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5 hours ago, Andrew P said:

Yes gone for a lay down in a dark corner some ware.

Why stand when you can sit,

Why sit when you've got the strength to lie down.

LJ,a man after my own heart!

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Phil

Hi Andy,best I can do is 5 and it's sending my eyes funny!

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Phil

What camera are you using , Andy?

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Phil

I bet he's had more retirements than Frank Sinatra............

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Phil

Looking good Ernie.I thought the drops of pva on the wires did resemble the tensioners.

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Phil

As if Covid wasn't enough to put up with!(Laughs hollowly)

Phil

Hi John, Nickolls and Reeves books 'The Torrington Line'or 'The Okehampton Line' have loads of phots in .I'm sure there was a creamery at Torrington.I've seen one recently,but can't bring to mind where ATM.Will have to have a look later.

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Phil.

C and U regulations allow for a 60% overhang at the rear,but said vehicle can be a handful ,what with the swing at the back.I've rattled a few gateposts in my time,especially if room is tight!

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Phil

That's looking really good,Dougal.

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Phil

Those opens look as good(bad?) as some at Chasewater,bits of ballast and other junk in the bottom,with weeds and young trees growing out of it all.You could add a few battered and splintered sleepers showing evidence of a "whoops,scotties "moment.Saw some down nearNeath a few years back,after a hiccup with a train of loaded hoppers...

Cheers 

Phil

1 hour ago, Nearholmer said:

Gras - the lowmacs are Directory, yes. As I’ve told before, I bought one secondhand at a very fair price, and when it arrived it was two in one box!

 

Don - I used to help (well, I thought I was helping) on resto and maintenance work on them at the KESR, alongside the USA tanks, in the mid-70s. They are amazingly powerful beasts. There is a steep, curving gradient up from Rolvenden to Tenterden and they would blast up that with the heavy ‘Santa special’ trains making a terrific noise, but with plenty of “go” to spare. More stable than the USA, which have such a short wheelbase* that they wag their backside all the time.

 

Funnily enough, this model reminded me how big they are - definitely not what you’d call dainty engines!

 

*I just checked, and the wheelbase is only 1ft different, so maybe the outside cylinders have something to do with the wagging too.

There was one of these at our local colliery(back a long in the mid 70's),Cadley Hill No1,and with a load of empty "poolies"(16 toners to you and me,but NCB slang is different) it would raise the roof going up past the screens to the top weighbridge and sidings.And she used to wiggle her arse...

Happy days.................

Phil.

No LJ this morning Andy? or is he not out of bed yet?

I certainly think,where 7mm is concerned,less is more.(says the man with 5 or 6 locos,a shed load of wagons,a shelf full of unbuilt kits and nothing ,as yet to run them on.Things are looking up though).Jump in,you'll not regret it.

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Phil.

13 hours ago, Andrew P said:

Luckilly for him there is usually an Oil Drum or bit  of Fencing somewhere to be found.

If the yard was tidied,and nowhere to lean,would that get him to actually do some thing,do you think?

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Phil.

LJ loafing around again I see.

Phil

Looks as if it needs jacking up at the back......

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Phil.

Hi Amanda,Could you bear using a single car DMU,or even (shock!Horror! Probe!)a 1400 and autocoach?(Other Companies variants are available!) for your passenger services?

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Phil.

Very nice.

Phil

Thank you one and all,I'll look into that "dreckly",but for now a quick drink and off for a walk with SWMBO.

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Phil.

Good morning all.I seem to remember someone on here "improving" Peco points,to make them slightly curved.Is it a matter of cutting alternate sleeper links and then persuading them to fit,or is the job slightly more involved?

TIA

Phil.

Cheers Odin,thanks for that.I'll sort out another ground signal.

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Phil

Thanks Odin,what I really want to know is can I do without a catch point in that position,bearing in mind that the lower track will be the through or"main line",and the second track up on the right will be a loop. To the left of the catch point leads to a head shunt.

Cheers 

Phil.

Now then,all.If I could pick your collective brains,Do I actually need a catch point between the curved point and the double slip,or if the main route is either the bottom track,or from the bottom left exit of the slip(where the gap is) to the top right exit,could I get away with inter locking the top left exit to the curved point so that the headshunt line is only  accessible if the slip road is set for it,if you see what I mean.

TIA

Phil

Well that was a bit of a shock.My thoughts also to family and friends.

RIP Chris.

Phil.

21 hours ago, JimRead said:

Hello Phil,

 

I do hope you don't mind me pointing this out, I made my first layout in the same manner, within two years it warped.

 

Since then I have used diagonals, the first layout I made like this in 1981 is still in use now, I met the guy I gave it to at a show in 2016 and it hadn't warped. 

 

The test for warping is to put one end of a board on the floor hold it there with your foot and try to twist it. If it moves more than a few millimetres it will warp.

 

Cheers - Jim
 

Thanks for that info,Jim.as it happens,there are several spare lengths of 2 x 1 in the shed,put especially for times like this.Something to do Sunday while SWMBO is at work,never get much done when she's at home..........

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Phil.