A & B Report

Autumn 2009


No.24 loco Alice

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You can see large ones by click on the photos in this page
New Book

The fifth book about my garden railway was published in July.


Ordinary service

The turntable has been covered by the grass in Garage station yard


No. 2 loco AB10 on the stone pavement track, No.19 loco DB81 over the brick arch bridge, and 1 truck Shay with small boxcars

Here are some movies of driving on AB10 train and Stationmaster Pascal

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No.24 loco Alice

Maxitrak's Alice came to A&B, and running main line in the summer garden.


Here are some movies of running Alice and driving Alice.

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New locos

45mm gauge Ogwen 0-4-0 and 32mm gauge vertical boiler loco with 16mm scale coaches


Merlin's GW 0-4-0 and Argyle's Philadelphia 0-4-2, both are 45mm gauge


Accucraft's Saxonian IIIK 0-6-2 is a interesting loco with very complex mechanism in rod linkage.

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JAM International Model Railroad Convention in Tokyo

Akubi L.R. participated in the JAM Convention 21-23 August at Tokyo, and exhibited small size live steamers.

Here are some movies in my booth displaying my live steamers running by air compressor.

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*MOVIE in YouTube*


Mr. Inoue and Mr Hoshino's booth was neighboring space, and displayed their excellent models.


Shay and Shay

Junk model of live steam Shay was repaired in lubricator and rebuilt with new cab.


Coal fired live steamer of 16mm scale Shay came from UK


45mm gauge Catatonk's Shay came from USA

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First Heisler in A&B

45mm gauge Catatonk's Heisler


It has very nice detail and performance as following movies

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Kiso Baldwin rear tank

Kiso Logging Railway Baldwin 0-4-2 was one of the most famous narrow gauge locomotive in Japan


I built the new kit of Aster's Kiso Baldwin (Second photo shows old model of Aster's Baldwin 0-4-2 to compare)

Here is a movie of Kiso Baldwin in test running.

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I decided to build 5inch gauge Kiso Baldwin by Mr. Yokota's design, and obtained some parts and materials.


New big project

I decided to construct new garden railway larger than Bentengaoka Short Line, and obtained the estate for this new project.
The construction will start in next summer, after the construction of my new house and the move.

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