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Steam railmotor car
AB20 train running on main line of west garden in the evening darkness
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Perfect autumn days
AB20 with new trailer well wagon and short caboose running in the forest and going out to the south garden
AB20 train crossing over the brick arch bridge in the west garden
Here is a very large memory (2Mb) movie of AB20 driving in the garden.
Usual service
No.14 loco Popinjay over the timber trestle and No.1 loco Work diesel in the garage station
No.8 loco Sapphire with white head lamp on the mail line of west garden and dumping ash into pit in the garage station
Construction of steam railmotor car 1
The parts of the boiler and engine in the left, and the vertical piping of boiler
The boiler almost completed by silver welding and starting construction of double action oscillating engine
The engine parts completed and the all parts, boiler cover, chassis, boiler, burner, dummy engines, engine with drivers, and bogie
The boiler and engin setting on the chassis, and piping between boiler and engine through a lubricator
The under view of drivers with dummy engines in both sides, and the test running on the track in the garden
Here is a small movie of the steam-up test on the workbench .
And the test running on the track
Construction of steam railmotor car 2
The starting of body construction by using wood and cardboard for steam railmotor car
Painting with gray surfacer and assembling with more wood block for reinforcement or detail
Painting chassis to black, buffers to red wheels to green, and building the roof with brass board of 1mm thickness by bending
The roof completed with ventilators of brass parts, and painting roof to olive-green, body to ivory
Steam railmotor car completed
Painting upper and lower of body to sky-blue, and testing run on the track after complete
There are small movies of running steam railmotor car herein and herein.
And more small movie of running steam railmotor car through the forest herein.
Report from the others
The article of 45mm EL, that is tractive with human, designed by Mr. Inoue in 1974, and Mr. Sudo's 45mm live steam of 8620 under construction
Mr. Kiuch's Koppel displaying in the exhibition in Germany, and Mr. Hoshino's 3.5inch gauge C59 under construction
Mr. Sato driving his Kyosan of 5inch gauge narrow locomotive, and the engines under construction in his workshop
Stationmaster Pascal visiting Akashi Railway of Kinuura Railway Club, and 5inch Koppel running in the good location
A&B Open day
A&B open day was carried out in beautiful Saturday, so my friends gathered in the porch.
It was the perfect day for enjoying the garden railway !
The most exciting thing is to drive and control the train by oneself.
The view from the seat of driving trailer during the travel through the forest
AB20 with the new orange well wagon trailer, and AB10 with old passenger car and blue well wagon trailer
Ab10 train going into the forest from stone pavement track in the south garden
AB20 train over the timber trestle and Deki-3 EL on the brick over track approaching to the arch bridge
The red old caboose of the end of train on the curve track by the porch
The A&B president (I) driving No.9 loco Plymouth with four tippers over the brick arch
Stationmaster at work
Stationmaster Pascal sitting on his position in the center of the south garden and standing in the porch for observation of the railway service
Autumn long night
G gauge layout in the hobby room is full up with toys and models as ever.
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