Peckforton Light Railway - A Brief History

Peckforton Light Railway - A Brief History - Part 2

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3 жыл бұрын

Part 1 told the story of how the railway was conceived and constructed, covering the period from 2004 to 2012. In Part 2 we continue the story. This covers my early experiments with Deltang radio control and the building and conversion of several battery powered locos. For more information see riksrailway.blogspot.com - Copyright free music provided by Corel VideoStudio ScoreFitter

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@bikerides 3 жыл бұрын

Great cliff hanger.......

@gingertom64 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent as usual.

@tominnis8353 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thank you.

@rikbennett9 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom - Glad you liked it

@wonkagaming8750 3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes i question youtube recomendations, but this time i actualy enjoyed it

@rikbennett9 3 жыл бұрын

Pleased to hear it. Reassuring to hear my video has been recommended by the system.

@VestedUTuber 2 жыл бұрын

So, just to note, those Playmobile motor blocks are actually made by LGB. They're the same ones used in the LGB Toytrain models.

@rikbennett9 2 жыл бұрын

They certainly seem to be similar. The Playmobil block I used for the Southwold Sharpie loco is quite different to the Otto ToyTrain style of motor block and doesn't perform quite as well. I think it might have a three pole motor rather than a 5 pole one.

@funeralcrow3943 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!!

@rikbennett9 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Argel. Pt3 is on its way .....

@Slushiebop 3 жыл бұрын

This makes me wanna do one of these railways more and more

@rikbennett9 3 жыл бұрын

Go for it ...... 😏

@sanspareil3018 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting video as usual. Awaiting part 3! Yes I think battery power works well on garden railways and I think in time it will be adopted by smaller scale indoor cousins! I have used Deltang equipment on my railway but found with points that occasionally interference caused unsolicited operation of points so went back to switches and servos although it is possible that water ingress caused my problems. I do like the complexity you have built in to your operation.

@rikbennett9 3 жыл бұрын

I keep the electronics for my points operation under cover to avoid damp. So far, it's not encountered any problems.

@chriswalas9891 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@rikbennett9 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris

@gammr3227 3 жыл бұрын

excellent video. have you ever considered live steam?

@rikbennett9 3 жыл бұрын

Briefly, yes. I do have one live steamer (a Regner Chaloner) but I've only ever run it twice. Because my main focus is operating train services as realistically as possible I find battery powered locos to be perfect - they are instant to fire up, I can run them at realistic speeds, they are ideal for shunting and will run all day without refuelling. I think, if I had live steam instead of battery, a full running session would take three or four days rather than one and a half.