RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted March 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2021 That Dawlish scene is coming on very nicely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 @PeterLoader - it looks good! :-) Will you have enough space for the sidings at Dawlish? Long gone now, in what is now the car park. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterLoader Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 thanks, guys. Yes I've got the siding that goes into the goods shed and the one next to it plus the small headshunt. Not the onw with the wagon turntable though. It's all a bit tight but then it was with the real thing! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) Good to see progress Peter. It’s a big project and I’m sure it will keep you busy for many years yet. keep up the posts when you get chance. Trying to capture a real location is all about compromise. My Dawlish Warren is almost complete which just as well with spring coming on and the garden (complete with railway) calling me. Edited March 22, 2021 by Chris M 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterLoader Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) thanks, Chris - likewise good to see Dawlish Warren progressing well. I recall seeing it at one of the virtual shows - excellent work! It had crossed my mind to include Dawlish Warren instead of Dawlish but there is more than enough for me to operate with Newton Abbot and then one day Kingswear given that it will just be me operating it most of the time. I'm hoping at some point to run 24 hours (well maybe 0600-2300) real time and see if I can keep up. It won't be a full timetable - probably about 60% of the passenger trains that ran on a summer weekday. I'm not far off being able to do that for Newton Abbot - once I have the turntable and shed in, that will just leave the Moreton Hampstead route into Newton Abbot to lay - so 5 turnouts and the joining track in total. The Kingswear line only goes as far as the Paignton fiddleyard but that has enough sidings to suffice for now. On my railway history was a little different as the Moreton Hampstead branch was also extended to join the Southern between Crediton and Okehampton, with the Southern having joint running powers and some through trains to Torbay (a hangover from all the southern stock I had from my old Exeter St. Davids railway looking for an excuse to run!) Edited March 23, 2021 by PeterLoader 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Interesting idea. You could try Newton Abbot library if you need to see working timetables. You will need to contact them in advance once things are back to somewhere near normal. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterLoader Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 I didn't know that - thanks. I have got a 1932 passenger timetable but not much idea on non-passenger movements other than from photos which detail timings. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Eastern Lady Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Spent a few summers doing a bit of spotting at Dawlish Warren when cl47s and 50s were still plentiful 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterLoader Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 I was at uni in Exeter from 1984-87 so likewise saw plenty of those. Might have to buy a class 50 at some point even though it doesn't fit with 1930s or my lad's modern stuff 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinofLoxley Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I will be following the progress of this project as the size and scope is similar to my own, and follows the same design concept - terminus to terminus with an intermediate station that trains can loop through. Given the size, how the scenery progresses as well... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterLoader Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 12 hours ago, RobinofLoxley said: I will be following the progress of this project as the size and scope is similar to my own, and follows the same design concept - terminus to terminus with an intermediate station that trains can loop through. Given the size, how the scenery progresses as well... Cool - just looked at your blog. Well done on getting all the boards done. I must confess I cheated - my wife's friend's husband does carpentry. Have you got a track plan? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted March 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25, 2021 On 22/03/2021 at 16:35, Chris M said: My Dawlish Warren is almost complete Have you got a topic for your new layout? (With apologies for gate crashing Pete’s topic.) Paul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 1 hour ago, 5BarVT said: Have you got a topic for your new layout? (With apologies for gate crashing Pete’s topic.) Paul. Sorry not here. See https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=47727.0 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinofLoxley Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 18 hours ago, PeterLoader said: Cool - just looked at your blog. Well done on getting all the boards done. I must confess I cheated - my wife's friend's husband does carpentry. Have you got a track plan? I have just posted it, but dont rush to see it.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Talking of Dawlish Warren, I was just looking at the 1933 OS map https://maps.nls.uk/view/106005161 First the long sidings north of the station. Then the map shows the "cattle pen" sidings that later became the Camping Coach sidings. But I've spotted something I'd never noticed before, a wiggly siding that goes out onto the Warren itself. Does anyone else know about that? What was it for? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 On 25/03/2021 at 20:24, KeithMacdonald said: Talking of Dawlish Warren, I was just looking at the 1933 OS map https://maps.nls.uk/view/106005161 First the long sidings north of the station. Then the map shows the "cattle pen" sidings that later became the Camping Coach sidings. But I've spotted something I'd never noticed before, a wiggly siding that goes out onto the Warren itself. Does anyone else know about that? What was it for? As well as the loops and camping coach sidings I have always 'known' that at one time there was a siding to unload boulders for sea defence work. I thought it was the one on the down side leading towards Langstone Rock, but presumably also included the siding you mention. cheers 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterLoader Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 (edited) 5355 heads away from Dawlish with the 09:25 departure for Exeter St. David's from Kingswear. The train comprises through coaches to Paddington and the North West to be added to their respective trains at Exeter St. David's. In modelling terms it left the Torbay fiddleyard (Kingswear isn't built yet) and passed through Newton Abbot. 5355 is a surprisingly good runner for a 2nd hand purchase from ebay that I had fitted with a decoder by DCC Supplies, my local retailer. Goodness knows how old it is. It's only fault is the occasional derailment of its front bogie - hopefully a bit of weight on that might fix it when I get a chance (it's logged in my maintenance database as priority 2 - which probably means 2025!). The collet coaches are also sub-£10 a throw ebay purchases collected over the years. I've finally started running my timetable - this is my 2nd running session and I'm only about 4 hours in. I'm trying to run it to real time (albeit the 0520 trains started at 1720etc! - at some point I'll switch to the correct part of the 24-hour clock! ). So far my conclusion is that running it real time is about right - lack of planning ahead and the odd gremlin means that some of the trains have been late thus far but I think they could run to time with a bit more practice. Perhaps once I get good at it I can increase the proportion of trains off the real timetable that I include in my cut down version. Edited October 18, 2022 by PeterLoader picture was lost 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted April 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30, 2021 Check the B2B of the pony wheels, we ended up replacing the pony wheels on club members moguls. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterLoader Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 Thanks - will do Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterLoader Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 Well it has been a long time since I posted on here but I haven't been totally idle. I have 4 points to wire up for the Moretonhampstead bay platform at Newton Abbot and then track laying for Newton Abbot will be complete! I've also done a fair bit of scenery on the Dawlish section as will be seen from the attached photo. I haven't moved to Australia but the preview image is upside down - not sure why when it is ok on my desktop! I also have a guided tour of the railway recorded by putting my recently acquired GoPro onto a wagon - some of my bridges and tunnels are a bit low so that required putting it onto a low loader wagon. I'll try uploading that to vimeo and posting a link here as it is 600Mb in size. More photos etc to follow 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterLoader Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 (edited) The September update is live on my website at http://dawlishinoo.co.uk/?p=323 or you can click this link to see the video tour of the railway https://vimeo.com/750477084 Edited September 20, 2022 by PeterLoader don't know how to embed the video code 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted September 20, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2022 Wow! That puts my humble efforts in the shade, I think I need to rip all of my track up and start again! Great railway, thanks for sharing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinofLoxley Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Fabulous. Also, several levels in complexity more than I expected from the original posts, and progressing much faster then mine, unfortunately ☹️ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterLoader Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) thanks for your positive comments, guys! Here is a link to a bonus video of two cross country trains passing on the seawall...http://dawlishinoo.co.uk/?p=345 Edited September 28, 2022 by PeterLoader added a photo 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterLoader Posted October 17, 2022 Author Share Posted October 17, 2022 Hello again. Made some progress on the Kingswear extension by creating some of the trackbase up from the Paignton fiddleyard. I need to decide whether to go for bullhead rail on this section, but my Kingswear trackplan has around 5 curved turnouts in it. Does anyone know if / when Peco plans to release these. I don't mind waiting a few months but otherwise I'll stick with the cheaper option. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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