Peckforton Light Railway - Peckforton Through Time

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • A retrospective look at how Peckforton Station and its surroundings on Peckforton Light Railway have evolved over the past seventeen years. The PLR is a garden railway and is my depiction of a three foot narrow gauge railway which might possibly have been built to serve the copper mines and local communities alongside the Peckforton Hills in Cheshire, UK. For more information see riksrailway.blo... - Music: "White" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com ). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

Комментарии • 18

  • @markmyword295
    @markmyword295 Год назад +4

    Nice relaxing film to watch on a good Friday morning. Lovely

  • @kymvalleygardensdesign5350
    @kymvalleygardensdesign5350 Год назад +2

    I could watch these films all day more like this, please. I have actually started planting up my railway today even though all the track is not
    laid and there is still an awful lot to do the endless rain has not helped. Your films help me to get out doors and get stuck in.

  • @cascadiasouthernrailroad
    @cascadiasouthernrailroad 5 месяцев назад +1

    Impressively made and well documented. I hope to have my layout looking that nice some day.

  • @samkabatt
    @samkabatt 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks so much, you are very gifted creative person. Incredibly beautiful 😊

  • @Jasper_Seven
    @Jasper_Seven Год назад +1

    Thanks for sharing. I'm so jealous of your efforts. I'm currently working up the courage to spend money on a sprinkler system so I can make attempt 2 at a line. But, I doubt I'll ever get onto modeling as much or as nice as you have done. Good luck and good fortune on continued running of your line.

    • @rikbennett9
      @rikbennett9  Год назад

      Hi. I certainly have no need for sprinkler systems in this part of North West England. My problem is usually trying to find two consecutive days without rain so I can run a proper operating session. Best of luck with your second attempt. I hope it all works out for you this time.

  • @andyrbush
    @andyrbush Год назад +1

    That was a delight to watch and listen to thank you.

  • @musoseven8218
    @musoseven8218 Год назад +2

    I like the way that your line has developed.
    Lucky your not on clay, all of our std gauge boards have to be raised to allow for ground shift etc. Plus the garden has a fall in three different planes.
    Our NG line is under threat from an ASBO neighbour, it's 21 years old this year.

    • @rikbennett9
      @rikbennett9  Год назад +1

      Thank goodness I have good neighbours and a mix of clay and loam. I do get some problems with settlement but as I've been selective with the soil in the raised beds I've not experienced heave.

    • @musoseven8218
      @musoseven8218 Год назад

      @@rikbennett9 💜✌️👍😊😊

  • @wideyxyz2271
    @wideyxyz2271 Год назад +1

    Great Video as always. Its nice to see how it has developed. Its kind of Ironic that today I have listed what's left of my garden railway track on gumtree. After lifting it and it being stored for 16 years I have finally realised it will never be rebuilt so hopefully its off to a new home shortly!

    • @rikbennett9
      @rikbennett9  Год назад +1

      Sorry to hear your railway is no more. As you say, let's hope someone else puts your track to good use.

  • @williamsworkshopuk
    @williamsworkshopuk Год назад +3

    Rik, thank you for this wonderful guided tour. I have been enjoying your videos for the past couple of years. You might even be finally convincing me to give it a go myself. How would you recommend I start with the end goal ending up something like you have there? I.e. fairly realistic operations, nice looking stock et cetera. I know I can buy myself various LGB starter sets and I could lay a circle of track - but it feels like all of that would end up being discarded when/if the layout ever extended.

    • @rikbennett9
      @rikbennett9  Год назад +1

      Hi William. This blog post is probably the best way I can answer your question. riksrailway.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-to-build-garden-railway-or-if-i.html. Like most things, I think time spent at the planning stage is time well spent. Identifying your goal right from the start should keep you on the right track. I started with an LGB starter set and gradually moved away from it. My first train may have looked like a Stainz loco pulling a couple of Germanic looking four wheeled coaches but in my head it was a UK based loco with Glyn Valley style coaches..... 🤔

    • @williamsworkshopuk
      @williamsworkshopuk Год назад

      @@rikbennett9 Thank you for the link, I don't think I've checked out your blog before. For your kind of layout what kind of train lengths (i.e. passing loops) and curve radius did you use, just so I can get a feel for the possible in my space, please?

    • @rikbennett9
      @rikbennett9  Год назад

      @@williamsworkshopuk Hi William. All my loops can accommodate trains of 8-10 four wheeled wagons or three bogie coaches plus a van. Some of my curves are quite tight but I have tried to ensure (though not quite succeeded) that LGB R3 ( 1195 mm - just under 4' radius) is my minimum.

  • @Gilstrains
    @Gilstrains Год назад

    Brilliant