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0-6-0ST No. 8 shunts a flatbed wagon loaded with timber on my work in progress shunting layout, 

3 minutes ago, Broadoak said:

By way of a change would it be acceptable to post some photographs of a couple of American layouts that I built some years ago that no longer exist?

I'm not 100% sure but I think it would be acceptable.

Sounds fun. Perhaps I should give it a go...

I have been working on my bedroom shunting layout for quite some time now and I have recently re-installed the bridge after modifying it to work with the changed track-plan. It still needs a lot of work, i.e. a wall along the edge of the bridge, but it has turned out the way I wanted it to. However, I'm stuck on how to depict it. One cheap solution is to cover the whole thing in brick paper but I want the layout to have that realistic feel. I'm thinking of having a girder bridge in between brick walls but I'm not sure on how to model it. I've posted some pics of my bridge below to give you an idea with what I'm working with. Feel free to post any pics of your bridges on your layouts: this is what I made this topic for. Also, any help with my bridge would be greatly appreciated. 

A photo taken from the overbridge of my work in progress layout. I know it doesn't look realistic at the moment but it will do once it is finished. I've got some ballast on the way and I'm busy looking up some pictures of tarmac and bricks to copy and paste onto a word document to use on the layout. 

The town i live in, Bridlington, originally had a miniature railway. It was called The Spa Miniature Railway and was located by the boating pool, to the south of the Bridlington Spa and opened in 1951. On 31st January 1953, The gales and high tides, which brought so much havoc to the east coast of England, washed away much of the railway infrastructure but it soldiered on until 1967. 

Today, no trace of it remains and the Lifeboat station is built on the spot where it was. 

The locomotive was a 1937 built Bassett Lowke 4-4-0 Southern Railway outline model for 7.25” gauge. Amazingly, it is still operating in private ownership on the Wortley Forge Model Engineers Miniature Railway.

The railway. 

The preserved 4-4-0 running on the Wortley Forge Model Engineers Miniature Railway.

Another seaside narrow gauge railway is the North Bay Railway in Scarborough. It has a gauge of 20 in (508 mm), and runs for approximately 7⁄8 mile (1.4 km) between Peasholm Park and Scalby Mills.

It was built in 1931 and officially opened at 2 p.m. on Saturday 23rd May 1931. During the Second World War, the railway was closed as it was in the Coastal Defence Area. The last train ran on 6 July 1940 and the railway remained closed until 1945.

They currently have five locomotives: three Hudswell Clarke steam outline 4-6-2DH: No.1931 Neptune (built 1931), No.1932 Triton (built 1932) and No.1933 Poseidon (built 1933). These resemble Gresley A1s 4-6-2s. the fourth is 4-6-4DH tank locomotive No.570 Robin Hood (another Hudswell Clarke loco, built 1932) The fifth locomotive arrived in 2016: 0-4-0ST Georgina. It is the first steam locomotive to run on the railway. 

All five locomotives: Georgina and (right to left) Poseidon, Triton, Robin Hood, Neptune 

There's a picture of a strange locomotive in a book I have. It is a tender engine but its tender shares its chassis with part of a coach. It's a LMS locomotive and it's number is 10000

2 hours ago, tubs01 said:

Since we seem to be on the topic of safety, is it a bit over the top for me to sometimes wear a mask when filing plastic since it generates a lot of plastic dust?

Not at all. I sometimes wear a mask when doing my models.

Angel - Aerosmith

Looking good. I like the weathered look on the hopper.

Rochdale - O gauge

which was nice

I don't know the name of this layout only that it's in OO and set during BR days in the Southern Region.

First up: Broom Junction - OO

When at the Doncaster show, I did take a few pictures and videos and I brought some stuff. I'll post some of them up on here if anyone wants a look.

20 hours ago, sigtech said:

After an excellent two months WITHOUT adverts - I switched on the computer, clicked on RMWEB... and they're back! everywhere, just annoying - tried to get rid of a few - and they just pop back up again

Same thing happens to me. They get in the way all the time.

I went to two shows at the beginning of last year. One in Pontefract in January and the Great British Modelling exhibition in February at Doncaster Racecourse. I was supposed to go to my club's exhibition in May the same year but it got cancelled. 

Hi Tubs. 

Looks like I'm in a similar position to you are. I'm 18 and not only I'm also working on a budget but also a limited amount of space too. I'm in the process of constructing two OO gauge micro layouts using two cardboard slabs salvaged from a Ikea cupboard delivery. Because of the small budget, I've used items that have been pre-built and were used on my larger OO gauge layout which is now packed away. 

I've put the links for both layouts above. Feel free to have a look. Good luck with the layout I'll be watching with great interest.

James.

Loving the pics. Layout looks like it's shaping up nicely. Will be watching with great interest. (As always)

3 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

 Is your engine the 1898 type, that the LNER called Class C2, or the 1902/4 type, LNER Class C1? And is it modelled in original condition, or at some later date?

This one:

I may be considering purchasing one of Hattons GNR six wheelers to run with my DJH Ivatt C1 4-4-2. Should i still consider getting it?

On 05/01/2021 at 22:14, BoD said:

For the last few attempts, each time I open RMweb the  following appears and I have to go through the rigmarole of choosing settings or consenting.  This is on my iPad, I haven’t tried it on my PC yet.   Is this an issue at my end or is it something you are working on?

That pops up every time I log on. It does get slightly annoying.

I think I may have had this problem in the past but i can't recall. 

7 minutes ago, Jamie said:

Take the mechanicals out of crashed Teslas etc and fit them within locomotive tenders, consulting some Hornby and Lima designers from the 1970s-80s if necessary.  That should still leave space for a sound chip and speakers within the redundant coal space.

Will these have Synchronised smoke as well?