Teignbridge (change for Upcombe branch)

[St Enodoc]

1 hour ago, Ardmore said:

Well, it's been quite a while since I last posted anything on this topic. Work was progressing, somewhat more slowly than before, and then we decided to move home earlier this year. So, in the space of four days at the beginning of March, we sold our house near Atlanta and bought one near Athens (Georgia not Greece, before anyone asks). The move itself took place over three days in mid-April: right in the middle of the COVID-19 outbreak here.

 

That meant the layout had to be dismantled (no small task), the stock packed up, and everything transported 50 miles to our new home, before being reassembled. That work is now almost complete, and test running is in progress. All being well, I will post some pictures of Teignbridge (and Upcombe) in the near future.

 

David 

 

 

Bigger railway room?

[checkrail]

Great to have you back.  Looking forward to more pics of Teignbridge & Upcombe.  This layout was one of my inspirations.

 

Regards,

John C.

[Ardmore]

When we began looking for a new home, my wife was quite insistent that it had to have a room that was large enough to house the layout. I wasn't going to argue with that, and when we found a place that suited our needs, the basement came with a games room and pool table as well! The layout is 16' X 12' and it fits into the available space with about 2" to spare at either end. The fact that I now have access to the rear of the storage sidings is an added bonus.     

Edited September 1, 2022 by Ardmore

[dogbox321]

26 minutes ago, Ardmore said:

When we began looking for a new home, my wife was quite insistent that it had to have a room that was large enough to house the layout. I wasn't going to argue with that, and when we found a place that suited our needs, the basement came with a games room and pool table as well! The layout is 16' X 12' and it fits into the available space with about 2" to spare at either end. The fact that I now have access to the rear of the storage sidings is an added bonus.     

 

 

Now that is a very nice model railway room.  Such a shame that many houses in the UK don't have such generous facilities.  I came to the conclusion long ago, that to have a decent model railway room, I would need a large garden, for a purpose made building.  It took two years to find a house with a really nice large garden, apart from the first one I missed out on, which was massive.    Every time I mow the lawn I think of how much less there will be to cut when the model railway room finally gets started.  I have done a survey of the garden, but nothing else!  Thinking about it, a room like that must pay dividends for smooth running and requiring less cleaning/maintenance,  with less dust and debris to fall on the scenery, rails and to get on wheels and into locomotives mechanisms, nevermind superb lighting andnot having to get into difficult roof spaces to model etc..

 

Very nice indeed!

 

Best Regards,

 

C.

[Ardmore]

I think I am beginning to understand the best lighting conditions to use in the new railway room, so here are the first pictures of the layout in its new home. I have three Bachmann 45XX and 4575 engines for the passenger and goods traffic on the branch. These are all good reliable runners, but their short wheelbase sometimes leads to slight hesitation at low speeds over some of the more complicated points. I solved this problem by installing TCS KA4 capacitors in each engine. Here we can see 5573 waiting to leave, and then departing the branch platform with its passengers for Upcombe.

 

Another improvement, evident in the second photograph is the replacement of the original Ratio LH bracket signal with a RH one.  The new one has the RH signal for the branch line corrected positioned lower than the LH signal for the up main line. Also, the up main starter has been replaced with one of the Dapol motorized tubular steel signals. Like many others, this died after a few months, but as the light it emitted was far too bright, I simply disconnected it and left it in position.

 

 

Thanks for looking in, and for all the comments.

 

David  

Edited September 2, 2022 by Ardmore

[THS92-GWR-NO]

Just found you layout here and I am really impressed by what you've made it into. Great seeing a combination of branch and mainline like this!