QUOTE (Sir Galahad @ 19 Nov 2007, 20:18)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Surley you must be MAD in this weather and through the winter months?!
I'm not mad - certifiable maybe, but not mad.
My garden railway is run all year round, the freight stock is weathered by - the weather & is left outside.
The only things that stop it running are ;
Frogs (the hoppy ones) that get on the track & get stunned - they don't seem to suffer any harm as they are gently put back into the pond.
Snow (if it gets too deep when running.)
Cats (mine) when they get brave & attack the trains.
& lastly, very high winds, if they actually blow the rolling stock off the track (I think there's a tank wagon still in the pond).
Quite a few people I've met who never used to run outside in the winter now do so - there really is not much to stop all year round running.