Peckforton Light Railway - Trainspotting Down the line

[@coastaltitansrailroad]

A wonderful day spent with your amazing railway. Thanks

[@peterfranks5031]

Thank you, thank you! My addiction to your railway has been satisfied. I can now sleep peacefully. 😅

[@rikbennett9]

Sweet dreams 😁🤔

[@jontaylor1652]

Brilliant!

[@michaelbenitez539]

Love the variety of locomotives

[@gs425]

Love when you tell stories. Brings the whole thing to life

[@chriswalas9891]

Just excellent! What a fantastic roster of beautiful locos!

[@MrSteamDragon]

Impressive weathering on the goods rolling stock..

[@jen4730]

I truly enjoy your narrated running sessions.

[@CustomiZe_]

Nice to see all the locos, building up quite a collection now! 😊

[@rikbennett9]

There are two more in the workshop waiting to be finished off and another couple at the planning stage. I've become fascinated by early diesel locos.

[@colinsmith6280]

Great day out

[@musoseven8218]

Charming, just charming ✌️👍💜

[@KellinoRail]

Awesome video as always. Love seeing a new video from Peckforton in my notifications!

[@wideyxyz2271]

❤

[@GeraldJanes]

ThNks for yet another great video Rik, a workman’s coach is now on my list of rolling stock required for my own railway 👍😀

[@rikbennett9]

Thanks. Yes, I thought the workmen's coach would add a bit of variety to running sessions. I bought it on eBay years ago. Clearly scratchbuilt, from plywood and loosely based on a GVT coach. The ply is very ragged around the windows and beading which made me think it would be better used as a time-expired coach pensioned off for use by mineworkers rather than part of the regular passenger fleet. The workmen are roughly hand-carved wooden figures I picked up in a pound shop somewhere - see - riksrailway.blogspot.com/2011/09/progress-report-38.html

[@MGdriver]

Brillant and great!❤

[@FeckHallBahn]

Fantastic to watch & listen to, as always. The FeckHallBahn’s Chaloner is currently being built!!

[@rikbennett9]

I look forward to seeing it in action, Nigel.

[@andyrbush]

Pure delight.

[@PrincessStoneforestLine]

Fantastic!

[@alanchamberlain4173]

Wonderful. An antidote to everything nasty, as well as a fantastic achievement. Such a busy line. I can't believe it doesn't make a profit with all that traffic. (Ninety-three years later I want the M&GN Joint reopened in full for the Amazon parcels traffic.) Two questions: (i) how are the points reset between the passage of two conflicting trains, and (ii) seeing the little live steam loco with that ore train, what is the ore actually made of?

[@rikbennett9]

Thanks Alan. I'm with you on the Muddle and Go Nowhere. 1) Mostly points are changed manually but a few are electrically operated. The point blades for the sand quarry were thrown by the Walker railcar trailing through it. It's heavy enough to push them. 2) The ore is actually crushed sandstone. Working on the principle that it's the bedrock in which the copper (and small deposits of silver) is carried.

[@robrossington7118]

Good Lord, live steam! Superb choice of loco, I'd love a Regner :)

[@MrSteamDragon]

Nice little fowler...... kit or scratch built?

[@rikbennett9]

It was my first attempt at a partial scratchbuild - scratchbuilt plasticard body on an LGB ToyTrain motor block - riksrailway.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-i-converted-toytrain-diesel-into.html - Quite a few of my locos use ToyTrain blocks which are well engineered, powerful and run well.

[@MrSteamDragon]

@@rikbennett9 Nice... good idea to use a 'ready-made' chassis..takes a lot of the guess and fudge-work out of it.

[@gammr3227]

ive always wanted to have a garden railway that works well with plants but my railway is on cinder blocks for abt half of the journey because of an uneven garden. What plants can I get that are low maintenance and scale eg the small trackside leaves at 4:53

[@musoseven8218]

If I may chip in (beware it gets everywhere) 'Mind Your Own Business' (Soleirolia soleirolii) as ground cover. Also for small (pruned almost to the fashion of Bonsai) you could go for Lonicera nitida ('Baggesens Gold' or Poor Man's Box) which can also be used as hedging, line side greenery etc. I hope that helps✌️👍💜🤞

[@rikbennett9]

Thanks. You've beaten me to it. I've also had success with Corsican Mint and moss proliferates but that's because most of my garden is in the shade for most of the year

[@keithhitchings8911]

You got more locos than your engine shed or sheds can handle. Maybe a new larger engine shed or depot needed.

[@rikbennett9]

@@keithhitchings8911 Either that or rename the shed TARDIS ...... 😉