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    Wilne Lane Yard

    in 7mm+ modelling

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    Well, b*gg*r my old boots. Only just found out that you were at Princes Risborough today! Which other venues do the Wilne Lane World tour take in Alan, I would love to see it in the flesh....

     

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    Model Rail Scotland 2023

    in Exhibitions

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    4 hours ago, billywhizz said:

    Rail tickets and hotel booked for the weekend. Plan to also visit the transport museum over the weekend. 

    Great! Thats another operator we can 'Pencil in' Clive!!

     

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    Stafford Railway Circle 2023 Exhibition

    in Exhibitions

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    On 27/01/2023 at 10:04, AY Mod said:

     

    Major investment will be made in a tarmacced footpath as a green solution from Birmingham Interchange onwards for the north with a Whippet Rack at Crewe.

    Theres uproar in Corby about a Cyclepath about a mile and a half long costing about £12m to build.......It would be cheaper to actually build the rest of HS2 than turn it into a cyclepath on that basis. The Whippet Rack may be even more....

     

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    Building another O gauge micro layout and weathering stock

    in 7mm+ modelling

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    On 15/01/2023 at 21:31, Nick G said:

     

    Gobowen closed in the 90's.

     

     Checked up on this one me duck. According to Paul Shannon, who knows his stuff as far as I'm concerned, in his book Rail Freight since 1968; Coal,  says that Gobowen was still receiving deliveries in 2004 and was seemingly receiving sporadic deliveries when the book was published in 2006.......So that coal yard could still be your next project. You could certainly get away with the blue 08s, and even the grey one, with the pink hoppers. Go on, you know you want to!

     

    Just a thought

     

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    Templegate Wagon Works

    in Boxfiles, Micro layouts & Dioramas

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    Well, a splendid day at Risley yesterday, even though Clive rolled in later than planned! Young Brendan stepped in for a while and aquitted himself well........Sadly no pics of Brendan in action although this rolled in, courtesy of the lads on Cowley Yard. Sadly, we couldn't shunt with it cos it was as long as the sector plate, but it looks nice!! Next stop, Southampton at the end of the month..

     

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    Templegate Wagon Works

    in Boxfiles, Micro layouts & Dioramas

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    For those of a strong constitution, or those with nothing better to do, Templegate will be appearing along with myself and Clive at the DeFine do at Risley (note, I didn't put Ripley this time Clive) between Nottingham and Derby on Saturday (details in the Exhibition section). We may even run something, but don't hold your breath!!

     

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    Method of carriage of tinplate (coil?) in Shocvans and after, especially to canning factories.

    in UK Prototype Questions

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    As an aside, but pertinent to the thread- what year did coil traffic transfer from ShocVans to air braked vans? Was it a gradual change, with certain larger customers moving to air braked workings before the 'high days and holidays' customers? Or did BR just pull anything labelled VSV out and transferred the lot to air-braked stock in one fell swoop?

     

    Thanks

     

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    Building another O gauge micro layout and weathering stock

    in 7mm+ modelling

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    I'm presently considering whether to go sector plate or traverser.  It would be better to use 1 hand to move the plate and a pivoting at one end sector plate could be best option but......

    I think I will get better alignment from a traverser albeit I would need both hands to square it up, what did you do?      

    I haven't looked at all you posts but I will have a check back through in case you have posted about it.

     

    Barnaby

     

     If you only have 2 sidings, may I suggest a sector plate linking the 2 with a stop either side. Push the sector plate against one stop and it aligns to one siding, push the sector plate across to the other stop and it aligns to the other siding. Its fool-proof and idiot-proof! Either that or resort to a window casement like I did!!

     

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    You can get a rough idea from the attached pic

     

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