KeithMacdonald

So true! Trying to keep them clean must be a soul-destroying job. "Customer hygiene executives" - probably on close to minimum wage as well? (Adding insult to injury). I wouldn't be surprised if trying to keep them clean has been officially designated as a Cruel and Unusual Punishment. That maybe the reason why they are taking away the toilets? If those ungrateful "customers" can't p1ss and sh1t in the correct places, why bother?

I fancy Ocean Quay as a modelling opportunity. Originally built by the LSWR to compete with GWR for ocean liner passenger traffic. I've not seen it done by anyone else (yet?), and I'm wondering where to find any pictures of the quayside station. There's a few pics of the Stonehouse branch from Devonport station here on this Cornwall Railway Society page. http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/millbay-friary--stonehouse-branch.html But no pics there of the station or quay themselves. The only pic I've found of the station so far is very grainy and small / far away. https://wiki2.org/en/Ocean_Quay_railway_station+Newton#Ocean_Quay Anyone found anything better? Here's what the track looks like:

I fancy Ocean Quay as a modelling opportunity, as I've not seen it done by anyone else (yet?). I'm just wondering where to find any pictures of the quayside station. The only pic I've found so far is very grainy and small / far away. https://wiki2.org/en/Ocean_Quay_railway_station+Newton#Ocean_Quay Anyone found anything better? Here's what the track looked like:

Oooh, here's one I prepared earlier! ;-) That's a one metre grid, so about 20 metres or 60+ feet long. I hasten to add - I don't actually intent building this - probably several £1,000's worth of track alone? It was just an exercise in improving my track modelling skills, especially with acute angle points and diamond crossings. Lots of those at Maidenhead!

Aha, thanks for the tip about the Peco crossings and 12 deg turnouts. Like this? West-end of station with branch. East of station with two tracks crossing. Looks like both would need a lot of space, And a lot of expensive Peco parts!

Err, looks like there were a few, but I don't know how a modeller could reproduce that kind of geometry, even using Peco diamond crossings? Anyone got any ideas? West of the station East of the station

Have you tried the RailScot website? https://www.railscot.co.uk/

If it helps, here's the 25 inch map of the area. https://maps.nls.uk/view/103657982

Was this it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbirail

Agreed, I was just trying to show how tight it would be - as sketched! Here's a potentially slightly better version with Express Points on the outer two tracks. Could probably cope with the same on the inner two tracks?

Oh - one more thing - I've just noticed the inner layout (as you've sketched it) has only enough space for a small length of platform. Have you considered staggering the junction, so you get more space for the inner platform? Just a suggestion.

Yes, better running, but the diamond crossing you've drawn only match the smaller points - I think - but someone might know how to use a diamond crossing with the larger points with different geometry?

Here's a quick rough attempt in AnyRail. I've had to guess how much width you want for the platforms. There are a few small gaps where I couldn't find a good part, or the geometry needs "tweaking", perhaps with some flextrack?

Keep taking the chlorestrol. In one of my recent day-jobs, I had the pleasure of working with two UK doctors responsible for online continuous training programmes. To keep all UK-registered doctors up-to-speed with medical research and developments after they have graduated. One day, two very long faces. Why? They were trying to grasp the nettle of explaining to several 10,000's of UK doctors that the last 30+ years of Low Fat Diet medical advice turns out to all be built on top of just one piece of research that turns out to be fraudulent. The researcher in question was an ardent self-publicist who cherry-picked data to suit his connections and sources of income. Chlorestrol is an essential part of our well-being. In extreme low-chlorestrol diets, some people get neurological problems. This should not be a surprise, as c.50% of our brains are made up of chlorestrol. It is in effect the insulation around the neural pathways. Think of it in turns of electrical wiring i.e. no insulation = short circuits and damage.

“On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.”

Back in the day when the M25 was built, was there ever a plan to build a railway equivalent? To coin a phrase (if needed), let's call it the R25. Or the Greater Circle Line. One of the lessons learnt from the M25 was it doesn't just divert traffic from central London, it helps generate more traffic. Which might be a Good Thing for railways through central London?

The easiest way I've found is to have File Manager open on one side of the screen, and the browser on the other. Click on the left of the "i" for Site Information. Just to the left of the browser. Then drag & drop it into the File Manager folder. It will appear as an Internet Shortcut.

That reminds me, I was in Mayflower Plymouth just before St.Greta was launched on her maiden voyage to New York to save the planet. Beforehand, I got to talk to some of the support crew. They had just driven all the way from Monoco in, err, the team's diesel van. Fortunately, they were just the support act, not the main act on TV on the saintly carbon-free voyage.

Last time I went past Devonport Plymouth (four weeks ago), it looks similarly deserted. The only two big RN ships in port were the two Amphibious Warfare Albion class. L14 HMS Abion and L15 HMS Bulwark. I'm told that both are being mothballed to keep HMS Queen Elizabeth fully funded and crewed. The biggest offensive ship in Devonport was not RN, it was the FGS Baden-Wurttemberg (F222).

I did search for a Princetown topic, but didn't find one, so apologies in advance if I've missed it. Has anyone modelled Princetown? I haven't included the prison, although it might be fun to model Norman Stanley Fletcher arriving for some porridge ;-)

Here's my rough & ready attempt at modelling the track.

For that era (c.1850?), the kids in caps may well have been pupils of Tavistock Grammar School, waiting for the train to school. An extra railway connection: one of that school's most famous pupils was WH Smith, of the railway newsstands fame.

Thanks for the news, should we call them Lamp-Masts perhaps? Whatever they are called, I thought they look quite pretty.

At the risk of expanding the topic, has anyone else seen the old tram system in A Coruña in Galicia? The tram track is still in place around much of the city, especially the sea front and docks. The depot is still intact. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.3821777,-8.4071791,159m/data=!3m1!1e3 And so are the overhead power cables and picturesque masts https://www.google.com/maps/@43.3829203,-8.4012252,3a,60y,315.28h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sexue_nl3U5dz_FYIZYUDOw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Just a few 100 metres from the magnificant 2,000 year old Tower of Hercules lighthouse. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.3838583,-8.401847,3a,75y,315.76h,88.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saqDV_EegbyY59cUyAA3FSw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

National Library of Scotland - maps online https://maps.nls.uk/view/104195311 and https://maps.nls.uk/view/104195383 With LMS terminus and GWR station.