Proof of the pudding

Welcome to the Auerbach and District Light Railway carriage works department: Above is one of my green coaches, with the roof removed, to allow me to fit carriage lighting. Hre you see the wiring which connects a small battery unit to three leds. The black wires are all connectd together, similarly the red. I am…

After havinf been in the UK for a few weeks, the nice weather meant that the plants int he garden had got a bit out of hand: after some severe pruning, it was possible to resume operations:

Since I have one of the diesels back and running, I though it was time to do another system test, to be sure that the locomotives can haul a full flask of tea up the inclines of the layout. The more powerful (two-motored) steam engine had no problems: But the diesel found it more of…

After many weks and countless hours of effort, my friend Igor has completed the conversion of the radio control system for the first diesel locomotive. Here you can see it running, with the interference problems with the point motor units solved. https://youtube.com/shorts/CdmL5XJXkXQ Very exciting, since it give the opportunity to again have two trains running.…

good news! Lesley and everlee did manage to get their train: although they seem to be hiding at the bacl. Perhaps they haven’t got a ticket. yes, they are definitely hunkered down avoiding the ticket collector. To be fair, I couldn’t see a ticket office or a ticket machine at the station. One concern with…

I decided that I should started ballasting: But I have decided not to glue the ballast in place, since I don’t want problems when later the track needs to be lifted (worst case when the executors of my will need to dispose of it). I am hoping that it will stay in place anway. If…

For those who were mystified by the comment about my medical condition in my last blog, I had a stroke on 20th December, followed by two weeks in the stroke unit of our local hospital , and then four weeks from mid-january to mid-February in a rehabilitatation clinic near karlsruhe. I am currently undergoing pysiotherapy,…

As many of you will know, my medical condition has prevented any activity on the railway for the past three months. Finally on Saturday, I felt well enough to have a railway day, and Peter, Tom and Arek came to help. The goal was to erect the baseboards into the garden and to reconnect the…

Last weekend, Peter came down and we made good progress on the pillars needed to support the next section of track: My previous post showed the first pillar (20cm wide). This shows the next one (10cm wide) and then the last two (10cm and 20cm wide respectively. Between them are two clamps attached to the…

“Please be advised that due to major engineering works, no trains will be running for the foreseeable future” What!! Well, its not strictly true: trains can still run in the undergarage. But no trains can run outside, because the reversing loop has been detached: This is because the next phase of the Auerbach and District…