Regularity

On 02/11/2019 at 10:20, Mikkel said:

E&WJR (I completely lost my heart to this):

https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/smjsa56.htm

I have the loco, and the coaches, but not yet the horsebox.

(Both the loco and the coaches are in need of a touch of TLC and repainting.)

28 minutes ago, Brassey said:

Most cattle wagons were fitted so would have been near the engine with a fitted head or in a complete cattle train.

Not in this era!

They were still largely unfitted, but were often fitted with screw couplings to reduce the impact of coupling snatch.

As my namesake says, they would be marshalled as close to front of the train as possible - but unfitted cattle wagons would be marshalled immediately behind a fitted head if there was one. (Again, fairly unlikely in this era. Most fitted wagons were for use on passenger trains.)

That all applies when loaded. When empty, they can go anywhere that suits the local needs for ease of shunting the train.

11 hours ago, Mikkel said:

Thanks Dave.

 

 

- 'Hear that George? A proper toilet! Those CR types certainly have it good.' 

- "A spoilt lot I tell you. When I was a Lad Porter we had to hold it in for a week, and were only allowed to use the manure pit of the stable block six stations away."

For all that we know, that toilet had an opening with access to the ground below, and no plumbing.

A brake 3rd for the servants and their luggage and maybe another item of npcs for the family’s luggage as well?

2 hours ago, Mikkel said:

 

Well... 

 

Source: http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/chimney/chimney.htm

 

Distinctly Beyer, Peacock, other than the chimney...

5 hours ago, Mikkel said:

The chimney hasn't actually become detached but it was never a perfect fit on that side of the firebox.

Just as well it might be loose, if that's where it is...

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It will never win races with a 90-1 reduction,

But some spirited running was still possible.

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The acid test is pushing a full train backwards through pointwork buffer to buffer and it passes that easily.

And at speed!

Nice running.

Couldn't find the fiddle yards on Tim Horn's website.

Surely trams would require some rails in the road? For a city location in your chosen era, I suspect that there might be more traffic than you depicted, at least at various times of the day, but the amount of traffic has a good feel to it. (Not that I am in any position to know, it just looks right.)

As Mike says, that last photo is stunning.

4 hours ago, Dave John said:

Thanks, 40 lpi might be ok, I'll get some and play about. The difficulty is that the jib is very light and any drag means that it doesn't drop. Worth a try though. 

Would it be worth fitting a metal jib, painted to look light metal?

8 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

 

A classic RM spread - but when will they learn not to print the best photo over the spine?

Presumably when they learn to put one of the best layouts they are ever likely to feature into an issue other than August, and to make it Railway of the Month, although year, decade or century might be acceptable alternatives...

2 hours ago, tomparryharry said:

A spot of idle googling turned up Alexander Models. They produce a HO Scotch Derrick crane, very similar to Dave's model, and a very good likeness to photos I have seen from South Wales. sadly, they don't appear to have a UK stockist, but they will post from the 'States.

 

Ian.

Alexander Scale Models: not to be confused with Alexander Models in the Northeast of England!

https://alexanderscalemodels.com/product/stiff-leg-derrick-ho-a-7514/

1 hour ago, Mikkel said:

All very well, says Thomas Grig, but how do I get down from here?

You don’t.

You get down from a duck or a goose.

3 hours ago, ChrisN said:

Mikkel,

An aside.  Your tank engine, which type is it?  (Sorry can only tell Cambrian locos apart).  The whistles appear to be the same height, did they come with it or do you know who supplies them?

Just guessing, but from the topics listed in the sidebar, I think you might be able to find out...

8 hours ago, Mikkel said:

 

Always trust your single malt. Mine was from the Nu-Cast range, 

Nu-Cast produce a single malt?

And I thought I had drunk too much...

It was produced originally (in 4mm scale) by Sutherland Casters. I think it became part of the Nu-Cast empire at some point, although this may all be complete garbage as I have just consumed about ⅓ bottle of Bushmills single malt.

The late Sam Bonfield had a vertical traverser on his Emwell layout in S scale. 3 tracks, counter-balanced with some weights. You didn’t want to get your fingers caught when you slid the licking bolts out.

one our members called it Madame la Guillotine.

2 hours ago, Ian Smith said:

Dave,

To finally see Sherton Abbas in the flesh was a real pleasure.  Also to be able to put a face to a name was good too!   The award for "Best Layout" is truly deserved (especially as the competition was exceedingly high).  

I agree: exceptionally good show, but even so, Sherton Abbas was easily the best there.

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As others have remarked, the layout looks better in real life than it does on the computer monitor.  Congratulations.

And it looks pretty good on the monitor, too!

16 minutes ago, wenlock said:

Good to finally meet up with you and very much looking forward to seeing Modbury in the flesh!

As I forewarned you, Dave, you will find Modbury in the flesh even better than on the monitor.

I took a small number of shots.

54 minutes ago, Mikkel said:

What is the pink object next to the stops on the right hand side of the first picture?

We could have a competition!

I say horse trough. Any advance on that?

I don’t like the taboo side, and have been clear with my children that once they reached teenage hood, that they can say what they like as far as I am concerned (their mother agrees with this) but only if they are aware of the social conventions surrounding their usage. Removing the taboo has removed the “shock value” of swearing. 

Yes, it is built on shifting sands, but so is everything about politeness, and indeed it works for other offensive words, such as the “n-word” which I remember hearing as a child, but hardly ever hear now outside of certain characters in Quentin Tarantino films. 

The much more important point is to show the appropriate amount of respect for others around oneself. 

Freedom, of any form but especially language, requires responsibility in its execution. Accepting personal responsibility is at the root of anarchy (in its proper meaning, “no structure”, which is only possible if respect for others is shown and if there is a degree of order and self-regulation) whereas destroying all rules and social conventions leads to chaos, conflict and confusion.

But I don’t like censorship, either. Why? Because I would much rather be given the opportunity to engage bigots in debate, and show them to be the mindless idiots that they are.

But if such debate is allowed, then is it censorship to request a show of respect and decorum in our conduct, and to maybe blank out some words so that people who can’t show respect for agreed social conventions don’t go around arbitrarily swearing in front of a mixed audience? This isn’t to say that there haven’t been (many) times when I have wanted to post a string of expletives aimed at the perpetrator of a particularly half-baked idea posted here...

By the way, I think you meant “peers” and not “piers”...

I can see a way to circumvent the naughty-word spotter in the software: put it in a video!

22 minutes ago, Brinkly said:

It reminds me of Calstock station!

Nah. Too many turnouts.

43 minutes ago, AY Mod said:

 

I basked in momentary fame last year - http://www.telegraphpoleappreciationsociety.org/west-somerset-poles/ 

They wrote this (my emphasis):

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had a letter this week from recent member Andy York who definitely gets the society “jizz””

Not sure I’d want to advertise that, Andy...

Most of the black 5s with Caprotti valve gear had it arranged internally (between the frames) and driven via a bevel gearbox.