RGSrr

I'm very sorry to hear of Graham Jones death.   I met him at Telford on several occasions and found him to me very helplful and patient, he will be missed.

John Pearson 

Glad to see the capital "A", loco building project is progressing.  It shows off the well the expanding range of materials available in 3D printing.

Looking forward to following the build.

Thanks PGH   

Thanks DR Gerbil-Frtters 

Perfect timing 

John 

This is very clever, for PGH to say " These were simply made from brass strip and wire " is another one of his understatements !  Looking forward to seeing this "super Peckett" emerge from the shops  

Lamp Irons were added front and rear:-

 

Lamp Irons 001.jpg

 

 

These were simply made from brass strip and wire -

 

Lamp Irons 002.jpg

 

1.  Drill two holes in strip

2.  Bend strip as shown

3.  Insert wire bent in 'U' shape into holes and clamp strip at 'B' with spring clip to close joint at 'A'

4.  Silver solder at 3 points shown in red

5.  Cut off excess material as required for final shape

Philip

Fabulous...........

Slowing the wagons - static grass / weeds ?

Steady movement drive.  Once the overbalance table is tucked away inside its ill lit shed will it be possible to introduce a drive system akin to the rotary dumper i.e. pull up pull down stall motor.

Worth waiting for, thanks for sharing

John JP

 

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I recently discovered this photo of the first section of track laid on the layout at the entrance to the colliery sidings, which makes an interesting comparison with the present situation.  The first 3 points (2 left and bottom right in the photo) used Peco plastic point sleepering whereas all the remainder use wood sleepers cut from obechi.  The first checkrail and crossing chairs were built up from solder on a brass base plate, but I soon restricted the baseplate to just under and between the rails with cosmetic half chairs on the outside.

 

The points are operated from the slide switches bottom left described in Post # 71 - yet to receive the wiring for the change over switches.  All the rodding is buried under the scenery, probably not advisable in retrospect although its fairly robust and has been completely reliable so far.  Any problems will no doubt involve 'excavation' of the scenery.  The backscene is a left over from a previous layout.

 

 

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Hi PGH  Thank you for sharing archaeological records.  The point rodding appears to be crafted to your usual high standard which ensures you can get away with burying under the scenery. The rest of us crawl around under the baseboard......

Cheers

John

Hi PGH

Simple and effective ( always a winning combination ) solution to end door security.  

Looking forward to the live load tipping video :-)

As ever superb craftsmanship

John

Like the Freight car weathering especially the challenging yellow tanks. 

Any idea what the prototype carries ?

The yellow tnk prototypes in the yard speak of industrial pollution rather than lading spillage 

Looking forward to seeing the layout in action 

John 

Wonderful, brings back happy memories of camping with midges !!

Thank you Philip

JP

PGH

Great pictures, thank you for sharing

Wrexham Ind Estate was surely on a grand scale being ex ROD, looks rather like a another lost opportunity

As one privilege to work on PGH's layout as a driver / shunter, I confirm its magical quality

It captures in fine detail the essence of the prototype,  add PGH's model engineering skills ....gravity loading and unloading live loads of real coal brings the layout to life with a sense of purpose. 

Operation with true fidelity, a rare treat.

Looking forward to tipping end door wagon loads of coal into the Bridgewater canal ( barges ).

John