croydon junction

Hi Rob, That site is used to store Greater Anglia EMU's. When they were building the Olympic Park, the island occupied by the ArcelorMittal orbit had some stabling sidings which had to be displaced, and I presume these were moved to Temple Mills I hope this helps, Matthew

I know this might sound like a silly question but have you considered producing replacement motor bogies for your stock? If you knew your spatial constraints and dimensions, you could probably produce a bogie for a lower gear ratio which would give it the required torque to get up the ramp.

out of interest have their trains come out of lockdown yet? And have they started building a high speed railway in the area yet?

agreed, nice to see the new lnwr class 730's are going to be good for long distance services. Makes a nice change with the new bombardier units, they look like second rate spaceships

by the looks of it it is. Think its F stock from the district by the looks of it

you can easily scratchbuild/kitbuild your OHLE to suit the layout at a lower cost than any RTR ohle, and it would probably look much better as it was designed to suit the situation. You can get brass trusses here: https://modelshop.co.uk/Shop/Item/Brass-truss-2-5mm-11-lengths/ITM1920 to make twin track cantilevers, along with other building materials such as I and H sections. I recommend that the contact wire should be no thicker than 0.5mm, and that you go for one that can be soldered so it will be stronger. You can find brass or copper wire on amazon and ebay at about the right size without paying too much. best of luck Matthew P.s. Clive Mortimore has loads of diagrams on this site for different types of OHLE, have a look around and that will give you an idea of what to build if you are struggling for dimensions

sorry to throw a spanner in the works, but here is another way for you have a station/industry layout. This would actually work for 00 gauge with your baseboard size, but it would be most suited to the southern region as you could use a 2 car EMU/DEMU. Brockley Green (EM gauge) used this setup, but was much larger. Best of luck, Matthew P.s. your CAD pics look really good, what package did you use?

strange to think a train would run from Watford fast via the Trent Valley, exit the main 2 track route to manchester then rejoin! Must have been a complete nightmare for signalling though!

have a look here, if you have been able to get that far then the kit manufacturers on this page should be able to help you get most of the rest of the way: http://www.2mm.org.uk/links.htm Best of luck, Matthew

Out of interest, PN looks brilliant but with all this extra time in the railway room, have you thought of trying to build any extensions or anything? I know it would be very difficult logistically, but it might remove any monotony in current operations?

it can even be painted in Northern livery! In all seriousness, best of luck with the 325!

good choice of layout, not too simple or complex

very nice idea, but the idea of an inglenook is simple - have a shunting neck and 3 sidings, it is just meant to be a shunting puzzle. Having said that, you could have a platform edge for one of the sidings. Honestly, I think you have come up with enough ideas now, focus on how you can flesh out each option in low detail then take forward your favourite ideas. Best of luck, Matthew

knock over a beer glass... then again you might get short circuit problems

There are other CNC fittings that will admittedly deflect more, but are much cheaper and will do a fairly good job. Deflections could be reduced by having a longer bar than required, and having an extra support at each end, pulling the bar down if loaded in the middle by the traverser. Best of luck, Matthew