Grovenor

A good start for a budding track builder. A little worrying is the absence of a set in the curved stockrail so the switch blade won't maintain gauge properly. I would think it well worth spending a bit of time fixing that.

There are two completely different layouts described as wide to gauge traps, the design referred to here illustrated by Trog. In this type both switches must close together to provide a route and when open as illustrated there is no way for the wheels to drop off the rail, they are only really suitable if any likely unauthorised move is very slow. Then the vehicle will be halted as the widening switch rails attempt to force the wheels apart. Heavier or faster and either the rails will be forced together or the wheels forced apart, faster and lighter and the wheels could climb the switch rails and drop back on the track. The other type as illustrated by the Station Master with the example from Sydney is trapping agoinst either of the two side tracks and closing either one swich provides a route. When both switches are open as shown there is no restraint to the vehicles which will just drop onto the ballast and not be much impeded until beyond the crossing where the wheelsets will come up against the diverging rails.

That's a great sunset.

Those are usually called trap points, they are there to meet the "requirement" to protect a passenger line from any unauthorised movement from a goods line or siding. (1950 MOT Requirements, section 22). Catch point. were provided for a different requirement, to protect following trains from breakaways on gradients. (1950 MOT Requirements, section 37). These requirements can be found on-line and downloaded.

From the BBC item, Just tried to find the half hour trains, the fasted I could find was 54 minutes. Can't the BBC check anything politicians say?

Perhaps but those look like cheaper lower rated diodes, which may or may not be good enough, and offered at a high price. The Shottky diodes I linked to have a lower volt drop and a high current rating, better for the job. If you are happy with basic 1A rated diodes they will be much cheaper from Rapid. https://www.rapidonline.com/dc-components-1n4002-1a-100v-silicon-rectifier-diode-47-3132 But maybe its worth your while to get the stripboard with it and the free postage.

Highlighted many pages back.

The interesting bit for me at the time was that the TT models came out with Magnadhesion which I found a great help getting trains hauled by D5572 up my gradient, in fact I replaced NS rail on the hill with Steel to take advantage of it. But there was no mention of Magnadhesion in the publicity for the TT locos. We just found out what it was when Hornby made a big thing of it when the 00 versions were introduced.

https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2022/10/ev-battery-firm-britishvolt-under-threat-of-administration/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_campaign=New EandT News - Automation FINAL - NON MEMBER&utm_medium=Newsletters - E%26T News&utm_content=E%26T News - Non-Members&utm_term=764267

https://www.rapidonline.com/st-1n5821-schottky-diode-3a-30v-do-201ad-47-5586

Not overkill, you will need 3 buttons or studs, one for each route, then each button needs to operate 2 coils via diodes to avoid back feeds so 2 diodes per button equals 6 diodes. Diodes are very cheap. Note that you have 6 buttons (at each end) where 3 will do. That's the overkill going on. You could reduce to 5 buttons in total at each end, 1 per track but you would need more diodes and might have to beef up your CDU.

The important info will be on the back of those signs, telling people the speed limit on the road they are joining. Just the jobsworth didn't know that one disc could be left off.

The underneath view is of the LMS coaches, the side views of the MK1 and the pullman do give the impression that they are attached to the bogie. But the coaches on he demo layout, pullmans, certainly appeared to be close coupled. Looks like its wait and see.

Always a possibility with Hornby certainly. If they do do it wrong that gives a good opportunity to Peco!

You could always try but I doubt you will have much luck, but there is still a "Walters Workshops" at that address. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.526175,-0.210335,3a,75y,206.25h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sHs850xbVEqFmGqEWxLYt1w!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DHs850xbVEqFmGqEWxLYt1w%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D201.00119%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

With the layout as is you need 3 reversing sections as shown.

IMHO you are extrapolating a lot from that photo to have any confidence in the wagon wheelbase. 🙂

And more block instruments.

Or block instruments.

Telephones anyone?

Check the details on the Hornby site, I seem to recall that one of them has more track and other bits.

Most if not all NIFE batteries were in steel tanks way back but gradually replaced by plastic tanks from the 1970s. Some more batteries here.

Indeed, Stoke primarily appealed to those who liked to see trainsets correctly assembled with the right coaches etc. No operational interest as such so I never watched it for very long. One ECML express is much like another to me. But it had enough fans to keep a crowd the times I saw it. Copenhagen Fields is more of a giant diorama, and marvelling at the scenic modelling has been the main attraction for years, but more recently the addition of yards that do actually get shunted and where you can see more of the train than just the roofs has enhanced the appeal for me. When I see a layout with sidings and facilities that just have some stock parked while the trains run round and round then I tend to assume that either the points are unreliable or the operators can't be bothered to use them. But there are layouts where the sidings etc do get used as they should be and those are the ones I linger at. All these approaches have their place, it would be a boring world if we were all the same.

Which applies equally to those exhibiting at a scale show, everyone of us has our individual knowledgebase and determine our own compromises, in build standards and in operation.

Google images gives you a wide choice. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Wagon+labels&hl=en&tbm=isch&sxsrf=ALiCzsbuSRnU9VcQZewCksKBsKm4pJ9cSw%3A1666392975643&source=hp&biw=1231&bih=747&ei=jyNTY7XnJJPngAabro2wAg&iflsig=AJiK0e8AAAAAY1Mxn7m00_HVZxhgfY_0tKVhtR1l0ySQ&ved=0ahUKEwj16vfKtfL6AhWTM8AKHRtXAyYQ4dUDCAY&uact=5&oq=Wagon+labels&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIHCAAQgAQQGDoHCCMQ6gIQJzoECCMQJzoICAAQgAQQsQM6BQgAEIAEOgsIABCABBCxAxCDAToGCAAQBRAeOgYIABAIEB5QhA5YrjNgwD9oAXAAeACAAbMBiAHwD5IBBDAuMTKYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ7ABCg&sclient=img