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Who would have thought that 37240 and 37407 are still around?

Former is miles from Scotland (Llangollen!) and latter is on the main line if I remember rightly.

It’s nothing short of a miracle that 407 had that rebuild . Mind you , I’m still gutted that 408 wasn’t saved.
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37417 blasting into the sunlight through the rock cutting with the first train of the day , 12.42 Fortwilliam - Perth. The only out and back passenger diagram to pass by Meanach on a Sunday. Realistic for 1988 . It was very much frowned upon in those parts to be working on the sabbath !

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Superb layout. The track looks to be hand built? Is this OO-F, EM or P4 gauge?

Hi there and thanks . It’s OO , code 75 SMP . I cut the webbing from each sleeper , a mind numbing task but it enables better ballasting . Each piece is cut to scale 60 foot or 40 foot sections . Sounds the part but isn’t great electrically, despite the numerous droppers. All my locos are now ‘Super cap’ fitted so that’s not really an issue . Nothing worse than stalling sound locos !

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The booked 37/4 failed at Meanach . The yard shunter was 26023 which was duly utilised . Luckily a small group of bashers had bailed off the down . One is seen here ‘flailing’ , enjoying the 1 in 50 climb out of Meanach.

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The latest scenic section on Meanach . They say a layout is never complete and this latest section is proof of that. A friend suggested I remove the Prodigy controller base station from the top of the layout . This , he suggested , would open up better photo opportunities!

 

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A 26 pauses at Meanach with an engineers train, waiting for the late running up train. All becomes clear when the booked motive power is nowhere in sight but 20138 is ! That basher managed to get the ‘gen’ again !post-11459-0-81247600-1524762426_thumb.jpegpost-11459-0-42648900-1524762384_thumb.jpegpost-11459-0-46974600-1524762314_thumb.jpeg

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20138 deputises for the booked 37/4 . Seen easing itself over the river heading towards Perth. Fitted with a Legomanbiffo chip and single Zimo dumbo 3D speaker.

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37408 has a brief crew change . The new driver obtains the long section token then wastes no time , opening 408 wide open and lifting the train away up the 1 in 70 gradient .

408 is fitted with a Legomanbiffo V4.0 West highland chip and a Zimo double dumbo 3D printed speaker.

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37416 storms the bank with cooler group going overtime. Seen heading east on 2P23 .

Fitted with Legomanbiffo ESU V.4, West Highland chip. The Zimo double dumbo 3D speaker adds some serious clout without resorting to any major chassis surgery . Same size as Bass reflex but with much better (and louder) sound.

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Spent an enjoyable few hours weathering up these 2 Polybulks to add to Meanach’s Speedlink fleet. A combination of air brush followed by powders.

 

Anybody know how to get these to work with screw link couplings !?!! They are way too tight using my regular Smiths .

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37401 gets underway with an ex Mossend Speedlink service. Seen catching the late evening highland light, courtesy of the loft windows!!

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For those of you wishing to enjoy better sound AND a stay alive capicitor with Loksound V4.0 , here is my solution . As previously detailed with Zimo fitted class 20, firstly I saw off the nose end of the chassis and install a Zimo 3D printed single dumbo speaker. This is a lot quicker than milling out the fuel tanks . In the space where the original speaker was you can just get away with fitting a Youchoos or Zimo 6800uf 1.3 second super cap. These have come down in price now .

 

With a Loksound V4.0 the positive needs to be soldered to the first tab on the chip and the negative to the 3rd.

Set CV 315 = 0 or else the cap won’t work properly . Then set the stay alive time with CV 113 = 255. And off you go!

 

In my class 37s I fit an ESU powerpack mini in the nose but at £38 a time they aren’t cheap . They are also more bulky, although of high quality . There is no way they’d fit in a class 20 with sound without sacrificing the cab area.

I hope this is of help to some of you . Ian

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Lovely ! Would look so nice fast forwarded to the transrail era too !

Thanks . I’ve thought about taking it back to 24s/25s/27s but not forward ! I do have a 156 on order mind you!
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