Leeds London Road . Yard magnets and control panel

[Barry O]

Yorkshiremen may think they are tight..nope! Durham lads use a modicum of tactics to get the really good deals.. as at least one Leeds MRS member (born in Donnie) found out at a meal we had in a Restaurant in Swindon once...

 

Baz

[03060]

On 12/04/2021 at 12:25, innocentman said:

There are a few of us, we just keep our heads down

 

See all ..... hear all ..... say nowt !   

[Barry O]

Been doing a bit of modelling in between cricket duties..

 

A Ratio ARP box kit was purchased and it has been built up and painted. It awaits and interior, the roof to be fitted and painted and the nameboards to be drawn up and added...

 

But welcome to "Barnbow Yards Box"

 

 

Nice kit to build!

 

Baz

[Worsdell forever]

On 13/04/2021 at 15:22, 03060 said:

 

See all ..... hear all ..... say nowt !   

 

Eat all..... sup all..... pay nowt!    

[figworthy]

1 hour ago, Worsdell forever said:

 

Eat all..... sup all..... pay nowt!    

 

And if ever thy does owt for nowt, allus do it for your sen.

 

Adrian

[ianathompson]

32 minutes ago, figworthy said:

your sen.

 thissen

 

Ian T

[TheSignalEngineer]

5 hours ago, Barry O said:

A Ratio ARP box kit was purchased and it has been built up and painted. It awaits and interior, the roof to be fitted and painted and the nameboards to be drawn up and added...

Pity they didn't do a proper one like they originally advertised. They chose the post-war version built in 1949 at Town Green neat Ormskirk. I believe that box was the last done and may have been unique.

 

Regarding the painting, the staircase should be the same colour as the window surrounds.

Are you going to do the blue brick courses? They were a distinctive feature of the LMS ones but were missed of some built on War Office land such as Cold Meece ROF.

 

You should also have some wallboxes along the bottom of the front for the rodding and wires. These will cover the length of the frame and be metal boxes set into more blue brick courses.

 

Camp Hill signal box was one of my regular haunts in the late 1960s

https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/mrch865.htm

 

This is the front of the actual Town Green box which was demolished in 1994

 

© Roger Sutcliffe on Flickr

 

Town Green from the other end

http://www.prestonstation.org.uk/lineclear/page14.html

 

This page has several including Town Green from the rear

http://www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk/other-wwii-defensive-structures/arp-sgnal-box/

 

And the inside of Town Green

Town Green Signal Box 1990 by Noted HSG, on Flickr

 

 

Edited May 2, 2021 by TheSignalEngineer

[TheSignalEngineer]

2 hours ago, Worsdell forever said:

 

Eat all..... sup all..... pay nowt!    

Don't try that in New Mills. A pub landlord had it done to him last week and he has said that if the person doesn't come back and pay up he will put his photo on Facebook.

[Barry O]

17 minutes ago, TheSignalEngineer said:

Pity they didn't do a proper one like they originally advertised. They chose the post-war version built in 1949 at Town Green neat Ormskirk. I believe that box was the last done and may have been unique.

 

Regarding the painting, the staircase should be the same colour as the window surrounds.

Are you going to do the blue brick courses? They were a distinctive feature of the LMS ones but were missed of some built on War Office land such as Cold Meece ROF.

 

You should also have some wallboxes along the bottom of the front for the rodding and wires. These will cover the length of the frame and be metal boxes set into more blue brick courses.

 

Camp Hill signal box was one of my regular haunts in the late 1960s

https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/mrch865.htm

 

This is the front of the actual Town Green box which was demolished in 1994

 

© Roger Sutcliffe on Flickr

 

Town Green from the other end

http://www.prestonstation.org.uk/lineclear/page14.html

 

This page has several including Town Green from the rear

http://www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk/other-wwii-defensive-structures/arp-sgnal-box/

 

And the inside of Town Green

Town Green Signal Box 1990 by Noted HSG, on Flickr

 

 

Great information.. I can now go back and finish the box!

 

baz

[lofty.ian]

Town green when it still had sidings!

[figworthy]

22 hours ago, ianathompson said:

 thissen

 

Ian T

 

 

Sorry, I've clearly been living abroad for too long.

 

Adrian

[Barry O]

I added some new electromagnetic uncoupllers in the fiddle yard today. They all worked first time.. which, fo me, is brilliant news.

 

Hopefully more progress will be made shortly.

 

Baz

[St Enodoc]

1 hour ago, Barry O said:

I added some new electromagnetic uncoupllers in the fiddle yard today. They all worked first time.. which, fo me, is brilliant news.

 

Hopefully more progress will be made shortly.

 

Baz

H&M coils?

[Barry O]

6 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

H&M coils?

No, was given some old Whiston ones the other day.

 

Baz

[LNER4479]

'Tis finished!

 

 

Remaining work mainly involved add the check rail pieces.

 

 

And with some paint thrown at it.

 

 

If all goes according to plan, it should have trains running over it this time tomorrow 

[Barry O]

Very nice.. will look really nice with a peak slowly threading its way overbit!

Baz

[Barry O]

A great visit today. Lots of track layed and some new running opportunities have been achieved. Red Leader has taken loads of photographs and the odd video...

But as a taster

junction down to the storage roads in place.

 

The special crossing is in place and works.. 

 

AllI need to do is to lay some cork, add some wires and do a bit of ballasting..

 

While Red Leader was busy I did a bit of weathering and made a dcc sound loco give out sounds on dc...

 

Baz

 

[LNER4479]

Pictures from today:

 

First of all carpentry. I think we can call this the 'Marilyn Monroe' board, all curvy and sexy.

 

Now in position and some serious track laying in hand. Here are the three points forming the single track Junction for the line to and from the Fiddle Yard.

 

Points in position and connected up to the fiddle yard road.

 

And now the new crossing in position  - all seemed to fit as planned (phew!)

 

Testing the new crossing:

 

All done (albeit with tracks on bridge piece temporary for now)

 

Time to test (play!) Hopefully Clive will approve.

 

 

A successful day and nice to leave the layout in a fun / play operational state. And some work done on a few locos of mine in return. All good stuff.

Edited June 9, 2021 by LNER4479

[St Enodoc]

4 hours ago, LNER4479 said:

Testing the new crossing:

That's cheating. You only tested half of it...

[Sandhole]

4 hours ago, LNER4479 said:

Pictures from today:

 

First of all carpentry. I think we can call this the 'Marilyn Monroe' board, all curvy and sexy.

 

Now in position and some serious track laying in hand. Here are the three points forming the single track Junction for the line to and from the Fiddle Yard.

 

Points in position and connected up to the fiddle yard road.

 

And now the new crossing in position  - all seemed to fit as planned (phew!)

 

Testing the new crossing:

 

All done (albeit with tracks on bridge piece temporary for now)

 

Time to test (play!) Hopefully Clive will approve.

 

 

A successful day and nice to leave the layout in a fun / play operational state. And some work done on a few locos of mine in return. All good stuff.

6car Pennine unit. NICE Barry.
Layout's looking good.
Chris.

[Barry O]

That should keep @Clive Mortimorehappy for a while.  Ex MTK kit with two replica power chassis in the Brake coaches. Came up the hill with no problemo. 

 

A great day!

Baz

[t-b-g]

On 11/04/2021 at 22:05, LNER4479 said:

Well, winter lockdown has prevented further site visits ... however, that's not been a total impediment to layout-building progress.

 

There's one place in the trackplan where attempting to fit the standard Peco geometry just isn't possible. Here. This is the double junction entrance into the terminal station, a combination of a 3 foot(-ish) radius curve on the mainline and a more gentle curve entering the station (actually, a straight transitioning into a 6 foot(-ish) radius curve).

Before departing last time, I created this template, through the simple expedient of temporarily laying alternative plain lengths of track for each part of the crossing, with the paper anchored as shown.

 

Now, the following sequence of photos carries a serious health warning. Those of a nervous disposition, and especially those who build track properly, should look away now ...

 

 

 

Secure template firmly to a piece of wood. Remove rails from two, foot long lengths of Code 75.

 

Curve to shape and cut slots where the other rails intersect. To match the alignment of the other rails and just 50% of the way through.

 

Repeat for the other set of rails, this time from the bottom upwards, again 50% of the way through. These second set of cuts also requires the bottom flange of the rails to be cut away as well. Reassemble, and check for flush fit, further filing as required.

 

Flood each of the four joints with solder, whilst holding the rails over the template to ensure correct alignment of each.

 

Now the clever(?) bit. With the first sleeper soldered to keep to gauge, as well as strengthening the joint, carefully saw through the inside of each joint to create the crossing gaps.

 

A flat file also comes in useful, being just about the right width for OO clearances.

 

Ta daa? The one of the right shows up the best.

 

Pins can be used to keep the rails in their intended alignment whilst further 'key' sleepers are soldered into position (having first had the copper cut through to keep everything electrically separated!).

 

At this stage, all rails are now fixed to gauge and aligned as per the template.

 

Thereafter, it's now as per more conventional track construction.

 

All sleepers now fixed for the central part of the crossing and van pushed through to check all is well (which it is). Check rails still to be fitted.

 

Well, it's my way of doing it! This is the third such plain crossing I've constructed like this over the years. To my simple mind, it's more straightforward and has the considerable advantage of ensuring alignment through the all important crossings (frogs). The other two pieces of pointwork previously constructed have certainly worked without any difficulty. But only probably suitable for OO with its coarser and more forgiving clearances. This one was the first I've made for Code 75 and was more fragile before the sleepers are added.

 

 

OK - you can come out now. I've finished...

 

I am a bit late to the party on this one but I have only just spotted the method of construction on this one.

 

Just when I thought I knew every possible way to build a copper clad point, somebody comes up with a method I haven't seen before.

 

I have to say that in 40 years of building such points, that way never even entered my head.

 

If you had just explained it to me, I would have said "no chance of that working" but the evidence is there that it clearly does.

 

Superb out of the box thinking!

[St Enodoc]

1 hour ago, Barry O said:

That should keep @Clive Mortimorehappy for a while.  Ex MTK kit with two replica power chassis in the Brake coaches. Came up the hill with no problemo. 

 

A great day!

Baz

Is that ex-Victoria or were they all Trix?

[Barry O]

I never got it finished for Victoria. Someone did use a Trux one for one show..but it wasn't mine.

 

Bad

[Worsdell forever]

Catastrophic infrastructure failure in that last video, I don't think the Board of Trade inspector would have passed that bridge/tunnel mouth... Thankfully the civil engineer was on hand to remove the debris long before any trains were due.