NICOLAS TRUDGIAN

NICOLAS TRUDGIAN

A Garden Railway Adventure NEW FROM NEW FROM

A Garden Railway Adventure NEW FROM NEW FROM

A Garden Railway Adventure BUILDING AND OPERATING THE SOUTHERN CROSS

A Garden Railway Adventure BUILDING AND OPERATING THE SOUTHERN CROSS

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Author Nicolas Trudgian’s professional artistic skills, his acquired expertise in garden scale civil engineering, his love of landscape and innate feel for things mechanical has driven the construction of this expansive garden railway tour de force. The Southern Cross Railway draws its inspiration from many different steam powered railways across the world and the line itself employs both steam and electric motive power. Within these pages are sections on layout design, permanent way construction, track laying, landscaping, tunnels, bridges, water features and planting. The resulting garden railway is therefore a credible combination of art, engineering and experience that all of us, whatever our preferred garden scale, can draw on when turning the pages of this thoroughly engaging, imaginative and instructive book.

Author Nicolas Trudgian’s professional artistic skills, his acquired expertise in garden scale civil engineering, his love of landscape and innate feel for things mechanical has driven the construction of this expansive garden railway tour de force. The Southern Cross Railway draws its inspiration from many different steam powered railways across the world and the line itself employs both steam and electric motive power. Within these pages are sections on layout design, permanent way construction, track laying, landscaping, tunnels, bridges, water features and planting. The resulting garden railway is therefore a credible combination of art, engineering and experience that all of us, whatever our preferred garden scale, can draw on when turning the pages of this thoroughly engaging, imaginative and instructive book.

Most new garden railfarers come from a background of ‘indoor’ scenic model railways and, naturally, they hope to produce a railway running through a believable landscape. The more traditional ‘tracks on sticks’ engineering, apart from looking unsightly, in fact bears no relation at all to any sort of ‘real’ railway infrastructure. This book therefore, is not a point-by-point listing of how to construct a garden railway in a particular way. It is rather, an attractively presented way of cross-referencing our own imagination and artistic endeavour with a practical way forward. In model railway terms, ’realism’ is very hard to define and even more difficult to capture, but Ian Stock’s struggle to produce railway ambience in what (it has to be said) was a very unpromising plot, is described herein. The author also visits a selection of superbly atmospheric garden railways from around the United Kingdom – look out for the hidden gems!

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BUILDING AND OPERATING THE SOUTHERN CROSS

BUILDING AND OPERATING THE SOUTHERN CROSS

NICOLAS TRUDGIAN

NICOLAS TRUDGIAN

Publishing date: May 2010

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ContentsContents

ContentsContents

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10 GILDING THE W&L LILY

10 GILDING THE W&L LILY

Tag Gorton

Will Curry

Will Curry

Will Curry

10 GILDING THE W&L LILY

10 GILDING THE W&L LILY

13 NORTHERN FINE SCALE G1

13 NORTHERN FINE SCALE G1

EDITOR’S LETTER Tag Gorton MTH TRIPLEX 2-8-8-8-2 Stuart Moon BOXING CLEVER David Torrance THE LUCKY MAN’S RAILROAD Rich Perrelli

Will Curry

WAGONS Peter Trinder

WAGONS Peter Trinder

13 NORTHERN FINE SCALE G1

13 NORTHERN FINE SCALE G1

WAGONS Peter Trinder

15 A LITTLE BIT OF SCRATCH BUILDING

WAGONS Peter Trinder

15 A LITTLE BIT OF SCRATCH BUILDING

Peter Bunce

Peter Bunce

15 A LITTLE BIT OF SCRATCH BUILDING

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Peter Bunce

15 A LITTLE BIT OF SCRATCH BUILDING

18 A KIWI BUSH JIGGER CONVERSION

18 A KIWI BUSH JIGGER CONVERSION

Peter Bunce

John Robinson

John Robinson

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22 VAN TENDER

Laurie Wright

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Laurie Wright

Stuart Moon

Stuart Moon

22 VAN TENDER

22 VAN TENDER

Stuart Moon

THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL David Turner FLYING THE BANANA Mark Thatcher BAGULEY BETTER IN BLACK Paul Higginson

24 A SMALL FREELANCE RAILCAR

24 A SMALL FREELANCE RAILCAR

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39 LETTER FROM AMERICA

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Thomas Preisner

Thomas Preisner

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44 TRADING PLACES

Thomas Preisner

44 TRADING PLACES

Thomas Preisner

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48 DIARY DATES

48 DIARY DATES

44 TRADING PLACES

48 DIARY DATES

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MAIL BOX - MARKET PLACE

MAIL BOX - MARKET PLACE

WAR SURPLUS FROM ANDEL David Mees FORTY SHADES OF GREEN Cliff Thomas TOWNSMAN’S ROUND Stuart Moon MARKETPLACE/MAILBOX DIARY DATES

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24 A SMALL FREELANCE RAILCAR

26 THE WETTON GOOEY LIGHT

26 THE WETTON GOOEY LIGHT

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RAILWAY Mel Turbott

RAILWAY Mel Turbott

26 THE WETTON GOOEY LIGHT

26 THE WETTON GOOEY LIGHT

RAILWAY Mel Turbott

RAILWAY Mel Turbott

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A STARTER FOR TEN Mike Thorpe BIGGING UP A MILLIE Chris Bird

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‘FRAMELESS TANK CAR’ Stuart Moon

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‘FRAMELESS TANK CAR’ Stuart Moon

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N o 187 MARCH 2010 Front Cover: Spreewald 2-6-0T bursts through the trees and on to the river bridge with a goods working. Judging by the brand new hay tedder on the second truck, a local farmer must have actually put his hand in his pocket. Photo: Mel Turbot

N o 187 MARCH 2010 Front Cover: Spreewald 2-6-0T bursts through the trees and on to the river bridge with a goods working. Judging by the brand new hay tedder on the second truck, a local farmer must have actually put his hand in his pocket. Photo: Mel Turbot

N o 187 MARCH 2010 Front Cover: Spreewald 2-6-0T bursts through the trees and on to the river bridge with a goods working. Judging by the brand new hay tedder on the second truck, a local farmer must have actually put his hand in his pocket. Photo: Mel Turbot

No 191 JULY 2010 Front Cover: Now is the time to get out in the garden and run all those winter projects you have been working on, such as this one-off Model T railbus superbly weathered by owner Paul Fletcher. Photo: Paul Fletcher

N o 187 MARCH 2010 Front Cover: Spreewald 2-6-0T bursts through the trees and on to the river bridge with a goods working. Judging by the brand new hay tedder on the second truck, a local farmer must have actually put his hand in his pocket. Photo: Mel Turbot

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