Petesquire

15 hours ago, 03060 said:

Does anybody know if trains could exit this yard / shed area and procede towards Connel Ferry or did they have to reverse back down into Oban station to collect a token ? I seem to recall that I've read this somewhere recently but it may just be my imagination playing tricks.

 

Regards,

Ian.

Interesting question. This was a fairly busy goods yard and MPD. Access / exit was only from the line from Connel Ferry.  Growing up here I certainly can't recall seeing goods trains having to reverse back into Oban station. That said it was single line working and the next " signal box " was at Glencruitten Summit where there was a loop.

Re. Neill's post above. I decided a week ago that as someone at high risk I wouldn't be going but was thinking along Neill's lines. Presume just buying a ticket as normal would suffice toward costs or is there some way to make a donation. Perhaps Mr. York could advise.

Hi Andrew, 10 Commandments do cast loads for these wagons. Both baled and loose scrap.

Interesting post about Oban. Neil Beaton was in my class at school. Brought back memories.

Hi Andrew, there were certainly TTA tankers and OTA timber wagons to Oban which still had 2 rail served fuel depots.

Have to agree with Argos. Steam days covered an 87 year time span. Oban was a major fishing port and apparently at the height of the herring season trains would depart about every 2 hours. As Argos says the livestock market was also generating traffic. It not only served the local area but also the islands. Coal also arrived by rail, and we all had coal fires so plenty traffic. Look at old photos of the town yard and the extensive sidings on the Railway Pier to see just how  much freight was being generated and of course the return empties.

Hi , recently watched my DVD " Year of the Oban line " circa 1985/86. There was summer Sunday excursions from Edinburgh using Glasgow / Edinburgh push pull sets of mk3 stock. Seem to remember the DBSO was still attached but the class37 still had to run round for the return.

Hi, maybe a bit late for your time period but definitely OTA timber wagons and TTA tankers at Oban in 1989. Oban had 2 fuel depots both still rail served.

I think Mike makes a good point. How many railroad modellers are Engineers in real life, too? So we don't really know how it feels to drive a train, but this throttle would get 99% of us somewhere close.

Until fairly recently I was a truck driver in real life. I enjoyed the job (most of the time!!) but sure as hell didn't want to make models of them in my spare time Nor would I expect a large scale Radio Control model truck to give a 'true to life' experience of what it's like to drive them for real. Some aspects, such as getting on the catwalk to couple the suzies, & negotiating your way through a 4-over-4 gearbox, just cannot be translated into miniature! I suspect that if I could drive real trains (American, naturally!!) I wouldn't bother modelling them as well...!!

So I have no end of respect for real-life Railroaders who model trains as well, but while model diesel trains are powered so completely differently to the way they are in reality, there'll be no way in the world that control of them will be a 100% lifelike experience.

I agree with you and Mike. I saw a video of this being used on Tim Garland's Seeboard Central layout. Tim is a full time engineer with Norfolk Southern and he seemed very pleased with it.

Can anyone help please

Looking for a cattle truck / lorry from the 50s/60s don't mind in kit form just can't seem to find one

Many thanks

Hi, Road Transport Images do some livestock bodies, cabs, chassis etc. Might be worth a look. Great range of vehicles. Just a satisfied customer.

I always Prime to get a single underlying finish on almost any kit in any materials.

 

I only use three colours

 

Grey for almost everything,

 

And for two colours which generally have poor opacity

 

Red oxide under red top coat.

 

And white where the will be a yellow top coat.

 

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Halfords do a yellow filler / primer.

I'm looking to populate a present-day street scene. Not with people, but with the mundane everyday objects that are often overlooked.

The layout is European outline HO, but obviously these details could be relevant to OO as well. For bus shelters, litter bins etc etc, I've found Kibri and Auhagen to be well worth a look, but I have drawn a blank with the following...

 

Overhead "gantry" style road signs and traffic light poles similar to those shown below. The traffic lights don't need to be working, as the aspects will face away from the viewer. If anyone knows of a source, please do let me know.

 

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Hi signs like the top one are made by Summit Cuts in the USA. HO of course.

Hi, the 4D model shop in London do a range of T section. It's not Evergreen but it is plastic. Might be worth a try. They advertise in BRM magazine.