Gordon A Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) The layout has gone to a good home in Bristol (Not me) and is in the process of being converted to P4. The above shot shows the P4 track superimposed on a nearly vertical picture of Ruyton Rd. The specification for the plain track was 24ft rail lengths with eight sleepers per panel. Sleepers to be 9ft long. The Templot templates will be used to produce the new track and the A6 point. The two B6 points have already been built using interleaved sleepers. Gordon A Edited June 18, 2022 by Gordon A Picture lost. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 I'm so glad it's gone to a new home Marc, really sorry I couldn't take it on myself. It's good that it's being converted to P4, I remember when John was planning it, he and Brian had many discussions over whether to do it in EM or go the whole hog to P4.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) Track lifting has commenced. The pictures re not mine but I do have the consent of the owner to post. I have printed out the Templot templates and handed them over. Progress will be slow and careful. Gordon A Edited June 18, 2022 by Gordon A Pictures lost. 5 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D602bulldog Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Hope it does i would of loved to have brought it one of my all time favourite layouts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) The first replacement point. Based on an A6 with interlaced sleepers. Exactoscale chairs on ply sleepers. Gordon A Edited June 18, 2022 by Gordon A Picture lost. 10 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 (edited) Photos by current owner showing the progress of track relaying with 18.83mm gauge track. Careful replacement of the cork underlay has taken place ensuring minimal damage to the original structures and scenery. Replacement points have been built. All are based on the A6 configuration but built with interlaced timbers. Testing with a four wheel carriage. Gordon A Edited June 18, 2022 by Gordon A Pictures lost. 6 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 (edited) More progress on Ruyton Road. The points have been glued in position. Also in the pictures is some pictures of the kit built stock that will be running on this layout when the conversion is completed. Also the brick built hut has been replaced as it would have been out of period. Edited June 18, 2022 by Gordon A Pictures lost. 13 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 That's looking really good, I have always been interested in pre grouping Scottish railways too, despite modelling the GWR. Time, space and cash as ever! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 (edited) "So the latest is that the siding has been laid and ballasted but rails and chairs not painted. Start made to main line (yes I know main line is pushing it a bit). Initial template and sleepers laid. Rails are temporarily in place to check clearance. Also a bit of cheque book modelling in the form of a Dapol Rectangular Tank wagon. Well I was in town and just happened to pop into Antics and there it was. Anyway NEM pockets and coupling removed, OO wheels replaced, three links and new coupling hook, bit of additional weight and just a very slight scrape of the brake shoes with a scalpel blade. Job done (well perhaps a bit of further weathering to the weathered factory finish) and for £17 quid I’m quite happy. You probably weren’t aware that Ruyton just up the line had a small Gas works!" Gordon A (Press agent) Edited June 24, 2022 by Gordon A Pictures lost. 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 With exception of the quarry branch turnout track now fixed in place and main line (for want of a better word) and siding ballasted. The hut (altered Severn Models kit) has moved around a bit but like the shown position. Progress has slowed a bit due to a slight diversion in the form of a Great North of Scotland Brake which along with an accompanying 4 wheel GNS carriage currently under construction will form the quarry workers train. Story is both were sold (given away!) just after the reopening of the railway. I’m amazed they made it all the way South in one piece! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 (edited) Further progress in that wiring has now ben completed and trains have again run on Ruyton Road albeit only the scenic part at the moment. Turnouts are switched by servo’s using Dingo servo mounts with microswitches controlled through a Megapoints controller (the 4 point version). The main track feeds are connected to 7mm pcb sleeper strip. Pending the building of a proper control panel with levers the actual control set up can only be described as a lash up! The Bachmann controller was obtained cheap from a show a few years again and is used for testing. General view. With ballasting complete, time to paint the rails which should keep me busy! Black Hawthorne (High Level) with North Staff 3 plank open (Mousa) and Great Eastern van (Oxford) Black Hawthorne Lady Anne at rest. On behalf of the Ruyton Road management. Edited June 18, 2022 by Gordon A Pictures lost. 12 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Pictures of Ruyton Rd since its move to Bristol have been renewed. Gordon 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 With track relaying largely complete and new fiddle yard boards built I have recently moved to consider the fiddle yard itself. With 3 exit tracks, the main line, run round and quarry branch I wanted something that was flexible but would keep stock handling to a minimum. Cassettes then! Having helped Robin Gay operate his lovely Rolvenden layout I was mightily impressed by his split cassettes and the ease they connected together and came apart. Sort of a cassette shunting system. The original idea came from a Chris Pendlenton article in MRJ 27. Robin was very kind to give up an afternoon recently to give a hands on lesson in how he made the actual connections. Loco cassette showing the end connectors made from 1.5mm brass bar and thin phosphor bronze strip. There was also a slight setback with the failure of the Bachmann set controller. Wiring for the fiddle yard will include sockets for handheld controllers but in the meantime the Bachmann controller was lashed up for testing. Not wanting to spend much on something that would only be temporary I came across several resources where people had utilised a pwm unit and transformer. Both were obtained from eBay for less that a tenner and a box secret from The Range for 50p. I was surprised by how well it works. An update on the progress being made on Ruyton Rd. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Work taking place on the new fiddle yard board also showing the new cassettes which will be built for Ruyton Road. Press agent. Gordon A 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted June 30, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2022 I do like a nice fiddle yard..... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 The cassette entry tracks and connectors are now in place and tested with strategically placed temporary wire and croc clips. Next is back to wiring and the cross baseboard connections and sockets for the handheld. As a break from working on Ruyton I was distracted into building a couple of 4 wheel Great North of Scotland vehicles. Story is that they were sold by that company to the quarry company to be used for a workers train from the station to the quarry. Both the all third and passenger brake are from Prickly Pear and went to gather really well. They are in the painting queue! 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2996 Victor Posted July 20, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2022 Just caught up with this thread. How wonderful to see this classic layout saved and being given a new lease of life. I'm very interested in the interlaced sleepering on the new points - was that something that the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire did? I presume that it's remaining part of the S&MLR? Thanks for the updates and great pictures, please keep them coming! All the best, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 (edited) Some general shots from different viewpoints. Unfortunately it's a tad difficult at the moment to get behind the layout to take a better picture of the front of the station. At some stage I will turn the layout around to get some different views. The station building itself built by John Spencer was based on the Shropshire and Montgomeryshire station at Llanymynech and was intended I believe for a previous OO layout so I estimate it must be about 40 years old. Work is continuing on the signal and the cassette fiddle yards at each end. Edited August 20, 2022 by Gordon A 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 On 20/07/2022 at 10:58, 2996 Victor said: Just caught up with this thread. How wonderful to see this classic layout saved and being given a new lease of life. I'm very interested in the interlaced sleepering on the new points - was that something that the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire did? I presume that it's remaining part of the S&MLR? Thanks for the updates and great pictures, please keep them coming! All the best, Mark There are some photo's that show interlaced points as well as others that indicate otherwise so bit of a mixture! They are in keeping with the idea of a backwater light railway as Ruyton is very much a S&MR twig off a branch similar to the Criggion line, and will remain so. Although I do have stock that is appropriate for the line some of which still needs to be built I have also taken some liberties! So in my world the GNoSR carriages were sold off by that company to the quarry and used for a quarry workers train. Likewise the Black Hawthorne is used alongside the Sentinal as a quarry engine. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 A happy Christmas and New Year from Ruyton Road. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McW Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) Following a kind invitation from Chris Challis, Ruyton made an appearance at Railwells over the last weekend. Apart from a couple of tiny niggles which were soon sorted (albeit one I will have to revisit) I was really happy with how it operated. Very grateful for the many kind comments that were made and thanks to my friend Ash who kindly provided transport and invaluable operator help. Edited August 16, 2023 by McW Duplicate photo removed 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted August 16, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 16, 2023 Hi Paul, Ruyton looked splendid. You've done a really good job and an arguably seminal layout has been sympathetically upgraded and preserved for posterity. Did the chap pop back and enquire about the Sentinel ? Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McW Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 4 hours ago, NHY 581 said: Hi Paul, Ruyton looked splendid. You've done a really good job and an arguably seminal layout has been sympathetically upgraded and preserved for posterity. Did the chap pop back and enquire about the Sentinel ? Rob. Many thanks Rob. Regarding the chap with questions about the early Sentinel we missed each other on about three/four occasions but eventually did catch up and I was even able answer his questions and point him in the right direction. Cheers Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) I'll second Rob's comments, it's great to see this layout reimagined so skilfully. It's making me want to get on with my own layout and perhaps make a start on the freight only twig I had sketched a couple of years ago. Keep up the good work! Rob Wolf Edited August 16, 2023 by MrWolf 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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