Mrkirtley800 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Good to know you are recovering from your operation, all the best for the future. Derek 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted April 14, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 14, 2021 Home on Thursday. Yay! 13 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Glad your getting on okay bet you will be chafing at the bit to see the layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted April 14, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 14, 2021 2 hours ago, lmsforever said: Glad your getting on okay bet you will be chafing at the bit to see the layout. Yes, but swmbo might impose an embargo for a couple of days, but I do need to do a bit of online modelling shopping which will fill in some of the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Rowsley17D Posted April 21, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2021 Returning to light duties, I photographed some goods movements. Goods must have been a nightmare to deal with at the real Buxton Midland station. There was no head-shunt and the yard was always full of traffic. Here's how I deal with incoming limestone empties from being sorted at Rowsley and destined for the quarries on the former LNWR line to Ashbourne via the Cromford & High Peak. Luckily the carriage siding is available otherwise one of platforms 2&3 would be used. The 4F brings in it's raft of empties. Pilot 3FT is waiting in platform 3. The 4F uncouples. The 3FT gets the board to proceed wrong line out of the platform in order to back onto the empties. Then reverses onto the incoming train. And then gets the ground doll to proceed right line to the goods yard entrance. Once its train has has drawn clear the 4F enters the shed area for servicing before more duties. The Jinty has now reversed the empties into a vacant siding and detaches the guards van to park it elsewhere. After the wagons leave there will be much toing and froing of them to get them onto the High Peak section. 25 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark90 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 28 minutes ago, Rowsley17D said: Returning to light duties, I photographed some goods movements. Goods must have been a nightmare to deal with at the real Buxton Midland station. There was no head-shunt and the yard was always full of traffic. Here's how I deal with incoming limestone empties from being sorted at Rowsley and destined for the quarries on the former LNWR line to Ashbourne via the Cromford & High Peak. Luckily the carriage siding is available otherwise one of platforms 2&3 would be used. The 4F brings in it's raft of empties. Pilot 3FT is waiting in platform 3. The 4F uncouples. The 3FT gets the board to proceed wrong line out of the platform in order to back onto the empties. Then reverses onto the incoming train. And then gets the ground doll to proceed right line to the goods yard entrance. Once its train has has drawn clear the 4F enters the shed area for servicing before more duties. The Jinty has now reversed the empties into a vacant siding and detaches the guards van to park it elsewhere. After the wagons leave there will be much toing and froing of them to get them onto the High Peak section. Excellent photos - great to see you back! Mark 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middlepeak Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Jonathan, A great set of photos. Thanks for sharing. I often wondered how the Midland yard at Buxton would be shunted. I suspect that any through traffic to or from the quarries at Hindlow or Briggs Sidings would have run direct via the High Sidings opposite the LNWR shed and then trip worked straight onto the Ashbourne line. Any local coal or general merchandise could have worked direct and have been subject to the sort of moves you've accurately portrayed here. These sort of shunting puzzles are fascinating - I'm having similar bouts of head scratching over the yard layout at Friden. Careful analysis of photos is beginning to have benefits! Regards, Geraint 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted April 21, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 21, 2021 1 minute ago, Middlepeak said: Jonathan, A great set of photos. Thanks for sharing. I often wondered how the Midland yard at Buxton would be shunted. I suspect that any through traffic to or from the quarries at Hindlow or Briggs Sidings would have run direct via the High Sidings opposite the LNWR shed and then trip worked straight onto the Ashbourne line. Any local coal or general merchandise could have worked direct and have been subject to the sort of moves you've accurately portrayed here. These sort of shunting puzzles are fascinating - I'm having similar bouts of head scratching over the yard layout at Friden. Careful analysis of photos is beginning to have benefits! Regards, Geraint You're quite right of course, Geraint. This traffic would never have entered the Midland station area and would have been dealt with over on the LNWR side, but I think it's how entering goods traffic would have been dealt with unless anybody know differently? As I had a rake of limestone wagons made up with Dingham couplings, I just used it as an example. My next puzzle is how to get a rake of full coal wagons down into the shed area where the coal merchants are located when the head-shunt only holds a loco and 3/4 wagons. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Rowsley17D Posted April 26, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2021 My consultant surgeon phoned late afternoon on Friday with the histology results from samples taken during my recent bowel op and all was negative for signs of cancer. So to celebrate a job that has long been put off - the lift out section comprising many different bits of unattached wood was made a bit more permanent. It no longer lifts out but slides out, making the job of putting it in place and removing it much quicker. The joiners just slide into place when needed for running. A plate girder bridge will go on this section too. 26 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted April 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2021 Good to hear your news Jonathan, and a nice slidey thing as well... Al 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted April 27, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2021 12 hours ago, Alister_G said: Good to hear your news Jonathan, and a nice slidey thing as well... Al Thanks, Al. It's not a great feat of engineering or woodworking skills but it works in that it's easy to put it in place and remove and the trains go over it without fall off . 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Good news on the health front, that period of not knowing can be pretty debilitating. I like the keep it simple method of accessing the layout too. There were quite a number of interesting bridges on the way in to Buxton, I nearly crashed into one of them! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted April 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2021 16 hours ago, Rowsley17D said: My consultant surgeon phoned late afternoon on Friday with the histology results from samples taken during my recent bowel op and all was negative for signs of cancer Glad to hear it 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted April 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, MrWolf said: Good news on the health front, that period of not knowing can be pretty debilitating. I like the keep it simple method of accessing the layout too. There were quite a number of interesting bridges on the way in to Buxton, I nearly crashed into one of them! Yeah those bends are quite deceptive, the roadside walls along Ashwood Dale have been rebuilt more than any other, I bet. Very common to find a car in the river, along there. Al. Edited April 27, 2021 by Alister_G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted April 27, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2021 17 minutes ago, Alister_G said: Yeah those bends are quite deceptive, the roadside walls along Ashwood Dale have been rebuilt more than any other, I bet. Very common to find a car in the river, along there. Al. 8 hours ago, MrWolf said: Good news on the health front, that period of not knowing can be pretty debilitating. I like the keep it simple method of accessing the layout too. There were quite a number of interesting bridges on the way in to Buxton, I nearly crashed into one of them! I thought he might have been coming south down the A6 from the Manchester direction? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted May 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 1, 2021 I've slightly adapted the Scalescenes' plate girder bridge to go in the slide-out section. The deck is as per instructions but the abutment walls are 2 pieces of 3mm foam board and the buttresses are nominally 10mm square strip wood. It needs gluing in place before the wing walls can be added together with finishing off bits. The track-bed too deep really but making it shallower would have been a pain at this stage. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Glad you are okay it gives you a good feeling now you can crack on with the layout but at a steady pace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted May 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 1, 2021 40 minutes ago, Rowsley17D said: I've slightly adapted the Scalescenes' plate girder bridge to go in the slide-out section. The deck is as per instructions but the abutment walls are 2 pieces of 3mm foam board and the buttresses are nominally 10mm square strip wood. It needs gluing in place before the wing walls can be added together with finishing off bits. The track-bed too deep really but making it shallower would have been a pain at this stage. Pleased you’re back in business. It’s nice to see a scalescenes girder bridge made up - I’m thinking of using one and this is an encouraging photo. Thanks, Paul. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted May 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 1, 2021 14 minutes ago, 5BarVT said: Pleased you’re back in business. It’s nice to see a scalescenes girder bridge made up - I’m thinking of using one and this is an encouraging photo. Thanks, Paul. Thanks, Paul. Wherever possible when the model calls for several layers of 2mm card thickness I use foam board as you don't need as many layers, it's easier to cut than grey board and does blunt the knife edge. I also use strip wood and balsa for things like buttresses and chimneys because you can get nice crisp edges. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Rowsley17D Posted May 2, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2021 (edited) A bit more done to the bridge - addition of wing walls and the other side. Then after a few bits and pieces have been added as despite how carefully you measure there are always some gaps. Again t'other side. And especially for @MrWolf an engine on a bridge. Some edges are going to need a fine paintbrush. Edited May 2, 2021 by Rowsley17D Duplicate photo 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted May 3, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 3, 2021 I started the righthand embankment this afternoon. I use vinyl grass mat over ply and foam formers which is shaped with a heat gun. A base layer of mixed flock has been glued on top. Next will be static grass of which I have run out. Order gone in. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted May 3, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 3, 2021 Looks very good Jonathan. If I might make a suggestion, in the second photo the left-hand end, the embankment looks a bit steep, almost vertical. I would have expected the land contours to follow the line of the top of the wing wall parapet, perhaps? Al 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted May 4, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 4, 2021 14 hours ago, Alister_G said: Looks very good Jonathan. If I might make a suggestion, in the second photo the left-hand end, the embankment looks a bit steep, almost vertical. I would have expected the land contours to follow the line of the top of the wing wall parapet, perhaps? Al Quite agree, Al. After I have static grassed the banks I have a cunning plan to disguise that bit with some strategically placed vegetation, something like this. Of course this is just plonked on for the moment as I'm expecting grass supplies in the next couple of days. What's more of a worry is that at the left-hand end Station Road comes to an abrupt halt in mid air above the embankment. There's not enough room to continue it on a slope to the road under the bridge as it would be far too steep. I was thinking about making it a dead end with a flight of steps to the lower level. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted May 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 4, 2021 On 02/05/2021 at 15:24, Rowsley17D said: And especially for @MrWolf an engine on a bridge. Makes a change from a bus, although one could go underneath... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted May 4, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 4, 2021 With static grass on order, my attention turned to the road under the bridge. I have gone for setts for the road way with flagged pavements on either side. I have used two slightly different sett sheets from https://www.3dk.ca/. One for the main part of the road and the other for the road edge. No connection just a satisfied customer. This shows even more of the problem area where Station Road hangs in mid air just before the bridge. I'm planning on a flight of steps. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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