RichardS

You won't join the society just to buy the track, but if they sell it to the general public (which they'll do at Expo EM I imagine) you're more likely to join the society?

There's one or two organisations changing at present. We've already seen a more bullish Dapol emerge, the entry of Rapido into the UK market, Hattons now clearly diversifying, and I sense a reawakening in Beer - new website, Parkside kits and now EM Gauge Track. There's obviously some new brooms in use - or at least the handles and heads have been renewed.

The solution for Phil might be to ditch IT and revert to pencil and paper. Example: Branchlines who seem to do alright and keep going without a web-site and online sales.

It is of course only a 'wish list' not an advance order form.

Not a problem and simply posting it has been a help. Don't apologise; so many old pictures have no info. Edit, and just seen your second post with the other picture. Thanks. One thing I notice is that there are three tail lamps fitted. The ongoing use of the lamp brackets generally was one factor being discussed in the thread for the new Hornby RTR version of the LNER Toad B/E. Edit just realised this is that thread. Doh!

Of course if people don't like the way the book is structured, or what it contains, or doesn't contain there's a very simple solution........write your own. And if anybody who is disatisfied wants to off-load their copy please PM me I'll happily take it off your hands for a fiver.

The modeller who modified the loco may very well use a different coupling system. Many P4 modellers use the Alex Jackson coupling which is very fine. Others might use Dinghams or Sprat & Winkle. A large number use 'scale' 3 link couplings which are of course not automatic. But all these couplings can be used with any scale/gauge of model. If you are a beginner its probably best to stick with the tried and tested tension lock which despite many criticisms does work. Kadees are also pretty straight forward but do need magnets to facilitate uncoupling.

Hi Rob, nothing about the why's and wherefores of the model but a question about the photo. This would appear to be The Wenford Bridge Branch. Do you have any details about the date or occasions please. The brake in the picture appears to be in bauxite indicating vac fitted I believe. I've only seen grey examples on the branch before. Thanks

And I but it's a very strange message with some poor English and grammar. Makes me suspicious.

Although obviously on the B&W the following is an extract from a document that appeared on the web a few years ago. I cannot find it now but I took notes at the time. It shows the variety of 'special' traffic that might be seen. This eyewitness account was by Joy Douglas of Nanstallon. "When the Royal Cornwall Show moved to its permanent site at Wadebridge, all the 'Main Ring' attractions would be carried along the line the previous Sunday. I can remember the train once stopping at Boscarne and being able to see the horses of the Household Cavalry in the trucks. Circuses were also moved along our railway form Wadebridge to Bodmin. On one occasion an elephant was being unloaded at Bodmin general Station – it fancied a nice rub against the station wall – and the wall promptly fell down!" Copyright Joy Douglas I leave it to your imagination what a circus train on the Bodmin & Wadebridge would have looked like! So really this train at Halwill could be anything. I do hope that somebody can identify it.

Notwithstanding the mystery, its actually a good photo. Could it be a troop train. Or possibly as observed a movement to the Wadebridge RCS? I think I have read of RCS specials also traversing the B&W. I'll look out the reference later. It's always such a frustration that spotters/photographers of the day always used to ignore what the loco was pulling as though railways only existed to allow them to note the loco number or snap a 3/4 view from the front.

I feel there are definitive answers. Change only arises when there is a general benefit in doing so in the short term. Nothing changes to make things worse. When such benefits cease then change will arise again. For a given individual such changes may not be beneficial - but overall the benefit will outweigh the loss - in the short term. Individuals who identify the chnage with loss have a choice: they can adapt to the change or in the worst case scenario they can give up and cease to function. Almost all will adapt and move on. No change is ever final. All of us will have adopted change today often without realising it. There is no inherent stability. Stability is only achieved by implementing change. This is because the circumstances we face are not of our making but are the results of the actions of others. For example. Mark Carney seeks to keep control of inflation and stabilise the economy - he does this by changing interest rates when necessary. Andy York wants to keep the Rmweb site functioning satisfactorily in a world where the way computers work is constantly evolving. He can only do this by changing the underlying Rmweb site so that it will fit the newer regimes. In doing so some functionality may be lost and new functions gained. If neither changed in the pursuit of the stability you wish for then that which they control would collapse due to factors outside their control. As another correspondent observed - for every change there are winners and losers. That's life. Ho hum.

Planning to build an N gauge layout one day, when life stops getting in the way! Had to laugh at this in context of thread as by that time you'll be too old to see N gauge and have to change to something bigger. Suggest start planning change now!

How do you define better? Who for, what for, why? How do you measure improvement? How do you know that the old ways would have continued to be better than the new ways? But change doesn't mean improvement - it means different behaviours to accommodate different circumstances. Change is evolutionary as it always occurs as a result of another change elsewhere. Nothing is entirely new (unless you subscribe to the big bang theory - but even then that was a chnage to the singularity etc etc) Change is inevitable due to the actions of others impacting upon our own activities.

Age alone is not a barrier to change. Psychological matters can be a barrier - at any age. For example, some of those on the autistic spectrum cannot tolerate any change to routine. Mental capacity can be a barrier. But willingness, openness, optimism and curiosity all encourage change orientation. Exposure to change begets change. The challenge for some people is to be exposed to change. Remove exposure and habits form. It is habits and laziness that can create a barrier to change. "This is good enough for me." (how sad is that?) When not in the workplace a person's confidence may diminish and confidence is needed to embrace new things. How often do we hear older people say 'I couldn't do that, I might break it.' Being amongst young people also helps change orientation but is not exclusive. Recently, a person a few years younger than me asked what I was doing - I explained that I had taken a photo on my SLR which I had was transferring to my smartphone by wifi where I would edit it and then post it live from the event we were at on to Facebook. Older people often forget they were young once and presented challenges of change to the older generations of that time. It's all a mindset. Think like a dozy old duffer and that's what you'll become.

You have to define involvement - informing, seeking feedback, listening. The old adage about the camel applies unless the involvement is 'managed.' That is to say you let people think they are involved - at the end of the day the decisions still have to be made whether people like it or not. That is when the thing called leadership comes in to the frame - persuading people to do things you want them to do because they think they want to do it! Change has to take place else we'd still be living in trees. I'm sure some grumpy ape man could see no reason to descend to the plains and stayed aloft. He became an Orang.

Aww, thank you Martin, but I must admit I'm not quite ready to launch yet. You'll have noted that as yet I haven't specified which OO criteria I shall add the 2mm to. I thought I might canvass opinions on various forums before making the final decision...…………………..

I do like the idea of a matrix of data which could be pinned to the start of all the threads discussing this subject. Then when anybody wishes to reinvent/rediscover/rekindle the debate for whatever reason - perhaps they've given up discussing improvements to the wheel - an automatic process automatically (!) opens a window with that matrix in it. This would also mean Martin, John and others could be released from the asylum they must feel they inhabit. Dave (junctionmad) has it about right I feel although the fourth option of doing nothing and using any 16.5mm ready made track you like needs to be included. And with that I shall go off and contunue my plans for 18.5mm gauge E4S (OO+2).

<p>I’ve always been more comfortable in the flat lands of East Anglia than in the more hilly or mountainous regions of the UK. Sure they’re pretty to look at and can be impressive but I couldn’t live among them unless I was on the coast – where things get flat again.</p> <p>Once when looking at a hilly view a colleague commented upon how nice he thought it would be to live there. My response was along the lines that you couldn’t actually see anything unless you lived in top of the hill and that homes in the valley could only see the sides of the hills.</p> <p>The flatter parts of Norfolk (not all of Norfolk is totally flat, in fact most of it is only flatish) have one feature that strikes the observer fully between the eyes. The sky. From horizon to horizon it arches over the viewer like a huge dome with a cloudscape painted on the inside. Norfolk skies, like anywhere that is flat, are enormous.</p> <p>For a model railway to be put in a place the landscape is crucial. While buildings might convey some aspects of a location it is the topography, the rocks, the soil, the rivers, the hills, and the flora that will really ‘drop the pin;’ to coin a modern phrase.</p> <p>Oby Staithe will be a Broadland scene. The modern Broads are far more wooded than they were in the past when reed beds and marshes predominated. But one area that has hardly changed is Halvergate Marshes between Acle and Great Yarmouth. Travellers making their way along the straight road (on bend at Stracey Arms) between these two places see a landscape that has hardly changed. Cattle and sheep graze the lush meadows which are divided not by fences but by dykes (a Norfolk ditch). While some land has been drained for arable cultivation it isn’t very much and by and large the marshes are a timeless place where the call of waders, the flash of white indicating a swan or two, and the cold east winds have ruled for centuries.</p> <p>I want Oby Staithe to capture the essence of this remote and, to some, bleak atmosphere so last week a colleague and I spent some time exploring the area around Halvergate and here are the photographs I took. <img data-attachment-id="1208" data-permalink="https://thersr.wordpress.com/2018/08/25/grazing-marsh-big-big-skies/near-halvergate-1-47j_5688/#main"data-orig-file="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/near-halvergate-1-47j_5688.jpg?w=700" data-orig-size="5125,3786" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"10","credit":"Richard Slipper (47J)","camera":"NIKON D7200","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1534863143","copyright":"Richard Slipper (47J) NR50RQ UK","focal_length":"34","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Near Halvergate (1), 47J_5688" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/near-halvergate-1-47j_5688.jpg?w=700?w=300" data-large-file="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/near-halvergate-1-47j_5688.jpg?w=700?w=700" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1208" src="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/near-halvergate-1-47j_5688.jpg?w=700" alt="Near Halvergate (1), 47J_5688" srcset="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/near-halvergate-1-47j_5688.jpg?w=700 700w, https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/near-halvergate-1-47j_5688.jpg?w=1400 1400w, https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/near-halvergate-1-47j_5688.jpg?w=150 150w, https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/near-halvergate-1-47j_5688.jpg?w=300 300w, https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/near-halvergate-1-47j_5688.jpg?w=768 768w, 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I’ve always been more comfortable in the flat lands of East Anglia than in the more hilly or mountainous regions of the UK. Sure they’re pretty to look at and can be impressive but I couldn’t live among them unless I was on the coast – where things get flat again. Once when looking at a hilly view a colleague commented upon how nice he thought it would be to live there. My response was along the lines that you couldn’t actually see anything unless you lived in top of the hill and that homes in the valley could only see the sides of the hills. The flatter parts of Norfolk (not all of Norfolk is totally flat, in fact most of it is only flatish) have one feature that strikes the observer fully between the eyes. The sky. From horizon to horizon it arches over the viewer like a huge dome with a cloudscape painted on the inside. Norfolk skies, like anywhere that is flat, are enormous. For a model railway to be put in a place the landscape is crucial. While buildings might convey some aspects of a location it is the topography, the rocks, the soil, the rivers, the hills, and the flora that will really ‘drop the pin;’ to coin a modern phrase. Oby Staithe will be a Broadland scene. The modern Broads are far more wooded than they were in the past when reed beds and marshes predominated. But one area that has hardly changed is Halvergate Marshes between Acle and Great Yarmouth. Travellers making their way along the straight road (on bend at Stracey Arms) between these two places see a landscape that has hardly changed. Cattle and sheep graze the lush meadows which are divided not by fences but by dykes (a Norfolk ditch). While some land has been drained for arable cultivation it isn’t very much and by and large the marshes are a timeless place where the call of waders, the flash of white indicating a swan or two, and the cold east winds have ruled for centuries. I want Oby Staithe to capture the essence of this remote and, to some, bleak atmosphere so last week a colleague and I spent some time exploring the area around Halvergate and here are the photographs I took.

<p>It’s been a while since I ‘penned’ a few words to describe happenings at TheRSR. I have not been idle but have been otherwise occupied. What follows is a brief resume of the various projects previously mentioned in the blog.</p> <p><strong>Bohemian Saxony</strong> <strong>–</strong> the continental tram layout. The team decided to leave this project in the hands of the shop proprietor once all the electrics and control panels had been installed. The aim being that he would finish the scenic works and install the layout in the owners home. It was a shame not to see this project to completion but circumstances dictated otherwise.</p> <p><strong>Newcome Road </strong>– construction has been progressing on this pre-grouping layout. The owner has been scratch-building various structures, tunnel mouths and buildings while work has also commenced on the scenic elements. The hot summer of 2018 curtailed activities but with cooler months now imminent we plan to recommence work soon.</p> <p><strong>Oby Staithe</strong> – My own little Broadland layout has seen no progress until a week or so ago. This has been due to my decision to enlarge the ‘railway parlour’ by taking over another 3 metres or so of the garage. Structural work has been concluded and some layout planning taken place. More about this in another posting.</p> <p><strong>Bosmelin</strong> – Plans to build a model of, or based upon, Boscarne Junction continue but such is the magnitude of this project that it remains in abeyance but is in no way forgotten.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><img data-attachment-id="1204" data-permalink="https://thersr.wordpress.com/2018/08/25/im-still-here/railway-parlour-2/#main"data-orig-file="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-2.jpeg?w=700" data-orig-size="4160,3120" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2","credit":"","camera":"Moto G (5)","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1534766342","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.59","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.02","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Railway Parlour 2" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-2.jpeg?w=700?w=300" data-large-file="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-2.jpeg?w=700?w=700" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1204" src="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-2.jpeg?w=700" alt="Railway Parlour 2" srcset="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-2.jpeg?w=700 700w, https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-2.jpeg?w=1400 1400w, https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-2.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-2.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-2.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-2.jpeg?w=1024 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><img data-attachment-id="1203" data-permalink="https://thersr.wordpress.com/2018/08/25/im-still-here/railway-parlour-1/#main" data-orig-file="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-1.jpeg?w=700" data-orig-size="4160,3120" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2","credit":"","camera":"Moto G (5)","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1534766331","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.59","iso":"250","shutter_speed":"0.02","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Railway Parlour 1" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-1.jpeg?w=700?w=300" data-large-file="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-1.jpeg?w=700?w=700" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1203" src="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-1.jpeg?w=700" alt="Railway Parlour 1" srcset="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-1.jpeg?w=700 700w, https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-1.jpeg?w=1400 1400w, https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-1.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-1.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-1.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/railway-parlour-1.jpeg?w=1024 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></p> <p><img data-attachment-id="1205" data-permalink="https://thersr.wordpress.com/img_20180823_114546770/"data-orig-file="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_20180823_114546770.jpg?w=700" data-orig-size="3120,4160" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2","credit":"","camera":"Moto G (5)","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1535024747","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.59","iso":"80","shutter_speed":"0.02","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="img_20180823_114546770" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_20180823_114546770.jpg?w=700?w=225" data-large-file="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_20180823_114546770.jpg?w=700?w=700" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1205" src="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_20180823_114546770.jpg?w=700" alt="img_20180823_114546770" srcset="https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_20180823_114546770.jpg?w=700 700w, https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_20180823_114546770.jpg?w=1400 1400w, https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_20180823_114546770.jpg?w=113 113w, https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_20180823_114546770.jpg?w=225 225w, https://thersr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_20180823_114546770.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></p> <p>So that’s a brief update for now. But I will be adding more information and updates on <strong>Oby Staithe</strong> principally soon. (The picture above by the way has a NE station and LSWR signal box just for sizing – don’t think this is what Oby will be like. In fact I might change the name as well.)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <a href="https://thersr.wordpress.com/2018/08/25/im-still-here/"class='bbc_url' rel='nofollow external'>Source</a>

It’s been a while since I ‘penned’ a few words to describe happenings at TheRSR. I have not been idle but have been otherwise occupied. What follows is a brief resume of the various projects previously mentioned in the blog. Bohemian Saxony – the continental tram layout. The team decided to leave this project in the hands of the shop proprietor once all the electrics and control panels had been installed. The aim being that he would finish the scenic works and install the layout in the owners home. It was a shame not to see this project to completion but circumstances dictated otherwise. Newcome Road – construction has been progressing on this pre-grouping layout. The owner has been scratch-building various structures, tunnel mouths and buildings while work has also commenced on the scenic elements. The hot summer of 2018 curtailed activities but with cooler months now imminent we plan to recommence work soon. Oby Staithe – My own little Broadland layout has seen no progress until a week or so ago. This has been due to my decision to enlarge the ‘railway parlour’ by taking over another 3 metres or so of the garage. Structural work has been concluded and some layout planning taken place. More about this in another posting. Bosmelin – Plans to build a model of, or based upon, Boscarne Junction continue but such is the magnitude of this project that it remains in abeyance but is in no way forgotten. So that’s a brief update for now. But I will be adding more information and updates on Oby Staithe principally soon. (The picture above by the way has a NE station and LSWR signal box just for sizing – don’t think this is what Oby will be like. In fact I might change the name as well.)

This looks an interesting project. I'm curious to know how you transferred the templot plan to the cork. Thank you.

Fair comment 'Hayfield' - but what I don't understand is what advantage, what benefit, accrues to the decent, constructive, honest commentator?

Obviously others have commented since you posted this earlier today mentioning aspects of corporate duty and responsibility. But there are one or two aspects I should like to add to. Firstly, I interpret your last sentence as being aimed at me which is fine. But I reiterate my opinion that everybody who expresses a view about anything in a public place is effectively guilty of thinking that those 'listening' will be better informed, educated or whatever by the experience. If we believe that our views have value to others that is our ego speaking to us. The forum is the soapbox in the style of speakers' corner or political hustings. If we don't think our contribution has any value then we are self deprecating and inevitably stay silent - which is just as bad, as (almost) everybody has something to add, something to share, and if everybody is involved life is richer for all. I can understand the concern about employers monitoring their staff. Whether they do so with such gusto as folk believe I don't know. I expect some do I and others allow the legend to create uncertainty as a sort of fake news. My own view is that it is inappropriate to discuss an employer's business in a public place. If the subject matter is damaging or critical it matters not whether the commentator does this under a nom-de-plume - the damage is done and cannot benefit anybody - any damage to a business hurts all the stakeholders including the muttering employees and not just the employers and owners. If the mutterer thinks they are getting one over the employer it is a rather sad predicament for all. If the subject matter is complimentary - why the need for anonymity? To discuss 'other matters' anonymously is just not my style. If a person has a view, it's their view. The only advantage of anonymity is the protection it affords should a commentator wish to be untruthful, unkind, vulgar, discriminatory, or any other of the more anti-social aspects of social media. The use of 'anonymous bots' and fake news accounts in other spheres has shown the dangers of unverified accounts. I certainly don't follow any 'anonymous' accounts on Twitter, Facebook etc. If the anonymity saves having matters 'thrown in your face at work' by other people perhaps some of the subjects and views are inappropriate for a public place and such discussions should be held privately. If people cannot have a rational conversation or debate without accepting accountability for their words I'm not sure there is any point in having the dialogue - it seems to be just a time or space filler. Personally, I have far more respect for people and their views if they post under their own names. They seem more real. But that's probably just one of my foibles. I can understand why 'Too Many Spams' suggests that an interest in trains is frowned upon by some employers. This would be the case with any 'interest' associated with employment that could be emotive. Should an employee have an 'emotional attachment' which precludes them behaving objectively in the interest of their employer's business this can be detrimental to their performance and the fortunes of the company - in the worst case scenario they might even sabotage (not necessarily intentionally) the company's activities. Far better for employees to remain detached and objective. As we know railways (and railway modelling) can stir the emotions. And lastly, as this is really a thread about track building - I noticed in the similar thread on the 'other forum' (S4) that Andrew Jukes suggested that OO Fasttrack would be dropped from the Exactoscale range - what a shame, I found it rather good.