RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted June 25, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2021 21 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: I just have visions of an Anthony Ashley style mountain... or this... Wait and see... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted June 25, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2021 5 minutes ago, Chamby said: Yes, either one of those with a Cornish engine house on top... or even better, a “White Mountain” china clay spoil heap with rope-worked tippler wagons taking the spoil to the top. Wait and see... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted June 25, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, Chamby said: I just had another idea... how about a landing strip for the Shackleton? Hat, coat... No. 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TrevorP1 Posted June 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2021 I like the ‘precision weights’ John. What’s in the box? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TrevorP1 Posted June 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2021 12 minutes ago, Chamby said: Yes, either one of those with a Cornish engine house on top... or even better, a “White Mountain” china clay spoil heap with rope-worked tippler wagons taking the spoil to the top. Or a pasty mine..? 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted June 25, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, TrevorP1 said: I like the ‘precision weights’ John. What’s in the box? Another, larger, V-block, Trevor. I inherited the three V-blocks, along with some other stuff like verynears and a micrometer, from an uncle who was a toolmaker by profession. The brass bolt is something I made in the Training School at Derby Loco Works in 1974. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted June 25, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2021 5 minutes ago, TrevorP1 said: Or a pasty mine..? Wait and see... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2021 5 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Wait and see... 5 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Wait and see... 5 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Wait and see... 5 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Wait and see... I can see a trend here... 1 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted June 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2021 @Stubby47 you missed the NO for the landing strip for an unmentionable aeroplane... Baz 3 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Stubby47 said: I can see a trend here... You'll have to wait and see! 1 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 On 23/06/2021 at 23:10, St Enodoc said: To the best of my knowledge, they (Mr Stanier's pacifics) don't/didn't propel 6-coach passenger trains at 95 mph. Could have done it in their sleep if only they'd been asked ... 1 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted June 26, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2021 12 hours ago, Stubby47 said: I can see a trend here... As we discussed a year or so ago, I have something in mind but I will need to mock it up before making a final decision. I can say that this idea has been mentioned but for the time being you will all have to wait and see... 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted June 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2021 Roche chapel??? 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post St Enodoc Posted June 26, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) Today I finished tracklaying at Wheal Veronica. Here are the two sidings with the point motor installed. I finished all the wiring except for the point motor drive, which I hope to do tomorrow. Clive @Clive Mortimore will be pleased to know that I'll be recycling the original temporary point control panel from Porthmellyn Road Up end. You can also see a new set of "Baz's Buffers" at the end of the two sidings. Here's the kiln back in place, with short china-clay train SC2 (two fitted wagons) in position for loading. In due course, all the short china clay trains will be extended to six wagons. The kiln is over 40 years old and has travelled over 10,000 miles, so it's due for a bit of TLC. I'll repair the chimney, which is Slater's embossed styrene wrapped around a coffee table leg, and probably make a completely new roof. Edited June 29, 2022 by St Enodoc images restored 30 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted June 26, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, Northroader said: Roche chapel??? Wait and see... 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2021 Pardon me for asking, but would there be a catch/trap point just beyond the sidings point, to catch any runaways, before they hit the slope and career into the station ? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted June 26, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2021 Just now, Stubby47 said: Pardon me for asking, but would there be a catch/trap point just beyond the sidings point, to catch any runaways, before they hit the slope and career into the station ? Yes. There was a catch point at Carbis, which was sprung and held closed by a hand lever. The model will be a dummy, as are all the catch/trap points on the layout. There are a couple of views on this page: http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/carbis-branch.html 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted June 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2021 11 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Today I finished tracklaying at Wheal Veronica. That's looking wheally good. Adrian 4 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post St Enodoc Posted June 27, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2021 (edited) The first job today was to make and install the Wheal Veronica temporary point control panel. Here's the back of the old Porthmellyn Road panel... ...and here is the other side, marked up for Wheal Veronica. I installed the panel near the point and connected everything up. I then decided to make a little photo-story to show how Wheal Veronica is shunted (the sequence is exactly the same as when we were using Porthmellyn Road Chapel Sidings temporarily, of course). The incoming empties from St Blazey arrive at St Enodoc Loop. The loco runs round... ...and propels the train up the incline... ...into Wheal Veronica siding 2. The loco uncouples and shunts... ...to Wheal Veronica siding 1 and couples to the fulls. The loco then hauls the fulls down the incline until it is clear of the point... ...and propels them into Wheal Veronica siding 2, coupling the fulls to the empties. The loco hauls the combined train down the incline until it is clear of the point... ...and propels it all into Wheal Veronica siding 1, uncoupling the empties from the brake van. Finally the loco hauls the fulls and the brake van down the incline... ...to St Enodoc Loop where it will await the road for departure to St Blazey. After I'd done all that I found an old Ian Kirk 5-plank open to sit at Wheal Veronica as though it had just delivered some coal. I've got something else on order to replace this in the longer term. I finished today's work by updating the layout project plan to show the new track. Edited June 29, 2022 by St Enodoc images restored 34 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted June 27, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27, 2021 Looks like there may be a need for a bit of wagon weathering when Oz lets people in! Baz 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted June 27, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Barry O said: Looks like there may be a need for a bit of wagon weathering when Oz lets people in! Baz The china-clay wagons have already been weathered - by you, over 40 years ago! Plenty of others to do though. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KymN Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 On 25/06/2021 at 17:28, St Enodoc said: Wait and see... I'm working on my Cornish Alps today. I'd better get back to it... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 29, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 29, 2021 Given the need for the wagons to be pushed from St Enodoc to Wheal Victoria, how far can such a train be pushed on a line to a siding ? Is there a distance limit, or size (length of train ) limit, and at what point does the guards van have to be at the front of the train rather than next to the loco ? Asking cos I have a similar need on Trelothen. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted June 29, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: Given the need for the wagons to be pushed from St Enodoc to Wheal Victoria, how far can such a train be pushed on a line to a siding ? Is there a distance limit, or size (length of train ) limit, and at what point does the guards van have to be at the front of the train rather than next to the loco ? Asking cos I have a similar need on Trelothen. Don't know, is the short answer. The long answer is that specific cases were authorised in the Sectional Appendix. I haven't got a 1950s Sectional Appendix but the September 1969 edition says that up to 25 wagons including brake van could be propelled from Goonbarrow Junction (Bugle Signal Box had closed by then) to Carbis at a maximum speed of 8 mph. The branch was effectively worked as a siding, with only one train permitted at a time, under the control of the Person-in-Charge at Goonbarrow Junction. There is no mention of where the brake van had to be. If anyone has an earlier Sectional Appendix that they could share information from (or send to a good home...) please feel free to contribute! PS Are you trying to get me into trouble? It's Veronica not Victoria... Edited June 29, 2021 by St Enodoc PS added 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 29, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) 37 minutes ago, St Enodoc said: PS Are you trying to get me into trouble? It's Veronica not Victoria... Oops, sorry !! Mind you, if I told my better half I'd named a tired, dusty, back-of-beyond industrial site after her, it would not fare well for my health... This was the post that got me wondering: Edited June 29, 2021 by Stubby47 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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