Jump to content
 

Porthallow - BR(GW) branch terminus


stivesnick
 Share

Recommended Posts

Nick, looking good; particularly the wagons.

 

There's an interesting article in MRJ #288, "Weathering in the smaller scales" which you might find useful. The examples provided by the author are superb. And explained step-by-step. 

Andy

 

  • Thanks 1
Link to post
Share on other sites

Rather than try to reload all the pictures that have been lost as a result of the problems with this site, I have included a selection of the recent photos over the last 6 months to give a taste of the layout progress starting with an overall view. Most photos were on here before, but  may be cropped in a different way. There are also a couple on new ones.

 

Regards 

 

Nick 

 

 

 

 

restart image 5.JPG

restart image 1.JPG

restart image 2.JPG

restart image 3.JPG

restart image 4.JPG

restart image 6.JPG

restart image 7.JPG

restart image 8.JPG

  • Like 5
Link to post
Share on other sites

  • 3 months later...

Porthallow will be making its exhibition debut at the Warrington Model Railway Club show on the 15/16 October 22. 

 

Been having a bit of a running session this afternoon to try out a possible timetable sequence and see how the fiddle yard works ( as is often the case, it could have been a bit longer)

 

Been adjusting the Dapol couplers and have managed to reduce the number of unwanted uncouplings during shunting. 

 

Some photos from this afternoon enclosed including the first appearance of the milk train. I have assumed that the dairy is along the branch but the train comes to Porthallow to run around and pick up an additional van. 

 

Nick 

220813 fiddle yard.JPG

220813 mineral train.JPG

220813 milk train .JPG

  • Like 6
Link to post
Share on other sites

  • 3 weeks later...

The final train formation is now complete, thanks to the arrival this week of another Dapol B set. 

 

I have also been working on the layout display that hides the fiddle yard. Letters from Scale Model Scenery and painted using the closest colours my local DIY store had to chocolate and cream.

 

Photos enclosed:

 

Regards 

 

Nick 

 

 

220904 display board.JPG

220904 B set 2.JPG

  • Like 4
Link to post
Share on other sites

  • 1 month later...

All

 

Porthallow will be at the Warrington Model Railway show this weekend. 

 

Warrington and Vale Royal College, Winwick Road, WA2 8QA

 

Sat: 10.00 to 17.00, Sun 10.00 to 16.00.

 

Please say hello if you attend and all comments on the layout welome.

 

Nick 

 

 

20220910 signal box.JPG

20220910 goods yard.JPG

20220910 train leaves station.JPG

  • Like 3
Link to post
Share on other sites

Interesting time at the Warrington show this weekend. Lots of other N Gauge layouts there.

 

The layout worked OK. As expected there was a lot of unplanned uncouplings. I brought some Du-luxe materials Liquid Gravity at the show, so hopefully more weight on the wagons will improve things. 

 

 

Other things:

  • The timetable worked OK - but it is fiddly adding and removing the covers to the mineral wagons
  • Need to redo the road crossing as too high for some stock 
  • The water tower got damaged when loading the car coming home
  • The Dapol signals didn't move during the show - any thoughts? 

Thanks to Bob for helping me out during the show. 

 

Some show photos enclosed. Some different angles for photos given the extra space. 

 

Nick 

 

 

20221410 layout set up .JPG

20221510 view north.JPG

20221510 view south.JPG

20221510 town end.JPG

  • Like 5
Link to post
Share on other sites

One question that arose during the show was "what would the railway way be to shunt the goods yard?"

 

In the model timetable the goods train arrives at the platform. 

 

Option 1

 

When the loco runs around, it collects the outgoing wagons from the yard and moves them to the platform. The whole lot then draws out of the station and moves the train to the loop and then drops in incoming wagons into the goods yard sidings. 

 

Option 2 

 

The loco runs around, then collects the brake van and moves it to the far end of the loop by the road crossing. Outgoing wagons can be collected and added to the brake van. However there is only room for 3-4 wagons before the train fouls the crossing and the outgoing train needs to be pushed across the crossing. The incoming wagons are then collected and shunted into the sidings. 

 

At the show both options were used but is one more railway like than the other?

 

At present there is no shunt limit along the main line, or restrictions on using the ungated road crossing to the docks. 

 

Any thoughts on this?

 

Enclosed picture showing the long train when using option 1 and track plan to help explain things.

 

Nick 

 

 

20221510 shunting.JPG

porthallow plan .jpg

  • Like 3
  • Thanks 1
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share

×
×
  • Create New...