RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted December 31, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) First loco, 47583, has successfully negotiated Helifax Junction... Andi Edited December 24, 2022 by Dagworth 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted January 13, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) Signals Edited December 15, 2022 by Dagworth 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted January 14, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2022 IECC 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted January 19, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2022 (edited) Lots more on the IECC, 244 routes written Edited December 15, 2022 by Dagworth 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted January 22, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) First ever try at hand building points. Happy with my results so far, they are OO, code 100, and each is around 450mm long! I wanted to try to make the crossings look like the cast type so I covered a rail built crossing in milliput and carved it once set. Also has the benefit that there is now no gap for the wheel to fall into as it traverses the crossing. (OO doesn’t normally like such shallow crossing angles but these seem to work fine) Andi Edited December 15, 2022 by Dagworth 7 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted January 24, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) More points. That’s all the points needed at this end built. These aren’t laid yet, just plonked. I hope to have all this bit laid and wired by the weekend. Andi Edited December 15, 2022 by Dagworth 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted January 29, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 29, 2022 (edited) Doesn't look much but this is the first loco to move under its own power in the station area, fleet mascot 86246 Royal Anglian Regiment. Andi Edited January 29, 2022 by Dagworth 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted February 9, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) Working from photos Note slab track too. Andi Edited December 15, 2022 by Dagworth 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taigatrommel Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Is that the slab track from when the bed was lowered for electrification? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted February 9, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, Taigatrommel said: Is that the slab track from when the bed was lowered for electrification? Yes, that was the first time it was lowered, around 1984. It was lowered even further in (I think) 2014 to allow hi-cube boxes on liners. Andi 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted February 9, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2022 On 29/01/2022 at 22:58, Dagworth said: Doesn't look much but this is the first loco to move under its own power in the station area, fleet mascot 86246 Royal Anglian Regiment. Andi They made the name plate wrong, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother called it "The Royal Anglican Regiment" when she named it. We used to call the soldiers of the Anglian Regiment the angle irons when they were stationed in Tidworth. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted February 13, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13, 2022 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted February 13, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) Edited December 15, 2022 by Dagworth 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted February 13, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 13, 2022 I am sure when the line to Ipswich was built they on purpose made it go through Stoke Tunnel so when railway modellers would say , "There wouldn't be a tunnel that close to the station" others could point out "What about Ipswich?" It will look good with a B17 or Britannia coming out of it. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted February 13, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13, 2022 7 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: It will look good with a B17 or Britannia coming out of it You fit one with a chip and it can run... Andi 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted February 18, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 18, 2022 Does anyone remember the heaters in the tunnel when it was first electrified and how the tunnel seemed to glow orange when they were on? They were interlocked with the signalling and switched off when a train was in the tunnel. Does anyone have any photos of it? Andi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted March 3, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2022 (edited) Edited December 15, 2022 by Dagworth 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 21 minutes ago, Dagworth said: You can tell where it is supposed to be by the fuelling point sidings on the left of the image! I am aware of someone who has been constructing an Ipswich layout in N, though I've never seen it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 (edited) On 13/02/2022 at 20:50, Clive Mortimore said: I am sure when the line to Ipswich was built they on purpose made it go through Stoke Tunnel so when railway modellers would say , "There wouldn't be a tunnel that close to the station" others could point out "What about Ipswich?" It will look good with a B17 or Britannia coming out of it. How about Cromford, tunnel mouth is on the platform! Carrington just north of Nottingham Victoria has tunnels at both ends of the platforms https://images.app.goo.gl/xHkQTdozMbF9ctrZ9 Edited March 3, 2022 by great central Add photo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted March 3, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2022 8 hours ago, Johann Marsbar said: I am aware of someone who has been constructing an Ipswich layout in N, though I've never seen it. Any idea how much of Ipswich in N? Andi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted March 3, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 3, 2022 3 hours ago, great central said: How about Cromford, tunnel mouth is on the platform! Carrington just north of Nottingham Victoria has tunnels at both ends of the platforms https://images.app.goo.gl/xHkQTdozMbF9ctrZ9 True, but as it is the only tunnel on the GER line to Norwich and is so close to the docks at Ipswich it is like a train set tunnel. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted March 4, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2022 Some of the points in Ipswich stabling yard are bullhead, some are flat-bottom rail. One has FB switches and a bullhead crossing! The sidings themselves are an equal mixture, and then one used to have a pit as well. Trying to be as accurate as I can be with the model. I realised earlier that the fueling road, which I had laid as a piece of straight track, actually has a significant wiggle so I had to relay that bit. At least the extra crossover from six road to the table road didn't exist in the era I'm modelling. Andi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 10 hours ago, Dagworth said: Any idea how much of Ipswich in N? Andi It's owned by a friend of a friend and the person building it no longer lives locally (think he's in the Midlands somewhere), so I'm not sure TBH. It's certainly set post electrification and I believe it is fairly extensive and includes the Station and Upper Yard. I'll see if I can find out a bit more...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted July 24, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24, 2022 Good Junc points started 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted December 15, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2022 (edited) Looks like the last photo I posted was of the start of the goods yard, so here is the other end of the yard with the view from London Road bridge The mouth of the tunnel at the London end of the platform is 60ft away! Andi Edited December 15, 2022 by Dagworth 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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