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Hi Robin,

You certainly have your work cut out with all that trackwork but its looking superb, it certainly makes life easier when you have templot or the like to make sense of what goes were so to speak.

thanks for posting.

 

Peter

Hi Robin,

You certainly have your work cut out with all that trackwork but its looking superb, it certainly makes life easier when you have templot or the like to make sense of what goes were so to speak.

thanks for posting.

 

Peter

 

Hi Peter,

 

I'm enjoying building the trackwork. It is the first I have made since the 4 for Sheep Pasture 10+ years ago. I decided to start with the difficult piece first, the double slip, to give me confidence. The quality has improved as each has been completed such that I may need to revisit the double slip before track laying commences.

 

Are you going to the Wigan Show... if so come over to have a chat as I am taking Sheep Pasture. I am scheduled to collect a kit of laser cut parts for the roundhouse at the show... come and have a look.

 

Regards,

 

Robin

It's very interesting, Barrow Road was always a bit of a dream shed for us spotters from the north, it closed before I could get there.

 

How big are the series of small turntables in the fitting shop? How will you make them and will they work automatically?

 

And where did you plan of Barrow Road come from?

Hi Robin,

Yes, will be at Wigan with the display and demo stand, will make myself known.

cheers

 

Peter

Robin,

 

This looks a very exciting and ambitious project - I very much look forward to following progress. Eventual scope for visiting locos?

 

I can only agree with Peter's earlier comments. The extent of trackwork makes my layout seem very simple and straight-forward. Best of luck.

 

As a matter of interest, are you planning to make the series of small turntables near the workshops functional?

 

Regards,

 

Dave.

It's very interesting, Barrow Road was always a bit of a dream shed for us spotters from the north, it closed before I could get there.

 

How big are the series of small turntables in the fitting shop? How will you make them and will they work automatically?

 

And where did you plan of Barrow Road come from?

 

 

The four turntables are 20ft in diameter and were used to enable small Midland locos to gain access to the works. After the LMS reorganisation of the shed in the 30's the works they were no longer used for their original purpose. The procedure was to uncouple the engine from the tender and haul it into the works.

 

During my regular visits to the shed in the early 60's the turntables I did not ever see them in operation.

 

I haven't yet decided on the construction of these small turntables but would like them to be operational.

 

I have a number of track plans for the shed. One is a copy of an early plan circa 1890 which shows shed pre LMS modernisation with an outside 42ft turntable and midland coaling stage and the other is a later plan, from the OPC stable { now presumably in the NRM }, which is super-imposed on the Templot plan to give the position of the structures.

Robin,

 

This looks a very exciting and ambitious project - I very much look forward to following progress. Eventual scope for visiting locos?

 

I can only agree with Peter's earlier comments. The extent of trackwork makes my layout seem very simple and straight-forward. Best of luck.

 

As a matter of interest, are you planning to make the series of small turntables near the workshops functional?

 

Regards,

 

Dave.

 

Hi Dave,

 

I would be happy to have any of your locos make an appearance on shed... it would be interesting to trial your 9F through the pointwork.

 

I have a DJH Crosti and Bachmann 9F to build with a Bradwell chassis....

Has anyone built one of these yet?

 

Regards,

 

Robin