richbrummitt Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 I'm currently playing trackmaster trains in the garden and reading this when I'm not being interrupted to break up 'fights' between the engines and asked which engine I'm going to be next. Thoroughly enjoyed the content. Someone else got there first with Thomas. Here's another for the 'children' to spot and unlike my Thomas I actually did some modelling to get this. No prizes for the engine name or number. The track is laid now on our spare room project (an N gauge roundy for the currently 5yo. and me) to play and watch the trains go by. A long way to go but I'm hoping to involve our son on some Scalescenes kits and scenery to populate it in the coming years. We previously had a board with two loops but it was only 650mm wide on the short side and the larger engines didn't like the tightest part of the transition curves. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PMP Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 26, 2020 This was the last train out of Albion Yard at Warley 2013. The final exhibition for the layout. Except it wasn’t. It had more shows than Frank Sinatra after his retirement.. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve W Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 2 hours ago, NHY 581 said: GW........AAAARGH!......GW.....AAAARGH! ..........see.....makes me go urrgh!....urrgh!........' ..... it were a ...... Ginst..................... 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Mr.S.corn78 Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2020 16 minutes ago, AY Mod said: I think it's safe to say that today has definitely been the best show we never went to and that's down to everyone who has taken part in the topics today and in the run up to the day. It's been very obvious that a lot of people have spent a lot of time reading these topics and participating. About this time of the day I get up on a chair and thank everyone involved. Particularly Stu for organising the layouts, Brinkly, Taz, Simon and John for setting up and everyone who's gone out of their way, at their own time and expense, to come along and make it one of the most enjoyable days in the modelling calendar. The catering team always does us proud and thank you for everyone for the cakes you brought along. Thanks for the bring and buy too (sadly we ran out of time to include that this year), the modular layout team and more besides. I look a bit daft standing on this chair today in the kitchen doing this but it's just as relevant. I thank each and every one of you for entering into the spirit of the occasion, it's been fun and a worthy replacement of an event we couldn't do. very worthy, in fact as your support for the whole event and its lead up has played a part in the fundraising. Readers have raised over £6,600 so far in the prize draw fundraiser and then there's the catering purchases to be totted up by Stu; your readerrs really do seem to love what's been done. We clap on a Thursday night but you all deserve a huge round of applause for what you've collectively achieved with a great event today and some fun in the run up to it all. Now it would time to pack up, head home and empty the hall by 5 and take the keys back. Thanks to the distorted reality of our virtual world everyone can stay as long as they're happy to. Thank you for not coming today, we hope to see you for real next year! Thanks to Andy & everyone here for doing the virtual day and after taking part I'm going to have to try and make a return in person next year, prehaps with a layout to show if your intrested 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post 2ManySpams Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2020 Treneglos Photos Part 3 All taken by Andy York The station buildings, substantially built from local stone, welcome the arrival of Drummond T9 30717. Whilst the basic design of the buildings was reasonably standard along the line, other than left or right handed layouts, the materials they were built from varied to what was available locally. A variety of stone or, where that was not available, brick. The LSWR benches and luggage trollies are from etched brass kits, made for us by Fred Shilton. Sheltered by the shadow of the bridge, ferns grow in the cess next to the trackbed. The year is 1961, the last for the T9s. Three more years would see the end of steam on the NCR and on 3 October 1966 the line between Halwill Junction and Wadebridge was closed. Drummond T9 30717 with Maunsell 2-set P 180 in tow makes a spirited departure from Treneglos partly obscuring the LSWR cottages. The heron next to the stream is completely unfazed though and probably has his eye on his next meal. The culvert was adapted by Chris from a Wills kit. All the other items of infrastructure in the photo were scratch-built. Sometime after 4pm Bulleid Light Pacific 34066 ‘Spitfire’ with carriages from the Atlantic Coast Express (ACE) approaches Treneglos. Another 50 minutes or so will see it arrive in Padstow. Bulleid Light Pacific 34066 ‘Spitfire’ is seen entering Treneglos proudly carrying the ‘Atlantic Coast Express’ headboard. The Bulleid coaches behind it would have left Waterloo behind a Merchant Navy some five hours earlier as part of a much longer train. Carriages would have been dropped off before Exeter for Exmouth and Sidmouth. Then, at Exeter, the 34066 would have taken over the train with further coaches being removed at Exeter (for Torrington and Illfracombe), Okehampton (for Plymouth) and Halwill (for Bude). The first 172 miles to Exeter would have been covered in just over three hours, with slightly longer being taken to cover the next 88 to Padstow! The freight from Launceston has been set back into the Up platform to allow 34066 with the Atlantic Coast Express to overtake it. Maunsell N Class 31409 has been run onto the yard entry as a safety precaution. This photograph highlights an error in that the station loop should not have trap points either end – this was something that only became apparent from research sometime after the layout was completed. Loco: renumbered Bachmann N Class modified to left-hand drive. Wagons: Bachmann. 232 Miles from Waterloo, with just a glimpse of the sea in the distant horizon. With the Atlantic Coast Express (known as the ACE to both railway staff and train-spotters alike!) now long out of section on its journey West, the daily ‘pick-up’ goods can carry on towards Wadebridge behind N Class 31409. With the Regulator just opened a little wider, N Class 31409 begins its climb towards Otterham summit (800ft above sea level) with the daily pick-up goods, bound for the busy yard and quays at Wadebridge. In the last days of steam on the North Cornwall section of the Southern's 'Withered Arm' system, shadows lengthen as the last Up train of the day to Exeter enters Treneglos at 6.30pm. As this was one of only two times during the day that trains crossed at Treneglos, BR Standard 4MT 80041 will have to wait until the last Down train of the day arrives, before continuing on its way into the evening sunshine and railway history. Loco: renumbered Bachmann. Coaches: renumbered Bachmann. 39 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 26, 2020 26 minutes ago, Brinkly said: Just walked into the small hall to witness @Andy Y off to do a spot of social distancing up stairs. About time for a @Captain Kernow announcement soon isn't it? Looks like @Brinkly has just lost his Gold status. 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Captain Kernow Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2020 Final bit of footage from Bethesda Sidings - a Midland Region loco has brought a military train in via the little-used connection at Gunstone West Jct, on the Central Wales line, having come up from a military establishment in South Wales. The 3F is shunt-released by the military's 'Austerity' tank loco, allowing the 3F to retrieve it's brake van and return to it's home shed. The rest of the footage should have shown the Austerity tank re-forming the military train, to take it up the light railway to Llanddewi, but that bit of footage got well and truly c*cked up by yours truly (I filmed when I shouldn't have and vice versa!): 28 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2020 1 minute ago, 2ManySpams said: Looks like @Brinkly has just lost his Gold status. Blast! Didn't think of that! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2020 29 minutes ago, Brinkly said: About time for a @Captain Kernow announcement soon isn't it? Thank you, Nick. I'd just like to say that the pasty and the chicken & ham pie were lovely. 1 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post SouthernRegionSteam Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) And as is usual, I roll up late to the party; thank goodness it's virtual! Before I begin, just a quick note to once again thank everyone; from organising, to donating, to spending hours preparing posts and videos... well, it's been an utterly fantastic long weekend! So, without further ado... ...join me, if you will, as I reminisce about the summer holidays... For those that don't know, Sandy Shores is my dream layout; that is, a place I really wish existed somewhere on the south coast. A little spit with it's very own narrow gauge railway that provides the only form of transportation along the length of the spit. I won't bore you all with the details (you can always check the link in my signature), so instead, here's a 6 minute (ish) video showing a typical afternoon at Sandy Shores. If you can, I recommend watching with the sound on; I've married the footage to a piece of music I composed. * *Please excuse the dodgy filming; controlling locomotives, and the zoom, pan, and focus pull of a camera with an old lens is nigh on impossible! And for those that would like a trackplan, I am all too happy to supply: Hopefully the layout gives off the charm of a typical British seaside holiday. I am very fortunate in that it seems to have inspired more people than I ever expected, and it seems many people also share my dream! It all kicked off with Sandy Shores' visit to the RMweb SWAG Members' Day last year, at which I literally could not move from the layout; it was the best event I've ever been to, with the kindness and warm comments from members warming my heart. Despite two family bereavements, 2019/2020 has been an amazing year for me; Sandy Shores scooped the Reinier Hendriksen award at ExpoNG in Swanley, and I've since been named RMweb Modeller of the Year 2019 - two achievements that have blown my socks off, metaphorically speaking! I am indebted to RMweb, and it's community for it's part in shaping who I've become. So thank you, everyone. And I'm afraid there's more soppiness to come... here's a poem I wrote on Friday (with images by the one and only Andy York, for which I am very grateful!): Here's to great company, and a top show! Edited April 26, 2020 by SouthernRegionSteam 26 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2020 We need a picture for this announcement. 4 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said: I'd just like to say that the pasty and the chicken & ham pie were lovely. That's better. 3 1 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post 2ManySpams Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2020 Treneglos Photos Part 4 All by Yorkie Pops A casual trainspotter or a dodgy post-war spiv, stands next to a LSWR swan neck lamp with barley twist stem. The corrugated hut houses spare lamps and paraffin. Signalman Fred Francis spends a quiet moment between trains leaning on the bannister of his LSWR Type 3 signal cabin. The corrugated provender store (Troods) was a late addition to Treneglos, replacing a coal yard once we noted NCR stations generally didn’t have that feature. Terrance, the local tramp, sits in the afternoon sun oblivious to the SR concrete provender behind him. Perhaps he’s dreaming of owning a recently repainted Ford Popular 103E? Devoid of driver or passengers, the AEC Regal Half-cab Southern National bus must have broken down on the station bridge. The overbridges on the layout are based on real structures near Treneglos which John measured up on one of our early fieldtrips. A pair of workers cottages were thoughtfully provided by the LSWR for local railwaymen at stations along the North Cornwall Railway. There’s not a lot of industry in North Cornwall but here we see the farmer’s mill at Treneglos. Standing in the reeds is a heron on the lookout for his next meal. The culvert carries the slow moving steam under the railway. Locals also report seeing a mermaid in this location - generally in the dark, on the long walk back from the pub in Splatt. Porter George Cosway sitting outside a typical North Cornwall station building eagerly(?) waiting to load cases on the next Okehampton bound train. A local farmer fords the stream passing under the three-arch viaduct constructed from concrete blocks and completed in 1892 (insert). On the real NCR, the embankment at Treneglos was originally planned to be a viaduct but this was prevented by unstable ground conditions. The LSWR used pre-cast concrete blocks to build Derriton Viaduct on the Bude Branch and this was used as the basis for our model, which was hand scribed from plain plastic sheet. Platelayer Bill Fleet stands outside his concrete hut, fabricated at Exmouth Junction works and delivered pre-made to this spot by train. The hut is the only kit built building on the layout. All the rest are scratch-built generally from plastic – the exception being the LSWR workers cottages made by John from card. Outside holiday periods, the mainly agricultural North Cornwall generated little passenger traffic for the railway. The close up shot gives a better view of the backscene painted by John, with colours muting into the background. A railwayman’s son sits on the fence outside the LSWR cottages and waves at passengers who started their journey in smoke choked London. The North Cornwall Railway snaked its way through the countryside on back to back curves largely in cutting or on embankments. The rock face was produced by using scrunched-up kitchen foil as a mould for plaster. Standing in the dock that adjoins the LSWR No.1 goods shed, the cows await probably their last journey to the abattoir at Halwill Junction. The cows have been painted to represent the breeds typically found in Cornwall in the 50s/60s, rather than the black and white Friesian so beloved by modellers. Porter George Cosway sitting outside a typical North Cornwall station building eagerly(?) waiting to load cases on the next Okehampton bound train. Further research, after the model was completed, identified that the cream doors to the General Waiting Room weren’t hinged but slid sideways. That's all folks... 37 1 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2020 1 minute ago, Brinkly said: We need a picture for this announcement. 5 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 38 minutes ago, Brinkly said: Just walked into the small hall to witness @Andy Y off to do a spot of social distancing up stairs. About time for a @Captain Kernow announcement soon isn't it? Is that the High Speed Stairlift model? To get you upstairs before you forget why you want to go there... Have enjoyed the Show, but as seems all too common at other Shows, in all the layout photos, nothing was moving!!! Thankfully some of the owners brought video clips with them. 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, Brinkly said: We need a picture for this announcement. No, I don't think we do. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2020 1 minute ago, gwrrob said: Et tu, Brute? 2 2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2020 @Re6/6 has had a busy day. He needs another cup of something. 2 1 10 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) Well I'm back home after having been nowhere to see a superb show , I don't recall ever having seen so many exhibits at Taunton before , so it's a big thanks to all who made this a very different but none the less special event , I think it will be talked about for many years to come and people will be able to say 'I was there ' . To think that in these time when folk have a lot of uncertainty in their daily lives we still manage to come together as a group and put our worries behind us for one day is a tribute to all who enjoy this hobby . Even in a virtual day we have had the same atmosphere as at the real deal , good modeling , great banter and thing to see and enjoy . A big thanks to everyone who entered into the spirit of the day from organising , presenting , catering , and buying raffle tickets to support a worthy cause . Take care everyone and hope you all remain safe and most importantly healthy . Edited April 26, 2020 by Sidecar Racer Sent before finished , typo finger , again . 6 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2020 Not sure what they are queuing for... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2020 It's all very tiring this sitting lark particularly since there's no cake left. 1 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2020 16 minutes ago, SouthernRegionSteam said: And as is usual, I roll up late to the party; thank goodness it's virtual! Before I begin, just a quick note to once again thank everyone; from organising, to donating, to spending hours preparing posts and videos... well, it's been an utterly fantastic long weekend! So, without further ado... ...join me, if you will, as I reminisce about the summer holidays... For those that don't know, Sandy Shores is my dream layout; that is, a place I really with existed somewhere on the south coast. A little spit with it's very own narrow gauge railway that provides the only form of transportation along the length of the spit. I won't bore you all with the details (you can always check the link in my signature), so instead, here's a 6 minute (ish) video showing a typical afternoon at Sandy Shores. If you can, I recommend watching with the sound on; I've married the footage to a piece of music I composed. * *Please excuse the dodgy filming; controlling locomotives, and the zoom, pan, and focus pull of a camera with an old lens is nigh on impossible! And for those that would like a trackplan, I am all too happy to supply: Hopefully the layout gives off the charm of a typical British seaside holiday. [Sniped] Here's to great company, and a top show! Fantastic Stuff Jam, well worth the wait and a great end to the fab day! 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2020 9 minutes ago, Brinkly said: 10 minutes ago, Brinkly said: @Re6/6 has had a busy day. He needs another cup of something. I was fat back then. I'm even fatter now. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 26, 2020 8 hours ago, AY Mod said: It's mayhem in here I reckon your watch is fast. It's only Aprilhem here. No wonder no-one was ready on time! 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2020 54 minutes ago, AY Mod said: I think it's safe to say that today has definitely been the best show we never went to and that's down to everyone who has taken part in the topics today and in the run up to the day. It's been very obvious that a lot of people have spent a lot of time reading these topics and participating. About this time of the day I get up on a chair and thank everyone involved. Particularly Stu for organising the layouts, Brinkly, Taz, Simon and John for setting up and everyone who's gone out of their way, at their own time and expense, to come along and make it one of the most enjoyable days in the modelling calendar. The catering team always does us proud and thank you for everyone for the cakes you brought along. Thanks for the bring and buy too (sadly we ran out of time to include that this year), the modular layout team and more besides. I look a bit daft standing on this chair today in the kitchen doing this but it's just as relevant. I thank each and every one of you for entering into the spirit of the occasion, it's been fun and a worthy replacement of an event we couldn't do. very worthy, in fact as your support for the whole event and its lead up has played a part in the fundraising. Readers have raised over £6,600 so far in the prize draw fundraiser and then there's the catering purchases to be totted up by Stu; your readerrs really do seem to love what's been done. We clap on a Thursday night but you all deserve a huge round of applause for what you've collectively achieved with a great event today and some fun in the run up to it all. Now it would time to pack up, head home and empty the hall by 5 and take the keys back. Thanks to the distorted reality of our virtual world everyone can stay as long as they're happy to. Thank you for not coming today, we hope to see you for real next year! Splendid summing up Andy and thank you for the contribution made by yourself and Phil to what will go down as a classic event. Bloody good show!! Rob. 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted April 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2020 7 hours ago, NHY 581 said: Morning all. Sheep Dip is up and running. In terms of prototype location etc, I've not thought about that too much. It's just a product of my woolly brain. The above vidjoe explains a few aspects of the layout. I apologise for my delivery which is in the somewhat hushed tones of a Welsh David Attenborough watching a family of gorillas. Seeing Sheep Dip was going to be one of the highlights for me at the Members Day, Rob and I now think I've been able to get a good impression, thanks to the video and excellent commentary. Fab, just fab, mate. PS. You've inspired me to have a go at weathering one of my own Pecketts, too. One even got to remote Radnorshire. Funny, that. 6 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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