Tom F Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Just noticed - by chance - that there is a job lot of Lego on eBay at £18,000.......... Certainly looks like a method worth trying. Think I’ll pass! I actually bought the pieces I use off eBay in small bags for a fairly cheap price! Some good news, I plan to start the grass work this Saturday! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Yes, yes, yes, yes!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Yes, yes, yes, yes!!!!!!!!!!!!! Depends how it goes....might not post photos if it goes **** up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 It won't. It will be good. Think positive Tom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2019 Depends how it goes....might not post photos if it goes **** up! Green side up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 (edited) Green side up. Unless you conanect the 'static' applicator wrong way 'round Edited January 24, 2019 by leopardml2341 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Morning all!I'm looking at depicting slate loads being transported from Blaenau- Bala. It's something a bit different as most loaded trains are coming from Bala, and empties form Blaenau....so this makes a change. However after doing some research, it does look like the loads of slate would be covered with a tarpaulin. It would make sense I guess as handling wet slate wouldn't be ideal really. Any further knowledge on this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted January 25, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2019 Interesting, Tom. How long did Blaenau slate get transported out of the district by rail, via Bala? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) Interesting, Tom. How long did Blaenau slate get transported out of the district by rail, via Bala? Slate continued to be exported until the branch closed as far as I'm aware, and it also went out via the LNWR Conwy Valley line too. Edited January 25, 2019 by 9793 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 I'm struggling to see why slate loads should be tarpaulined. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) I'm struggling to see why slate loads should be tarpaulined. I presume because slate is fairly slippy when wet and could be awkward to handle when unloading. Photos of open wagons in trains on the branch appear to show a number of them to be tarpaulined (granted they could be carrying anything), but in a couple of photos they are tarpaulined travelling from Blaenau to Bala. Most trains are importing goods to Blaenau, and run empty back to Bala......slate is the only freight I can think of that would be exported from Blaenau Ffestiniog. Edited January 25, 2019 by 9793 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covkid Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 I was under the impression slates were stacked vertically, with loads of straw to cushion them. Bearing in mind the intended use for roofing slates I wouldn't have thought tarpaulins were necessary and would have cost the company in terms of time to sheet the wagons. Interested to see any evidence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted January 25, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2019 Now, I have no idea what the reason for tarping slate loads was, but have a suggestion to offer; it might have been to keep them dry in order to inhibit the growth of algae on them. They were never tarped on the narrow gauge railways, but spent a much shorter time in transit in these situations. One would then have to ask if they were tarped in storage at whatever builder's merchant they were destined for. I'm sure somebody here will have a definitive answer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lecorbusier Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Well, that's my stint on rolling stock done for the time being. My third 16T, a variation on a theme. DSC05069.jpg I'm really pleased with what I've managed to get finished! However I've not a layout to grass! DSC05075 (1).jpg 9793 passes Cwm Prysor with the 5.45am Bala-Trawsfynydd Class K. As can be seen, other than the 16T with domestic coal, the train is comprised of wagons for the building of Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station. Excellent modelling Tom, Just discovered this thread following your helpful comment on lamp irons etc ... have really enjoyed getting up to speed. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2mm Andy Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Did any of the quarries around Blaenau produce powdered slate (sometimes called 'Fullersite') that was used in various industries (paint and soap manufacture being two uses I've seen mentioned)? I know that Penrhyn quarries produced this, but if it was produced in Blaenau Ffestiniog, it might explain the need for tarpaulined wagons travelling towards Bala. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) Did any of the quarries around Blaenau produce powdered slate (sometimes called 'Fullersite') that was used in various industries (paint and soap manufacture being two uses I've seen mentioned)? I know that Penrhyn quarries produced this, but if it was produced in Blaenau Ffestiniog, it might explain the need for tarpaulined wagons travelling towards Bala. Andy That's a thought Andy! Should have a definitive answer next Friday! Edited January 25, 2019 by 9793 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandc_au Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Did any of the quarries around Blaenau produce powdered slate (sometimes called 'Fullersite') that was used in various industries (paint and soap manufacture being two uses I've seen mentioned)? I know that Penrhyn quarries produced this, but if it was produced in Blaenau Ffestiniog, it might explain the need for tarpaulined wagons travelling towards Bala. Andy Given I am not familiar with how leakproof your open wagons were, would that not have been an issue? Or would it have been bagged or boxed in the open wagon? Khris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Did any of the quarries around Blaenau produce powdered slate (sometimes called 'Fullersite') that was used in various industries (paint and soap manufacture being two uses I've seen mentioned)? I know that Penrhyn quarries produced this, but if it was produced in Blaenau Ffestiniog, it might explain the need for tarpaulined wagons travelling towards Bala. Andy Mainly a Penrhyn product but also produced at Dinorwic on a much smaller scale Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 So, I realised that there were a few other jobs to do before I start the initial grass work on the Trawsfynydd end of the layout. Primarily, I needed to earth cover the bridge top (as it's a farm crossing for allowing sheep to cross from one pasture to another. The cess on the Bala Branch tended to have a line of black ash running alongside the ballast edge, and I realised it was something I hadn't done yet! Once it's fully dry, I'll add some black powders over the top to just tone the black sand down a bit. Oh, and the new clocks arrived!! Escapism is bliss! 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 After a telephone call, relief signalman John Roberts heads along the shoreline of Llyn Tryweryn, to cover the morning shift at Trawsfynydd box. The fireman of 9793 looks on as they start the descent to Traws, with a train made up primarily with materials for the now under construction, atomic power station. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2mm Andy Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Given I am not familiar with how leakproof your open wagons were, would that not have been an issue? Or would it have been bagged or boxed in the open wagon? Khris The fullersite that Penrhyn quarries produced was bagged. There is a bit of info here courtesy of PGH; https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/133709-penrhyn-railway-wagons-in-78-scale/?p=3146742 Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted January 26, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2019 (edited) Ok....are you ready for this....are you sure? Well.....Brace yourself Rodney!..... We....Have....Grass....ON THE LAYOUT! With the earth powder fully dry, I decided to bite the bullet and go for it! I mixed the colours following what Mr Gravett suggests, and went to get my Noch Grass Master. A gentlemen in a neighbouring village had borrowed it a few years back, and it had been sat in the shed since then..... Went to apply fibres.....and nothing happened. Well it wouldn't, the battery was flat! However, I used the hoover to help the fibres stand to attention and this is the results. It should be pointed out, this is the under grass.... the longer moorland (beige, brown) fibres will go over the top (I'll be masking off the soil tracks, and everything around that I do not wish to be grassed) and spraying with matt varnish as an adhesive. More reading from Lord Gravett this evening! Edited January 26, 2019 by 9793 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 I've just picked myself off the floor, well done Tom. It's looking good, Please carry on, with your way with colour IT will look good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Ouch!!!!! .....That's a big bright ..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 Ouch!!!!! .....That's a big bright ..... It's the base layer Martin as I mention in the write up, most wont be seen. It's probably best I don't post further photos until it's finished. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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