Peckforton Light Railway - Excerpts from a running session

Peckforton Light Railway - Excerpts from a running session - Sept 2020

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3 жыл бұрын

A few shots from my most recent operating session on the Peckforton Light Railway - a 45mm narrow gauge garden railway set and located in the countryside of Cheshire - UK. Rather than my usual subtitles, I have tried a voice-over as a few of my regular viewers asked for it. Let me know whether it works (or not!). For more information see riksrailway.blogspot.com - Music "Candlelight Sonata" provided by Corel VideoStudio Scorefitter.

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@CaverKeith 3 жыл бұрын

This is my most favouritist garden railway of all time. The narration works really well. Thoroughly enjoyable.

@rikbennett9 3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, Keith. Really glad you enjoyed it. Rik

@edwilson5727 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely voice over (slightly reminiscent of Bob Symes!). I've been watching these for a few weeks now and never tire of them while sat doing some miniatures .. absolutely charming

@rikbennett9 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback We. So glad you enjoy them. Gives me the impetus to make more 😊

@vojtasvoboda 3 жыл бұрын

A wonderful story on a beautiful railway.

@fairywoodlightrailway 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant has usual Rik. Love the voice over, much better than music and far more informative. Thank you...

@rikbennett9 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rod. Glad you enjoyed it. Harder work than putting captions but it seems to offer more scope

@Captain-Scott 3 жыл бұрын

Awsome Rik. Thank you for addidng voice narration to this one.

@Linleys 3 жыл бұрын

Totally good video - and the narration works so well indeed. Loved it, thanks for sharing. W

@peterrobinson6872 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Rik, You've got a good narrator's voice, and we all like a story. I don't know if you intended so, but you gave more information than we used to get in the sub-titles, which rounds out the story. 😎

@rikbennett9 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, Peter. Like most people (with a few notable exceptions), I don't really like the sound of my own voice. I tried writing a script, but found I couldn't co-ordinate the commentary with what was happening on screen while trying to read it, so in the end, winged it. I had to re-record some parts several times but I also found I was having to in-fill some of the gaps - which is when the extra details crept in. I'll see if I can improve my technique for the next one.

@basil97 3 жыл бұрын

Really good and nice video.. "👍" ..

@paulbache3940 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work Rik, your railway looks better each time I view it

@rikbennett9 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul. I removed a couple of Hebes which had gone massive in a short space of time. Not sure yet what I'll replace them with but it's opened up a new viewpoint - see 10:34

@markelvinstudio 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the format, very entertaining I would be very interested to see a track plan of your railway.

@markelvinstudio 3 жыл бұрын

Found trackplan on your blog :)

@rikbennett9 3 жыл бұрын

I was going to point you to this page on my blog, Mark, riksrailway.blogspot.com/2011/08/planning-railway.html

@garrymartin6474 3 жыл бұрын

Fabulous voice made a refreshing change to subtitles but I wouldnt rule subtitles out entirely. Sadly I'm in the process of dismantling my garden railway due to divorce/house sale and my new homes garden is too steep to rebuild there.

@rikbennett9 3 жыл бұрын

Sad news, Garry - for several reasons. I hope you manage to find somewhere to run some trains somehow

@martinconnerty1201 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos and narration Rik. You've got a superb layout. As for "deliberate mistake" for the ore train between 10:25 and 10:35, shouldn't they be returning empty? Was there a prize? Did I win?

@rikbennett9 3 жыл бұрын

well spotted, Martin. In fact, the loco should be facing Down the line rather than Up it, but you got the gist of it. A gold star 🌟 for observation

@davidschweitzer9587 2 жыл бұрын

Do you fill and unload the ore cars and sand wagons or do you have a duplicate set of wagons hidden away Enjoy your videos and keep em rolling. 👍

@rikbennett9 2 жыл бұрын

No, there's no second rake of empties like the copper ore skips. I couldn't site the quarry near to the interchange sidings so the wagons have removable loads - see riksrailway.blogspot.com/2020/01/how-i-constructed-rake-of-snailbeach.html

@tominnis8353 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this superb video. It must be very rewarding running a railway where each train seems to have a definite purpose; a relevant task to perform. I'd be very interested to know: do your locos pick up power from the track and . . . is your track growth natural (as it seems to be) or was it specifically planted? I am in the process of building a garden tramway, incidentally, inspired by the 1958 Pathe film. My garden slopes very steeply. Movements (as on your railway) will be complex and multiple, so I was wondering if you could offer me any tips on how best to achieve this in terms of how I best might power the system. Thank you.

@rikbennett9 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Tom. I used to use track power but now all my locos are battery radio controlled. I found track cleaning and electrical continuity too much of a problem! The railway has been in place since 2006 and so most of the undergrowth has evolved over that time. Mostly it's just accidental, but some of the planting is deliberate. After a while, I sometimes have to remove plants which have outgrown their locations, so it tends to change over time. There's plenty of info on my blog - riksrailway.blogspot.com

@tominnis8353 3 жыл бұрын

@@rikbennett9 Thank you for your reply- greatly appreciated. Connectivity does concern me. If I can manage to power my trams through the overhead this might reduce problems (I'm considering one continously wire for the most). Don't know how this might work with DCC though. All a learning curve. Once again: thanks for replying.