EVRR

Eastham Valley Railroad - (EVRR)

The Eastham Valley Railroad (EVRR) garden railway is situated in the North West of England in a back garden of a normal semi-detatched house. It is a larger than average garden because the house is situated on the outside of a corner and the garden gets wider as you go away from the house. The railway is in G-scale, 1:20.3 scale representing 3ft 0in gauge US railroading on 45mm gauge track. The line will be over 200 ft long when completed.All the locomotives are steam outline powered by electricity supplied through the rails (except one battery powered loco). All rolling stock is based on US narrow gauge railroading including logging lines with Shay, Climax and Heisler type loco's for logging trains. Work on scenery so far is minimal, only the canyon section has had any scenic work done so far. The stations have not yet been given names so are called Station 1, 2 and 3. The Planned sawmill area has sidings and is used as a freight yard at present. The photographs are in sequence around the line, starting with the oldest section at station 1.


The return loop at station 1, the branch line runs into a shed for storage.	The Climax runs through station 1 whilst one of the Heislers waits it's next work.	The Climax on passenger (unusually) with a variety of other loco's waiting to depart or on shed at station 1


Around the corner from station 1 one of the Forney's starts to climb on the passenger train with the a Climax and Heisler waiting in the yard which is to become the sawmill.	Climax and Heisler head past the planned sawmill with a freight.	4-6-0 No. 25 heads downhill towards the sawmill area with a long freight.


Forney 251 on a downhill passenger train.	4-6-0 No. 25 Heads a downhill freight.	Unnumbered 3-truck Shay takes logs to the sawmill.


Unnumbered 0-4-0ST+T heads a short freight.	A busy time at Station 2.	Station 2.


The 3-truck Shay takes the reverse curve at station 2. This was the end of the line until recently.	Forney No. 21 takes the back line on the triangle, having taken the line avoiding station 2.	Forney on the triangle.


The 3-Truck Shay on the triangle.	Climax passes on the front of the triangle whilst a 2-Truck Shay No. 5 waits on the back line.	The 3-Truck Shay heads up the line from the triangle (the caboose is still on the triangle).


A downhill ore train with a Heisler leading the Climax.	Shay No. 5 approaching the canyon.	Shay No. 5 in the canyon.


2-Truck Shay No. 5 in the canyon.	2-Truck Shay No. 5 in the canyon.	The canyon showing end of track. As soon as the weather improves, this will be extended to station 3.