The summer is about to turn into Autumn, but as we had som few really nice, sunny and hot days Heine suggested that we could hold one of our weekly MRC-meetings in his garden. Yet another day with BBQ, coffee, cakes and a lot of fun:
A sign that the summer is over is that the evenings are turning darker. After or break it was dark:
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| Now I can see how well 'grey trains' are camouflaged when it's getting darker. It's even more obvious in the video. I think I will need to add some car to my (military) fleet I can put lights into |
When it became so dark that we didn't see our trains anymore it was about time to call it a day. Thank you for inviting us over and for a delicious apple cake Astrid & Heine!
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Since this 'night out', Heine has taken the consequence of handling trains in the dark by mounting lights on his fiddleyard. Very effectful (no pun intended):
Vet du om det er noen i Oslo som driver med hagetog? Det ser veldig trivelig ut🚂
ReplyDeleteHei, og takk for at du leser og kommenterer Nils. Hagetog ER veldig trivelig, og absolutt i den sosiale enden av modelljernbane hobbyen. Jeg vet ikke konkret om noen i Oslo som driver med hagejernbane, men tror at det er ett par i Kolbotn-området. Hvis du tar med litt større radius rundt Oslo, vet jeg at det er flere i området Spikkestad, Holmestrand, Frogn og Sarpsborg. Selv tilhører jeg Gleng Modelljenbane Klubb i Sarpsborg og vi er veldig åpne til å inkludere nye til hagebane-treff da vi har flere medlemmer som har egne baner. Treffene vi arrangerer publiseres på Facebook siden vår. Du er velkommen for å slå av en prat, kjøre tog eller gå litt mer info om hagetog.
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Roger, there is something rather magical with hobby lights, particularly on those operational model trains, lovely stuff.
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Adding lights to the trains and the surroundings certainly create an atmosphere Michael.Too bad much of my rollingstock is goods and don't include much light. -Especially since most of my rollingstock is some shade of grey and turn almost invisible in the dusk. I think I'll need to add a couple of wagons to which I can apply lights. I guess most military trains practice some kind of blackout not to attract fire.
DeleteThe lights in Heine's HSB and DR coaches are mede by short strings of battery powered Christmas lights which he mounted in a tube and fixed it to the roofs inside. These lights are usually very cheap.
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Roger, your knowledge vastly surpasses mine on the subject of military trains, but I would have expected working lights on all train engines (and also the rear vehicle), unless there was an actual air raid warning? Perhaps, such lights would have been part covered or directed forward?. If only to give some insight to track obstacles eg. fallen trees on the track? I thought your military train with the cabin lights on looked superb, but I would still add some forward and rear lights, just a thought, forgive my forwardness.
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Military narrow gauge trains often operated close to the front and lights could detect them for the enemy. On the other hand these trains often operated on low speeds.
DeleteOften light on the engines where there to show the surroundings that a train was coming and sometimes what kind of train it was. And not so often to light up the track. Tail-lights usually to show others that a train was ahead. I think my cabin light ruins the crews night vision, but it certainly helps me see my train in the dark. I'm considering not to being strictly prototypical here and add some lights to other wagons as well just to add some interest.