RusselBridge2017 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Great stuff, did not know you had any Midland livery 170 DMUs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shed Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 What a great space for a layout 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted May 6, 2019 Author Share Posted May 6, 2019 (edited) I have x4 Sprinters that I use on Wyvern Road:- The London Midland 170 forms the Birmingham to Hereford service. The Arriva Trains Wales 150 forms the Gloucester to Cardiff Central The First Great Western 166 does the Oxford to Hereford. and finally the SouthWest Trains 158 or 159 (on hire to FGW) Great Malvern to Brighton. These add some colour to the stock rota. In last weeks video 3 of the 4 sprinters are in action. Edited May 6, 2019 by Melangoose 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 Going slightly off topic a little. Yesterday before I started work I visited Fairwood Junction to the west of Westbury (this is where the station avoiding line joins with the line from Westbury towards Castle Cary and the Mendip Quarries). Being the last week of the mainline HST’s and only x3 diagrams in operation (which all pass within an hour). It is a very busy location with a great mix of trains to be seen (I was there for 90 minutes and have 9 minutes of filming), Result Saturday is the last day of the HST’s into Paddington and along the mainline, but after that we will have the “Fun Size” sets between Penzance and Cardiff. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 Last HST’s at the stops at Paddington 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 Country End 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 My own line-up 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shed Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 great photos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 No progress on the layout at the moment. Have been going Through my collection and selling the stock I no longer require. I did have this 1990’s Steel train doing a few laps (the wagons are 25 + years old) did bring back a few memories of that era 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RusselBridge2017 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Looking good. Surprised the Cambrian kits are still holding together, when you consider who assembled them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 I am banking on them being good for the next 25 years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 Had our annual Rmwebber’s day out today, we got a GWR IEP to Hereford (to go to the Model Centre), then we moved onto Newport to sample a Fun Size GWR HST. At Cardiff we got on 37418 on a Loco Hauled to Caerphilly (for some Fish and Chips), and then back home on a 158. Great day out with great company. Roll on Next year. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull1845 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 It was a great day, thanks for arranging it all. I'm still craving 66152! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Very nice pictures and videos here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Looks like a good day out Nigel. Some nice video too. Newport has changed a bit since I was there looks like an extra platform. I bet the class 37/4 was a nice bit of thrash. Do they run round each end I noticed it wasn't a top and tail set up like out on the Norwich trains. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted August 26, 2019 Author Share Posted August 26, 2019 Hi Pete, Newport is very different these days, many more passenger trains than in the 1980’s/90’s. Shame that there is no longer the loco sidings at Godfrey Road. Still good with Freight, we were there for 45 minutes and saw x4 freight trains. Of the x2 loco Hauled Rhymney Trains, one was top and tailed (but was used for crew training earlier in the day). Great to sample and the noise is the best sound known to an enthusiast. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 Last weekend my longtime friend Steve (RusselBridge2017), returned my Freightliner Intermodal rake which he has weathered (not my best skill). The train has 22 containers on 14 wagons, it looks immense. Thank you so much Steve. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonas Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Just found this topic - it’s looking great. I have always thought Hereford would make a great model, especially in the 1980/90s when the yard was open and traffic from Bulmers, Pontrillas and MoD Moreton could be seen. You’ve really caught the essence of the modern scene in the area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 It’s been nearly a year since the track work was completed on Wyvern Road, and being in a roof space I wanted to see how it fared in the hot summer weather. But I have to say that I have fallen into the trap of just running trains. It’s just so much fun to operate my stock and I can soon lose myself for a couple of hours. I have tweaked the tracks in a couple of places, one such is the lifting board. HST’s would occasionally derail here (just a random coach), so I decided to splay the rails on the receiving joint. And I have to say that this has been a success, no more occasional derailments. I don’t normally run my HST’s this fast, it was to test the joints for 20 minutes or so at this speed. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 During the past few months I started to think about ballast and the type of scene that I wanted to create. I imagined that the ballast on the running lines (with the concrete sleepers), would be slightly newer than the freight loops and sidings (with the wooden sleepers). So I put some cut off bits of track on a couple of boards to have an experiment. This is what I came up with using John Lloyd’s Greenscene ballast. i must admit that I am not the best with this kind of thing but it does have the look that I am after. 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RusselBridge2017 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 16 minutes ago, Melangoose said: During the past few months I started to think about ballast and the type of scene that I wanted to create. I imagined that the ballast on the running lines (with the concrete sleepers), would be slightly newer than the freight loops and sidings (with the wooden sleepers). So I put some cut off bits of track on a couple of boards to have an experiment. This is what I came up with using John Lloyd’s Greenscene ballast. i must admit that I am not the best with this kind of thing but it does have the look that I am after. Very very good, looking forward to seeing the whole of the layout like it.... If each loop is say 50 feet long that with my poor maths about a scale mile to ballast... LOL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull1845 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 trackwork looks really good Nigel. If you need to do any more practicing, feel free to pop round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampshire Hog Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 A great job Nigel, the layout will look fantastic when all done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted November 29, 2019 Author Share Posted November 29, 2019 Thanks Guys Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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