The E. B. R. goes British.

On the Viaduct.

Passing the Station.

Sidings.

Locomotive Workshops.

Do you like my signs?

Do you like my Labels?

Spiffy Eh?

Over the Viaduct.

I got it all in!

Returning along the back fence.

Out of the Basement, over the pond.

Around the Trestles.

Double heading in front of the derelict Station Building. 

Light engine over the viaduct.

British over the viaduct.

Running onto the viaduct.

Off the other end.

Emu Bay Station.

Emu Bay Station again.

Light Engine past the Station.

Station again.

Running through the basement.

The Easter Egg Train!

The whole Family love the Easter Egg Train, especially the Grandkids. Each canister holds two chocolate eggs, each circuit of train, one Grandkid takes a pick! It was a great Day!!! Easter Sunday 2013.

Making the E. B. R. World Class!

Ballasting the Emu Bay Railway.  Unfortunately this ganger fell to his death from the viaduct bridge, quite a drop from the rear of the train, I think he slipped on some gravel. R.I.P. from the rest of the Gang.

Stage 3.

Stage 3 is a long story, so I will start with the first chapter. I wanted another place where I could be out of the elements to run my Emu Bay Garden Railway, so this called for a shed to be constructed. I wanted the shed to look a little like a Railway Building, the roof has a work shop look about it as you will see in the photographs I attach. My Daughter Samantha gave me the wood for the frame of the shed, when they dismantled a back veranda in Hamilton. It was a slow trip home with all that wood on a  small trailer and on the roof of the car. The cladding of the shed is rolla doors (garage doors) from the local transfer station, so the shed wasn't a great cost to the Railway. It was just a case of the garden shed growing! The Railway is at waist height in the shed, due to the slope of our house block, this makes the Emu Bay Garden Railway very interesting & easy to use !

When the shed was completed, double track was laid along the back fence, with a turn around in the shed. The track in the shed takes a circuit around a round house and turn table, still under construction.

Expansion - Stage 2.

Back in those heady days the Emu bay Railway was doing a roaring trade, carrying local freight and passengers, but the Railway wanted a bigger slice of the pie, so the only solution was to expand. Enough capital was raised to start stage two of the venture. This was a nicely curved run down the back yard, around another fish pond, back along the neighbours fence, under the especially designed hollow back steps and back into the basement. A passing loop was put in around some old station buildings that were moved there from the other old railway ( see the attached photos.) A set of points were laid near the man hole under the house, which took the train around the new extension. At last there was another station to go to the Railway had a purpose, so the trains ran for many years from the basement station to the station along the back fence in a much bigger loop, to every ones delight. More on this in the Next Chapter.

I have tried to keep the Garden Railway track as level as possible, less wear and tear on the locomotives, so I have not followed the  slope of the land. This creates some interesting effects and some engineering problems for the Emu Bay Railway Coy. Ltd.  Down around the pond,   I built up the track to make it level.  I made a dry stone wall,  with old railway sleepers on top to support the track. Chicken wire and shade cloth were used to create a cutting or mountain side effect, which I thought looked good after it was rendered with a coloured morter.

In the above photo you can see the neighbour enjoying the trains, through our gate in the side fence.

A live steam tram wanders through the garden on the tressel. ->>>

A Bit More History.

Before I go much further, I would like to say that this is my second attempt at a Garden Railway. I have learned a lot over the years, but I still seem to find the hardest way to do things.
The Emu Bay Garden Railway at our old house went right around the house, under the eaves for most of the way and through the corner of the sun room. There was a lift out section over the path to the house, which was a bit of a nuisance, but with a small back yard it was the only way to go. It was good fun running trains, even though we had a few problems with clearances. Well there is a bit of History for you, now on with the latest Emu Bay Garden Railway, exciting stuff isn't it !!! Now the E. B. R. has evolved into the Emu Bay Railway Preservation Society, this means I can run anything as it is a preserved Railway, just like Puffing Billy, my favorite narrow gauge Railway.

Bridges.

 As soon as the train leaves the basement, it starts its run across the pond, via the aluminum bridge !

The bridge you can see in the fore ground is two metres long and made of aluminum pop riveted together. Most of it came from a disused mini hot house, so my motto is, don't throw anything away, it may come in useful. You can see the track coming out of the basement window and curving around and going back under the house. This was stage one, which allowed me the pleasure to run some trains. Can't wait for the next instalment? I can understand that!!!