Garden Whistle Oct 2012 - Sandman.org.nz

Page 6THE GARDEN WHISTLEBrian’s train leaves the Winery Photo: John RobinsonThe winery need a vineyard and pickersdisguise that ugly neighbour’s fence. No I don’t knowyour neighbour, I was referring to the fence not yourneighbour!I actually took less photos thannormal at a running day as firstlyI was having so much fun drivingmy live steam Manawanui aroundthe railway, and secondly enjoyingthe company of mates that theafternoon just flew past. Thereare a few more pictures howevero n t h e w e b a twww.forum.gscalecentral.net/Lyndi-Railway-Revisited-by-the-WGRG-m235381.aspxUnusual for a running afternoon,we didn’t have that many visitingtrains, but Chris Drowley and Idid raise steam in amongst Brian’strack powered trains. ChrisDrowley’s Regner Vincent is sucha cute wee steamer. An advantageof having visiting stock on yourrailway is they always seem tofind that spot in your track thatneeds tweaking. And Vincentdid just that but with the skilledeye of the likes of David Allen alittle bit of repacking ballasthere, a slight tweak on a trackjoint there and reliable servicewas resumed.There were two regrets for theafternoon; the weather didgradually deteriorate throughthe afternoon, becoming quitecold with rain returning 10minutes after everyone left (wellexcept our family). And thesecond regret was something Iloath doing, I caused a majorderailment then rapidlydeployed the great hand from thesky causing more carnage. That would have been notso bad but it was right when Brian was proudlyPhoto: John Robinson