Barna Railway News

BARNA RAILWAY NEWS 2008

" The latest news from Barna Railway"

20/05/08

All our new rolling stock has now arrived, the black BP oil tanker now brings our tanker fleet to eight. The mail van is an excellent addition to the end of our passenger stock especially at night with its two working tail lamps.

12/05/08

We have ordered another oil tanker today, the tanker is in the black BP livery and brings our tanker fleet to eight. We have also received the Texaco tanker and the DEV Fakultativ Combine carriage that were ordered last month, the mail van is delayed but hopefully it will arrive later this week.

11/05/08

Barna Junction Cabin was officially opened today.

It took a bit longer to complete than expected, but it adds a nice feature to the railway.

The cabin is timber over brick and is fitted with a lever frame, table and of course a small stove to keep the signalman warm.

It's connected to our lighting circuit so it will be fully illuminated inside at night.

22/04/08

A major alteration was carried out on the maintenance siding today, this siding was very short and could only hold two wagons. It was decided to remove the right hand turnout and install a new left hand turnout further down the mainline. The siding now runs right up to the tunnel and will hold four wagons.

19/04/08

Three new wagons have been bought this week to add to our fleet. This is the first purchase of rolling stock this year and I hope to have all three wagons operating early next week. The new wagons are a Texaco tanker, a DEV Fakultativ Combine carriage and a mail van.

25/03/08

The lights illuminating Barna Bridge were replaced today. The electrical connections on the old lights were beyond repair.

Three new sets were installed each with three blue LED's.

These LED's are normally used for lighting up the inside of your car, but they make great spot lights for g scale structures.

This time I made them waterproof with silicone so they should last a bit longer.

15/03/08

There was a lot of work done over the last two weeks by Sharon. We now have a several new flowerbeds and 32 additional plants. The work has helped to blend the track bed into the garden and over time will greatly enhance the railways appearance.

Many thanks to Sharon for all her hard work.

28/02/08

Work has commenced on building our first signal cabin, we hope to have it in place very soon at "the dip". There are plans to construct more buildings during the year.

20/02/08

Barna Railway is celebrating its 1st Birthday today. The first year went very well, with plenty of trains running. Now that the summer is fast approaching, the future looks bright for the railway, with new buildings and rolling stock coming soon.

14/01/08

Locomotive V52 901 has had an LGB European diesel sound unit fitted today. Initial testing went very well and the sounds have added an extra touch of realism to the railway. Using the MTS controller there are several different sounds available, including an air compressor, safety valve, brakes and of course a horn.

04/01/08

We managed clear a short section of track and run a few trains today before the rain came. The snow was nearly gone by the evening, but I took a couple of photographs and put them in a new: "Winter and Snow gallery"

03/01/08

Barna Railway has experienced its first snow fall today, the snow started falling in the afternoon and continued until after midnight.

The photograph below shows Barna Bridge (taken at 23.30hrs.)

We will try to get some trains out tomorrow for more photographs.

01/01/08

Happy New Year to all our website visitors.

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