News from the H&DLR

July 2008 Work has started on removing yet more ivy from one side of the garden. This will allow a connection from the main station to a short branch line and a timber yard to be built.

January 2008 New power control cables have been installed and a new Helmsman controller purchased. The railway continues to operate in all weathers and seasons...

September 2007 The big news has to be that the circuit is now complete! Pictures and probably another video to follow. Autumn is certainly here now, so leaves on the line are a minor hassle!

July 2007 A minor re-organisation of the website, so that it focuses more on the current H&DLR and rather less on the old line. Progress continues in the garden, with the shed all but finished, and track now just awaiting a 3.6m bridge across the bottom wall to complete that all imprtant and long awaited circuit. Further work has taken place on the rack line (again!), mainly to facilitate extensions to the mainline. See also the blog!

May 2007 Significant progress has been made in developing the line - another 60 feet or so of track have been laid, and the main station/passing loop has been laid out. The building work on the old garden shed is nearly finished, and this will be the operational home of the line.

December 2006 Progress remains painfully slow in the new garden. It isn't anywhere near level enough - which is not to say that a garden railway must be level, it's just that you need a resonable starting point! I've lost track (sic) of the number of times I've relaid or re-aligned the new rack railway, essential if anything at all is to run next (yes, next) year. See the blog for the trials and tribulations!

February 2006

Trains no longer operate on the original H&DLR; the last train ran on 26 February. Not long before closure, No.3, Camusterrach Pier, gave good service (Photos 1993-2006) on a cold day with a fine steam plume in evidence. Visiting freight stock allowed slate to be cleared from the yard at Greaves Croft Sidings.