Edge Hill Diesel Servicing Point (8N)

[PjKing1]

6 minutes ago, Balgrayhill said:

Personal experience of not being able to get to work and my friend not being able to get to see his brother who passed away yesterday.

 

Grow up and get back to work

I’m sorry to hear about your friends brother but you can’t blame the railway for that, if I hit news someone close was ill I certainly wouldn’t be getting the train or public transport.

 

I won’t grow up I’m old enough thanks but I’ll get back to playing with my toy trains, have a great evening 👍🏼

[PjKing1]

8 minutes ago, jcarta said:

Paul

 

Being a railway operator myself, I am still waiting for the senior team to say thanks for everything that we achieved after nearly 2 1/2 years of the pandemic ..... probably they are still working from home...

 

Anyway, at least you got doughnut's, where's mine?

I’ve got one here that I saved you 😉🍩 I was proud I did what I could throughout the pandemic and I wear my railway service badge with pride but I think we all agree a thank you would of gone a long way mate.

[PjKing1]

3 minutes ago, Balgrayhill said:

Because there were no trains running, the buses were full and taxis where too busy, so yes, the railway is to blame for him not being able to travel.

 

I hope you never find yourself in that situation, its people like you that have ruined this country

I’m not going to argue with you, I think you need to leave it there 

[PjKing1]

On a more positive note these arrived today so I can crack on and get D326 finished hopefully within the next few days.  Then it’ll be on to the next project for the depot, fuel storage tanks!

 

[Clan Mcadder]

Lets forget about all the distribution sector that continued to work ,who did you think loaded the wagons etc, the drivers hahahah ,  funny i don't remember my big thanks either ? 

 

but that class 40 does look rather good indeed , how do you find the railtec transfers on locos etc? 

[PjKing1]

35 minutes ago, Clan Mcadder said:

Lets forget about all the distribution sector that continued to work ,who did you think loaded the wagons etc, the drivers hahahah ,  funny i don't remember my big thanks either ? 

 

but that class 40 does look rather good indeed , how do you find the railtec transfers on locos etc? 

Cheers mate, this is the first time I’ve used them in years, I’ve not used todays delivery yet but from a customer service point of view they were great and arrived within three days.  Hopefully I’ll get it numbered over the next few days 

[PjKing1]

It’s alive!!  Spent the morning fitting Biff’s decoder and connecting the stay alive which was very easy to connect, I’ll be ordering more for my other locos as it’s very good.  Next up, re-numbering and weathering.

 

 

[PjKing1]

Next on the list 

[PjKing1]

Drawn up the base for the fuel storage, this includes the concrete apron and the pump house.

Edited June 25, 2022 by PjKing1

[PjKing1]

Managed to get quite a bit done over the last two days, the fuel storage tanks have been painted and D326 is finished, I’ll try and take some better photos soon

[5BarVT]

Looking very nice.

Paul.

[PjKing1]

Just now, 5BarVT said:

Looking very nice.

Paul.

Thanks mate, the stay alive I’ve installed adds around 5 seconds without power to which is great.

[PjKing1]

The fuel storage tanks coming along nicely 

[Phil Bullock]

15 hours ago, PjKing1 said:

Thanks mate, the stay alive I’ve installed adds around 5 seconds without power to which is great.

Is that an ESU one fella? 

[PjKing1]

4 minutes ago, Phil Bullock said:

Is that an ESU one fella? 

No mate it’s this one, works great and half the price, so easy to instal to, I could do it 😂

https://www.roads-and-rails.co.uk/collections/stay-alives/products/train-o-matic-spp-n-smart-power-pack-stay-alive-02020202

[Phil Bullock]

23 minutes ago, PjKing1 said:

No mate it’s this one, works great and half the price, so easy to instal to, I could do it 😂

https://www.roads-and-rails.co.uk/collections/stay-alives/products/train-o-matic-spp-n-smart-power-pack-stay-alive-02020202

Cheers will try that on Warships ! Accurascale Deltic has one installed and that is excellent…

 

Phil

[PjKing1]

7 minutes ago, Phil Bullock said:

Cheers will try that on Warships ! Accurascale Deltic has one installed and that is excellent…

 

Phil

It’s defo worth it and gives around an extra five seconds running without power, it just connects to the black, red and white wires that dangle from biffs v5 decoders.  Not sure how you would connect it to the newer decoders in the new Bachmann 47’s I’ll have to figure that one out 😉

[Graham T]

I've used Kungfu stay alives on a couple of locos and throughly recommend those.  They're small, easy to install, and pack a punch!

[PjKing1]

1 minute ago, Graham T said:

I've used Kungfu stay alives on a couple of locos and throughly recommend those.  They're small, easy to install, and pack a punch!

I’ll take a look at those mate cheers 

[Mulgabill]

17 hours ago, PjKing1 said:

The fuel storage tanks coming along nicely 

 

Paul

 

The tanks look very nice, and quite modern.

 

So can I make a couple of, hopefully helpful, observations.

 

Have you ensured your bund walls will hold the contents of the tanks it contains?

 

What is the reasoning behind the extra height wall at the far end? That would be wasted

money / materials, as without a dividing partition wall, the added height could not add

to the capacity.

 

Also, for a "modern" installation, lessons had been learnt, and good practice would see

all pipework routed over the brickwork. That avoids compromising the integrity of the bund.

 

Of course, if you had old, riveted tanks, which had been there for years, then almost anything

goes.

 

I'm sure they will look good once in place,

all the best

 

TONY

 

 

[PjKing1]

50 minutes ago, Mulgabill said:

 

Paul

 

The tanks look very nice, and quite modern.

 

So can I make a couple of, hopefully helpful, observations.

 

Have you ensured your bund walls will hold the contents of the tanks it contains?

 

What is the reasoning behind the extra height wall at the far end? That would be wasted

money / materials, as without a dividing partition wall, the added height could not add

to the capacity.

 

Also, for a "modern" installation, lessons had been learnt, and good practice would see

all pipework routed over the brickwork. That avoids compromising the integrity of the bund.

 

Of course, if you had old, riveted tanks, which had been there for years, then almost anything

goes.

 

I'm sure they will look good once in place,

all the best

 

TONY

 

 

Hi Tony thanks for the info I’ve been doing quite a bit of research 😉 and picking Clive’s brains who put me on to an article in a copy of ‘On shed’.  The tanks, which weren’t prototypical for Edge Hill are based on those at Buxton/Springs Branch/Crewe etc and although Buxton doesn’t have differing bund wall heights, Springs Branch, Crewe and Bescot did so I’ve kind of gone for that look.  There will also be dividing walls between all tanks I just haven’t got around to them yet but they’ll be done soon.

 

Thanks again 

 

[PjKing1]

Work has continued on the fuel storage, I’ll weather the inside before the tanks are fixed into position but it gives an idea of how it’s looking 

[Enterprisingwestern]

 

Have you checked the bund capacities? (as mentioned earlier), the walls look a tad low to my untrained eye, and the tank supports will take a bit off too.

 

Mike.

[PjKing1]

18 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

Have you checked the bund capacities? (as mentioned earlier), the walls look a tad low to my untrained eye, and the tank supports will take a bit off too.

 

Mike.

Morning Mike totally get where your coming from, I have gone off drawings though of this type of storage though and lost count of the number of bricks I’ve countered 😂 I’ve still got to add the coping stones to the top as well though so that will increase the height a bit also.

[PjKing1]

Over the last couple of days I’ve managed to get more done on the fuel storage, making a start on the pump house and adding the coping stones along the walls, I’ve also managed up catch the lurgy so I’m trapped in the house with only housework and modelling to do!  Today I also fitted stay alives to the AL6 and one of the Bachmann 47’s, whilst the body is off I think I’ll redo the headcode as I’m not that happy with it, I’ll post a pic of the stay alive later on