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Twickenham MRC's Addison Road (Kensington Olympia) in 7mm


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Very impressive, somehow this has escaped me thus far. One of our club members has seen the articles in BRM and has spotted the semi-circular cut-out in the dock (?) platform, clearly visible in a number of photos in this thread. Apologies if I've missed it somewhere, but what is/was this for? I can see something on the map extract in one of the early posts but quite what isn't clear.

 

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.................... the semi-circular cut-out in the dock (?) platform, clearly visible in a number of photos in this thread. Apologies if I've missed it somewhere, but what is/was this for? ...

Hi Tim, thanks for the comments.

I have been involved with this project - but usually below the baseboard, so I had to find out the answer. In the early days there was  wagon turntable at the location of the cut out. It was used for turning carriage tracks through 90 degrees to allow the carriages to be unloaded onto the platform. There was also a brick built hut nearby for the carriage men.  By the time of the model the turntable had been removed, but the recess remained in place.

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Hi Tim, thanks for the comments.

I have been involved with this project - but usually below the baseboard, so I had to find out the answer. In the early days there was  wagon turntable at the location of the cut out. It was used for turning carriage tracks through 90 degrees to allow the carriages to be unloaded onto the platform. There was also a brick built hut nearby for the carriage men.  By the time of the model the turntable had been removed, but the recess remained in place.

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OK, that makes sense although I would have thought it would be easier to build an end-loading dock. Thanks for the information - I will pass it on to my enquirer at club.

 

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OK, that makes sense although I would have thought it would be easier to build an end-loading dock. Thanks for the information - I will pass it on to my enquirer at club.

 

Tim

The use of a turntable, which was quite normal for the time, had the advantage of allowing the carriage to be off-loaded in the forward direction irrespective of which way round it arrived, which might have mattered. It also gets round one of the problems inherent with end loading docks when there are multiple vehicles involved, especially if any of them are horseboxes, for example.

 

As it is, we know quite a lot about carriage trucks, but not much about how they were actually operated, like loading and unloading methods and the extent to which they may have been accompanied by horseboxes.

 

Jim

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Our next exhibition is Peterborough in December and the group are keen to build on the experience they gained at Aly Paly.

 

So improvements have been made that should make operation a little simpler for the operators and more interesting for viewers.

 

As a result the group are now having more regular running sessions to learn more on how to get the best out of these innovations.

 

We don't just run GWR .......

 

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Although this fiddle yard shot might give you that impression!

 

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Just to put the record straight ......

 

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Lastly here is Pat .... he's not number-crunching (that's trainspotting in old speak) ............ he's checking on the new point rodding he's been fitting over the last few months ....

 

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Starting today this thread has moved from the 7mm specialist scale section into the 'layout topics' section.

 

This is to hopefully bring our layout to a new broader audience.

 

This is partly because the group's membership is not entirely made up of 7mm modellers. This is a club project and several club members who model OO, N or even HO at home have been attracted to this layout within the club because they like the fit of the project.

 

They like it because it is an accurate representation of a real place.

 

They like it because it requires different skill sets and levels - even though it is a very high quality layout there are always jobs for the less-skilled, where the less experienced member can contribute

 

They like it because there is a wide range of stock that can be run prototypically on the layout.

 

They like it because it's a friendly welcoming group.

 

Hopefully some more 'generic' modellers will find this project as interesting as we do!

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We're on national television!

 

Ok, only briefly!

 

In the introduction to Channel 5's 'GREAT MODEL RAILWAY CHALLENGE' there are a selection of very short video clips of all kinds of model railways in a wide variety gauges/scales - and one of the clips is Addison Road taken at Alexandra Palace earlier this year. Like all the clips it's definitely a case of 'blink and you'll miss us!' but whatever - we're famous!

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To emphasise Team Yakima's comment above, this little critter appeared to startle the track gang during the Club Saturday workday last week:

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Not surprising as the track crew are firmly planted in 1925 and GE didn't introduce the 23t switcher until 1940!

 

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As we noted above, if it runs on the track it is welcome and this gem was found at the up platform on Saturday:

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As an unreformed narrow gauge moddeler I was in the dark over this one, a nice new scratch build in nickel silver (and still under construction). Therefore, from the builder: "It's a model of LB&SCR D14 brake van no. 29, specially built at Brighton to accompany the new 3-car Pullman train no. 2 in 1895; the Pullman cars were built at the Chicago works to an American design and shipped over in kit form. The van carried a dynamo for powering the electric lighting throughout the train and lasted until 1915, when it apparently burnt out after an electrical short circuit!"

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Hopefully this will appear again once it's been finished. 

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The Peterborough show is coming up!  All hands to the pumps!!

 

Yes, with another 'BIG' show just two weeks away everyone is working flat out to make improvements to the layout based on the experience we've gained at previous shows.

 

With out doubt one of the biggest improvements will be along Russell Road - new trees are appearing every week …..

 

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Under the baseboards new electronics are appearing that will bring the signal gantry into life...…………

 

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And to keep stock dust free overnight at shows (and improve security) some new covers have been made for the fiddle yards …………..

 

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Please come and say 'Hi' if you're going to be at the Peterborough show!

 

 

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.........  What is the function of the Veroboard circuit next to the MERG servo controllers?

Thanks for the compliments; the very generously sized bit of vereo board has two opto isolators fed from the CBUS CanACC8 output board for the servo actuation signals. Probably because the servos have a separate power supply in this instance.

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If you are an LNWR enthusiast you will probably have noticed that Twickenham & District MRC have entered this layout into the LNWR Society Modelling Challenge competition on RMweb; if not you can find more photos and details about the LNWR features on the layout here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/140934-lnwr-infrastructure-equipment-at-kensington-addison-road-station/

 

As a separate entry I have also submitted details of the LNWR Oerlikon electric sets seen on the layout:

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/140026-lnwr-3-car-oerlikon-electric-multiple-unit/

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Looks like a Friday club night at Olympia - taken on my way to a South London Warlords 'Salute' wargaming event in the 1990s.

 

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Merely a case of BR trying to copy Twickenham MRC? Great photo, thanks for posting it Phil.

This station has seen such a great variety of trains over the years that club members have been thinking of all sorts of possibilities:

 

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We would be interested to see other unpublished images of the station (preferably in steam days!). 

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I'm pleased to announce that Addison Road was a triple winner in the recent LNWR Challenge.

 

The structures & infrastructure won the structures section.

 

And Peter Warren won the rolling stock section and the RMweb popular vote for his scratchbuilt Oerlikon set.

 

 

 

 

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We're getting ready to 'GO!'

 

'GO!' to the Milton Keynes show that is - hope to meet many of you there - do come and say 'hello'.

 

Despite winning three LNWR challenge awards the group is not resting on its laurels. Peter has been working on a new super-drive for the LMS liveried Oerlikon set.

 

It should now run as good as it looks................................

 

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and it looks pretty damn good .................................

 

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So the Milton Keynes show has now been and gone...…………..

 

We used the new barriers for the first time...……………….

 

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We were visited by one of our Founder Members (and still a Country Member 58 years later!) Pat Finch - proudly wearing his 50th Anniversary T&DMRC shirt....

 

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And a new loco appeared for the first time ……………..

 

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As we learn more we upgrade and so it is with the 3rd rail.

 

Keith leads a team doing the upgrades ….

 

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And here's a test/demo track section - the new fixings are 12BA bolts soldered to sliced up sections of fishplates. All we need to do now is slide the rail in and relay it - SIMPLES!

 

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