Inevitable snow pictures...

Yep, inevitable... but I just had to do it.
These were made last thursday afternoon. Batteries went flat after a few minutes due to the cold and I got frozen fingers but after all very nice pictures.

But I have to be honest; they are all posed. The tracks were frozen up on some places and operation of the turnouts was impossible. So no real service took place!

Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Paul

Delivering wine even in the snow. That's dedication.....

What's the green wagon with the flag man please?
I doesent look a standard LGB item.

Great pictures, posed or not.

Carl Hibbs wrote:

Delivering wine even in the snow. That's dedication.....

What's the green wagon with the flag man please?
I doesent look a standard LGB item.

Great pictures, posed or not.

YEP! We are very dedicated to this so the little people keep warm!

The green car is a converted LGB Toytrain Caboose into something more European looking staff car or something.
See also: GartenBahn DataBase.

The whole building story is on:

and for the whole building story: Europ-a-nising a caboose but the pictures are moved to my Fotki pages: LGB Staffcar

Paul

Great set of pictures Paulus.
Looks like my kind of railway.

Do you have atrack plan drawing ?

paul stainz holt wrote:

Do you have atrack plan drawing ?

Nope, but Now I have just "Painted" one. Not to scale but it gives an idea:



Lightgray = road
Gray= rock/stone or houses
Green= bushes etc.

The grey dot is the water tower. The brown dot is the turntable.
The redbrown dot is a tree...
The blue is water

Paul

Paul, do you need a plough on loan from the NMD?



A photo from last year, how much that section of the railway has changed!

Thanks Garrett! A snowplow would be very handy! Although... it has not snowed for a few days now, only frozen.
That what is left behind is rock hard ice... Perphaps an icebreaker would be more efficient now...
Nice picture btw!!!!

I visited the Murtalbahn in Austria a few years back and took pictures of something similar like the picture below. I always wanted to build something like that (one of the thousand projects in my head... One day...).


Picture from:www.eisenbahn-bilder.com

Here's a similar plow at the HSB:

My one fear for problem a car mounted plough would be the weight (lack of and need for).

YouTube is full of plough videos. A lot of good ideas.

I really like the look of those covered snowplow cars.

Since my railway supposed to be somewhere in France I was also looking for a snowplow in a more French design.
Did not find so many railway related but I did came across the upmost French design you'll ever find...

I love it. Notice the roof is open while plowing.

Paulus wrote:

Since my railway supposed to be somewhere in France I was also looking for a snowplow in a more French design.

There is one peculiar snow plough on the CF de Provence.....


It's the front (or rear actually) of a Billard 150 autorail...

Paulus wrote:

I really like the look of those covered snowplow cars.

Since my railway supposed to be somewhere in France I was also looking for a snowplow in a more French design.
Did not find so many railway related but I did came across the upmost French design you'll ever find...

Ahh, twin motor tin snail plough....I cannot imagine the noise levels or headache from them....great photo!

KleineDicke wrote:

I love it. Notice the roof is open while plowing.

I drive in the snow with the windows down, have done it for years, not sure why....