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RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted April 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2020 22 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: A good find Ian. A couple of rogue shots of West Finchley and Mill Hill East slipped in somehow! The DMU on the railtour is a well-known shot which, were I to build the model, i would have to replicate. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted April 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2020 7 hours ago, manna said: I had a great Grandfather that was a signalman for the GNR at mainly Finsbury Park no 6. Manna. The society would be interested in any details, I'll PM you about this. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 G'Day Folks Here's a pic I took of Finchley Central around about 1980/1, I did the whole branch (except Mill Hill, dummy) jumping of at each station, lousy day. manna 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 G'day Folks Last couple of diesel shots and a few steam pics. Featuring, a class 46, a motorised Park Royal, a Hornby/Trix A2, and a Gem/scratchbuilt Q1. manna 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 G'day Folks Here's a picture I didn't take, Finchley Central, or as it was also named Church End. Building one of these has crossed my mind, the loco and coach, not to much of a problem, but the valve gear, Hmmmm ! manna 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Church End sounds so much nicer than Finchley Central and its a great pity that the expansion of the branch to Bushey heath let alone loosing the Edgware branch as well as Alexandra Palace branch would have been in these days of traffic congestion great commuter fast transit links both through northern suburbia and into the city 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, hayfield said: Church End sounds so much nicer than Finchley Central and its a great pity that the expansion of the branch to Bushey heath let alone loosing the Edgware branch as well as Alexandra Palace branch would have been in these days of traffic congestion great commuter fast transit links both through northern suburbia and into the city Not to mention the subsequent idea of continuing on to Watford Market, although southbound trains might have been full before even reaching Edgware! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium t-b-g Posted April 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19, 2020 4 hours ago, manna said: G'day Folks Here's a picture I didn't take, Finchley Central, or as it was also named Church End. Building one of these has crossed my mind, the loco and coach, not to much of a problem, but the valve gear, Hmmmm ! manna I have seen mention of an etched kit under development for one of these little beauties. So perhaps you may get some help, not just with the valve gear but with the whole thing. Tim Watson mentioned it as he is hoping to get one in 2mm for Copenhagen Fields. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted April 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19, 2020 4 hours ago, manna said: G'day Folks Here's a picture I didn't take, Finchley Central, or as it was also named Church End. Building one of these has crossed my mind, the loco and coach, not to much of a problem, but the valve gear, Hmmmm ! manna I'd thought of building one of them years ago but never got around to it. There was a drawing in the Constructor in the early '70s or so I think. I got as far as working out that a Fleischmann 'Black Anna' 0-4-0T (which I had one of) would be just about right for the loco mechanism, the wheelbase, coupling rods, connecting rods, cylinders & slide bars etc. were pretty close, but no outside valve gear unfortunately! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 29 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: Not to mention the subsequent idea of continuing on to Watford Market, although southbound trains might have been full before even reaching Edgware! Just think of the forethought of those building the railways all those years back, built for different reasons but could have had benefits they never dreamed of Also the hurdles they had to cross. Watford Met stopping a mile short of Watford Junction as a local land owner refused to let it go through his country estate, despite recent efforts it still does not reach the Junction, crossing a road still stopping it 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted April 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2020 (edited) Lots of interesting "might-have-been" modelling possibilities with the Northern Heights lines on the basis that the passenger services had not been completely taken over by the Underground. Perhaps the best would be tube services terminating at Finchley Central (quite far enough to travel on 1938 stock), as well as larger gauge Underground stock from Moorgate. To that could be added steam or DMU services from Broad St and Kings Cross as well as freight. I have been trying to look up the track layout to the south east of the station but old-maps.co.uk has been running very poorly since C-19 shutdown. Edit to add: And that's all before we consider the possibility (as per Hornsey Broadway) of the High Barnet branch being extended to become a diversionary route for the ECML. Edited April 19, 2020 by Joseph_Pestell Add 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted April 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2020 1 hour ago, 31A said: There was a drawing in the Constructor in the early '70s or so I think. I've got that somewhere if you want to restart... I think I've actually got most, if not all the Constructor GN related drawings somewhere. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 I was brought up just off Crouch Hill and can remember lying in bed at night listening to trains struggling up the gradient from Stroud Green to Crouch End. My GCE English paper had an essay option "The Problems of Transport in my District". Inevitably, my solution to the problems featured a reopening of passenger services up the branch to Alexandra Palace. I was the only pupil in my year to get Grade 1 in English! 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted April 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, 2750Papyrus said: I was brought up just off Crouch Hill and can remember lying in bed at night listening to trains struggling up the gradient from Stroud Green to Crouch End. My GCE English paper had an essay option "The Problems of Transport in my District". Inevitably, my solution to the problems featured a reopening of passenger services up the branch to Alexandra Palace. I was the only pupil in my year to get Grade 1 in English! I wish that my GCE paper had had an interesting option like that. Probably made a nice change for the person doing the marking as well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted April 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2020 34 minutes ago, Lantavian said: You mean the band recorded more than "Winchester Cathedral"? Thought I recognised the style. My father guested for a band who played a cover version of Winchester Cathedral reworded to celebrate the Exeter ByPass, a renowned bottleneck in the days before the M5. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted April 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19, 2020 2 hours ago, chris p bacon said: I've got that somewhere if you want to restart... I think I've actually got most, if not all the Constructor GN related drawings somewhere. Thank you Dave, I'll have it somewhere myself actually! I think what put me off starting really was the nature of the coach, large windows with very thin pillars and no partitions. I built coaches from Plastikard in those days and thought it would be too flimsy. These days someone would probably laser cut it on a 3D printer in about 5 minutes. Or get the sides etched in N S .... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted April 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19, 2020 8 hours ago, Joseph_Pestell said: I have been trying to look up the track layout to the south east of the station but old-maps.co.uk has been running very poorly since C-19 shutdown. Have you tried the National Library of Scotland http://maps.nls.uk/ ? Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted April 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2020 7 minutes ago, figworthy said: Have you tried the National Library of Scotland http://maps.nls.uk/ ? Adrian I have. Can't get on with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted May 2, 2020 Author Share Posted May 2, 2020 G'Day Folks Couple of new pics of Edgware & Mill Hill. Sentinal railcar near Mill Hill, a shot of the Q1 on a pick up goods, a pic I like, as it shows the length of the layout. and a J3 at Edgware. The G1 gets a look in as well. manna 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 G'Day Folks The J6, has reached a milestone, being the First kitbuilt chassis, that I have put together, that 'Works', I have 'almost' finished it, the cab needs finishing, better tender connection, tender rails. But at least it runs and runs well ( Thanks 'Chris P Bacon') I had it running around yesterday with six non corridor coaches + a horse box, a little slipping so a couple of extra bits of lead were tucked into the chassis. Plus a G5, taking a rest after working in from Palace Gates, totally fictitious, but I like it. manna 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted May 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2020 Looking really good Manna, a darn sight quicker than my builds too ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 G'day Folks A few random pics today from around the layout, plus a pic of a C12, (4511) which I have just managed to get running smoothly, but still with a bit of a sexy wiggle when it runs, a second C12, had a violent 'wiggle' so violent, it would throw it's self off the track, it's taken me a long time to work out, that the Craftsman brass body wasn't built square, and screwing the body to the chassis, twisted the chassis, but we're getting there, the chassis has been altered, and I've had it running not so provocatively around Edgware. Also a picture where Edgwares loco will be built. 4070, seen at Edgware with it's PW train. And a D3 in the fiddle yard. manna 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted June 26, 2020 Author Share Posted June 26, 2020 G'day Folks Going to ask for a bit of help today, Edgware isn't strictly to scale, with the branch to London Colney and St Albans, which makes Edgware a Junction of sorts, with all the extra traffic, I'm going to add a small engine shed. I picked up a double slip for $20 yesterday, which I want to incorporate into the goods yard, there is a small headshunt siding, but by fitting the double slip, it'll give me a bigger headshunt (3') siding making shunting more realistic. First pic shows where it's going to go. Pic 2, in place. Pic 3 Where the loco shed will be. does it look realistic. pic 4, Is Atlantic 3299 passing 'The Hales' goods yard. manna 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 I suspect that, at the time Edgware would have been built, the cost of land would have been low enough to enable the GN to use simple trackwork wherever possible. However, the double slip does not look out of place in your mock-up. I use one at the entrance to my goods yard and it does provide contrast (a different dimension or "feel") to simpler trackwork. My vote would be to use it - good luck with the wiring! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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