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Hi Richard, as mentioned before enjoying the build, progress is remarkable and with such attention to detail! The locomotives that run on Tees Castle as far as I can remember have a bar fitted to allow coupling to Sprat & Winkle couplings on the majority of stock. I will seek further details from the club members ‘in the know’ also for the shed plate which I’m sure as layout is set in the 50’s will be most welcome. I would prefer the look of a screw coupling personally as it’s also how I model my 80’s stock with 3-link/instanter/screw couplings as required. M
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Doing a bit of analysis on this picture it looks to be a major either failure or re-fit of the point system. To the left in the 6’ is one of the clamp lock bodies and full slide and hydraulic system removed, unlikely any train movements over those points if they are in the middle of major work. Looks like a new body fitted on the left switch as it’s a nice clean yellow lid! It looks like they are setting up detection and/or lock as I can see a yellow Fluke meter propped up against the platform edge on the right hand side. Points would need to be chocked and clamped
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How realistic are your models? Photo challenge.
43110andyb replied to Pugsley's topic in Modelling musings & miscellany
Stunning! No other description! -
Steve's 1980s rail pictures.
43110andyb replied to SouthernBlue80s's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
Just found this thread and making some enjoyable and similar comparisons from a ‘Northern’ perspective! Our jaunts towards the south were comparable to Birmingham New st with a late journey north and then for us west to Carlisle leaving it far too late to get back with worried parents on arrival home 3/4 hours late! Your photos are a great help to me doing research for ‘Charwelton into the 80’s’ so please keep posting! -
Overuse of weathering on yellow warning panels
43110andyb replied to jools1959's topic in Modelling musings & miscellany
I try to weather my locos from an actual photo in the given period so that it takes the guesswork out of the equation. -
One thing to check if the seep contact is fully making as they can sometimes move the point but the aux contact doesn’t fully move/break. best way to check this is to carefully push the actuating rod after its electrically operated and you can also see the contact if accessible.