sbduck Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 And the view looking the other way… This really highlights the current railway with the two cottages and the substation still in existence with the railway in the background (albeit in a slightly different format) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbduck Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Southern Odeon style in its later, cleanest, simplest form – Twickenham West as seen from the rear (Up Kingston Line from Strawberry Hill) Since we last saw this creation, the windows have been painted and installed and if you look closely, there is actually a lever frame and instrument shelf in place 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbduck Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I know I’ve shown this astonishing creation before, but it’s so good it’s worth another punt! Seen in situ it makes more sense especially as the embankments are partially formed with track ballasted and painted. Hopefully not long now, ‘til we get some track on top and trains can finally run from an imaginary Kingston to Twickenham as they still do to this day… 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbduck Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Where DOES time go?! A long overdue update from a workday in December just gone. We had an illustrious visitor so took the opportunity to set up the layout in full to check a few things. This is an overview of the station and includes a British Railways banana parked in the area by the substation..! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbduck Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 And another general overview of he project - this photo really gives you a sense of the size of the thing! It is about 27 foot end to end... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbduck Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 The piece de resistance! Thanks (huge thanks) to a visitor from last year’s Open Day and to some hard graft from members, we now know that this corner of Twickenham was actually the home of the P-Way department – presumably for the Windsor lines for some 80 years or so. This is an overview of our interpretation of it – or at least the initial mock-up of our interpretation Also Howard’s patent board clamp is evident! It ‘till be hidden in due course 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbduck Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 And an end-on view clearing showing the approach to the mocking-up (!) and also one of the many astonishing reference photos that have helped us to piece this corner together 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbduck Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 And the view looking the other way – more buildings to come, tons of clutter to come but now making so much more sense. That long siding snaking along by the flyover line simply didn’t make any sense until we saw the light! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbduck Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 You last saw this back in January 2018. It’s moved on a bit since then and here the control panel is all finished bar some plastic trim on the left hand side (done the same evening… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbduck Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 And perhaps more importantly this is what it looks like inside! These are the MERG panels required to operate point motors, switches and LEDs. Beautiful knitting Howard – thank you! Need to see if it works now. Next workday later this month will be a milestone for the fiddleyard and then we can turn our attention to Twickenham… 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbduck Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 At our last workday in February this year before the Covid-19 lockdown, a few of us got some work done on various projects. Here a happy Howard surveys all that he knows – one of TJ’s curved transition boards which is MERG controlled. Howard was resolving a glitch with the board… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbduck Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 …meantime, young Robin was looking happy in his work. Not! We have got him scratchbuilding and he is putting up considerable resistance! In fairness I had tasked him with creating a carcass out of 1mm plasticard. A bit heavy going and I have now relented and let him use 0.5mm material. Better all round. He is working on a simple shed building for the P-Way area of TJ – more to come Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbduck Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 And as you can see, we are always a happy bunch. Not sure what Howard had said to goad Robin into threatening him with a knife, but no doubt it was rude and gratuitous! Happy days and may we hope that they return as soon as possible for everyone’s sake 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 Twickenham Junction has recently received some excellent publicity on the SWLondoner online newspaper. A reporter had heard about the resurgence of railway modelling (and other hobbies) during the various lockdowns and so decided to approach a couple of SW London clubs - inc T&DMRC. The photo they used does not do justice to the layout as it is today, but it does shout 'TWICKENHAM' at the reader and that must be a good thing. To read the article please visit https://www.swlondoner.co.uk/life/03012021-on-the-right-track-meet-the-enthusiasts-behind-model-railways-in-south-west-london/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdie Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 On 05/11/2014 at 22:22, bécasse said: Some further checking of background information has revealed that there was a "statutory restriction" on Twickenham Railway Bridge and only one trolleybus was allowed to be on the bridge at any one time (so it was effectively, but not actually, single track for trolleybuses). A similar restriction had previously applied to trams. Such a restriction on public transport vehicles is rare, because their axle weight distribution is usually optimised, and would seem to confirm that the bridge suffered from some weakness that led to the decision to retain the tram tracks within the road surface. That road surface, incidentally, would seem, from the absence of granite setts around the tram tracks, to have been laid with tarred hardwood blocks (with their grain vertical), albeit, by 1960, with a thin layer of tarmac added on top to compensate for wear. Wood block roads weren't uncommon in town centres in Edwardian times and seem, in particular, to have been commonplace along the routes of the London United Tramways, (they were relatively quiet in the days of substantial horse drawn traffic), but had become rare by 1960. I do, though, remember seeing them being lifted outside Charing Cross railway station in London when The Strand was widened in the 1950s. Note that the restriction means that it would be wrong for the model to show two trolleybuses actually on the bridge, the southbound one would wait north of the bridge for the northbound one to finish crossing it. Doubtless the local inspector would spend a reasonable amount of time here to ensure that drivers always obeyed the restriction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdie Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 I was brought up in Twickenham and remember seeing the tram tracks 'grinning' through the tarmac in Heath Road, further into Twickenham. This would have been around the very early '60s. The wooden blocks I well remember as my mother got hold of some (maybe for using on our coal fire??). Those familiar with the area will recall seeing the tram tracks in Fulwell bus depot well into the days of the Routemaster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Tram tracks in Fullwell bus garage were visible when resurfaced during Tellings Golden Miller occupation of the site about 10 years ago according to a friend who lives around the corner. jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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