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Not a million miles away. Nine yards apart. Bring them in a bit closer for more than six wires or on a curve. Use a long one with swivel pulleys. Steel ones are ok in straight lines. I’ve put two back to back with swivel pulleys as they flex a little.

Good grief it was where i was expecting it...

Considering everything is stored on a tiny little chip, and I know exactly where that is, the whereabouts within said chip is a bit more of mystery. I will go and rummage.

There is a little trap on this diagram. Signal 11 couldn't be cleared with the main line gates shut to road. If you were modelling this location with trains on both lines the gates would have to work..

Is there a photo anywhere?

This is perhaps a better image? https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/aerial-photos/record/US_7PH_GP_LOC285_V_5022

I much prefer what was there before. Far more interesting... https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/aerial-photos/record/RAF_106G_UK_1490_RP_3331

Levers actually.

I have the real post in my garden albeit with a main arm on it now. It used to be the Cambells Soup siding.

I couldn’t find it. I’ve been gifted a significant amount of track and the original thought was to build a level roundy roundy to unleash a Mamod or similar. My lad saw Fen End Pit a couple of weeks back and now wants the loco controllable. Is there a suitable radio control/Bluetooth controller available for the motor as fitted?

I bought one recently and I am very impressed with it. After reading the instructions I reached for my box of useful bits and found a pair of sprockets and a bit of chain so I can drive both axles.. The modification seems to work nicely. I’m highly likely to do this again but after various searches i can’t find where I got them or anything equivalent.

I've still not mastered the asymmetric brake settings. Stop needs to be stop. It's no good it eventually timing out and the loco moving off after a few minutes. In all other respects the control system is ideal for what I want to do. Altering the brake hold time does increase how long it stops for but eventually it moves off.

I swapped my Bristol GRS drawslide frame for L frame. I never took any photos of it though.

I don’t get much time to actually sit down for a read nowadays but I’ve enjoyed reading through this. My thoughts turn to a larger layout in the same space with more layers etc. My role when operating my layout has changed since using asymmetric brake. Once I’ve got the trains moving I can concentrate on being a signaller rather than driver. My layout will cope with three trains on each running line pretty much looking after themselves. I can now shunt to my heart’s content then wait for a margin and sneak a train out etc. The read has been most inspiring. Richard.

I had no direct involvement with Portmadoc or Kingscote but did off advice to both. The Bluebell guys spent a day playing with mine very early on in the project.

One day my L frame will relinquish its role as Ely Dock Junction and will take control of an enlarged garden railway. If I get a few moments to myself that is.

The frame is now a 36 lever assembly, reduced from 220 odd. The rear gearboxes were never going to be used so I came up with this..

Not being able to use the last lever was bugging me. The cruciform turrets are there for the electric lock tappet but only half a hole for the circuit controller. I found a solution. I'll go take a photo.

I use a mixture of home made and proprietary ABC units. Everything works fine with normal dcc. Another evening trying to sort it out th is evening to no avail. Fiddling with CV 125 makes it stop and reverse. CV 126 seen to have no effect.

I bought my first Bluetooth decoder several weeks back. I had trouble getting the performance I wanted but I am convinced this is more to do with my lack of experience with the new system. It all got put on the back burner as there were other distractions etc. I settled down with it and got to where I though I should be with this product with one major exception. To fit in with the way my layout operates I need the asymmetric brake to work. CV27 is set to 1 and the loco stops at signals as I would expect. Then it starts off again. It will stop at every location it is supposed to but always immediately moves off again. I'm sure this is a simple fix but I can't see which CV to tweak. Any ideas?