Peckforton Light Railway - A Brief History - Part 2

Part 1 told the story of how the railway was conceived and constructed, covering the period from 2004 to 2012. In Part 2 we continue the story. This covers my early experiments with Deltang radio control and the building and conversion of several battery powered locos. For more information see riksrailway.blogspot.com - Copyright free music provided by Corel VideoStudio ScoreFitter

[@bikerides]

Great cliff hanger.......

[@gingertom64]

Excellent as usual.

[@wonkagaming8750]

Sometimes i question youtube recomendations, but this time i actualy enjoyed it

[@rikbennett9]

Pleased to hear it. Reassuring to hear my video has been recommended by the system.

[@tominnis8353]

Amazing! Thank you.

[@rikbennett9]

Thanks Tom - Glad you liked it

[@funeralcrow3943]

Great video!!

[@rikbennett9]

Thanks Argel. Pt3 is on its way .....

[@VestedUTuber]

So, just to note, those Playmobile motor blocks are actually made by LGB. They're the same ones used in the LGB Toytrain models.

[@rikbennett9]

They certainly seem to be similar. The Playmobil block I used for the Southwold Sharpie loco is quite different to the Otto ToyTrain style of motor block and doesn't perform quite as well. I think it might have a three pole motor rather than a 5 pole one.

[@Slushiebop]

This makes me wanna do one of these railways more and more

[@rikbennett9]

Go for it ...... 😏

[@sanspareil3018]

Interesting video as usual. Awaiting part 3! Yes I think battery power works well on garden railways and I think in time it will be adopted by smaller scale indoor cousins! I have used Deltang equipment on my railway but found with points that occasionally interference caused unsolicited operation of points so went back to switches and servos although it is possible that water ingress caused my problems. I do like the complexity you have built in to your operation.

[@rikbennett9]

I keep the electronics for my points operation under cover to avoid damp. So far, it's not encountered any problems.

[@chriswalas9891]

Wonderful!

[@rikbennett9]

Thanks Chris

[@gammr3227]

excellent video. have you ever considered live steam?

[@rikbennett9]

Briefly, yes. I do have one live steamer (a Regner Chaloner) but I've only ever run it twice. Because my main focus is operating train services as realistically as possible I find battery powered locos to be perfect - they are instant to fire up, I can run them at realistic speeds, they are ideal for shunting and will run all day without refuelling. I think, if I had live steam instead of battery, a full running session would take three or four days rather than one and a half.