Hi Guys,
I’ve just joined the forum, live in Folkestone UK (in the south east corner of the country close to the Channel Tunnel - using Eurostar closer to Europe than many parts of the UK!!). Spent about 30 years working in Asia and returned home to the UK about 5 years ago.
Have been into garden railways for just under two years starting off with an LGB digital start set. This was soon expanded and construction of a line down one side of the garden started - plan this year is to chuck out the LGB power system and install the more powerful Massoth system as well as beautifying the track surroundings etc. Next year hope to start taking the track up the other side of the garden.
Main modelling interest is the Swiss RhaetiaBahn and the German NG lines around the Rugen, the Harz and Dresden (railroads which have been visited by train starting at my local station[8D]). Also appearing from time to time is some Union Pacific (F7AB and Alco Passenger and Freight locos) and Boston & Maine (GP9). My cousin lives just outside Boston so on my last visit dragged him to Charles Ro to get the very nice blue and white GP9!! Also have got the Bachmann Heisler (DCC chipped and Pheonix-sounded) and latest Shay (awaiting chipping and sounding!!).
Have subscribed to Garden Railways - great magazine but one problem - the adverts show how expensive garden railroading here is in the UK compared to what you pay in the US - just like the price of gas!! Am hoping to get many hints from joining this forum…
Keith
Welcome to the forum from the left coast of the US,
Happy to help in any way we can, you’ll not be the only Brit here,we have a few other great guys here so you wont get just a US point of view, as for gas prices, there predicting +$3.00 a gallon here in Kalifoonia, as our governator says, so thats one thing a little more in common, that and my predisposition to English and Irish brews. Later Vic.
Pleased to meet you, Keith.
From somewhere in the middle of the USA.
KEITH[#welcome]
FROM THE east coast ,in penna ,usa their is a lot of good people and good garden rail road information on this forum Ben
Hello Keith,
Welcome to the forum. We’re a friendly bunch with a lot of collective experience and strong opinions on almost any subject you’d care to talk about. We’re always anxious to help new members in any way we can (short of sending money).
It sounds as though you’re well on your way to a great garden railway, send along some photos when you get a chance.
Walt
[#welcome] Keith,
Sounds like you are well on your way there. Ask any questions you have and I’m sure you will get a lot of responses or direction to where your question may have been asked before.
Take care,
Jack
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Hi Keith from a fellow Brit. You will enjoy it here. I live next to Heathrow Airport.
Isnt Charles Ro store great. I brought back a lot of spares for my USA trains. Get your cousin to visit you regularly and bring back back some goodies. Thats what I do.
Hey Vic, $3.00? Our`s is $6.85 a gallon.
All the best
Ian P
A BIG Welcome from South Texas. I’m Capt J.E. Carrales and we 'd love to have you add your identity to ours…resistance is futile![:)]
Again welcome!
Hello Keith!
Greetings from Toledo, Ohio…probably almost as cloudy as London here but I think we get more snow and more days over 30C! [:p][:p][:p][:p][:p]
undeworld
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You picked the right place, . Great advice, lots of help and lots of answers. But most of all LOTS OF GREAT PEOPLE… Right Capt. C…?
Welcome aboard Keith [tup]
[#welcome] to this side of the pond[:D]
Hi Keith,
Same side of the pond, up in Blackpool. You’ll enjoy this lot, we do have our moments!
Cheers,
Kim
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PS, watch it Yanks, us Limeys are back up to four now. We’ll soon outnumber you and with Vics help you’ll all be drinking warm beer![:D]
Hi Kieth
[#welcome]
From under the pond yes there is life down here[:D][(-D]
regards John
Hello Keith.Since I’m only half an hour from you I’d be interested in hearing the Pheonix sound.Get in touch.
Troy
Keith,
Greetings from the Boston area, actually Mansfield MA (just south of Boston). I have been to your area of the UK and stayed south in the New Forest in Brockenhurst. We even took the Eurostar to Paris. I have a good sized outdoors layout if you ever come for a visit look us up on the LGB website under “Atlas”. When we visited the UK we had touble finding G Gauge garden railways to visit but did find one train shop in York and another i Windsor. The railway meuseum in York was great! Took lots of train trips. If you have any questions try this link, http://www.girr.org/girr/tips/tips.html
Bill Hewitt
Mansfield, MA USA
The Southpark & Dogbark GRR
Warm Beer NEVER! I also drink what many I’ve found to be called domestic swill Budlight that is[;)] But the cheaper beer enables my RR budget!
I’ll consider eating my rice pudding warm (someting I learned from an English friend) but warm beer? … absolutely not, that’s just plain uncivilized!
Walt
Well Walt,
If they tried a few of our beers that I can think of right off warm. They would realize why most of our beers are served very cold
Jack
Hang on chaps,
It’s not so much warm,as in room temperature.,It’s all down to taste.
At 0 degrees everything tastes the same.Bloody cold.
Troy
That’s the only good part about winter, you can work outside and your beer doesn’t get warm[:p]