shreives Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Hi cav I really like the plan you have come up with and can't wait to see it started. Your 47 has come out brilliantly Iv been thinking about having ago at a resprayed myself. Practice first though of course. Haha. I will be following with great interest Stuart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 I think you guys are trying to bankrupt me with the stock list! haha. Maybe I will add a new Bachmann/farish 25 when they show. Thanks for the compliment on the 47. It really looks the biz in the flesh. Ive also managed to pick up a 45 and an hst set so things are coming on! Cav Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 25 on a rake of rusting old Dogfish, yes yes yes. Should have stuck to OO, hahahaaaa Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) Sounds good Andy, I am quite happy with N thanks. Really got the 2mm bug now!! Bit like this from 1980? (photo courtesy of Derby Sulzers website) Cav Edited March 11, 2013 by RBE 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Hi Cav, have you seen Gary (of Glenuig fame) Scottish N project on here, he has SOUND FITTED a 37 with Fiber optic lights Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 Nice work. There is a surprising amount of room in the N gauge stuff. I'm not sure whether sound is as relevant in N though, would need to be very quite for scale sound I feel. Ok at home but in exhibition it would be lost I reckon. Whats the sound quality like with the tiny speakers? Cav Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) I was thinking of putting a Hi Fi speaker set under the center of the boards and having the chips on the back of he layout not in the loco, not to sure on that one at the moment though with fade in and out it might just work Edited March 11, 2013 by Andrew P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 With the Hope Valley passed for mainline steam, I am sure the Peak line would have captured this traffic had it been open. Hope I am not also tempting you into bankrupcy..... Met Camm leading a Unit lash-up departing Chinley while a Black 5 and Jubilee wait for the road.... Scots Guardsman entering Chinley from Sheffield... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 ooh I'm sure we can squeeze a steam special or two in!! Cav Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike Posted March 11, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 11, 2013 Hi Cav No need to backdate Farish autoballasters, as the NGS also does a kit for the unmodified KPA Tiphook hoppers ;-) Cheers, Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) Really like the wagons but weren't built until 1988 which puts them a gnats whisker out of the time period for me. Of course I could set myself a time span of say 1985 to 1990 and then I can run all this stuff!! Cav Plus the NGS kit is still just shy of £20 a wagon which is a fair chunk of wedge! Edited March 11, 2013 by RBE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 Considering semaphores for the layout as the areas around peak forest and Buxton still rock them. The question I have is if there were some major track and station remodelling as I'm planning would the signalling have been replaced with colour lights or would the existing semaphores have been reused and relocated to suit? Cav Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Hi Cav, why not a mixture, Dapol semaphores one way and colour lights the other, don't forget the Dapol ones have lights in. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 I like the Dapol signals and would probably go for them if I went semaphore. I don't really know if mixing is really prototypical? I think it would probably look odd as well tbh. Cav Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I see what you mean, it was just a thought mate. Cheers Andy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Flynn Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Hi Cav A couple of my shots at Buxton in 80,s last 25 I ever seen still running on BR whilst 37,s in railfreight. Hugh 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 Great shots there Hugh. What year was that do you know? Cav Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Hi Cav, How many 31's will you need? hahahhheeee the Farrish one is on its way Andy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
islander Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) 1985. Then you would need class 120 dmu's which were the usual units used on the Matlock branch. If the peak line had stayed open then they would have possible extended the Matlock trains as stoppers to Buxton. Saturday morning spotting at Derby, the lunch time unit to Matlock Bath, dinner at my Grans and then down to Causeway Lane to watch Matlock Town. Happy days, sort of, as Matlock usualy lost. The railway was great before the sprinter revolution. Forget the late 80's you need a blue world. Edited March 12, 2013 by islander Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 Hi Cav, How many 31's will you need? hahahhheeee the Farrish one is on its way Andy. Loads as I love 31's!! 1985. Then you would need class 120 dmu's which were the usual units used on the Matlock branch. If the peak line had stayed open then they would have possible extended the Matlock trains as stoppers to Buxton. Saturday morning spotting at Derby, the lunch time unit to Matlock Bath, dinner at my Grans and then down to Causeway Lane to watch Matlock Town. Happy days, sort of, as Matlock usualy lost. The railway was great before the sprinter revolution. Forget the late 80's you need a blue world. I hear you however I do like the railfreight grey 37's and HST's & 47's in Executive intercity so mid 80's suits me most! Cav Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted March 12, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 12, 2013 I like the Dapol signals and would probably go for them if I went semaphore. I don't really know if mixing is really prototypical? I think it would probably look odd as well tbh. Cav There are locations with a mix. In such cases, it's usually a majority of colour-light with a lesser quantity of semaphore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
islander Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) In and around Matlock some colour light signals were in use by the 1950's. One was positioned at the start of the platform at Cromford, probably acting as a distant signal for Matlock Bath and I have seen another picture of one to the South of Matlock Station just before hightor tunnel. They were probably replacement's for semaphore signals which were a long way from the controling signal box. Would this line have come under the control of Derby power box in the 1970's? Edited March 12, 2013 by islander Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Flynn Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) Great shots there Hugh. What year was that do you know? Cav Hi I think around 86 period but if any one does know there was a 47 damaged in depot so will post phot tonight. Hugh Edited March 12, 2013 by Hugh Flynn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 That may well be near enough to justify a 25. The last 25 was withdrawn in 87 which was also the year that sectorisation came in. I may be able to overlap a bit if I'm careful. Cav Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Flynn Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Hi Found photo of damaged 47 at Buxton so someone might know date. Hugh 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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