D3489gibson Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Folly Lane is based somewhere in the Southern Region – Wessex, Sussex or Kent but loosely based upon Halsmere with aggregate yard next to the station with working level crossing & signals with wide range of stock and interesting running options using DCC system. Built by Jason Hannant and sold to a small group from the Beckenham & West Wickham MRC in July 2023. Since July, we've started to work on the layout, of which one of the first jobs, was making up a new pair of wires for the Level Crossing. This was an easy fix, with the work being done in under half an hour. The next set of jobs, was reprogramming the points for use on the Lenz system. This was a little bit tedious, but it paid off, and after reprogramming all of the point motors, we were able to run some trains. More updates will come as we get the layout up and work on it. It's first official outing under new ownership is the Bognor Regis show in January next year! For now, here's some photos from Sunday's working session. Nathan!! 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted September 26, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) Nice - however I note you have placed yellow clamp lock covers on top of sleepers! As with point machines the operating mechanism goes between sleepers and thats where the yellow covers* need to go See here... * or the sticky outy bits of Point machines as seen here... Also not sure why there seems to be a gate wheel lurking inside your signal box when its not next to a level crossing... But overall these are minor observations from someone whose business is signalling equipment and as i said at the beginning, its a very nice layout you have there. Edited September 26, 2023 by phil-b259 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGMRSS Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Hi Phil. Yes they should be placed in between the sleepers. The layout was built by another person, not a S&T man like yourself and I. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3489gibson Posted December 12, 2023 Author Share Posted December 12, 2023 Morning All! We're planning on doing some work to the layout next Wednesday, clearing off parts of our job list. The two main things will be pairing up two of the boards to ease loading, and fixing up some of the track alignment in the fiddle yard, including renewing a whole section that had come away from the sleepers on one side! Once these are done, we aim to have a little play and get accustomed to how we're going to be showcasing it at exhibitions! Photo updates to come next week! Nathan!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3489gibson Posted December 25, 2023 Author Share Posted December 25, 2023 Merry Christmas from all 8 of us from Folly Lane! 44668 B.P.Hopkins made an appearance with a festive pullman charter. We look forward to showcasing the layout in the new year! First stop, Bognor on 13th-14th Jan! Nathan... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjf4375 Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Absolutely love this layout and the attention to detail! I do feel like you need some more authentic NSE station name signs though, hope you don't mind but I made you one! 😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3489gibson Posted January 5 Author Share Posted January 5 With just under a fortnight till the layouts first show of the year at Bognor, we decided to bring the layout to our clubroom lastnight during a club night to make some minor track repairs and fit suppressors to the undersides of two of the boards. We also took the opportunity to fit working check rails on one of the joints that has been notorious for causing stock to derail every time we've had the layout up. These have proved to be very effective, and we are planning to now fit these across all of the FY joints. With these fitted, we have negated any chances of wheels rising up and derailing. To quote one of the other owners "working check rails, whatever next!" Please do say hello to us at Bognor if you're visiting! Till next time Nathan 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3489gibson Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 Well, the show at Bognor went really well! A few non layout related issues were found, mainly the fiddle yard lines distorting due to the venue having floor heating, which evidently was on all of Saturday night... Unfortunately I suffered a rolling stock issue whilst doing the back to backs on one of my pullmans. The insulation on one of the wheels perished and blew one of the transformers to the layout, and also melted the bogie! Aside from that, the show went really well, and we had a lot of nice comments from visitors! See you all in Alton on 3rd to 4th of Feb! Nathan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun66 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Bognor Model Railway Exhibition 2024 - Running Video Footage taken from the Bognor Model Railway Exhibition has been compiled into a 20 minute long running session for those who couldn't make the show. Two versions are available below. Now only a few weeks to go until it's next outing at Alton on 3rd/4th February. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjf4375 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 You have an amazing set of stock! I particularly love that carpark shot at 3:03 - great stuff :) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun66 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 1 minute ago, tjf4375 said: You have an amazing set of stock! I particularly love that carpark shot at 3:03 - great stuff :) We're very lucky that some of the owners own an impressive amount of NSE era stock, including some unique pieces such as the 4EPB and 442. The layout does have some great places in which we can get some interesting shots as well, like the car park. We would have loved to have got some different angles but the layout was packed for most of the day. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun66 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 🚨 Hot off the press 🚨 Hornby Magazine this month, you’ll be able to see Folly Lane. It was a huge pleasure to host Trevor Jones, and for us as a small team to achieve this in a short period of time. Go and buy a copy or two and we’ll be happy to sign it! All pictures are ©️ Trevor Jones Hornby Magazine 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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