RMweb Premium coronach Posted October 21, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2019 A toad hung on the rear 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium coronach Posted October 21, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2019 A K1 plods steadily north towards the summit at Whinburgh - the signalman has been speedy in replacing the home signal to danger 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium coronach Posted October 21, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2019 In the meantime, the J36 has reached Whitrope summit and heads towards the tunnel where the fireman can put down his shovel for a bit 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium coronach Posted October 21, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2019 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium coronach Posted October 21, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2019 And a few vans... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2019 So seven vans, including a vanfit and a horsebox, but not a Southern Railway van in sight. Monstrous. I demand a recount. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, coronach said: The NBR J36 0-6-0s were amongst the last steam classes in Scotland. Here is mine earning it's keep on a southbound coal train. Not just "amongst the last", but the last steam class in Scotland. 65288 of Dunfermline and 65345 of Thornton Junction were withdrawn in June 1967 as the last steam engines shedded in Scotland. Edit - beaten to it by 65288_62C above! Edited October 21, 2019 by pH 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Smashing set of pictures, and everything just looking so 'right'. Its always a pleasure for me to see your layout 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium coronach Posted November 18, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 18, 2019 (edited) Thank you to RM webber Martin S-C for adding the sky - I love these images Edited April 17, 2023 by coronach typo 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Could you come and do the sky on my layout please! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 first picture has to go into the realistics pictures of models thread surely? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium coronach Posted December 20, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 20, 2019 (edited) A few images - whilst digging out the Christmas decorations Edited December 20, 2019 by coronach 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium coronach Posted January 5, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) Hornby LMS brake van suitably weathered and with new couplings Edited April 17, 2023 by coronach 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium coronach Posted January 26, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2020 Two Hornby LMS brake vans weathered and ready for operations, and a completed Hornby 4F 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium coronach Posted January 29, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) A few minutes in the loft at tea break to test out the Hornby brake vans on the Waverley route - for purely technical reasons of course lol. Pleased to report that freight operations are operating smoothly. Here are a few pictures of a Black Five hauling a typical mixed goods train. Edited April 17, 2023 by coronach 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium coronach Posted January 29, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 29, 2020 So.... plans for this year: 1. Complete the ballasting on the downhill straight south of Whinburgh 2. Further develop the scenery 3. Complete the detailing of Whinburgh station - started 15 years ago 4. Connect the semaphore signals to a lever frame at Whitrope Siding 5. Complete the wiring of the fiddle yard. 6. SAVE UP for another Clayton Type 1, the Hornby A2/3, Hornby 78000 2MT, an Oxford Rail J27, Dapol Class 21/29 etc etc etc. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Look forward to this progress as per your plan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 On 10/04/2011 at 20:58, coronach said: Hi James, thank you for the compliments. I designed the layout this way to make the most of the available space. My gradients are steeper than they really should be which means that some locos suffer wheel spin with more than 4 Bachmann coaches. The class 40 and 45 will easily take 8 Bachmann mk1s and the Hornby pacifics (Britannia, A3) will take 6/7 but the Bachmann A1 and Jubilee slip like mad with more than 4 which is a shame. At least the Waverley route trains often had bankers on the back! My advice is to keep your gradients as shallow as possible but of course you only need a few inches clearance so it shouldn't be a problem. If anyone has any suggestions about improving the adhesion of a Bachmann jubilee and A1, please let me know. I've just found this thread - another member of the Waverley Pack, I'm afraid, although mine is somewhat in abeyance at the moment. IT looks smashing - I'm deeply jealous and I love your weathering - very milsiar to the way I did it back in the days when I had time. I've got a particularly filthy footballer on my own thread at the end. Ref Bachman Pacific's adhesion - its down to the tender, I found that close coupling was a nightmare, - they couldn't pull the skin osf a rice pudding, but let the tender slide back to position 2 and I had them hauling 8/9 Mk 1s up a 1 in 40. I haven't had the same success with the standards, but TBH that's been because I was having too much fun running big trains behind Pacific's. That said some of the Hornby A3s, and A4s struggled with these rakes, so I did end up with one where I had V1/3 as a banker! I've got a video of it whizzing round the old layout somewhere I'll put them all up on the last page of my thread and you can have a look! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 61656 Posted February 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 14, 2020 On 29/01/2020 at 17:19, coronach said: So.... plans for this year: 1. Complete the ballasting on the downhill straight south of Whinburgh 2. Further develop the scenery 3. Complete the detailing of Whinburgh station - started 15 years ago 4. Connect the semaphore signals to a lever frame at Whitrope Siding 5. Complete the wiring of the fiddle yard. 6. SAVE UP for another Clayton Type 1, the Hornby A2/3, Hornby 78000 2MT, an Oxford Rail J27, Dapol Class 21/29 etc etc etc. What a great layout - definitely inspirational and the weathering of the locos and stock is superb. I also take some solace from your timescales, it makes me feel so much better about my own progress! Looking forward to the next meeting now, although I guess work is out of the window. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium coronach Posted February 29, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 29, 2020 The result of a few hours construction of more fitted vans for another Millerhill to Kingmoor Class D transfer freight. In this case a Ratio plywood SR van, a Dapol (Airfix) BR standard meat van and a Parkside LNER 12 T goods van. Of the three, the Parkside kit is the best to build. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium coronach Posted March 21, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) Weathering session in the warm sunshine today. Sulzer Type 2 diesels were a staple motive power on the Waverley Route passenger services however I have not seen a picture of a NBL Type 2 on the route. It’s a lovely Dapol model though! Edited April 17, 2023 by coronach 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium coronach Posted March 21, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21, 2020 A repainted and distressed Bachmann PO wagon 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium coronach Posted March 22, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22, 2020 My first Dapol locomotive D6116 enjoyed its first test run this evening. I’m pleased to report that the engine ran beautifully - hopefully it will be more reliable than the prototype. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium coronach Posted April 5, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 5, 2020 Enforced isolation provides an opportunity to repair and repaint old rolling stock. Having done a couple of coaches this week, I have brought down some unfitted wagons for treatment 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium coronach Posted April 6, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) A few more Edited April 17, 2023 by coronach 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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