LesG

Hi Guys, If you look at the first two photos you can see the long sleepers from the broad gauge track which was cross sleepered broad gauge before conversion so the chairs and rails would have been moved closer together. This means the photos were taken after the gauge conversion in May 1892. The long sleepers would have been replaced when time allowed maybe within 1 to 2 years. Best wishes, Les.

Hi Granitechops, Just found this on you tube, build yourself one and have fun on the rough ground:- If you use the links you can probably find many variations on a theme. Best wishes, Les.

Hi Pete, Having been a driver for many years my experience of navigating the South Circular Road in London in the early 1970's was on my own I completely lost the route as I couldn't navigate & cope with the density of traffic {always in the evening after rush hour on a journey from BAOR to Wiltshire} if however I had a friend navigating by atlas & road signs there was never a problem even in the day time as it left me free to cope with the traffic {horrendous} being told which exit to take on a roundabout was a god send. To sum up a good navigator is worth there weight when it comes to traveling around as it helps the driver enormously to stay on the correct route. Even today my wife & I take turns with the driving and navigation which relieves the stess on both of us. Sorry if this sounds like a lecture it's not meant to be just a drivers point of view. Regards, Les.

Hi Giles, Thank you for the info, I won't be able to have any road vehicles as my time period is pre 1900 and I don't fancy fitting radio control to an early traction engine. When I return from holiday I shall order the parts I need from the Deltang site and set it up with some ordinary AAA batteries in an LNER Smplex petrol shunter which looks like a garden shed on wheels. Then if successful I can then sort out rechargeable batteries. Thank you once again, Les.

Hi Guys, I have been following this thread with interest as I want to use R/C for my locos, for my models as I work in 7mm the bodies will all be etched metal which may reduce the effective range at which I can work, Ideally I would need up to twenty feet operating range but could get by with ten feet. A question:- Are the body parts of the vehicles all metal & if so have you noticed any effect to the operating range is the ranged when testing without the body reduced when testing with the body fitted. Les.

If I remember correctly there was an article in Railway Modeller or Model Railway Constructor a long time ago. the rael village is just north of the A39 between Minehead & Porlock, probably not railway country. If you can find an index to one or both magazines you may be able to track down the article which hopefully will have the dimensions. Regards, LesG.