Peckforton Light Railway - Trainspotting at Bulkeley Station 

I know 🤔 Not quite got the relative sound levels sussed yet. Work in progress 😏

Thanks Alex. It was hard work (took a whole day just doing the narration). Hopefully, I'll improve next time.

Thanks Dan. It was a bit of an experiment. Not got it 100% right, but there's always a next time 😏

This is a virtual trip along the line - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yetJCoVMmMI.html

And this gives an overview of the industries served by the railway - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M0-6R1AELg8.html

A good view of the entire line can be gained form this video, though it is now five years old and there have been some additions which are covered in the other two videos above - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ERgZSlkUE5o.html

Interesting question and certainly not one I've been asked before. Most of the carcases would have come from abattoirs. There's a lot of waste such as horns, hooves, skin and bones which wouldn't have gone into meat production. Also, some animals might have been too old or diseased to be used for meat. In addition, the real boneworks that my model is based on used to get manure from Chester Zoo and, of course, in the 1920s and 30s a lot of horses were still being used to pull wagons, so there would have been plenty of muck cleared from the streets in cities. This article is quite interesting. Looks like history might be repeating itself - www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/abattoir-waste-fertilisers-could-become-norm

@@rikbennett9 Interesting! Thank you!

Now that sounds highly plausible. Thanks James. I will rewrite the line's history accordingly 👍

In the UK, Up means going towards a railway's principal station and Down means going away from it. On mainlines, the principal station was usually London based whereas on branch lines the principal station would be its junction with the mainline. I'm not sure how it worked for cross country lines, especially if there was a junction at each end which were both equidistant from London. An interesting question.

Hi Tanner. I drew the map using PowerPoint and exported it as a JPG image, then imported it into Paint and recorded, as I drew around the route with a paintbrush tool, using screen grabbing software which is part of my Corel VideoStudio package. Rik

Hi Tanner. I just realised your question is about how I planned the route for the railway around the garden. This blog post explains my planning process - riksrailway.blogspot.com/2011/08/planning-railway.html

@@rikbennett9 Thank you!

Hi Marty. The one leading to the Copper Mine branch uses an LGB point motor operated by radio control using a Deltang transmitter and receiver. The others are hand operated - I just edited out when I changed them over (and when I uncoupled wagons).