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Well I've managed to get below ground for an hour, and the coolness down here has done wonders for both me and the puppy (I say puppy, he's rapidly heading towards 80lb, that's 115cm in new money). And it's around now that I have a confession to make. Although the track is down and ballasted on the scenic section, it's merely tacked with drawing pins "around the back". Well I'm recitfying this right now. I have my soldering iron out, and I'm soldering the flexible track together on the corners and cutting out 1/32" cork to finally get the mainline down proper. I've also girded my loins to rip up a curve leading out of the station towards Skegness. I mentioned a while back about doing something you know is wrong because you are in a rush. That wrong has now bitten me on the backside, and the curve will have to be taken up so that I can solder the flexible track to get rid of the slight kink where the track ends meet. A stitch in time and all that. Other news, my Bachmann J11 has actually come to life after being an almost ran for quite sometime. I've no idea why as I've not done anything with it for a couple of months. Maybe that's it! Putting the decoder into a split chassis put it into shock! Anyway, have banjo, will pickup (yep, I'm reeallly uncool), I'll have a go at some point at putting banjo string wipers on the tender wheels. That'll be quite some way down the list though. Anyway, the only real problem loco I have now is the new style Hornby A4 (Commonwealth of Australia). It'll go around the outside curve without a problem, but on the inside curve it short circuits. This is strange as both curves are slightly more than a 24 inch radius. I've done this to produce a wider gap in the middle of the curve to stop the stock on each of the two lines from catching on each other - the inside curve starts slightly earlier than the outside curve to compensate. Does anyone any ideas? It looks like the mojo is back, the chicken is on the BBQ, and the B&B guests from Texas, California and Florida (an all American house tonight) are upstairs watching TV, g'night y'all! p.s. Photos tomorrow!

I loved the photographs, they've given me an even better feel for how it's laid out. One question though, did I spy ballast in the picture of the Coronation?? I really love seeing that here has been an update on this thread in my following list

Is this just a normal coach with new decals? If it is then for 99 pounds I'd learn how to do it myself! :-O

Thanks for the interest The heat is sapping my energy at the moment, and the river is a-calling but I'm heading down to the dungeon in a minute to tidy up and assess the situation. Theakerr popped over to see his son last week and dropped in while he was here, which was lovely. There aren't too any of us modellers south of Calgary. A claim to fame for Wainfleet - it's slightly less windy than Skegness!

One of my favourite photos - lovely atmosphere.

Cheers, sometimes I need to do the obvious. Sorry about that! Is code 3 some sort of official term, and are there codes 1 and 2? Or is it just an ebay thing like the overuse of the word "rare"?

I know it must be annoying as a seller, but I had to chuckle when I read that. One question, what happened to all those code 3 paint jobs? I haven't seen one for ages!

If you keep your knife sharp the shapes you can cut out are astounding. I really like your tram!

It went from very wet to very hot (38C yesterday). I'm sat in the basement at the moment doing some admin and keeping cool, and our dog is sleeping with his tongue lolling around even though there is a fan trained on him. He's currently on treats that look uncannily like ice cubes (non-fattening as well!) It's hard to remember that about a month ago we had 2" of snow! My modelling mojo is on the wain at the moment, so nothing new to report there. I've been doing some bits and pieces trying to get the locos running better, and to fix the odd issue with the track that I thought I'd fixed a while ago. In the meantime I've been looking at all of the information that everyone has been kind enough to send to me either via these posts or in other ways. It's really appreciated, and has helped me nail down some details that would have otherwise passed me by. As you will have guessed by now, I also keep an eye out for interesting things on Ebay related to Wainfleet and Skegness. There isn't a lot Wainfleet specific, but I was lucky enough to find this (although I've just seen that another one has been posted since). If anyone is in interested, I can pm or email a larger copy of this image to them. It was unusual to advertise Wainfleet as well as Skegness on these leaflets. I'm wondering why people would want to get off the train 5 miles from the coast. I haven't got one, but I've also seen these hand bills specifically advertise DMU excursions as well. I'm assuming that this was a particular draw in the 1950s and 1960s

Ha, you beat me - how many people were sat there going through countries in their heads to see if they could think of another. I've emailed sellers a few times to see if they would send to Canada even though they say UK only. I've been lucky in that every time of asking the seller has agreed - apparently Ebay or the Royal Mail makes it a pain to say Worldwide as you have to put in the various costs - at least that's what I was told. I'm not sure why you would set up your sale the other way around - unless the person selling is new at it I suppose. But then the seller has over 1000 sales...

Yep, i know that you mean, it's happened to me, a very short section of track on a Peco point that connected into a double slip just didn't get energised. Same height, butted up, and good connection via the fishplate - nothing. I pulled them up, attached feeders to the fishplates and it's working perfectly now. I'm pleased I read about this on RMWeb before putting down the ballast. I really like the weathering on your water tower!

I found some great riding when I lived in Hebden Bridge - those hills certainly gets you fit quickly. I remember the first place we went past from the house all ways seemed to be Slack Bottom and and Slack Top. If you ever get the chance, pop over to Heptonstall as well - a very historic place with a good pub that has a photogenic ruined church in the churchyard that would make an interesting model! Oh, and maybe a wax jacket to go with the flat cap

I wouldn't try to put you off, I can never look at too many photos

Those B1s *are* lovely though... I do have one knocking around. Maybe I'll put the V1 and V2 up for sale... Got home with no problems. One stretch of road lost half of its width for 1/2 mile (2 lanes went down river). Basement, and the railway room are ok too . Supposed to rain until Friday then 29C and blue skies! Just in time for Canada Day weekend.

Cheers for reformatting Bedders, I'm on my phone until I get back, and couldn't do it, so you've saved me a job there. I'll spend a happy hour cross-referencing the numbers against types. The two magazines you referenced, are they good articles? If they are then I might try to find the mags on ebay. Hi Westerhamstation, thankyou. I think the high point has passed the area. Here's a short video of Crowsnest Pass that someone else created, but it's essentially what we drove through on Thursday. Normally there are no waterfalls at that point http://youtu.be/vA94uWPYagw

Hi Dave, I agree with everyone else. All of these photos are from before my time, but the daily feed has really brought that time period to life. I almostfelt like i was there too. I will miss my daily fix! If you ever get time to contemplate a book (one order here!), then companies like blurb.com will allow you to sell them from their site. Thanks again, it's been amazing!

Hi everyone, blimey, this place really is fantastic for information! Thanks for sharing it, it's been very useful indeed. Hi Theakerr, yep, it is quite bad. The two riverside parks have become a part of the river, and a couple of friends have water in their basements. We are in Edmonton this weekend. we were supposed to leave Fernie on Friday, but rumour was that the road was closed/open/closing, so we decided to start Thursday evening. We managed to get through where the road was being washed away (one lane had disappeared into the river), then on the Alberta border a new waterfall was cascading down the side of a mountain and bouncing off the road. There was a huge diversion around High River, my thoughts are with that community. Finally made Calgary, and managed to get out before the worst of the flooding there. Supposed to be driving home on Monday, so will see how it goes. If you want to see something scary, the landslide on hwy 1 outside Canmore should do it. We are on the side of a hill about 3m above a creek, so the B&B should be ok. I'll find out when we get back. Hope your son hasn't been affected too much by the events. Cheers Jason

They look great! Do you have any others in the works?

True, I kind of meant "your" in a general sense that got lost in the editing.This is always the first place I search now if I'm after information. Also, living across the water, it's interesting to compare the different ways things are done over here compared to back home. One thing I would say is don't limit research and queries to UK sites, as there are others out there that might have a completely different solution to a particular problem or situation. On that note, I'd best walk the dog, I'm getting cabin crazy.

I had no idea this was at Mablethorpe! I don't know, you move away and then find out this was on your doorstep. I'd just like to I agree with the comments above, this really is a thread that keeps on giving. I'm also grateful that people like Allan and Iain no only post up their photos, but go along to other threads to give no end of advice to those of us that are still learning the skills. Your help and encouragement have been invaluable. Freebs, your station building is great, and as far as I can see, if you don't have a deadline, then take as long as you need. We'll still be here Sasquatch, it looks like I'm heading towards the mills next. P.s. Mablethorpe of all places! Practically abroad!

I've found the research side of things as enjoyable as the actual build. It's like doing a jigsaw without a picture on the box and with a number of pieces missing. Finding a new photo or piece of information that fills a other gap and allows you to put more pieces of the jigsaw together can the exhilarating, as can going back to a photo you already have with fresh eyes and finally seeing the detail that was there all along. I did it recently with a photo of a cattle dock. For the life of me, I couldn't work out why a post was in a particular position until I realised it was a gate photographed side on. I'd stared at that photo on and off for a long time. Of course, finding someone who was there at the time is a Brucie Bonus. Those signals really are lovely.

I wish there were some sort of auto-like on here that would like each set of photos as I look at them, my tapping finger is getting sore from over-use! Thanks so much for continuing to put the photos up.

I don't know, I wander off for a couple of days and find you've started all over again! My breakfast reading is back in earnest, thanks everyone