Showing posts with label roundhouse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roundhouse. Show all posts
Friday, September 20, 2024

Lady Anne restored to full health

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  When I failed to persuade my Roundhouse Lady Anne to light at a meeting, I decided it was time to look at the renovations the bargain loco...
Friday, June 21, 2024

First time on the track

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  Now I have a carrying box, the Roundhouse loco is much easier to move around without risking damage, so it's off to the L&WMRS out...
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Thursday, June 20, 2024

Loco box

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  My Dad's had a little production line running recently, turning out boxes for both boats and trains. Quite a lot of our garden railway...
Monday, June 10, 2024

Cleaning up the boiler

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Lady Anne's boilder was letting here down. Matt, and slightly greasy, it contrasts with the high-gloss paintwork on the rest of the loco...
Wednesday, June 05, 2024

Curing the wobbly boiler, for now

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  The biggest worry with the Lady Anne, was the wobbly boiler. Everything worked fine, but the boiler shouldn't move when you prod the d...
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Tuesday, June 04, 2024

New radio in

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  The old radio reciever was firmly stuck to a plate inside the tank with (I think) a sticky pad. This sucummed to my screwdriver and the ol...
Monday, June 03, 2024

Body off

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Any work on the Roundhouse loco needed to start with removing the body. I was sure the radio reciever was in one of the tanks, and it should...
Friday, May 24, 2024

Roundhouse loco - First steaming

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With the sun out, it's time to see if the latest addition to my fleet works. After loading it up with fuel, oil and water, I placed it o...
Friday, May 17, 2024

The cheap way into Roundhouse ownership

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  This is my new toy. A Roundhouse Lady Anne. Bought at Llangollen garden railway show last Saturday.  I'd normally say I hadn't pla...
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