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Lancastrian
PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2022 2:11 pm 
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What a surprise when I got up this morning to see my garden covered with snow and the pond frozen solid with a covering of snow. Thick snow on the tracks all services cancelled until further notice.

This first photograph is take from inside while the snow was still falling.

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A picturesque view across the bridge, but where is the track.

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Close up from another angle.

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Across the garden.

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The pond with thick ice and snow on top.

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Close ups showing the ice and snow on the pond.

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The waterfall trough also iced up with snow on top.

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Snowy to the rescue this is one of a kind loco. The body was originally a Bachmann Porter Loco with modifications mounted on an LGB 20040 Snowplow with the rear plow removed. .


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Getting on with the task of clearing the line of snow and ice.


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Making progress.


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Job done and running again. Not bad for a BSA loco (Bits stuck anywhere)

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Now back to playing trains.

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Love it, I wonder if I should fire up my live stream engine? Cheers Graham
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Graham and Jo wrote:
Love it, I wonder if I should fire up my live stream engine? Cheers Graham
Thanks, Graham.

It is possible that live steam may not run while we are having this very cold weather, just a thought though. If you do try it, please let me know how you get on.

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I ran Millie in 2010. She needed a pause between runs to get steam up! There is a video of her snow ploughing on YouTube here https://youtu.be/sOTfuwENb_M

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Graham and Jo wrote:
I ran Millie in 2010. She needed a pause between runs to get steam up! There is a video of her snow ploughing on YouTube here https://youtu.be/sOTfuwENb_M

Cheers Graham
that's great, and runs well in the cold so is only in rain that it will possibly have problems with the rain cooling the boiler.

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That is fantastic Lancastrian, improvisation at its best. :D
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