Playing Trains
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I'm Bob Hughes. The site follows the progress of various railway modeling projects and layouts but, as you'll see from the blog entries, my main interest lies with O scale narrow gauge modeling. My model railway interests are varied, tending more towards narrow gauge in the larger scales, and usually in limited spaces but the FCPyF has been rebuilt as a single large layout instead of a..
Playing Trains
8h ago
Spring is sprung, the grass is riz… Before starting work the layout was swept with a soft brush to remove dust and small bits of debris. Nature is seldom monochrome so three varieties of scatter were applied and secured in ..read more
Playing Trains
8h ago
The FCPyF’s passengers have a distrust of anything “new” because the chances are that it either hasn’t been properly tested or it has got wet paint on it. As a result of this cynicism the tourists on this excursion insisted ..read more
Playing Trains
8h ago
Continuing from where the morning shift left off on Sunday… Train 3 from Grande to San Fernandez was doodlebug 26 and a pair of vans. The northbound train was switched onto the siding at Casablanca. Train 102 from San Fernandez ..read more
Playing Trains
3d ago
Don’t air your dirty linen in public, or so the saying goes. Since the switchback was installed there has been a very obvious hindrance to photographing parts of the layout with Paño Cucina in the background. The blue and white ..read more
Playing Trains
6d ago
I suspect that most modellers in my age group used to play with Lego when they were kids. It would seem that some people still do. Photographs taken near the Swizzels factory in New Mills yesterday. Stick them in your ..read more
Playing Trains
1w ago
The O scale puppet rod loco took to the rails this morning. I think it fits in nicely, a micro loco for a micro layout ..read more
Playing Trains
1w ago
A bit of progress was made with the standard gauge Ruston today. The tiny shunt engine now has its footplate and headstocks attached to the chassis. Solebars will be made from coffee stirrers and drawing pins will be used for ..read more
Playing Trains
1w ago
It’s not just the real railway that has issues with timekeeping. The parcel arrived this afternoon, it’s only a day late, a mere nothing by FCPyF standards! Six of the coaches will have their bogies removed for future use on ..read more
Playing Trains
2w ago
The timetable for April’s operating session was amended yesterday with doodlebug 26 working trains 3 and 4. This gives the operator at San Fernandez more to do because No.26 will need to be turned and run round its train on ..read more
Playing Trains
2w ago
I spent some time clearing the flangeways in Grande loco shed this morning, mainly on track 6 but they all needed doing. The shed area now works a lot better than it did. I then had a look at Sentinel ..read more