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Bristol Barrow Road - Lawrence Hill Junction

barrowroad

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I completed the trackwork for the junction at Lawrence Hill a couple of months ago and now that I have the legs for the curved board I decided itwas time to lay the track.
The junction is constructed off the layout using a templot track plan and has been constructed from ply sleepers using a combination of exactoscale functional chairs and rivets. I like using the latter on pointwork as it enables adjustment to the track before adding the cosmetic chairs.

 

Some re-alignment of the track on the adjacent board was required give a good flow to the curved track on the main line.

 

Here are a few photos

 

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I couldn't resist adding the last photo. The Britannia is Flying Dutchman which is on a temporary transfer to Barrow Road and belongs to John [ Killybegs ].
For further information on John's build of this model see his Worseter posting http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/82059-worseter-update-time-for-a-9f/page-17

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Dave Holt

Robin,

Great to meet you at S4North. The Lawrence Hill Junction track looks very nice indeed - lovely flowing curves. In photos 4 & 5, there is a base-board joint at a very shallow angle to the track. Is this removable or a permanent section? If removable, it could lead to some interesting alignment issues on re-assembly!

John's Brit looks completely at home. Will he have trouble reclaiming it?

Regards,

Dave.

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barrowroad

Hi Dave,

 Good to see you again at S4N. The track joint in photos 4 & 5 is permanent the decision to make it so made when the extra track was added behind the junction signal box. One disadvantage is this combined board is now heavier than it would have been although I did remove some of the ply on the joint sides by cutting 'lightening' holes. A cobalt point motor has also been inconsiderate by positioning itself across the joint:}

John's Brit is superb - I think he might refuse a permanent transfer:} 

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