Chop Yat - The NER through the North York Moors.

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Splash of paint last night has brightened them up a bit!

 

 

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Work has paused on the stop blocks as this little parcel arrived this afternoon.

 

 

Bits of wood with holes!

 

 

[Jol Wilkinson]

Grainge and Hodder turntable fiddle yard?

 

I'll be interested to see how you get on with it. We may need a couple or their traverser version for a group project but the ones I have seen look a bit lightweight for an exhibition layout.

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49 minutes ago, Jol Wilkinson said:

Grainge and Hodder turntable fiddle yard?

 

I'll be interested to see how you get on with it. We may need a couple or their traverser version for a group project but the ones I have seen look a bit lightweight for an exhibition layout.

 

Yes, 2 of them. They are light, I've built one tonight and it weighs in at 2.8 kilo, it's 6mm ply but it seems to be a well designed frame and all joints fitted together neatly. 

 

 

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11 hours ago, Worsdell forever said:

Bits of wood with holes!

 

Holes with bits of wood more like!

 

Mike.

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Warm enough to get out in the shed today so I'm cutting the sections of platform fence to length and fitting pins into some of the posts to secure them to the platforms. 

 

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And the other end of the platform, nothing is fixed yet, I want to get the scenery substantially finished before final fitting. 

 

 

Starting to look like a station now.

 

 

 

[russ p]

I drove down Bilsdale on Wednesday and was imagining the station in the fields to the east of the Buck. Then trying to work out where it would have crossed the road down the valley 

If built would have probably closed long ago and now would have been lucky to spot a bridge abutment that was still remaining 

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8 minutes ago, russ p said:

I drove down Bilsdale on Wednesday and was imagining the station in the fields to the east of the Buck. Then trying to work out where it would have crossed the road down the valley 

If built would have probably closed long ago and now would have been lucky to spot a bridge abutment that was still remaining 

 

Yeah, last time I was down there, there were no traces of the railway left, I'm assuming the the line went over the road somewhere near the village hall as the road turns east. 

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, Worsdell forever said:

 

Yeah, last time I was down there, there were no traces of the railway left, I'm assuming the the line went over the road somewhere near the village hall as the road turns east. 

 

 

 

I was thinking a level crossing near the car park on West Side of road 

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Been thinking about platform lamps as I'd like to have the positions of them sorted before the final surface is put down, ideally I'd like some Mike's Models lamps, fluted posts with square lanterns, and I have some, just nowhere near enough! So I've been looking around and there's a massive selection ranging from utter junk to some good stuff, unfortunately the good ones just don't seem to be available. It seems the best compromise are the ones from DCC Concepts, bit expensive as they're working ones which isn't really needed, it's a warm late spring early summer day here! Anyway, they've had a coat of Indian Red (they were maroon) and had the station name added. 

 

 

[pete55]

Greetings!

Only just found this layout thread this morning! Knew you were up to something, but this is very impressive.

 

Have a good Christmas too.

 

Pete

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Still cutting up bits of fence, also made a couple of 'kissing gates'. 

 

 

 

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Level crossing boards cut.

 

 

 

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Last trains heading for home before Christmas. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[kes]

Great work Paul. I'm really looking forward to seeing this one out and about.

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Just about all I've got done in the last couple of weeks is a platelayer's hut.

 

 

But today I've managed to get out and have a fiddle with the fiddleyard. 

 

 

 

 

[davefrk]

Hi Paul, happy new year to you and yours.

Just been catching up with the project and I have to say - it's just gorgeous, can't wait to see it in the flesh.

 

Cheers,

Dave F.

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And the first two lengths of track down. 

 

[Riverside]

Well done Paul - such a lot done in a short time. Is the Petrol Electric Autocar converted to EM? If so - how easy was it?

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7 hours ago, Riverside said:

Well done Paul - such a lot done in a short time. Is the Petrol Electric Autocar converted to EM? If so - how easy was it?

 

I do have it all written down with pictures, thought I'd put it on here somewhere but can't find it, pictures will probably have disappeared anyway. I'll put it all on when I get a chance.

 

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First run into the (unfinished) fiddleyard.

 

 

[D5158]

Hi Paul,

 

Lovely workmanship, as always.

 

Could you supply me with the size of the fiddle yard please.

 

Many thanks

 

Alan

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3 minutes ago, D5158 said:

Hi Paul,

 

Lovely workmanship, as always.

 

Could you supply me with the size of the fiddle yard please.

 

Many thanks

 

Alan

 

It's this one.

 

https://www.graingeandhodder.co.uk/product-page/1200-x-400-turntable

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NER Autocar regauging.
The two bogies are different, even down to the wheels, the powered bogie has spoked and the trailing has disc with a plastic insert.

Starting with the trailing bogie, remove it from the chassis and gently ease off the two ends, unfortunately these can’t be reused as we need to move the bogie side frames apart. Next the centre bolster needs to be removed, the bottom half unclips and the two sideframes can be eased off the top part. The top part of the bolster will be found to have four square pegs, these need filing back from the centre line .5mm, the corresponding holes on the sideframes need filing in over by about .5mm so that when the sideframes are remounted they will each be 1mm further out. I also filed back the pick up strip a tiny amount as it was rubbing on the wheels.

 

 

Next the wheels need attention, first, obviously, they need re gauging, holding the plastic axle sleeve with serrated pliers each wheel can be twisted and persuaded to the desired B2B. The plastic inserts now need working on, the outside flange needs removing as it sits proud of the tyre, then if the back of the insert is filed back until the four circles disappear they will fit in the wheel much better and will be lass likely to catch the pick up strips.  

 

Now the bogie needs re assembling, the two halves of the bolster should clip back together and the screw fixing it to the chassis should hold it all together, a little glue could be run into the holes around the four pegs to stop any movement but it’s a very glue resistant plastic. 

 

 

 

The power bogie is more difficult to remove but easier to re gauge, the body needs to be unclipped and the interior removing, it won’t come off completely as there are pick up wires attaching it to the chassis, there’s no need to remove these. Remove the bogie clip from the top of the gearbox and ease the bogie and propshaft out of the chassis, the propshaft is a tight fit into the gearbox but is better removed to work on the bogie. Next remove the axle keeper plate and the bogie sideframes can be slid out and the wheels removed, re gauge the wheels as before, there’s no inserts here, this bogie has spoked wheels. As on the trailing bogie the square holes on the sideframes need filing in over, as this bogie already has a little sideplay there’s no need to file the pegs which are on the axle keeper plate. Clip it all back together and re fit the bogie, it’s a bit of a squeeze to get it in the right position, there’s a pin to locate the bogie which it also pivots on.