Sheehaun Light Railway

[DJ Dangerous]

11 hours ago, LNERW1 said:

I'm not quite sure why the semi-mushroom pun…

 

 

[LNERW1]

11 hours ago, Metrovik said:

My god, one engine on your railway has more backstory than my entire layout!

What did I tell you about never underestimating how autistic I am?

51 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

 

Well that certainly sort of explains it.

[LNERW1]

Preliminary earthworks along the south wall of the garden, from Knockrann curve to Barnacollin bridge. Annoyingly difficult to level out since the shovel snapped. Apologies for the rather dark video but I only thought to record my progress after the sun went down.

Since the railway room has been built, theres been a line of spoil along the southern edge of the garden, which I’ve started shaping into an embankment leading to behind the new building. I thought I’d post this as I’ll be visiting family in Spain from Monday to Thursday, so I won’t have another opportunity to share progress for a while. At the end of the week, once im back home and it’s daytime again, I’ll do a full walkthrough of the planned alignment. The railway has been planned for nearly four years now, so hopefully 2026 will be the year it finally comes to fruition.

Edited December 28, 2025 by LNERW1

[Mol_PMB]

I hope you have a great time in Spain - hopefully it won't be as dark as your garden!

[LNERW1]

It's a bit of a risk going to Valencia as it puts me within missile range of the Canaries, so I'll have to take a break from being an insufferable asshole to poor @DJ Dangerous when I'm down there! But needs must. Hopefully I can get a bitta video of the Spanish choo choos to put up here, and maybe on YouTube since I only have one video up as is.

[DJ Dangerous]

On 28/12/2025 at 7:24 PM, LNERW1 said:

It's a bit of a risk going to Valencia as it puts me within missile range of the Canaries, so I'll have to take a break from being an insufferable asshole to poor @DJ Dangerous when I'm down there! But needs must. Hopefully I can get a bitta video of the Spanish choo choos to put up here, and maybe on YouTube since I only have one video up as is.

Don’t worry, Valencia is just as far from Canarias as Laois, for all intents and purposes, so you’re safe…

For now!

[LNERW1]

Guess who’s back? Quick video tour of where I am now, as promised.

 

 

[LNERW1]

Work progressing at Green River Cut, 9 March 2026.

[LNERW1]

And further record of the works around The Cut and Green River (Barnacollin):

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[derek]

Black and white pic is the business 

[Patrick Davey]

Fabulous project, can't wait to see the trains running!

[LNERW1]

A slight mishap during test runs.

 

 

[Flying Snail]

1 hour ago, LNERW1 said:

A slight mishap during test runs.

You needed to get it up to 88!  

 

Very nice to see a garden railway, looking forward to watching this develop - is the track powered or are your trains battery operated?

Edited March 11 by Flying Snail

[LNERW1]

At the moment all my stock is track powered, 18V DC. However the majority of my track was made before the collapse of the Soviet Union and has basically been in constant outdoor use since, so it's not all in the best condition. As such I'm just not bothering to deep clean track, tighten fishplates, swap out some sections, rewire points, and worry about where to put power droppers, and I'm planning to slowly work my way through my collection, fitting them each with radio control one-by-one. However, at the moment I have no RC locos and no controllers, so I can't actually run anything. However, I do have a short term plan, which I will hopefully be able to share soon.