Moel Rhos

A 16mm scale narrow gauge railway in a West Wales garden…

  • Building Bridges (1)

    I’m a bit behind with reporting progress on Phase 2 but here’s the first bridge: a simple lifting bridge that, at around 9″ above ground, can easily be stepped over during running sessions but can be lifted completely out of the way to use the garden at other times.

  • Gone Visitin’

    Last month, stock from Moel Rhos (the Millie and half a dozen small wagons) paid its first visit to another private railway. The Brockhampton & Umbridge Railway is a superbly detailed railway in a beautiful setting, populated by some incredibly fine modelled stock.

  • Phase 2

    I’d already a plan in my head for ‘Phase 2’ of the Moel Rhos Railway – to reach the shed. So that’s the goal for this summer.

  • Get Chuffed

    I’d already bought some bling to accessorise my Millie, but the first real upgrade required some surgery: fitting a chuff pipe to get that chuffing sound.

  • Twice the Momentum

    One of the less desirable characteristics of small live steam locomotives is that they hurtle out of the starting gate, and even if you manage a light enough touch on the regulator to run them slow, they stall on the curves.

  • Bling for the Millie

    I have been buying some accessories to make my Millie look even lovelier.

  • One Year On

    It’s (just over) a year since I started work on Phase 1 so I thought I’d revisit my site survey photos in a ‘then and now’ fashion

  • First Run

    When there was a short break between rain showers this afternoon I nipped out and steamed up the Millie for her first run on the railway.

  • Steaming Up

    Night before last I steamed up Millie for the first time. I think it counts as a success – I managed to raise steam and run her on blocks for over 25 minutes.

  • Hello, Millie

    She’s here!