Great work Paul. I like to work in concrete too.....solid results !

This hypertufa stuff is a work of art, something I never quite mangaged before. It just resulted in a dismal crumbly peaty mess.

I need some tips.

The trackwork in the tunnel is excellent, looks like a real railway.

I just caught up with this thread, great work as Clive said a very character full corner. Looks like we need a 'Hypertufa teach in' sometime.

Yesterday we had a visitor all the way from Texas!
He arrived with the first train from Saint Aubin du Thenney:



You now already know who it is? If not, it was Bill (KleineDicke) who had the courage to face Belgium highways to drive from Normandy to the Netherlands for a visit to the CFJ.

And if that wasn't enough he brought some delicious cider with him! (BTW Thanks Carl! And sorry Bill, I realized I've kept it all for myself... ).
We had a great time and a lot of fun and my wife and kids found it very nice to meet Bill also. We did not spare Bill... he even had to meet my mother and father in law and some friend that came over... And Bill learned us a lot about the States that you won't learn from Discovery or CNN, like that there is nobody living in Detroit anymore

Here we are:



And some other shots from Bill's nice railcar crawling it's way on the CFJ narrow curves without any problem. We were very lucky with the weather; a nice sunny october afternoon (today rain's pouring down...)

I enjoyed myself at Paul's house. Belgian highways werent too bad; the drive into Antwerp to find my hotel was a challenge, though for both me and the little lady in my GPS.

When I arrived, the dining table was covered with trains etc., so I knew I was in the right place. His layout is nicely done - looks better in person than in photos. The hospitality was great as well - thanks again Paul.

That's a marvellous little railcar and such a brilliant setting!

Great photos and really nice to see this happen. Bill has done some serious travelling to take in Continental trains and visit us.

It's also very strange to see this railcar in the U.S.A., St Aubin du Thenney and now in Holland.

Where are you now Bill?

Wednesday evening and I'm in Goussainville, near CDG Airport. I just drove down from Antwerp. Alas, I must say adieu to my CGT friends and board a flight home tomorrow. But as Arnold says, "I'll be back." I am already working on an invitation for a visit to our plant near Marseilles. Maybe my railcar could visit the Tramway Demiel?

A few more photos:







And as proof I wasn't the only one playing with trains:




I was very impressed with Paul's layout. Although small, it is very well executed with great landscaping and nicely chosen plantings. Plenty of focal interest.

What a good "get together" across so many miles!

Make sure you include the Charente on your next trip Bill! Or are you still here?

Nice pictures Bill! Seeing your railcar running I'm thinking to invest in some better batteries for my trains.

And I'm still looking for the ' binding plug' to get the 2.4 GhZ set working again. Or I have to make a new one...

Hi all! Has been a while...

Some pictures taken yesterday (just before a rainshower...)




















More pictures: http://public.fotki.com/SmallGardenRailway/buildings--landscape/april-2012/

Paul


http://public.fotki.com/SmallGardenRailway/buildings--landscape/april-2012/pict0092.html#media

Nice to have you back Paul and with some great photos too.

Everything looks so green...

Any new projects this spring?

Nice pushbike - shame about the car

Thats a really nice railway - do you have any overall pictures so we can see how big it is ?

@Dtsteam; scroll up to the october 19th post, the picture of Bill and me. Thats about all there is. No big railway, just a small 8 about 2 by 4 metres.

Here's a picture on working on the railroad last week. Had to demolish a viaduct I made for the Gn15 railway because the steamcar got stuck in it...

The viaduct will not be removed completely, only the middle section. There will be a flat bridge between the pillars for the (still to come, waiting for 2years) Gn15 track.

Well, keeping up with the weeds is quit easy in my poststamp size garden

At the moment a HUGE extension is taken place at the Juruth railway. I started yesterday evening.


Here is the old situation:






And the work begins....

And the new situation.



Over the path:


Trough a small border (I'm thinking of a small station or an industry here):



Following the terras side:



Turning east and making a return loop: