A & B Report

The coming of spring


Rail bus running in the forest of west garden under the sunlight through the trees



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Flower in the garden


The comparison of February (the first photo) and March (the second one)


By the flower planters the train running in the porch and the rail bus passing in the south garden

Building of the new locomotive


The new locomotive under construction is a scratchbuilt electric small steam loco

Here are small movies of the rods movement tests (view from side), (from above), and the running test on track.


The cylinders were made with vinyl chloride pipe, and caps of them are brass.


The parts of rods and crank are almost aluminum. The construction is to be continued...

Playmobil


The red DL and tender SL of Playmobil on the 45mm gauge track in the garden

Oldtimer


A very small shunt lever (old original) and O gauge old live steam model in 1930 by Bowman

Live steams on 45mm gauge


Boldwin 0-4-2 tank locos by Aster on the endless track in west garden


Dockside of Wada works in steam-up on track, and three live steams (small tank, Shay, Dockside) on the table in the garden

Here is the small movie of Shay running


This 0-4-0 tank loco is a product by Aster, and O scale(On30) Amemiya tank loco.

Restore of Lady Madcap


One spring of Lady Madcap was built and installed to the suspension of axle

Usual service


AB20 & AB10 double-header train running on the stone pavement track and in the forest of west garden


No.9 loco Plymouth with tippers passing on crossing point in the forest, and No.10 rail bus on main line of west garden


No.8 loco Sapphire waiting on the porch and running on the brick arch bridge under the sasanqua tree

Visit to JCFC


I visited to JCFC(Japan Coupler Friend Club) on meeting at Kodaira in Tokyo.


D51 (one of the masterpiece of Japanese SL) and C56 models of 5in gauge (1/8.4 scale)


This large EL model is EF57, and Our A&B press officer Miss N on driving


Orange pretty locomotive of 3.5in gauge, and A&B president riding on a wagon tracted by C56

New models by Mr. Inoue


A train (red EL, coach, and service cars) and a rail bike are new works by Mr. Inoue (The grand of JMRC).

Reports from the others


Train of Inagi L.R. and the white cat the manager of ILR


Mr. Kiuch's Shay on the second run in Mr. Muramoto's garden railway

First open day in 2006


AB20+AB10 train with a guest running on the deck line, and Plymouth with the president at A&B open day Mar. 21, 2006


The A&B president and a guest driving AB20+AB10 train in the forest and on timber trestle in the west garden

Stationmaster at work


Stationmaster Pascal waiting at the door of the garage, and inspecting the rail bus

Here is the small movie of rail bus running with Pascal


Pascal sitting in the porch by the flowers of spring

The season has come !


No.10 rail bus named Camera boy passing to the gate of Garage station

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