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  1. I spoke briefly about Wrenn wagons on Trenholme Junction in '..Running Trains Session 4..' and some were included in that video. The vast majority of the remaining Wrenn wagons have now been converted to fine scale wheels and most of the remaining unseen ones appear in this video, together with the fish train which has been seen before. The fish train is one of my favourites, I spent a lot of time collecting the wagons only to find the wheels shorted out the DCC point work. This train reminds me of the Whitby fish train passing through Middlesbrough back in the day, although it was much dirtier than my model. There's well over another 100 wagons which now can be used on the layout, all running superbly, a very worthwhile exercise.
  2. This short video is all about Pullman coaches. Quote from last weeks (running session 4) video notes. ' I bought twelve of the new generation of Hornby Pullman coaches when they were released about twenty years ago. These coaches, although fabulous models to look at were the worst runners imaginable. The mechanisms which draw the coaches away from each other on bends jammed continuously and derailed even on straight tracks. Couplings frequently snapped when used on long trains. No spares available. I have bitten the bullet here this week and removed the mechanisms from five of the coaches and bolted NEM pockets directly to the bogies. Coupling is via Hornby/Roco close couplings. Superb runners now.' Flushed with the success of the five coach set, I've now converted the remaining seven, with equally successful results. Never before have I managed to run all twelve at the same time and complete a video without any derailments! In testing, I also coupled a five car Bachmann rake of Mark1's to the rear of the five set and it ran perfectly. I also have reversed both rakes over a medium radius crossover without incident. More Wrenn wagon conversions next week.
  3. Running session with Wrenn stock. The wide tyred wheels on the Wrenn wagons on the layout short circuited all the plastic frogged points and crossings, causing the controller to trip and reset some makes of decoder. They have been filling up the sidings ever since and unused in the production of the videos. Although these wagons are over 60 years old, they are still very good models. With the old wheels replaced with new modern ones, some are making a debut in this video. Some unusual trains. I bought twelve of the new generation of Hornby Pullman coaches when they were released about twenty years ago. These coaches, although fabulous models to look at were the worst runners imaginable. The mechanisms which draw the coaches away from each other on bends jammed continuously and derailed even on straight tracks. Couplings frequently snapped when used on long trains. No spares available. Unreliable stock of any kind is no good when film making which is why there are very few on the layout. I have bitten the bullet here this week and removed the mechanisms from five of the coaches and bolted NEM pockets directly to the bogies. Coupling is via Hornby/Roco close couplings. Superb runners now.
  4. This is a series of video's made on the model railway, Trenholme Junction. In this video we are looking at trains coming and going from the Main Station at the junction. All the coaching stock in the video have close couplings fitted to them giving excellent running and appearance characteristics. As mentioned in previous videos, many of the Mk1 rakes have had additional coaches added to make up prototypical lengths of ten or more vehicles. At the scene from the end of the platform on the Lower East Station the rising gradient to the upper level has been removed in post production leaving the junction to appear to go off into the distance. Two further scenes set out to add to the illusion of a much greater width than the layout actually has. All these videos are a merging together of the model and the real world. The layout is a very large two tier double oval and is 54 feet long (16.5 metres) and 15 feet wide (4.5 metres). The layout was built with long distance shots in mind. To give the impression of width and depth, the background is made from videos shot around where I live and are merged into the model using a video editor. Using video gives another dimension to the static backgrounds usually seen on model railways. The trees and grass are blowing in the breeze, birds are flying in the sky, insects buzzing around and the clouds are moving in the sky.
  5. This is a series of video's made on the model railway, Trenholme Junction. The videos are a merging together of the model and the real world. The layout is a very large two tier double oval and is 54 feet long (16.5 metres) and 15 feet wide (4.5 metres). The layout was built with long distance shots in mind. To give the impression of width and depth, the background is made from videos shot around where I live and are merged into the model using a video editor. Using video gives another dimension to the static backgrounds usually seen on model railways. The trees and grass are blowing in the breeze, birds are flying in the sky, insects buzzing around and the clouds are moving in the sky. This video is mainly made on three of the four straight sections in order to give the impression of a long straight leading up to and away from the Main Station. In this video both main line passenger trains pass non-stop through the Main Station, a shunter removes parcels vans from the east carriage sidings and places them into the Parcels Platform for loading while a goods train and an empty Royal Mail TPO passes by on the goods roads.
  6. This is a series of video's made on the model railway, Trenholme Junction. The videos are a merging together of the model and the real world. The layout is a very large two tier double oval and is 54 feet long (16.5 metres) and 15 feet wide (4.5 metres). The layout was built with long distance shots in mind. To give the impression of width and depth, the background is made from videos shot around where I live and are merged into the model using a video editor. Using video gives another dimension to the static backgrounds usually seen on model railways. The trees and grass are blowing in the breeze, birds are flying in the sky, insects buzzing around and the clouds are moving in the sky. This video is mainly made on three of the four straight sections in order to give the impression of a long straight leading up to and away from the Main Station.
  7. At larger stations, when coaching stock was locomotive hauled, there was a 'station pilot' which moved the coaches to and from the station to the coach sidings for cleaning and storage. Many different locomotives were used for these operations. In this video, a Class 5 0-6-0 Shunter, with its match truck, leaves the Diesel Shed and picks up a rake of Mark 1 coaches from the Lower East Station Carriage Sidings and places them in the North Bay of Main Station.
  8. Here are two new scenes which have been added to the library. They are recorded at the neck of the Lower Marshalling Yard and along the headshunt towards the four into two junction. Bushes and trees waving in the wind, clouds drifting across the sky and birds flying. Happy New Year everyone!
  9. There was quite a bit of work involved in the special effects I made for the Christmas greeting card I produced last week. It seemed a shame not to use it again, so this video has several trains coming and going in the snow. Merry Christmas.
  10. The last one of this short series of videos running some trains through the new scenery. Another snowy one tomorrow for Christmas Day.
  11. One of a short series of videos running some trains through the new scenery.
  12. One of a short series of videos running some trains through the new scenery.
  13. One of a short series of videos running some trains through the new scenery.
  14. One of a short series of videos running some trains through the new scenery.
  15. One of a short series of videos running some trains through the new scenery.
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