A & B Report

Orange and violet


No.21 loco, new steam tram Tobboo, with a A&B staff after success of test running



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The season has come.


In the yard of Garage Station, the weeds are dense with pretty pink flowers around the turn table.


The construction was carried out in Porchside Line to refresh the shoulder of the track foundation.


Small locomotives


16mm scale Aileen and Darjeeling running in Porchside Line


Replica model of old live steamers built in 1968, and G scale DL, built from the kit, on the track of wood deck


Scratch built steam tram with Saito three cylinders engine running on endless track in the west garden


Building caboose


Caboose under construction from last month, and the brake wheels built the ring parts and the others


The brake wheel set on the deck handrail, and the different wood materials assembled to reinforce the strength at the edge.


The assembled board is used at the roof, and the hinoki boards were stuck on the wall as parallel with a little distance to each other.


The cupola built by same method, and set on the roof


The hinoki boards were stuck under the roof caves for reinforcement, and the detail parts on the roof


After almost completed in wood craft, new caboose was tested on the track.


Comparing with G scale caboose, that is built July in this year, the size of 5inch gauge caboose is about three times to small one.


The handrails on the roof and on the wall.


The close-up view of the end of handrail on the side wall, and semicircle handrails on the top of ladder


Painting caboose


Painting orange on the wall and brown on the roof by lacquer spray


Painting white on window frames and doors, and close-up of the door knob used with a metal part for leather craft


White lettering seal put on the wall, and complete caboose on the timber trestle in the west garden


Side view of caboose; length is 800mm, width 340mm, height 580mm.


It became the third and biggest caboose in Akubi L.R. Bentengaoka S.L.


Reports from the others


Mr. Inoue's 5inch wooden engine loco, and my old toy tram restored by Mr. Inoue


Mr. Sekine's 5inch four truck Shay in the new layout of Hakuba Mini Train Park


Mr. Sato's Stirling engine loco completed and Mr. Ishikawa's 3.5inch JR EF57 in his garden railway


Mr. Hoshino's O gauge clockwork Sentinel steam car and his 5inch Sentinel tank locomotive under construction


Mr. Hoshino's 5inch Sentinel without and with body


Hand-pump of new steam tram


I bought a hand-pump from Maidstone Engineering in GB, and set it on my new steam tram Tobboo.


The rod set to move the pump's lever from the rear, and painting sky-blue inside of body for durability


No.21 loco Tobboo


No.21 loco Tobboo completed, waiting for steam-up in the Garage Station


The color of outside is violet and inside is sky-blue. You can see that It is a small loco comparing with the coach


Now Tobboo in steam-up, and running over the brick arch bridge


Tobboo with coach returning to the Garage Station through the brick crossing


Tobboo restarting from the Garage Station, and the commemorative photograph with A&B staff after success of non-stop running around the main line


Length is 550mm, width 300mm, height 380mm, and weigh is about 25kg


I will build the side under skirt, front lamp, and bell.

A small movie of Tobboo running on stone pavement track is herein .

Here are small movies of Tobboo running on Deck Line in 1 and 2 .

And movies of Tobboo running on elevated track in 1 and 2 .

More movies of driving on Tobboo in 1 and 2 .


Stationmaster's work


Stationmaster Pascal, he is a little wet after morning shampoo, standing by new caboose in the porch.

See you next !

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