The Weather AGAIN

This  seems  t be  a  regular  SUMMER  topic,  but  once  again  the  weather  appears  to  have  forgotton  its  summer  and  is  causing  a  serious  re  think  of  future  developments.....at  least  with  me  that  is!!
 
I  am  in  the  middle  of  a  line  redevelopment,  but  progress  has  now  been  effectively  halted  by  the  more or  less  constant  rain  we  seem  to  be getting,   The  local  Airport  down  the  road  had  68  mm in  18  hrs on  Weds.  and  that  doesnt help  the  state  of  the  track  bed!!
 
I  am  seriously  thinking   if  it  is  really   worth  pursuing  an  outdoor  line  as  before  we know  it  the  'Summer'  will have  ended.
 
Maybe  I  will have  a  sale  and  invest  in  more  'indoor'  model  railway  equipment!! 

Don't change your hobby - move to a better climate!

Steve,
 
With a line that's just been completed 2' 6" clear of the ground and a not dissimilar amount of rainfall in the last 24hrs, I was surprised to see this morning the amount of dirt thrown up on the buildings I've 'planted' purely as a result of rain splash over a limited area. This is real weathering, fair enough, but at 1:1 scale and impact on 1:20 scale material.
 
Off outside again now between showers.....
 
Alec K

Chris M


Don't change your hobby - move to a better climate!

 
Wish  i  could  move!!
 
Mind  you  having  been  in  g  scale  for 30+ years!!  I   do  not  find  it  to  be   a  big  a  'draw'  as  it  once  was  so  as  long   as  I  model  in  some  scale  I am  quite  happy!!

The weather round our way seems to have been slightly better than last year up to now, but I know what you mean Steve. After the disasterous "Summer" we had last year, I seriously considered moving to an indoor layout.

stevelewis

Chris M


Don't change your hobby - move to a better climate!

 
Wish  i  could  move!!
 
Mind  you  having  been  in  g  scale  for 30+ years!!  I   do  not  find  it  to  be   a  big  a  'draw'  as  it  once  was  so  as  long   as  I  model  in  some  scale  I am  quite  happy!!

Move to Suffolk, officially the driest county in the UK.
 
(Although we seem to have a lot of breweries here?)
 
We had our first rain in weeks only yesterday, for about 20 minutes. Not enough to green up the grass....

Our grass has got some well needed rain in the last week or so- all of it was brown dead... I hate to say it but north Wales isn't really known for it's clement weather! 

I lived in Aberystwyth for a while- and there really is a huge difference in climate to the SE!

I really do know what you mean about the weather but I have it in reverse! it's so damn hot I can't stay out to play for too long! I have to retreat to the shed for a cold beverage and a cool down......................It's expected to be up in the low to mid 80's through next week and if it wasn't for the morning fog and overcast it would be unbearable, and rain? not for a couple of month's yet.................... 
 

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I've got to be honest Steve, I don't know about where you live but May and June were by the whole pretty good here, in the midlands, I've got a lot done on the railway.
 
Perhaps "Summer" as we know it July and august are not great, but we tend to get other good months not normally associated with nice weather. September and May are becoming the better months for the garden even if the days are a little shorter, its a good excuse to have lighting on a layout.

mine is waist level.......no ground level just up to my waist level coz is easy to maintence it,pick them up.clean the tracks..etc.....we have loads of heavy rains in my area...lucky we did have a flash flood last months ago!!!!!!!.......if i live down the road..my layout will ended up in flood!!!!.........

i agree with dave hub...

stevelewis


This  seems  t be  a  regular  SUMMER  topic,  but  once  again  the  weather  appears  to  have  forgotton  its  summer  and  is  causing  a  serious  re  think  of  future  developments.....at  least  with  me  that  is!!
 
I  am  in  the  middle  of  a  line  redevelopment,  but  progress  has  now  been  effectively  halted  by  the  more or  less  constant  rain  we  seem  to  be getting,   The  local  Airport  down  the  road  had  68  mm in  18  hrs on  Weds.  and  that  doesnt help  the  state  of  the  track  bed!!
 
I  am  seriously  thinking   if  it  is  really   worth  pursuing  an  outdoor  line  as  before  we know  it  the  'Summer'  will have  ended.
 
Maybe  I  will have  a  sale  and  invest  in  more  'indoor'  model  railway  equipment!! 

Monsoon Railway is on at 21.00 (Auntie Beeb Two)!

WE had a wet, wet (and cold, very cold) winter, a very dry spring and now we are getting all that we missed earlier plus a deposit for the coming autumn and winter. I never fill the pond on my line and very rarely need to take water to our goats - all is done by the generous hand of nature. Any yes, Wed was absolutely bloomin wet!

Mick

CoggesRailway


Our grass has got some well needed rain in the last week or so- all of it was brown dead... I hate to say it but north Wales isn't really known for it's clement weather! 

I lived in Aberystwyth for a while- and there really is a huge difference in climate to the SE!

 
I  dont  know  about   the  weather  here  actually  being  any  worse  than  other  places!!.  we  moved  here from Disley Cheshire ( Just  South of  Manchester)  in '84  and  the  weather   here   did  seem  to be  an improvement  on  there,  I remember  that  we  had some  really  hot summers  in  the  80s & 90s  with   all the  turf  completey  burnt  off  and   serious  water  shortages  & defimnately  no  hospipes,  But moving  to  out  present  address  almost  4  years  ago ( only 1/2 mile  from other house)  we  don't seem  to  have  any  sort  of  what  we  might  call a  summer  like  we  used  to  have!.
 
Talking  of  Aberystwyth,  I  used  to  go  trhere  work wise  for  a  few  years  once  every  4  weeks  and  i  have  to  agree  that  the  weather  alsways  seemed,  bad  there  nearly  always  raining 

Chris M


Don't change your hobby - move to a better climate!

Absolutely, we are very short of rain in these parts, the trouble is the sun gets too hot. You can’t win.

Whay not get one of those big party tents or something and put it over the layout.  It will keep things dry.

i dont care about the weather as long as i can.....
Run a Train!

Phil


i dont care about the weather as long as i can.....
Run a Train!

 
I  used  to be  like  that  Phil back  in  the   70 &  80s   out in  the  wind,  snow,  rain,  and  everything  else  but  after  some  years  the novelty  wears  off  a  bit!!

We could do with a bit of rain here. Grass is pretty brown.

stevelewis

Phil


i dont care about the weather as long as i can.....
Run a Train!

 
I  used  to be  like  that  Phil back  in  the   70 &  80s   out in  the  wind,  snow,  rain,  and  everything  else  but  after  some  years  the novelty  wears  off  a  bit!!

Hi steve i know but it's a hobby it's suppose to be fun.
but i don't mind going that little bit extra to get something good out of it.
After all it is my favourite hobby.....

Having seen the comments here maybe running trains outside is always going to have issues - if its not too wet its too hot! Probably the answer is to have an indoor railway as well as a garden railway. I know quite a few do. I have the club railway for the winter which suits me fine.
 
I do enjoy the odd bit of running during poor weather. Something poor Minimns can only dream about
 

 

 
 

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Chris M
 
I do enjoy the odd bit of running during poor weather. Something poor Minimns can only dream about : 
  

SNOW I don't dream about snow I have nightmares about the stuff!!!!!!!!!!!