Merlin242 Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 The goods yard is coming on and I have been running quite a few trains. I am quite pleased with the reliability so far. I do try to sort out any problems as they happen. I also find the photos very helpful in identifying the things which need doing which you don't see so well when looking at it. The bright wagon wheel on the wagon behind the lorry is a good example. Plus a lot of the locos need the vacuum pipes and front couplings adding 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin242 Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 More experimenting with video. The peckett runs very nicely now and was controlled by a programme in the railmaster software. The software has a lot of potential but is not user friendly to set up and really needs loco detection. I plan to add a Barclay or two to help shunt the Paper mill sidings and hope they run as well as the peckett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin242 Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 A couple of additions to the stock reallocated from Colne. The compound was dcc fitted and ran well straight away. The fowler tank needed its wheels cleaning and a chip fitting but is now running well. The details crew, coal, lamps weathering etc will come next. The fowler tank was allocated to Barrow for some time and the compound on loan to Lancaster Green Ayre so both appropriate for North Lancs & Westmorland 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin242 Posted February 10, 2018 Author Share Posted February 10, 2018 Changing the bogie wheels on Hornby Class 5's and 8F's makes a really worthwhile improvement in appearance. I found the hard way that its essential to put at least one washer behind each wheel to avoid shorts to the bogie frame. I have a few to do but its a nice job for a spare 15 minutes. https://www.facebook.com/Hincaster.Junction.a.00.gauge.Model.Railway/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin242 Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 An unusual visitor to Hincaster. The story is its on hire to cover repairs to the paper works Peckett as the expected Barclay has been delayed. In fact its been in a cabinet waiting for me to get around to fitting a chip. It runs well but stops strangely. Nothing happens for a bit after the command is sent and then it stops dead. Playing with the cv's has not made any improvement so far. Mike https://www.facebook.com/Hincaster.Junction.a.00.gauge.Model.Railway/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstercivicman Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Overall its 23.5 feet by 12.5 feet but about 5 feet of the length is used for other storage. We built it house Santa presents when we ran the railway at Rudyard Lake and its really well built by Oakenclough buildings. I spent quite a while insulating last winter it before starting on the railway and its been well worth it. Awesome a great size! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin242 Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 The basics of the larger engine shed are now in place. A lot of detailing now to do but its runs reliably. I also need more 16 Ton coal wagons so there is a decent rake of full and empty ones for the coal plant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin242 Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 Latest addition is a Hornby TTs fitted City of Birmingham. Its a nice complement to Sir William and runs as well. All 4 duchesses are easily capable of 12 coaches. I have fitted the detailing pack including the etched plates a crew and coal. Started some gentle weathering. I am pretty pleased with it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin242 Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 My model of the South end of Carnforth shed is coming on. The ash plant is now largely finished and along with the coal plant and water tower make up the key installations. In my youth at Steamtown I climbed all the main structures. None of them were for the faint hearted. However the ladder from the landing to the top of the ash plant was truly awful. this is shown correctly on the right of the model in the second photo It goes out into space with nothing but sky in front of you and the handrails are down by the steps so there is nothing to the side of you. I did it a couple of times but said never again It explains why there are so few photos from the top of the ash plant. In my time there we had the coal plant and the water tank & cranes in use but never the ash plant. There is almost as much of it below ground as above. The Bachmann models are very well done and with some weathering should capture the atmosphere very well. I would have liked to model the whole shed but it would have been 30 feet long. The coal sidings have been reduced from 3 to 2. One for loaded and one for empties. In later days stored engines were put at the end of these sidings an in 1968 some of I was rented for preserved locos gathering there. the Ivatt 2, B1 and Fairburn tanks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin242 Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 One of Lancaster Green Ayres 2 Crabs 42893 sits on Carnforth Shed. The other one 42928 is around on the layout somewhere and has been fitted with sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin242 Posted August 23, 2018 Author Share Posted August 23, 2018 I have been working on a pair of Crabs. One is fitted with sound 42928 and the other 42893 just dcc. Both were Ebay purchases at what seemed good prices and both run well. I have renumbered them to make up the pair which were allocated to Lancaster Green Ayre in the early sixties. There always seemed to be a pair and 42928 was there all its life. I remember cabbing her on Green Ayre one Wednesday afternoon when I should have been doing some Sports at school. I would love to know what there regular job was. I cant remember now. I plan to weather one to be more like their normal condition. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin242 Posted November 22, 2018 Author Share Posted November 22, 2018 I've not updated this for a while. I could do with changing the title to "Windermere and Hincaster Junction" as track laying is about to start on Windermere station which will be the centrepiece of the layout But i have no clue how to do that. I have tended to update the railway Facebook page as its much easier to add video and I get a better response. https://www.facebook.com/Steamtown.Carnforth/ Windermere should be a reasonable replica of the original in the latter days of steam with all the track layout included but a little shortened. There are some interesting challenges ahead as the original had no run round for the last 50 years or so of steam operation. The rest of the layout has moved on and a general view is shown below 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin242 Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 Windermere station now has all of the track laid, point motors installed, wiring done. Test trains are running especially with 42613 and it’s sister which were regular visitors along with 42355 and 42359. I have a few fairburn tanks to renumber to local locos as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin242 Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 A few views around windermere station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstercivicman Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Wow! I like the Windermere station idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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