The Takasaki Light Railway - The Daruma Line

Mikol Carry <mikolcarry@yahoo.com>: Hello roll

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Beautiful Garden Railway. Love the simplicity, and the fact you are an avid scratchbuilder. Will return from time to time to check up on your railway line.
Happy rails raising steam
Mikol Carry Green Valley& Ridge Railway

Paul Sherwood: Nice site, also nice to see that Garden Railways are not just the preserve of the western hemisphere. keep up the good work, dry rails and many happy hours watching the trains go by.
Paul Sherwood.
www.maesffordd-railway.co.uk

17-Sep-06

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Toshi <toshi_sydney51@yahoo.co.jp>: I found your site from Greg Hunter's web site. I have never imagined an English man built a Japanese style railway and read your articles interestedly.
I am building a Japanese style G-gauge garden railway in Sydney and scratch-built a rail car. This is my web site address:

27-Aug-06

Andy Evans <andy@absolutestory.org>: I'm guessing you know of the 'Low cost model railways' group on yahoo?

25-Aug-06

Andy <andy@absolutestory.org>: Thanks for the encouragement! By the way, is your Takasaki the one in Tokyo?
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12-Aug-06

George: great railway i live in Norfolk in England and we are currently experencing a heat wave iv got an LGB garden railway www.freewebs.com/sprowstonlr

19-Jul-06

Hane-mugakusai <nja-deus@ayu.ne.jp>: How do you do. I am a railroad fan with the handle name called Hane-Mugakusai
I was searching "Narrow gauge" and discovered this site.
I am observing the fantastic world which you made.
Although I am a Japanese and railroad scenery of Japan has got it used to seeing most, I admire the sharpness of your observation, and expressional abundance.
For example, suppose that I live in Swansea. However, it could not do skillfully in this way, even if it is going to express the 2 feet railroad of Wales.
The figures which live in this garden railroad regarded me as it being one of the elements with which the heart gets warm. Especially the expression of "a child sitting on the coach" is wonderful.
http://www17.plala.or.jp/mugakusai/rin_ honbun.html
http://www17.plala.or.jp/mugakusai/uso_ toyama2.html
Although this is my site displayed only in Japanese, supposing it carries out or, the contents which give you interest may be included.
All of pictures and storys of the

09-Mar-06

Yoshiyuki Takasaki <nefu@m2.dion.ne.jp>: I found it and was surprised to begin this site as for me.
I hope that I can treat Japanese by this guest book.
I live in Kawagoe, Saitama and am interested in a completely opposite American railroad.
And I made a site of F'Track.
I inform you of URL.
http://www.k5.dion.ne.jp/~yaya8686 /
I hope for a visit to a F'Track site to you once please.

13-Feb-06

Henrik Laurell <www.laurelltrains.se>: Hi,
Really enjoyed reading about your life in Japan and your railway made the cheap way! Found your site by pure luck via one of the train rings. Saved your link, will come back, that for sure!
/Henrik, www.LaurellTrains.se

09-Feb-06

BustyBride <cheaton72@hotmail.com>: Incredible! Your miniature people, your detail in design and your mix of cultures is extremely fascinating! I will continue to view your site for more pictures. Keep creating the fun art and live happy.

07-Feb-06

max russell <emanel@iprimus.com.au >: Hi Bob, enjoyed your web site, particulary Joyful scratch building.... I can relate to your efforts on the Railcar, as I just built a large model bus in card. I have been scratchbuilding model in HO NSW stuff my web site is, enjoy it! The URL is: <a href="http://home.iprimus.com.au/boz ;e

26-Jan-06

Bob Manning <BOLIZ 106 @aol>: Your web site is interesting, inspiring and just plain fun. I also build my own equipment, not of necessity but because it gives me far more pleasure than opening a box. I plan to check back to this web site from time-to-time for further developments and maybe some avocational espionage! Keep up the good work.

19-Jan-06

Scott Ziebell <scottandnancy@charter.net>: Hello, wonderful work. Nice way to cope with the lack of ready made materials and adapting to the local theme of things. Scratch building is the best way to go - lots of fun. I'm from the the state of Wisconsin in the US and just started my own garden railway in 2005. It's 45mm gauge and I have both 16mm and 7/8" to the foot models.

09-Jan-06

Keith Barnes <folkestonekeith@hotmail.com>: Matthew,

28-Dec-05

mike duffy <kmet.duffy195@ntlworld.com>: thank you for showing us your great garden railway, i loved the railbusses, there great

24-Dec-05

Troy Betts <troy@betts.fsbusiness.co.uk>: A good read Matthew.I like a site with a personal insight.

23-Dec-05

Clive Tucker <scgr_info@yahoo.co.uk>: Matthew, an excellent website describing a wonderful little line! I shall be offering a link to your site from mine, if that's OK. I'm trying to put up links to lines in other countries, and to be honest I didn't think I'd ever get one from Japan!

22-Dec-05

John Burgess <johneburgess@btinternet.com>: Inspirational! Only wish I had the ability to achieve anything close to what you have done.
Have fun and keep the family involved.

22-Dec-05

Rob Walls <rwalls7@cfl.rr.com>: Cheers.

21-Dec-05

Paul Betts <steam@cslr.co.uk>: Hello There,
After your comments about my own railway, I had to visit your site for a look around! I'm very impressed by your railcars and the historical links - I was aware of the larger and faster Japanese services of later times but never considered that the beginnings were much smaller. All in all an interesting website. Keep up the good work!

12-Dec-05

Cliff Ward <cd_ward@bellsouth.net>: Very interesting and nice website. It truly is a small world, as although I am located in the USA (North Carolina), I work for a Japanese electonics components company whose main development factory is located in Takasaki. Perhaps on a future business trip to Japan I could bring one of my live steam locomotives and give it a try on your garden railroad....looks like it would be great fun! Regards, Cliff

12-Dec-05

W.E. Dsalohcin <nllrway@hotmail.com>: Your website is interesting and informative. As the (fictitious) CME of the North Lindsey Light Railway (a real 16mm garden railway, based on the 2' narrow gauge), I come from the 'make do and mend' culture imbued by my eastern european parentage and I'm fascinated by all forms of recycling. The infrastructure of the NLLR owes a great deal to other peoples junk and it's good to know that you have an appreciation of these methods and that you're willing and able to make something out of virtually nothing!

06-Dec-05

Mike <walkinmycat@yahoo.co.uk>: I was especially interested in your site as an ex-railwayman and current TEFL teacher in England (when there's work)! I agree that it's worth taking the trouble to get to know people from other countries. I'll be looking back to see how you're getting on with the garden railway - it looks like great fun.

09-Nov-05

Ian Jones: A good website.Nice to see 16mm has got to Japan.keep up the good work.

05-Nov-05

David Travis <David.travis@btinternet.com>: Intersting stuff- please keep up with the website. A bit more about life in Japan would make good reading too

12-Oct-05