Peckforton Light Railway - Trainspotting at Bulkeley Station

[@alientrainstudios]

You have such a beautiful garden railway. I love all the different locomotives and the history you've given the line. Well done!

[@Captain-Scott]

WOW. Thank you. Train watching is much more fun with your narration. Love the stories of the locals passing through and spending the day on your magical light Ry.

[@danhohman]

Absolutely love the narration! Wonderful job! Thank You!

[@rikbennett9]

Thanks Dan. It was a bit of an experiment. Not got it 100% right, but there's always a next time 😏

[@garrymartin6474]

Fabulous ! Although i had to turn the sound down a little when the cattle got excited !

[@rikbennett9]

I know 🤔 Not quite got the relative sound levels sussed yet. Work in progress 😏

[@alexhando8541]

Great narration, Rik!

[@rikbennett9]

Thanks Alex. It was hard work (took a whole day just doing the narration). Hopefully, I'll improve next time.

[@JayTheFox99]

I love your garden railway and the history you've given it! I've got a question though...where do they get the carcasses for the boneworks?

[@rikbennett9]

Interesting question and certainly not one I've been asked before. Most of the carcases would have come from abattoirs. There's a lot of waste such as horns, hooves, skin and bones which wouldn't have gone into meat production. Also, some animals might have been too old or diseased to be used for meat. In addition, the real boneworks that my model is based on used to get manure from Chester Zoo and, of course, in the 1920s and 30s a lot of horses were still being used to pull wagons, so there would have been plenty of muck cleared from the streets in cities. This article is quite interesting. Looks like history might be repeating itself - www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/abattoir-waste-fertilisers-could-become-norm

[@JayTheFox99]

@@rikbennett9 Interesting! Thank you!

[@fabrizioviscardi40]

Nice video!

[@HM...333]

Please can you give us a full tour of the layout of the line so I can fully appreciate your railway

[@rikbennett9]

This is a virtual trip along the line - kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5bXe3ali7Kgg6s

[@rikbennett9]

And this gives an overview of the industries served by the railway - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2GQZ4Vndqp_nZo

[@rikbennett9]

A good view of the entire line can be gained form this video, though it is now five years old and there have been some additions which are covered in the other two videos above - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4PKi4aioLp4a9E

[@jamesimrobertson5422]

Brilliant as always. On the subject of the swing bridge - I heard from a very good source (the man down the pub) that it was manufactured in Newcastle for a railway in Tasmainia that went bankrupt before it could be delivered and your mob bought it for near scrap value in anticipation of some canal venture of the Marquess of Cholmondeley. Maybe you can find some corroborating evidence.

[@rikbennett9]

Now that sounds highly plausible. Thanks James. I will rewrite the line's history accordingly 👍

[@thevioletvalleyrailway346]

When you say up train does it mean it is going uphill?

[@rikbennett9]

In the UK, Up means going towards a railway's principal station and Down means going away from it. On mainlines, the principal station was usually London based whereas on branch lines the principal station would be its junction with the mainline. I'm not sure how it worked for cross country lines, especially if there was a junction at each end which were both equidistant from London. An interesting question.

[@JayTheFox99]

How did you map out the line and where around your garden it would go?

[@rikbennett9]

Hi Tanner. I drew the map using PowerPoint and exported it as a JPG image, then imported it into Paint and recorded, as I drew around the route with a paintbrush tool, using screen grabbing software which is part of my Corel VideoStudio package. Rik

[@rikbennett9]

Hi Tanner. I just realised your question is about how I planned the route for the railway around the garden. This blog post explains my planning process - riksrailway.blogspot.com/2011/08/planning-railway.html

[@JayTheFox99]

@@rikbennett9 Thank you!

[@MartyLJ57]

How do you operate your switch machines ?

[@rikbennett9]

Hi Marty. The one leading to the Copper Mine branch uses an LGB point motor operated by radio control using a Deltang transmitter and receiver. The others are hand operated - I just edited out when I changed them over (and when I uncoupled wagons).