Pete 75C

The Bure Valley Railway are a relatively small operation that plough all of their profits back into the operation of the railway. They've also had a tough year for reasons completely irrelevant to this thread. Shipping outside of the UK is obviously more work for them, so if those are their terms, so be it.

Excellent, many thanks for that, Pete.

Many thanks for that. I did wonder, having flipped the crossing over and looked at the link wires. Just to clarify, if I don't solder the extra feeds as shown, the whole crossing will be powered from the existing feeds circled?

Building a small low-budget plank using only parts I have left over from previous layouts and my brain has stalled on what is probably a very simple question... Looking at the image, you can see what I'm trying to achieve. The two points are both electrofrog and will be powered by a dual frog juicer. The Peco short diamond crossing is insulfrog, simply because I happen to have one and I have no intention of using any ultra-short-wheelbase locos. The black and red dots are the power feeds and the little yellow squares are insulated rail joiners. Now, I'm assuming I'll need to solder two feeds to the short crossing as shown? This is where my brain is failing me today as layout electrics have never been my stong point. Is there anything I've missed, or will everything work as shown? Thanks in advance, Pete.

It must have been about 1988. I remember the stairs up to the training school, and it was close, so maybe, but for some reason the name doesn't ring a bell. Memory fog?

That's a really nice shot. Did my one-day short circuit bar training by the hut in the background. Don't know why they gave us a day - it took about half an hour. Spent the rest of the day in the pub!

Why are you being so picky? If Dave does leave (see above), this thread in particular and the forum in general will be all the poorer for it. If you have nothing meaningful to add, say nothing. Well done!

I sincerely hope that's of some benefit to Andrew & co at Bure Valley. I've always had a cynical view of insurers, but in this particular case, words fail me.

Might be one of those "prototype for everything" moments, but I've never seen photographic evidence of a point motor inbetween running lines when there's no reason it couldn't be cess-side. I'm building a short 4ft plank in the late 80s/early 90s era atm, and there's a station release crossover. One of the point motors is between the running lines, simply because there's nowhere else for it to go. That scenario is a bit different, being within station limits.

Sounds like a good idea, but as I'm no longer an avid follower of this thread, you could argue my views are irrelevant. I've always appreciated the bargains posted, but what has soured the thread for me are the constant comments along the lines of... "My <insert bargain> arrived from <insert retailer> this morning." and "I was going to buy that but it doesn't really fit in with my interests or era." ...and various other comments which are totally irrelevant!

Have to agree with the comments above. Bure Valley Models have always gone the extra mile to be helpful and often match/better the bigger box-shifters prices. If anyone hasn't used them for mail order, give them a go. They need all the help they can get right now, see news article below. It's a local rag, so the ads will probably load before the story... https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/bire-valley-railway-insurance-claim-despite-paying-for-virus-coverage-1-6608739

Good point, but the board's only 50". Take a couple of inches off for the buffer stop and a Crompton and 4TC would straddle the baseboard join. 33 + 3TC fits nicely with 6 inches to spare. Just one of the perils of having limited space at the moment. Edit: I took advantage of Kernow's "Exhibition Special" pricing at the weekend, so a B/G 4TC with NSE branding should arrive soon. It won't fit, I just know it won't! Just need to decide on the accompanying 33/1.

Thanks guys, appreciated. I haven't purchased the TC yet, and just wanted to make sure what I was thinking of doing was viable. Rich, I shall probably hang on to the FK (likely to be Blue/Grey rather than NSE), as who knows what the future will hold and the next layout might have a bit more platform capacity.

Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere, but I haven't been able to find a definitive answer. The 4TC relies on one decoder and electrical connections between coaches... can anyone confirm that if I remove the corridor 1st to create a 3TC, everything will still work as it should? I'd like to pair a Heljan 33/1 to the TC but as a minimum space modeller, I only have a 4 coach capacity platform. 33 + 4TC = too long. Thanks.

Thanks to all. I thought that might be the answer, but couldn't find proof.

The picture below shows the little-used loco release crossover at London Bridge station. Attempting to model something similar, I have a bit of a dilemma. Even using long radius points, the "swing" of the loco as it uses the crossing will connect with the platform edging if I place it at the usual distance from the rail edge. No problem, I thought, I'll space it a little further back. Now if I space the entire platform back from the rail edge at a distance that allows a loco to use the crossover, it just looks "wrong" and there is far too big a gap to my eye. Is there a solution that's staring me in the face? I had thought to space the edging just a little further back than usual and then use a scalpel and fine emery to remove some of the edging where needed. Until I try that, I'm not sure if it would look daft. If anyone's encountered this problem, I'd be delighted to know what you did. thanks. Edit: The picture above is from my hard drive and I do not know the origin. I've used it because it illustrates the problem nicely. If the original photographer spots it and would like it removed, please accept my apologies and just let me know.

The 720s would need to have been built by either CAF or Talgo, because as everybody knows...

As "Basil" rather than Sybil seemed to stick for the Stadlers, isn't it only natural that "Sybil" is applied to the 720s, assuming they have a habit of falling over too? However, let's be positive, maybe they'll be fantastic...

Yeah, I guess it's a bit of a swim... stay safe.

The blue/grey 31-380 Bachmann 2EPB with NSE branding (latest version, no "Kent Link" branding) is £126.99 at Kernow, 60 quid cheaper than the factory-weathered version (31-381). Cheapest I've seen. http://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/54517/31-380-Bachmann-Class-416-2-EPB-2-Car-EMU-Set-number-6262

From what I know of Sims in Newport, the carriages won't be there long. They're the proud owner of "the biggest metal shredder in the world", or at least they used to be. I reckon those Mk3s will be mere fragments in days...

Got it. 1975. See Flickr image below. The footbridge is brand new and in the picture, they're still demolishing the old lattice one. Clad from the very beginning, I'm afraid, Ian! Edit: ...apologies, I thought you meant the brown cladding. I think you were referring to the towers adjacent to the steps on the central side. https://www.flickr.com/photos/21602076@N05/4349353107

Interesting. All I've been able to find out is that a hole was knocked thru' the dividing wall and a footbridge installed in 1928. The footbridge that is the subject of this thread "dates from the 1970s"... nothing more specific than that.

As much as people like to think human error can be eliminated by advances in software, I think they're wrong. Human error will always exist and is a factor that can't really be planned for. The fact that I once ripped a pan off a brand new 319 bringing it out of the then new Selhurst inspection shed has absolutely nothing to do with it...

Yeah, there certainly weren't barriers. Having been Norwood traincrew, London Bridge was a regular haunt, especially in the last days of the parcels and newspaper trains. Sitting in Platform 9 at 1am, there wasn't much to do so I used to go for a wander... Looking at the cropped aerial view taken from the Shard, it seems the general consensus is servics ducting, cables etc.