Garden Whistle Apr 2012 - Sandman.org.nz

The Garden Whistle - April 2012
was during this
time that I discovered
lots of
new earthquake
damage that I
hadn’t noticed
before. Bridges
where the piles
were cemented
in the ground
and the top attached
to the
track have been
ripped apart in
the middle,
when somehow
the ground had
dropped but the
track hadn’t.
Strange things
happen in and
earthquake and you don’t try to understand
them.
Kerry’s DG crossing one of the earthquake damaged bridges. The top has lifted off the legs.
Anyway on to the meeting. In spite of the
drizzly start to the day there was a good turn
out.
Kabita turned up with a proposed track plan
for her new railway. I’m not sure if asking for
some advise helped or hindered her as I think
she got as many different opinions as there were
people at the meeting.
Another person contemplating a new railway
is new member
Ken Henderson.
Ken has purchased
some
equipment from
Ian Sandford and
arrived with a
railcar originally
built by Robin
Knight. Ken was
in the process of
repainting it and
the wet paint got
some assistance
to dry as it did a
few laps of the
railway.
Dennis Lindsay turned up with the latest hand
made point for his railway, built on a compound
curve. Kerry Paterson arrived with his big NZR
recabbed DG was had its first run on the railway.
There were also numerous other trains run
during the afternoon. Last to run was Karl
Arnesen who was given some grief about having
two locos with the same name and number on
them (it seems rivet counters are still alive and
well). He is now looking for a transfer to fix that
problem. Anyone who can help out should contact
Karl.
Some discussion took place asking why both locos had the same number on them!
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