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Introducing the Newtown & Barrowhaven Light Railway


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Yesterday's effort, which is 80% complete. Rail is brass, Code 200 bullhead, seated in white metal chairs sourced from Cliff Barker. Sleepers are cut from lengths of B&Q stripwood, which have been pickled in a jar of Creocote. To avoid drilling large holes through the sleepers, my preference is to cut the securing casting off the underside of each chair and file the bases flush, drill them out using a very small finger drill then secure in place on the sleepers using brass track pins. This has the added benefit of allowing minor adjustment to the position of the chairs in order to establish the profile of the rails, without wasting sleepers.

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I've not posted anything for a while; life has been busy with non-railway commitments recently and bad weather has hampered any outdoor progress. However I've continued learning the art of scratch building. The open wagon I'd previously posted now has rivet-head detail (using cut-down lacing pins) and buffer couplings and is now ready for painting. The box wagon is a work in progress.

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Dear RMWebbers, hope you're all having a very merry Christmas and a good 2016 to come.

 

The NB&LR directors are considering ordering a diesel railcar from Swift Sixteen and they are wondering if any other railways have experience with this class of traction? Looking at the website, it appears the kit is highly rated and is available for £395 (£405 if the 25:1 gear ratio is selected.). Another £53 acquires the specialised battery set to go under the floor.

 

http://www.swiftsixteen.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=274

 

I think I'm correct that the model is designed to be radio controlled. I wonder if anyone has done a manual-conversion? Would it be as simple as wiring in on/off and directional switches and mounting them somewhere on the model? I haven't done any loco-conversion work yet, although I've got a plastic track-powered diesel loco to convert to manual operation as a first attempt at some point.

 

Any assistance much appreciated :-)

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If you use one of theses

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-DC-5A-Motor-PWM-Speed-Controller-3V-35V-Speed-Control-Switch-LED-Dimmer-new-/182117912480?hash=item2a6712cfa0:g:IjUAAOSw~oFXFO2D

 

And a dpdt switch to do the polarity it gives you variable speed control, it's worth doing a dummy run before hand to check that the speed range is suitable, but I used it for a lgb loco and it gives a nice smooth sensible speed using a 12v battery pack

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If you use one of theses

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-DC-5A-Motor-PWM-Speed-Controller-3V-35V-Speed-Control-Switch-LED-Dimmer-new-/182117912480?hash=item2a6712cfa0:g:IjUAAOSw~oFXFO2D

And a dpdt switch to do the polarity it gives you variable speed control, it's worth doing a dummy run before hand to check that the speed range is suitable, but I used it for a lgb loco and it gives a nice smooth sensible speed using a 12v battery pack

Thanks for the advice!

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I haven't posted for a while but progress on rolling stock and outdoors gradually continues. Today's effort; the beginnings of a well-wagon for the N&BLR fleet. Every railway should have at least one, ready for that day someone turns up with a power station generator or small lighthouse that requires moving by rail.

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After an exceptionally long break since posting, the current ‘predicament’ has encouraged me to resume railway construction on an almost daily basis.

 

On this table, the main station on the railway is finally starting to emerge.  I’m laying (homemade) track into a bed of 5mm limestone ballast.  The points are courtesy of ‘Coronach’.  The line beside the fence falls at a 1:60 gradient and will curve around behind the camera onto the second table where a harbour terminus station will be constructed.  Meanwhile in the distance, the railway disappears off down the garden...

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