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    All change to a GW branch line in OO

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    Gentle Model Railways
    Well, the Kato layout went to Rails of Sheffield as did all my US outline N scale and all of the Marklin/Piko/Roco stuff that I had left. SWMBO agreed to a 1.8m x .35m switching layout which I managed to build a running layout. That was as far as it got because I got fed up with the cost of US outline stuff.
     
    I have packed all that away to await my hobby room coming back and some (hopefully) injection of funds down the line. I really like my local hobby shop which comprise Orwell Model Railways and Coastal DCC. Who can complain when Kevin works 5 minutes away! I decided that I would make everything simple and build a nice little GWR branch terminus using (Oh No not again!) Ashburton as the model. Having moaned about the cost of US stuff, I now had to convince SWMBO that £600 as a budget for a new railway was reasonable! Orwells and Coastal will get as much of my spending as possible.
     
    The board has grown to 1.9x .45m. The track is Peco code 100. All the points are medium radius. The points will be switched using DCC Concepts Cobalt  motors. Unfortunately, when I wanted to buy them, the digital motors were unavailable due to chip shortages so I had to buy the Analog ones. I did get one digital so 5 points will be driven by the Cobalt analog motors through Switch Pilots whilst the last one will be driven off the DCC bus, as usual.
     
    I have decided on a layout. I have bought a 64XX and a 45XX plus some wagons and an Auto-Trailer.  I have some Milk tanks on order so I can service a creamery. This will be fun as these wagons are for Express train use and thus can only be used on fitted freights so they will come in and out on the back of the 64XX and the auto-trailer. Great fun.
     
    I have recovered the base of my board (all built of 5mm foam core). I have extended it to the new size and replaced the surface with new board. The track is down and I am in the process of wiring it up.
     
    More soon. 
    P.S. You can follow my model railway progress from about 2007 upto date at Gentle Model Railways
     
     

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    Update after a few year's gap

    By Longhaireddavid,


    Sunset & North Eastern Blog
    Well, having lost my hobby room when my mother-in-law moved in (she was 97 yesterday and in poor health), I build a Marklin layout in the bedroom. I got moved out of there into a small N Scale Kato tracked round/roundy in the living room until SWMBO reclaimed that. Two years later, she has agreed to a small switching layout along from my desk. That is coming together. It is a N Scale US Outline DCC 1.8m x 350mm with an 800mm  staging extension that is removable. I have an ECoS controller with an ECoS hand held. The track is Kato so all the points come with motors. I control them by ESU Switch Pilots and DCC Concepts adapters from 3 to 2 wires. I am in the process of installing an Arduino to control a signal on the exit to the staging along with the power to the staging so when a train reaches the end of the staging it automatically turns off the power and the signal goes to red. Removing the train from the track will cause the light to turn green and the power to return. All of this and more id described in my model railroad blog  at Gentle Model Railroads.
     
    There is also an outline description of my Car Cards software that gives me "the next train" to build.
     
    Do check the blog out as it goes back some 10 years or so showing my up and down journey to get here.
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