Jump to content
 
  • entries
    192
  • comments
    1,001
  • views
    174,518

Bristol Barrow Road - Board End Protectors

barrowroad

Entry posted by barrowroad

1,195 views

 Share

Scalefour South West is approaching in August and when I was invited to bring Bristol Barrow Road to the show I realised the trolley system I have for transporting the layout was not really suitable for this venue. The trolley is suitable for sports halls but not for Wells Town Hall where the main display hall is upstairs and the lift is not big enough.

 

With much of the trackwork now in place the ends of the boards needed protection to prevent damage to the track. Similarly some of the board sides have track which crosses the joint and also need protection. So what to do........

 

Enter my good friend Chris Yates who came to the rescue by designing and producing a set of end protectors and side protectors for the layout. Chris designed and built the baseboards for Barrow Road and has since used his workworking skills for a number of other layouts he has been commissioned to build.

 

Chris let me have the 'kit' of parts and I have spent the last few days fixing 'T' nuts to the baseboards and attaching the end and side protectors. Once fitted pairs of boards are fixed face to face with a carrying paddle. All that is need for Wells is some fit assistants to help carry them into the hall and up the stairs.

 

Here are the 7 boards with there protectors in place. Note the carrying paddles on the 3 pairs.

 

blogentry-6970-0-20700700-1341861652_thumb.jpg

 

The large roundhouse board required protection not only on both ends but also both sides. This is necessary to protect the roundhouse and wokshop buildings which will be permanently fixed once the turntable and floor and finished.

 

blogentry-6970-0-36422600-1341861922_thumb.jpg

 

This photo shows one of the side protectors in place.

 

blogentry-6970-0-15046600-1341861954_thumb.jpg

 

whilst this shows one end protector board with a section routed out to clear the ends of the trackwork.

 

blogentry-6970-0-01672600-1341862088_thumb.jpg

 

Back to the roof trusses.............................. Oh and I also need to add all the droppers on the main lines as I would like to have part of the layout wired up for the show.

  • Like 5
 Share

4 Comments

Recommended Comments

Killybegs

Ready, willing and, hopefully, able bodied!

 

Are you going to be operating the main lines on DC for Railwells?

 

John

Link to comment
barrowroad

At the moment I am hoping to wire up both tracks on the main line so that we can do DCC or DC, maybe one track each. I just want to be able to run something for the show.

 

Robin

Link to comment
Tim V

Railwells is always the challenge, at least you didn't get there with the trolley!

 

Are you going to carry it upstairs or use the lift? I'm sure when I went, Clutton went up the stairs.

Link to comment
barrowroad

Railwells is always the challenge, at least you didn't get there with the trolley!

 

Are you going to carry it upstairs or use the lift? I'm sure when I went, Clutton went up the stairs.

 

They will probably go up the stairs but if they fit in the lift I'll use it.

Link to comment

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...