Docs, hopefully soon. Thank you for your time.
I've got no plans to update the Google docs version in the near future. Let me know if there's anything in particular you want it to do and I'll look into it.
@@rikbennett9 Sorry, I didn't check your blog to see that you have already detailed how to use the Google Sheets. I'll be taking my time to read your Blog, line by line for the Freight manager. Thanks.
This seems to me like the best way of running a model railway. With a timetable and goods scheduling like that, there's no chance of it ever getting boring I'm sure. And the fact that you don't seem to get confused at all from switching between trains so frequently is just extraordinary! ;-D Ruddy shame Deltang won't be manufacturing the Rx6X series receivers anymore though, probably their most successful product too. I'll have to stock up on them myself once they reappear in stock at Steve's Model Shop or Micron RC; I still have 2 more locos to equip as of yet...
It would be interesting to see this line made in something like Train Simulator. Yes the nearest gauges are either 2ft 3" or standard gauge, but it could still work.
How do you cope with bad weather ? Having stock in its “ right” place you don’t really want to have to bring everything in ,justto put it out again Also do you leave stock out overnight ( for the same reasons)? Great railway sir, a sense of purpose and therefore a feel of reality
I try to make sure i have running sessions when fine weather is forecast for at least two consecutive days. When I put stock away into the storage sidings, I make sure stock from each station is kept together so it can be easily redeployed the next time.
What happens to the sand hoppers at beeston market? are the loads emptied and the hoppers then returned to the sand quarry? Also how many sand trains do you run during an operating session?
Thanks for the question. You were clearly following the story closely. Unlike the full ore skips which can simply be swapped for empties via the hidden link to the Copper Mine, when the sand hoppers reverse into the exchange siding, I simply remove their loads. You might have noticed a blue plastic box on the ground by Beeston Market station at the start of the video. That contains all the unused wagon loads (eg coal, timber and sand, etc). I store them in there and then, when the empty hoppers return to the quarry, I put the loads back in. At the moment, I run just one sand quarry train Up and Down per session - but that could change in the future.
@@rikbennett9 ah that makes sense. I plan on expanding my current layout to more of an end to end layout like yours so that I can run timetabled trains, I have a magnesite mine that I could make removeable loads for and run magnesite trains in a similar manner to your sand quarry trains. Thanks for the inspiration.
Have you ever accidently forgotten about a running train, and sent off another, causing either a pair of trains running the same way in the same section, or a collision? I used to a lot, usually by mistake, but after a few years on the job I think I've got it.
I don't think I've ever forgotten a train. Sometimes, though, I forget to switch a point in the right direction and, while I'm busy with another train, I find a train has run into the buffers on a siding instead of heading down the mainline. This happened twice in this session - but I blame having to think about making the video as well as run the train ...... ;-)
A really wonderful video, thank you! May I ask what the practicalities of maintenance for a garden with a railway like this is? It looks wonderfully manicured!
Appearances can be deceptive. I probably do the bare minimum of maintenance - you might see that some of my track is fairly uneven. The foliage is trimmed back only when I decide to have a running session. Apart from that, it's the usual garden maintenance of mowing grass and cutting hedges which I'd have to do anyway.
Have you ever had a running session with multiple drivers so multiple trains can run at one time? It would be an interesting experiment of timetables and signaling.
Hi John. Unfortunately, I don't know any like minded garden railway enthusiasts who live nearby to share my running sessions so it's got to be a one man show...
@@rikbennett9 I don’t think I’m too far from you Rik, I’m in Shropshire but have only just bought my first 45mm loco in the last week or two. However, have had a 32mm collection for over a decade. Could possibly meet up after COVID restrictions ease, it would be great to learn some things from your experience.
@@maverick28xx7 Thanks Gareth. You will be most welcome. It'll be fun having two operators. The last time that happened was in 2017 when Andy Murray (no, not that one) came over from New Zealand to run the pickup goods. I'll see if I can PM you via TH-cam
They're still going but they are a bit of a faff to set up. I don't like leaving them out because they will easily get damaged. I'm presently trying to work out a much simpler way of operating them using electro-magnets which will hopefully make setting up a lot easier. There's never enough time for all these projects to get finished. 🤔
a lovely 17 minutes spent watching trains. Thank-you
Thanks Bob. Glad you liked it. I certainly enjoy my running sessions
absolutely charming in every way ..
Thanks Ed. I do appreciate that
i must say your railway is truly amazing a true inspiration. if my G scale railway looks half this good i will be very happy.
A mass of ingenuity here! Love how you swap over the ore trains.
thanks for pulling back the curtain on your railway. Your line, and how you run it is so stunning I'm always asking myself "how does he do it?" I'm starting to realize that I've been running my line in a similar manner the whole time. Nice to see that you take time to enjoy it.
That's good to hear Jason. I sometimes wonder if I'm the only one who tries to run his garden railway like a proper railway.... 😊
Great video with loads of detail .Hope there more to come.
Thanks Dave. I'll leave it a couple of months before shooting another one. I've posted quite a few videos recently so don't want my viewers to grow tired of them. Also, I'll need to wait until we get another spell of decent weather - and who knows when that'll be? ;-}
@@rikbennett9 ok thanks
Beautiful work
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. It'll be a little while before I post another one - I've posted quite a few lately so maybe you need a short rest from them .... ;-)
Great video as usual. Great how your track layout lends itself to the illusion that distances are much greater than they are. Don’t know if that was deliberate or accidental but seems to work really well.
A bit of both. Initially, I had no particular plan in mind, but when I decided to adapt it to fit the real location I worked out how it could be done by doubling back over the two sections shown in the track plan at the start of the video.
Track layout and scenery are pure lovely, your schedule's simply brillant and listening to your accent's just great! Cheers for that!
Die Anlage an sich ist schon klasse, aber die Ideen dahinter (Fahrplan) sind nur noch gut ganz zu schweigen von der tollen Aussprache! Herzlichen Dank!
Thanks. Glad the voice sounds OK. Like most people, I am not too keen on hearing my own voice.
Brilliant video, Its very interesting to see how the railway is operated. It must get a little confusing at times.
It was a bit confusing the first few times I ran trains but I've been at it with this track plan for around ten years now so I'm pretty much used to it.
Once again, a delightful video. I really want to establish a Freight manager but I wanted to wait until you complete your upgrade to Google Docs, hopefully soon. Thank you for your time.
I've got no plans to update the Google docs version in the near future. Let me know if there's anything in particular you want it to do and I'll look into it.
@@rikbennett9 Sorry, I didn't check your blog to see that you have already detailed how to use the Google Sheets. I'll be taking my time to read your Blog, line by line for the Freight manager. Thanks.
This seems to me like the best way of running a model railway. With a timetable and goods scheduling like that, there's no chance of it ever getting boring I'm sure. And the fact that you don't seem to get confused at all from switching between trains so frequently is just extraordinary! ;-D
Ruddy shame Deltang won't be manufacturing the Rx6X series receivers anymore though, probably their most successful product too. I'll have to stock up on them myself once they reappear in stock at Steve's Model Shop or Micron RC; I still have 2 more locos to equip as of yet...
Thanks. I'm hoping that Andy at Micron manages to develop his Rx6x equivalents before David runs out of chips.
It would be interesting to see this line made in something like Train Simulator. Yes the nearest gauges are either 2ft 3" or standard gauge, but it could still work.
Interesting idea. I enjoy running the trains for real, but it might be useful for when the weather's too bad .....
@@rikbennett9 And maybe just for anyone who wants a nice quaint jaunt
There's mods available that introduce a number of other gauges, just to note.
How do you cope with bad weather ? Having stock in its “ right” place you don’t really want to have to bring everything in ,justto put it out again Also do you leave stock out overnight ( for the same reasons)? Great railway sir, a sense of purpose and therefore a feel of reality
I try to make sure i have running sessions when fine weather is forecast for at least two consecutive days. When I put stock away into the storage sidings, I make sure stock from each station is kept together so it can be easily redeployed the next time.
What happens to the sand hoppers at beeston market? are the loads emptied and the hoppers then returned to the sand quarry? Also how many sand trains do you run during an operating session?
Thanks for the question. You were clearly following the story closely. Unlike the full ore skips which can simply be swapped for empties via the hidden link to the Copper Mine, when the sand hoppers reverse into the exchange siding, I simply remove their loads. You might have noticed a blue plastic box on the ground by Beeston Market station at the start of the video. That contains all the unused wagon loads (eg coal, timber and sand, etc). I store them in there and then, when the empty hoppers return to the quarry, I put the loads back in. At the moment, I run just one sand quarry train Up and Down per session - but that could change in the future.
@@rikbennett9 ah that makes sense. I plan on expanding my current layout to more of an end to end layout like yours so that I can run timetabled trains, I have a magnesite mine that I could make removeable loads for and run magnesite trains in a similar manner to your sand quarry trains. Thanks for the inspiration.
You should add more stations, like on the stretch between Buikley and beeston market and on the line between Buikley and peckforton
Thanks for the suggestion, Hunter. I'll stick with the stations
I have for now, but I might add another lineside industry or two.
Have you ever accidently forgotten about a running train, and sent off another, causing either a pair of trains running the same way in the same section, or a collision? I used to a lot, usually by mistake, but after a few years on the job I think I've got it.
I don't think I've ever forgotten a train. Sometimes, though, I forget to switch a point in the right direction and, while I'm busy with another train, I find a train has run into the buffers on a siding instead of heading down the mainline. This happened twice in this session - but I blame having to think about making the video as well as run the train ...... ;-)
A really wonderful video, thank you! May I ask what the practicalities of maintenance for a garden with a railway like this is? It looks wonderfully manicured!
Appearances can be deceptive. I probably do the bare minimum of maintenance - you might see that some of my track is fairly uneven. The foliage is trimmed back only when I decide to have a running session. Apart from that, it's the usual garden maintenance of mowing grass and cutting hedges which I'd have to do anyway.
Have you ever had a running session with multiple drivers so multiple trains can run at one time? It would be an interesting experiment of timetables and signaling.
Hi John. Unfortunately, I don't know any like minded garden railway enthusiasts who live nearby to share my running sessions so it's got to be a one man show...
@@rikbennett9 if I wasn't in California I would love to do a prototype running session on the PFR
@@rikbennett9 I don’t think I’m too far from you Rik, I’m in Shropshire but have only just bought my first 45mm loco in the last week or two. However, have had a 32mm collection for over a decade. Could possibly meet up after COVID restrictions ease, it would be great to learn some things from your experience.
@@maverick28xx7 Thanks Gareth. You will be most welcome. It'll be fun having two operators. The last time that happened was in 2017 when Andy Murray (no, not that one) came over from New Zealand to run the pickup goods. I'll see if I can PM you via TH-cam
@@rikbennett9
Can I reach you on Facebook, I follow your Peckforton page?
What happened to your remote controlled signals?
They're still going but they are a bit of a faff to set up. I don't like leaving them out because they will easily get damaged. I'm presently trying to work out a much simpler way of operating them using electro-magnets which will hopefully make setting up a lot easier. There's never enough time for all these projects to get finished. 🤔