cromptonnut Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Hi all I've just noticed that the code for the Peco O gauge buffer stops ends in "BH" like all the other items in the bullhead track range. However, I'm using flatbottom rail on my "main line" and bullhead in the freight yard to hopefully attempt to differentiate between the two areas. I also have the "connecting cosmetic fishplates" so it looks OK. Am I likely to experience any difficulties using BH buffer stops on FB track, or is the code merely to denote that they are supposedly made from bullhead rail (which I'm guessing would have been the case regardless). Are there any alternative buffer stops I should be using for something loosely set around 1980 in the southern region (using FB rail)? I have discovered Ragstone models (http://www.ragstonemodels.co.uk/index.php?f=data_products&a=2) but don't know which type might be appropriate in my era, and whether the Peco one "will do" anyway. Many thanks 'Nut Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I reckon bullhead rail-built stops will be fine...they were probably put in place before FB rail was used. Also, FB rail isn't as easy to curve as BH. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
66C Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 The base of the Peco buffer stop is designed to clip around the code 124 bullhead rail. If you are using code 143 rail, the bottom of the bullhead section of the buffer stop will probably sit on top of the foot of the flat bottom section. You will have to trim the fixing lugs that are used to pin the buffer stops to the baseboard to clear the foot of the flat bottom rail and pack them slightly as they will sit higher. One thing to note that I have not seen mentioned anywhere is that the sleeper spacing at buffer stops usually varies to fit in with the buffer stop fixings - this can be seen in photographs if you look closely. Another possibility is the plate-built buffer stop from PH design - info here: http://www.finescale.org.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=656&product_id=8163 I think the Peco effort will be impossible to beat on cost considerations. Regards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 I think ballast heap and undergrowth will hide the trimmed fittings on the Peco ones. Are the PH ones a bit modern for a neglected 1980s branch terminus? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I don't know who made this set of blocks but they were located at Exmouth Junction which was in Westernised former SR (LSWR), territory, similar to your layout I think? Undergrowth is certainly hiding a lot of this set. Exmouth Junction 16/4/2009 cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 That's certainly the look I'm after for the freight facility but I assume those in the platform would at least be a little tidier...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poggy1165 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 As for the Ragstone kits (which are very good) I suspect the right one to use would be the pre-group company who owned the railway you are modelling. Andy Beaton showed me a photo of a GC stop with very modern DMUs, so at least some have survived into modern times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 That'd be LSWR or SR depending on when it was done... being 1980's I am tending to lean towards traces of LSWR being all but gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railwayrod Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Ragstone Models buffer stop kits are very good and I have no hesitation in recommending them. The castings are clean and well detailed and you should have no trouble in putting them together. Just a thought even today there are many branch lines still using bullhead track including some fairly intensively worked lines so there is no real need to use FB rail unless you choose to do so. Railwayrod Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 FB already laid for the "main" - wanted something that would differentiate the two parts of the layout, plus so few people use FB I wanted it to be something that not many people used. I'm leaning towards two of the Ragstone ones for the platform ends, and Peco elsewhere partly because 7 or 8 are required in total Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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