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Sproston - Pannier on the parcels, Prairie on the shed......

sigtech

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Hi People,

 

Well it has happened, it was inevitable that it would - I have given in and purchased a BR MK1 coach, - a BR MK1 57' BG in crimson and cream livery to be precise...( Bachmann ). I did however ask the knowledgeable people on RMWEB, if this vehicle was likely to have appeared regularly on such a branchline.

This latest item has now joined the growing ranks of NPCCS seen at Sproston and will be assigned to: Parcels Special no.1 (as per the new timetable, see the blog entry for 31st December 2017 ).
The Timetabled WX 10.40 Parcels Special, consisting of 3 vanfits ( one an ex GWR MOGO ) and BR MK1 BG - arrives in platform 1, as the signalman replaces no 2 and no 1 signals ( Down Main Home ) behind it .The loco uncouples and draws forward to take water from the column at the end of the line, when complete a whistle to the signalman who reverses no 24 and no 11 points, and then clears no.25 disc ( Engine Release to Loop ). The loco moves onto the loop running round its train, passing the already cleared no.21 signal, ( Loop Starting ), before running onto the Main and stopping alongside the signalbox, where the driver exchanges a few words with the signalman. The signalman replaces his signals, and resets the road before clearing no 2 signal. ( Down Main Innner Home to Platform ) - the driver acknowledges this with a whistle and draws forward, stopping short of the train before easing onto the stock and coupling up. The signalman now replaces this signal before he clears no 19 signal ( Main Platform Starting ), another whistle, and the loco draws its train out of the platform - pulling it out until it's well clear of no.8 points, - which are then reversed by the signalman, ( after he has replaced the signal cleared for the previous move ), then finally no 4 signal ( Down Main Inner Home to Bay ) is cleared, - another whistle and the train is propelled by the loco into the bay platform where it stops and the brakes are applied. It is now ready to be unloaded/loaded.

I will let the photos speak for themselves. Note the Prairie on shed buffered up to the loco coal wagon.

We finish with a view of part of the town, with the site of the derelict WW2 Searchlight Battery , now a farm shop in the foreground and 'All Saints Church' in the background.

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Comments good or bad - are always welcome!
Until next time....
regards
(SIGTECH)
Steve.

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It's looking great, Steve!

 

I like all the signalling details and the working signals - how are they operated?

 

I've just noticed that the Down Home bracket signals are all upper quadrant, unlike most (all?) of the others. Erm...

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sigtech

Hello Phil  -  I see I've been rumbled!!.... The lower quadrants are all Dapol - powered from a 3 pin plug in mobile phone charger ( 5.8v dc output ) with the signal lamp lenses painted with Tamiya  x-24 Clear Yellow acrylic, gives them a nice oil lamp glow and reduces their brightness. They are worked as intended by Dapol, by using small pushbuttons on a temporary panel behind the loco shed.  The 3 doll upper quadrant is Hornby and is manually worked.

This signal is 'temporary' because of no available  lower quadrant alternative - working on the principle that the  'wrong type of signal'  is better than NO signal....

When Dapol produce their l/q bracket signal (soon?)  I will be investigating the possibility of using that as a replacement with a slight resignalling. The lost doll being then replaced by a disc at ground level by the post, and replacing signal 21 with a disc, along with maybe losing disc 22 and possibly disc 23. Hence my previous request to you that if I altered the signalling slightly at a later date, would you be willing to redraw the coloured signalling plan with the lever leads for me to reflect this change?

Regards

(SIGTECH)

Steve.

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Harlequin
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Hi Steve,

 

I remembered that that signal was temporary, I just hadn't twigged before that it was upper quadrant! Funny what you notice and what you don't.

 

Yes, no problem updating the signal box diagram when the time comes.

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GWR_NZ

Hi Steve,

What colour paint did you use for the track colour?

 

Thanks,

 

Edmund

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Hello Edmund, the track ( Peco code 100 with livefrog small radius points ) was painted using diluted ( with white spirit)  'Humbrol' Rust 113 enamel paint applied by using an airbrush.

Seems a long time ago now , I had to look it up! - its mentioned in my very first blog entry for Sproston...

 

Regards

( SIGTECH )

Steve.

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