As usual the rhubarb harvesting in my garden utilizes the 1/19 scale railway for logistical support. This year the first harvest was brought in without help from the industrial railway as I was away on work in Norway. The second harvest, however, used the complete narrow gauge ressources available.
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| The rhubarb harvest is loaded on the train and ready to depart to the processing facility. In the background chopped off top leaves from the plants can be seen. |
One of the recently finished coupling bars and the long coupling pole was used to safely connect all 4 timber bogies and propelled by Nystrup Gravel loco 8 there was no wheel slipping this year. Last year wet rails and the tiny Lister RT only allowd one set of bogies to be used. Peco SM32 track panels, suitably rust painted, supplied the temporary infrastructure needed for the transports.
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| Unloaded wagons being pushed forward to the harvesting area. |
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| A loaded train is pulling away from the rhubarb felling site. Shortly the train will curve sharply to the right to reach the gradient toward the washing and processing area. |
I ran my first rhubarb train in 2022 and it has become a tradition that I get out the track panels and haul in at least one of the 2-3 harvests of rhubarb that our garden supply us with. I'm not planning a garden line, but if I did, it certainly had to have a siding for rhubarb transports.
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