Denbigh North. WCML in N.

[porkie]

On 27/04/2023 at 08:12, Revolution Ben said:

 

Hi there,

 

Nice project, and you're making great progress.  I really like the sub-station idea.

 

What era(s) are you aiming to depict? The stock I can see suggests early 90s.

 

cheers

 

Ben A.

Hi Ben.

I model from late 80s upto the late 90s. So I can pretty get away with running a mixed batch of rolling stock and loco's.

 

Phil 

[porkie]

47799 Prince Henry on it's next royal duty heading into the capital, passing Denbigh North.

 

 

 

[porkie]

Not much of an update.

 

Fiddle yard is now finally completed. 

With 2 extra roads roads added at each end to accommodate  2 car DMUs and single car.

 

Thanks for looking

 

Phil.

[porkie]

No update on the build, 

But bit of fun messing around with my rolling stock and loco's.

 

This is a rule 1 moment, which I'm really happy with.

 

47853 in XP64 guise. Working a Pullman charter set in reverse Blue Grey

 

 

Edited July 2, 2023 by porkie

[porkie]

Not much of an update.

 

Been playing around setting the scene, Before I 100% commit to building the backscene up. 

 

The Scrap yard scene, is roughly how I want it.  I'm still looking at scrap yard images online For inspiration and ideas.

 

 

 

[porkie]

 

 

Thanks for looking.

Phil

[porkie]

Been having a bash at building corrugated fences for my scrap yard scene. Getting there slowly, Kinda pleased so far with my results.

 

 

[DavidMcKenzie]

9 hours ago, porkie said:

Been having a bash at building corrugated fences for my scrap yard scene. Getting there slowly, Kinda pleased so far with my results.

 

 

 

That's coming along nicely 👍

[porkie]

More rolling stock update than the layout build.

 

My Revolution trains class 128 landed today.

Can't fault the build quality or the finish. Everything is spot on.

 

My only suprise was, I thought it would of been a bit heavier than it is. 

 

[DavidMcKenzie]

On 12/10/2023 at 20:59, porkie said:

More rolling stock update than the layout 

 

Hi Phil,

 

I hope you are well.

It looks like a lovely model, a great addition to the layout. Have you had any practical issues due to the lighter weight? I guess it will never be at the head of a long rake.

I was surprised by the weight of the recent Class 90 from farish. In this case it seems to be an issue, it can't haul or push a long  (~2/3s of prototype length) rake up the spiral without wheel slip. It took the help of a comment on the forum for me to realise what the issue was, I had never come across this before.

I don't know if it's cheaper to produce locos out of lighter weight metal or if there is another reason, but it is a slightly worrying trend and something I've never noticed being an issue until recently, but luckily in this case it shouldn't have such drastic practical consequences should it? 

All the best,

Dave 

[porkie]

Hi David,

 

I've not encountered any issues with loco's on this layout. 

I have no raised areas on this build Unfortunately.  So slippages isn't a problem. 

The 128 even takes the set track points without fault on my fiddle yard. Which is always a worry with later stuff I have purchased.