RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted March 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2019 Lynmouth: summer ‘77; happy memories. :-) Thanks, Paul. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 It's been a busy day today. I was up moderately early to video a Steam Dreams tour passing on our local line (the Tilbury Loop on the former LTSR now operated by C2C) featuring the preserved B1 "Mayflower". Here is the video. What a great sight this is to be by the lineside when these trains fly by. loved it. Anyway, much later I managed a couple of hours or so at the Alley Pally exhibition. I made a few purchases, more of which another time. So, all railwayed up today Regards, Brian. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 G'Day Folks Nice video, but what's that hanging on the back, is it a Class 33 ???? manna Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 G'day mate, I think it is. These rail tours in UK follow circuitous routes to get the path through existing timetabled traffic. I checked the Steam Dreams brochure and this particular tour is only steam hauled to West London. I assume the diesel does the rest on a reversal somewhere. Regards, Brian 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 G'Day Folks I only asked, because I didn't think there were any left, ready for mainline service. manna Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 According to a quick Google of Compton History it seems some of the preserved locos have been recertified for the main line. Regards Brian 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 So, my Ally Pally purchases consisted of one of these... ...(and to avoid the 10MB limit see next post)... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 ...and these three suburbans... ...which make a nice train behind a K1. Regards, Brian. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 The work at "Little Easington" continues slowly. Meanwhile I made a bridge of sorts. The purpose of the bridge is to support the bridge...............camera thus. This will give another view point of trains heading directly towards and under the camera. I have captured some video clips using this bridge and I will edit them and upload to YT - watch this space. In the meantime I have uploaded another "heritage" video featuring the Vale of Rhiedol Railway at Devils Bridge. Spectacular stuff - if you have never visited this narrow gauge railway I thoroughly recommend it. The video is here... Regards, Brian. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 As I mentioned yesterday, here is the video which in places utilises the bridge bridge-camera support. Regards, Brian. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 I have been doing a bit of back working today. The station building was "completed" a while back now but sadly without chimney pots and signage of any sort. I recently purchased some 3D printed hexagonal pots from Smart Models in the Easter sale so these have been added to the main station building along with some signage. Getting there, slowly. Regards, Brian. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstercivicman Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Nice work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 1 hour ago, danstercivicman said: Nice work Thanks Dan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Very nice indeed Brian, really good Videos. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Hi Brian; Enjoying those videos - thanks for making them! Just a heads up; have you seen Rails have some Bachmann ER stock going *very* cheap? I picked up a DCC ready V1/3 to replace a split chassis one that I've not gotten around to chipping - will on-sell the old one to offset it. There's ROD's, K3's and an A1, too... Cheers Scott 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted March 30, 2019 Author Share Posted March 30, 2019 20 hours ago, jukebox said: Hi Brian; Enjoying those videos - thanks for making them! Just a heads up; have you seen Rails have some Bachmann ER stock going *very* cheap? I picked up a DCC ready V1/3 to replace a split chassis one that I've not gotten around to chipping - will on-sell the old one to offset it. There's ROD's, K3's and an A1, too... Cheers Scott Yes indeed. One V3 tank ordered and on its way. Cheep as chips, relatively speaking Best Regards Brian 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted April 3, 2019 Author Share Posted April 3, 2019 Another video for your delectation or otherwise, this time featuring two Gresley pacifics and the Deneside Pullman. Regards, Brian. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 Frustratingly, electrical gremlins have struck - platform 4 section is dead. So, I have been trying to track down the fault with the multi-meter. At times like this I wish I'd gone DCC. I have checked the rotary section switch which seems OK so not there. I then looked at the common return board in the panel because I was not getting any reading on the rear (common return) rail in platform 4. It looks a bit mankie... ...so I have decided to replace it. I've still got 6 more wires to connect to it so fingers crossed. Regards, Brian. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Bloody hell Brian, birds nest or what? It's a little difficult to see clearly but the common contacts board you are replacing could be the answer as the old ones solder joints look a little lack lustre. I went straight to DCC but I do have plenty of wires as I decided to place droppers from virtually every section of track plus some addition wiring from point frog switching. Its a bit late now but I used 2 strips of PCB one for each rails +ve and -ve and soldered directly to them. eg +ve feed into one pcb strip and -ve feed into the other giving me my 2 bus bars to connect to. Good luck 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 6 minutes ago, Barnaby said: Bloody hell Brian, birds nest or what? It's a little difficult to see clearly but the common contacts board you are replacing could be the answer as the old ones solder joints look a little lack lustre. I went straight to DCC but I do have plenty of wires as I decided to place droppers from virtually every section of track plus some addition wiring from point frog switching. Its a bit late now but I used 2 strips of PCB one for each rails +ve and -ve and soldered directly to them. eg +ve feed into one pcb strip and -ve feed into the other giving me my 2 bus bars to connect to. Good luck Spot on Barnaby. A home made and soldered common contact strip is the item I'm replacing with a "manufactured" variant I purchased a while back just in case. Regards, Brian. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold imt Posted April 6, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2019 (edited) 17 hours ago, Barnaby said: Bloody hell Brian, birds nest or what? Don't believe all the propaganda. Much as I love DCC there are lots of wires under the baseboard and in the control systems. There are (as Barnaby said) lots of droppers - and as he recommended there is one to each bit of track for good contacts. There is also in my case an accessories bus, connector wires between an NCE PowerCab and auxilliary ProCab and a few IRDOT connectors. DCC doesn't help with control of signals an points very much, except more long numbers and multiple key presses, so you end up having to do more. My locking and control - which sends out DCC commands to the accessories - is built round 2 NCE MiniPanels. Lots of wires in there just like yours! The bottom panel of course goes on the top of the box. HOWEVER there are only 2 wires to the layout - 1 flat NCE bus cable and one similar cable that connects to some sensors. Much easier to connect up. My layout has a splitter underneath which takes off the accessory command into a separate bus. Edited April 6, 2019 by imt 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted April 6, 2019 Author Share Posted April 6, 2019 7 hours ago, imt said: Don't believe all the propaganda. Much as I love DCC there are lots of wires under the baseboard and in the control systems. There are (as Barnaby said) lots of droppers - and as he recommended there is one to each bit of track for good contacts. There is also in my case an accessories bus, connector wires between an NCE PowerCab and auxilliary ProCab and a few IRDOT connectors. DCC doesn't help with control of signals an points very much, except more long numbers and multiple key presses, so you end up having to do more. My locking and control - which sends out DCC commands to the accessories - is built round 2 NCE MiniPanels. Lots of wires in there just like yours! The bottom panel of course goes on the top of the box. HOWEVER there are only 2 wires to the layout - 1 flat NCE bus cable and one similar cable that connects to some sensors. Much easier to connect up. My layout has a splitter underneath which takes off the accessory command into a separate bus. Lots of wires as you say but hardly a bird's nest like mine . Too much family stuff today so I've not had time today to continue with the fault finding. Hopefully tomorrow the gremlins will be banished. Regards, Brian. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 The common return board in the panel has now been fully replaced and all feeds reconnected. In this pic there was only one more lead to reconnect The layout is now running perfectly and the gremlins banished. So I can put this away... ...for now. Regards, Brian. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvin Streeting Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 On 06/04/2019 at 10:14, imt said: Much as I love DCC there are lots of wires under the baseboard to right.. just added another 100M i love the way they start neat.. but then slowly get worse as you add more... glad you found the issue.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 (edited) After what seams like weeks, I have at last "finished" the final terrace of "Little Easington" as pictured here... ...and on the layout. Apologies for the afternoon sun creeping in around the blinds. I say "finished" because I have yet to add details like TV ariels (the old style 405? lines) and washing lines and of course a bit of weathering. Meanwhile I have acquired two more Hornby Gresley & Thompson suburban carriages and I can now make up a 5 bogie rake which is the longest passenger train that will fit in the fiddle yard. I'll make a video in due course but in the meantime here is the train, K1 headed, arriving. Speaking of videos, if you like the West Somerset Railway you might like these two videos. Regards, Brian. Edited April 11, 2019 by Brian D 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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