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  1. 10800

    Little and large

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    Some more steady progress on both the large and small scales.
     
    We are nearly there with finally fixing the whole centre section together. John has been clamping, adjusting etc and also doing a bit of cladding and preliminary painting of brickwork on the arch sides. The curved brickwork etches have also gone on, with some use of Evergreen strip (there's going to be a lot of this) to represent some of the 'beading' detail.
     

     

     

     

     
    Next will be the cladding of the underside of the arches before final fixing and gluing. The lengths of studding used to adjust everything will be left in and can be used as electrical droppers from the track down through the structure.
     
    Meanwhile I've been looking at mocking up one of the pavilions. Four different materials here so far - basswood, MDF, Rowmark and more conventional plastic card (well slabs, really). Before final gluing up, there will be a bit of sanding and filing to do, and the tops of the columns will be disguised by a representation of the decorative beading using Evergreen angle with square section strip inset. The roof will use Slaters large tiles, all four sides converging to a point rather than a ridge. I'll probably use a couple of triangular formers underneath to support them in construction.
     

     

     
    The exposed 'joists' on the original (very characteristic) will use short lengths of Evergreen 2mm square strip - I'm glad I invested in a NWSL Chopper!
     
    There is also the decorative brickwork around the tops of the piers to think about:
     

     
    This will be done mostly with various Evergreen strips and Slaters brickwork, with the current design looking like this:
     

     
    I'll probably prepare long strips of the whole decorative assembly before mitre cutting and attachment to the piers in one go. The upper concave brickwork section might be achievable by 'pushing' a 3-course strip of Slaters brick into the Evergreen angle - or we might use a filler of some kind and scribe the brickwork along that section.
  2. 10800
    A few recent photos to show we're still progressing on the Eridge rebuild.
     
    The southern (country) end of the layout. Those four tracks will converge into two before the fiddleyard, but how much further it will go is still a subject of discussion - there's another trailing crossover not far beyond, and more signals . I'm sure the trap point on the up loop (left hand track) should have appeared by now ...
     
    The platforms are dummy templates, and those canopies may need to be rebuilt because of the new alignments.
     

     
    Mike then brought out his 'new' Q1 - Hornby body, SE Finecast chassis - which pottered about with a pickup goods with Chivers brass Dancehall brake van.
     

     

     
    Back at the London end, Richard was busy with the outriggers for the scenic bits - looks like binoculars will be needed for watching the trains in the cutting!
     

     
    Finally, Mike was confident enough to bring out the bogie ballast train - Southwark Bridge LSWR brass kit and Cambrian plastic ones - and recklessly (but successfully) propelled them all into the up siding a few times. Very pleasing to watch! The board wiring isn't finished yet so driving is done by wires running straight to the motor - like taking the dog for a walk . Meanwhile Simon is adding yet more cosmetic chairs to the rivetted sections.
     

     

     
     
     
  3. 10800
    Some snaps of some of the results of today in trial fittings of balustrades and refuges on the viaduct track base:
     

     

     

     

     
    And a couple of reminders of the real thing
     

     

     
    We're still thinking about how best to do the brackets
     
    So there will now be an awful lot of laminating of pairs of bits of 2mm MDF at 10800 towers - just the job to do on a work tray whilst watching the telly
     
    And we haven't forgotten about the coping and plinths for the balustrades
  4. 10800

    Brighton Belle

    By 10800,

    Needless to say we are quite pleased that Hornby have announced an RTR 5BEL . Hopefully in due course all three units with appropriate names and numbers will be made available, but a 10BEL crossing the viaduct will be something to look forward to - and conversion of this to P4 will be somewhat easier and cheaper than the other current options!
     
    Merry Christmas all
  5. 10800
    Following the comments in the last entry, this is the new bit of trackwork at the southern end that is being debated:
     

     
    This is the bit immediately south of the station building/road bridge that defined the end of the scenic section on Eridge Mk1. It meant that there were four roads going into the fiddle yard, and because they were converging it gave rise to some alignment issues.
     
    On the other hand, whilst two roads is better to manage, there is then the additional issue of the scenic break. It is in a cutting, so maybe just an occupation bridge? But we've got an artificial one of those at the other end, based on the one south of Ashurst in reality. So a stand of trees? Mirrors?
     
    There is another trailing crossover immediately to the south (right) of this bit of Templot, but we don't need to include that - do we?
  6. 10800
    It's been a while since this blog was updated, and you might be forgiven for thinking that progress had stalled a bit - but no, even though the summer months mean more people are away than usual.
     
    I haven't been up to see it for a while either, but I did manage to attend the week before last and might make a couple more this side of Christmas.
     
    Trackwork is all down, bar the short new section with the turnouts on the down end of the platform loops, and work has been progressing well on installing Tortoises for the point operation. So the need for the 'new' control panel is starting to press again, but at least this time with DCC there isn't the need for all the cab control section selector switches and the wiring that goes with that. I will just be doing the 'structural' side of the panel as far as installing all the switches and LEDs but leaving the wiring itself to more knowledgable team members than myself (that's you, Al and Mark ).
     
    I've been looking critically at the signals I've done so far, and there may be some rebuilding of some bits - brackets and landings especially - to make them more authentic. Serves me right for not finishing them ages ago when it would have been a fait accompli! On my last visit I also distributed some ground signal kits for the team to have a go at (I've still got some!) - there are 10 of these on the layout in total (including one yellow arm) and eventually they will all work.
     
    We have also discussed, and continue to discuss, the eventual scenification of the layout. Originally it was thought that we would have separate lightweight scenic jigsaw modules to attach to the main trackbed pieces, but there is now an alternative view that says that if boards are 8ft long anyway, meaning at least a Luton van to move the layout, and provided the structural integrity of the trackbed sections is maintained, we can make the scenic add-ons 'permanent' - but of course they can still be lightweight. Watch this space.
     
    Next time I'll take some photos - last visit some of the track bed was on its side having Tortoises wired in.
  7. 10800
    It's ages since we last updated this, and although we have been busy, for various reasons progress has been slower over the summer. In most cases the progress made (wiring, tweaking) is not very visible - but there has been an addition to the 00 circuit in the form of storage loops on each side.
     
    Last Saturday we hired the hall for the day to make a big effort on finishing off the wiring on all the curved boards (straights had already been done) and do a bit of continuity testing. With wiring finished (or so we thought) within a couple of hours we adjourned to The Castle next door for a very pleasant pub lunch and then returned for a 'play'.
     
    Most was fine, but we did identify one or two inter-board issues to sort out later. When it's all done there will be some more painting to do to restore the boards to their previous pristine condition.
     
    So, here we have an improvised end stop for two Class 15s
     

     
    Some of the test locos that were brought along
     

     
    And work carrying on with testing and fixing. We did let Mark out from under the boards later.
     

     

  8. 10800

    Good to be making progress

    By 10800,

    The latest planning session and John's progress on cutting some of the pier apertures certainly makes for some positive vibes on this project. Apart from starting to 'look' right and give encouragement that the final product will match our ambitions for it, getting down with the actual pieces and doing 'trial fits' is a good catalyst for brainstorming and coming up with solutions for the more 'macro' construction issues.
     
    We know from the derived table of dimensions for each pier where the apertures are, and how much of each pier/plinth is exposed above ground level. This is enabling decisions on how far the scale plinths continue below ground on the model, and design concepts for the 'base' of the viaduct - probably stepped in a series of benches just under the scenery rather than a continuous floor with many 'piers' being, like icebergs, largely hidden from view.
     
    The whole thing including approaches is 7m long. We discussed for a while how many sections to divide it into for transport, this being a compromise between minimising joins and getting it into a car. Eventually we settled on five sections of 1.4m each, which is three essentially identical 10-arch sections in the middle and two more of 3/4 arches plus approaches at each end.
     
    Then, where to make the join? At a pier or half way across an arch? Initially we favoured the latter, with detachable balustrades and bricked sections that could be placed to cover most of the joins. But this left little cross section left for 'purchase' at the top for joining, so we are currently planning to make the joins between the arches and have detachable piers between the upper and lower joiners. Joining below the scenery will be straightforward with dowels, bolts and pronged-Ts, but joining at the top is a bit trickier because of accessibility to attach bolts (assuming both sides are potentially on show). At the moment we are thinking along the lines of dowels and high-strength magnets to do the job.
     
    In theory construction now could be quite rapid, although there is no particular hurry and we certainly don't want to rush it. Apart from the main construction there is then also a lot of laminating of parts to do (to make 2mm thick laser cut details into the 4mm thickness we want). So that will undoubtedly mean more jigs to make sure the parts all register properly, and lots of PVAing.
     
    Most of the basic brickwork will use Slaters English bond, but the arch sections (top and bottom of the pier apertures as well) are being etched in brass. Then there's the bracket supports for the refuges - not essential for the structure, but important nonetheless, and probably a casting job, either resin or whitemetal.
     
    There is also a bit of detailed brickwork - 'beading' for want of a better term - which is still causing a bit of head-scratching. I'd like to think there would be something suitable from the world of dolls houses but we haven't found anything yet. Could be down to plastruct angle section filled in with Miliput or similar.
  9. 10800
    Not a bit of it - now that Scaleforum with Matford is out of the way, and having received some more laser cut goodies from York Model Making, John (Re6/6) and I had a productive day today towards turning all the bits into more of a kit of parts prior to assembly.
     
    I got on with marking up the pier sections for the characteristic apertures of the Ouse Viaduct, which involved topographic profiles, Excel spreadsheets and some occasional reality checks. The apertures all start at the same top elevation but the bottom elevation is dependent on ground level and in the centre of the viaduct they extend into the plinth sections as well as the tapered upper piers.
     

     
    Here you can see the centre lines marked on some of the piers, together with top and bottom of the apertures and drill centre locations for the (41mm diameter) circular sections at the ends of the apertures.
     

     
    Meanwhile John was making jigs for batch assembly of the tapered piers
     

     
    And by the end of the day a trial cut for Pier 30 had been made
     

     
    This was our first real chance also to check on some of the latest pieces for the pavilions and refuges. Here you can see the two layers of 2mm MDF and some Rowmark 'frames' in order to represent the panelling relief on these concrete structures
     

     

     
    Finally we were able to lay the whole trackbed length out with the arches and some of the detailed bits, and to put a train down on it - which was somewhat dwarfed!
     

     

     
    But apart from the 'play' factor, this exercise was useful in spawning various ideas on construction, length of each section, joining, transportation, and so on.
     
    And what about the rest of the project? Well, just to prevent too much inertia setting in, the bits and pieces for 'Lewes Phase 1' were purchased at Scaleforum, which covers most of this section of the station - the main junctions - and which is planned to occupy some of the oncoming winter evenings productively. Better than 'X Factor' or 'Strictly' any day! This by the way is a section of the whole Templot layout printed (rails only) on A3 sheets and loosely assembled.
     

  10. 10800
    Not much happening on the viaduct at the moment (due to work pressure in my case and getting Matford ready for Scaleforum in John's).
     
    However, whilst over at John's yesterday we tried to set out as many of the pieces as we could to get more of a feel for the size and to think about next moves after September.
     
    This shows about two thirds of the full length, with the balustrades in about the right position and full height piers shown in the middle (apologies for the quality - hand held above my head and in poor light).
     

     

     
    The gap between the arch sections and the balustrades is the 'track base', and between each balustrade section is a refuge. Both these components we have now also decided to have laser cut in MDF now we know what can be achieved (and what we want). Some of the panelling detail on the refuges and pavilions will also require some beading/framing to be cut by York in Rowmark (the version of plasticard that can be laser cut).
     
    Construction proper should now be starting in October.
     
     
  11. 10800
    Today a package arrived from York Modelmaking with all our commissioned bits for the viaduct. Turnround was about 4 weeks at the end of the day, not bad at all, and on first inspection I'm very pleased with the results.
     
    Very well packed, and a definite aroma of singed timber when you open it, reminiscent of autumn bonfires or charcoal mounds - almost made me feel like getting some roast chestnuts and mulled wine
     
    So, what did we get? Remember this is a viaduct of 37 arches. Here is the box half-unpacked, showing the arch sections in groups of six.
     

     
    Then there are the sides for the tapered sections of the 36 piers. Nothing special as such, but it would have been difficult for us to get the consistency achieved by computer controlled repetitive cutting.
     

     
    The basal plinths, which are rectilinear, we can do ourselves with a bandsaw (they need to be thicker MDF anyway for stability). And we will be cutting the apertures ourselves as well, since they are virtually all different.
     
    Now the pieces de resistance - the balustrades and the arched sections of the sides of the eight pavilions. There are about 150 sections of balustrade, each with 19 arches, because they need to be laminated together in pairs to get the required thickness (2mm or 3mm is the maximum the laser can cut without significant burning).
     

     
    These really are quite something, really crisp and a task that would have been impossible by hand.
     

     
    Apart from planning and ogling, there will probably be a slight lull in this project while Matford is improved and refined for Scaleforum. Then, once we know precisely the build sequence we want to adopt, it will be full steam ahead . Planning is good of course, and it won't necessarily get in the way of some components such as the pavilions (8 of those), the refuges (72 of those , and the refuge support brackets 144 of those - that will probably be a resin casting job.
  12. 10800
    After a very pleasant and productive planning session yesterday, interspersed with copious provisions provided by Mrs 10800, we're now virtually ready to go with the commissioned laser cutting of the fiddly repetitive bits for the viaduct. Final tweaking of the specification and scope is going on with York Modelmaking today. The laser cutting work will comprise 74 balustrade sections with 19 arches in each; the main arch sections for the eight pavilions (semicircles on squares, very Renaissance); the main arches in units of six (limited by the laser cutting bed 900mm long); and the tapered pier sections which would be a pain to do 80-odd of consistently.
     
    The rectangular plinth sections we will do ourselves, partly because even we can cut rectangles consistently (the bandsaw helps) but also because we want those in 4mm MDF for structural strength - laser cutting won't do thicker than 3mm because it starts burning the MDF on the top side before it has cut through to the other side.
     
    We're looking to use embossed brick plasticard (5-6 m2 of it, so seeing if we can buy in A1 size rather than loads of A4 which would be expensive and involve a lot of joins). Next is the issue of all the details such as the arched brickwork, fancy moulding and the brackets supporting the refuges (see below). This will be done from a variety of brass etching, plastic strip, maybe doll's house type picture/dado rail stuff, and resin casting (any useful contacts for the doll's house stuff?).
     
    I've also just noticed that although the piers and sides are mainly English bond, the exposed brickwork under the arches is mostly stretcher bond with a few header courses thrown in.
     

     

     

  13. 10800
    This is a very preliminary and loose-fitting mockup of the carcasses of two of the piers and a section of arches - less than 1/12th of the whole thing. This was built entirely of 2mm MDF (apart from the spacer blocks!) to try one or two construction methods out. It's also convinced me more than ever to outsource as much of the repetitive cutting as possible for consistency, and not just the arch and decorative details.
     
    The piers are in two sections, a lower rectangular section plinth and an upper very slightly tapered (in both dimensions) pier, whose lowest section is slightly inset from the plinth. The junction between the two on the real thing is at a constant elevation, so because of the topography the amount of plinth exposed varies - at the ends there is none showing at all. These two piers are the tallest, with an additional couple of inches to bury in the scenery.
     
    The oval apertures always start at the same point at the top, but finish about 2m above the ground at the base, so they too vary with the topography, and extend into the plinths where they are exposed. These were done by drilling holes at each end with a Forstner bit and cutting between them with a jigsaw.
     

     

     

     
    And finally a convenient piece of foamboard with a Maunsell on for scale.
     

     
    Next job is to prepare drawings for getting quotes for laser cutting, and think of suitable jig designs for building the 36 piers precisely!
  14. 10800
    No compromise, no shortcuts - this is what we're building in 4mm. The real thing is over 440m long and up to 30m high, so the model will be about 20ft long.
     
    Here are some of my own photos from our initial field trip last November, but if you Google images under Ouse Viaduct, Ouse Valley Viaduct, or Balcombe Viaduct there are loads more, some of them showing the whole thing in one go.
     

     

     

     

     

  15. 10800

    Platforms again

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    The old Eridge platforms were on a slightly different alignment to the new Mk2 Templotted version, so new ones have been made - and it's certainly nice to see them on the layout again!
     

     

     
    Meanwhile this nice little H class has appeared from somewhere
     

     
    Trackwork is nearly all finished, with just a bit of tidying up by the P Way Dept
     

  16. 10800

    Eridge to go DCC

    By 10800,

    This may or may not have been significantly influenced by reaction to Mark's DCC sound demonstration on the layout (see videos in previous entry) but a decision has now been made to make the new Eridge exclusively DCC controlled.
     
    This is not a conversion of the layout as such, because layout wiring has barely started. It will of course reduce the complexity of the board wiring (or at least the power distribution to the boards) significantly because we won't need to incorporate all the separate cab-control section leads. This offsets the work done on the panel to date, much of which will now be redundant. In fact the only panel function now will be point and signal control and uncoupling, which will make operation more authentic as it separates the signalling and driving functions.
  17. 10800
    John has been busy stitching together a 10th scale 'moquette' of the whole ensemble so that we can get a better overall picture in 3D and experiment with different configurations. Usually you would do this at quarter scale but the house isn't big enough
     
    Meanwhile we've also decided to go straight for the full scale version of the Ouse Viaduct rather than spend time on an interim version, so I've been deriving dimensions from photographs to go with our measurements of the bases of the piers and published general information, with a view to now producing some scale drawings and coming up with a couple of prototype piers. It is a beautiful and iconic structure, and deserves to be done well. We can deal with the cutting of the main arches and the pier apertures, but the balustrades at the top (which are like miniature versions of the main viaduct) will likely be farmed out to laser cutting people - it makes no sense to do by hand something that is replicated 74 times (there is a section of balustrade for each arch between the regularly-spaced refuges along the structure).
  18. 10800
    A bit more meat on the bone now from the previous 'vague' dimensions.
     
    We've dispensed with the idea of a common 'Brighton' fiddleyard fed from both the north and from the Lewes Brighton platform, mainly because of the tight curves needed to get to/from the latter. Instead we have a separate shorter fiddle yard of 8ft for 'Brighton' on the basis that through trains via Lewes would only be loco + 4 coaches + van from Eridge (which also assumes an 8ft FY) or short coast route trains from Eastbourne.
     
    We have also incorporated a 14ft hidden section between Lewes and the viaduct, which can simulate Lewes tunnel and also provide a couple of storage loops to 'hide' Brighton main line services. In exhibition this can also provide space on the front for information displays and even a 'time buffer' by holding trains for a minute or so to give an impression of greater distance travelled.
     

     
    If the full ensemble ever made it to fruition, we'd be looking at 126 ft top to bottom and 73 ft left to right. Just for context the main hall at Railex measures 160 ft x 120 ft (thanks David ).
     
    However, the beauty of this is that it can be built and/or exhibited in many configurations. The first component likely to see the light of day will be FY + scenic section + Balcombe + scenic section + viaduct + FY, totalling a mere 92 ft, or the first scenic section could be omitted to give 80 ft. This also assumes a new bespoke scale Ouse Viaduct - the current short-term one is only 8 ft long.
     
    Another alternative would be Brighton FY + Lewes + scenic + Eridge + FY, with additional FYs on the London and Eastbourne lines out of Lewes. Total 73 ft x 44 ft.
     
    We did lay out the 10% scale Templots for Balcombe (left distance), Lewes (front left) and Eridge (right) on the floor of John's garage, but it's difficult to judge the real scope from that:
     

     
    It will be DCC by the way (as Eridge is going) with the idea that a driver could walk with his train all the way from departure to arrival.
     
    Could be fun!
  19. 10800
    John (Re6/6) and I had a very constructive day today planning some layout configurations out and deciding on a few design criteria. More of that anon, aside that I checked with David (Bigcheeseplant) Lane how big the hall is at Railex , but here are some pics of EMUs on the short-term version of the Ouse Viaduct which will form one of the centrepieces of the layout.
     
    4CEP comfortably dwarfed (the short-term version was built by the late Nigel Hunt for his home layout and is about 8ft long with 14 arches - the longer-term bespoke version will be to scale, with 37 arches).
     

     
    OK, it's a 5CEP with a Hornby Pullman, but you can imagine it as a 6PUL can't you?
     

     

     

  20. 10800
    Inspiring (or daunting) as the whole thing might be, we will obviously be taking this a step at a time with a view to proving the concept in exhibition conditions with just some of the possible whole.
     
    Balcombe itself will be first, with the viaduct, and a fiddleyard each end. The fiddle yards will need to be able to accommodate 12 coach EMUs so will have to be around 12 ft long each, so that's the length of four shunting planks before we even get to the scenery! Uncompressed, Balcombe is about 30ft long, although that could be reduced by up to 6ft by shortening the refuge sidings. The Ouse Viaduct section would be about 20ft I should think, so even a basic set up would be about 70ft long.
     
    Just for reference, Eridge is a similar length to Balcombe, plus a 6-8ft fiddleyard at the end (both ends when operated on its own), but would be at right angles to the rest because of Lewes. To see what a 30ft layout looks like, here's a shot of Eridge Mk1 in an early exhibition incarnation, and Mk2 under construction (both foreshortened by the camera).
     

     

     
    Lewes is fairly compact at about 22ft long, although all the real action takes place in about 16ft. But you start to get an idea of how big an 'L' would be needed for the Full Monty set-up.
  21. 10800
    John and I had been thinking about Balcombe as a modular end-to-end layout on which we could run full-length EMUs etc including a representation of the Ouse Viaduct. I then thought about the attraction of seeing these trains snake over some nice P4 trackwork, and Lewes floated into my head again, as it is wont to on occasions like this.
     
    So, having Templotted Balcombe
     

     
    (OS map is over 50 years old so out of copyright)
     
    I then had a go at Lewes - 'just for a bit of fun' you understand
     

     
    and thought wouldn't it be great to join this on to Balcombe and see those trains traverse the junctions from the London end to the Newhaven end and vice-versa? But then it would leave two stub ends and a possible lost opportunity to run trains on the route between the Oxted lines and Brighton. So, in a moment of inspiration/madness I came up with the following 'structure' which would enable all four lines at Lewes to be used.
     

     
    The "Brighton" fiddle yard is double-ended, so that it can receive trains from the Oxted lines via Lewes, and also Brighton-bound trains on the main line which would 'disappear' after crossing the viaduct.
     
    Still with us? People who know my background might guess what's coming next - instead of just having a fiddle yard for the Oxted lines, what about joining the Eridge layout on? And so I arrived at
     

     
    Now to have all these joined together in an exhibition would be a fairly gargantuan affair, but we're quite serious at having a go at this (the Eridge team think we're mad, but haven't said no in principle - we'd use the Eridge stock in any case! ). Baseboards for Balcombe itself are being designed, and I'm planning on getting started on the trackwork in Lewes later this year just to get some momentum going.
     
    Should all keep us busy for a while!
  22. 10800
    At DRAG last night we were able to see the full track laid for the first time, thanks to excellent work by John (Re6/6), and Pete had done some of the wiring looms so we could dispense with some of the twisty wires. Only one P4 and the 00 track powered up as yet, but we did have a kind of golden spike ceremony - on the left is an old Trix Standard 5 converted to P4 by the late Nigel Hunt, and on the right some GWR thing (whose pony truck seems to have run over the golden spike and fallen off ):
     

     
    We did manage a static line up across six tracks, heavily D&E oriented - 8CEP on the 00 track to the left, then four P4 running lines and the M7 on the loop to the right.
     

     
    Overall view with no gaps in the track
     

     
     
    And a chance to give my 8CEP a run out on the 00 track
     

     
    http://www.youtube.com/user/video10800?gl=GB&hl=en-GB#p/u/8/cS5hurP2jdQ
  23. 10800
    Last Monday night we had the outer P4 circuit complete and (temporarily) wired so we could test a few trains - a moment for some celebration!
     
    The honour of providing a debutante was given to John Farmer after all his hard work on the boards recently, and went to a Vitrains 37 (all these videos were done on a Flip video camera - the sound goes all phasy when uploaded to YouTube although the originals are fine )
     
    http://www.youtube.c...h?v=mPnWvgfzED0
     
    This evolved into a 3 loco lash up
     

     
    And CK provided a proper train - 33 with a parcels
     

     
    Meanwhile, back on the 00 track the Devon Belle was running
     

     
    With a prototype Deltic providing alternative motive power and showing the size of the test track (apologies for the antics of one member here - he's been given a slap )
     

     
     
    Captain Kernow update on Saturday 27/02/10
     
    We had another enjoyable running session last Monday, there are some photos here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/10529-the-drag-mark-2-test-track/
  24. 10800

    The end for TT1

    By 10800,

    Last night also saw the final outing for TT1 before salvaging anything of use and scrapping the rest. So no more running until TT2 is operational (provides incentive!).
     
    Here's the last set-up showing both TTs together
     

     

     
    The end for TT1 was marked firstly with an enthusiasts' brake van special
     

     

     
    And finally by an 08 with single brake van to collect the station furniture and any other bits and pieces
     

     
    RIP TT1!
     
     
    Captain Kernow additional comments on 29/12/09
     
    I've posted some of my photos in the general layouts section as well.
     
    As regards Jim's query regarding the size of the hall (it's rented on a night-by-night basis, btw), I would guess that it's around 20 metres long, by approx 10 wide?
  25. 10800
    You may be forgiven for thinking we had taken our foot off the pedal recently. Far from it, as work has been proceeding steadily both at DRAG meetings and especially at John's (Re6/6) premises, as these photos will show.
     
    Here you see the full collection of five tracks on some of the curve boards, with 00 on the inside and then four P4 tracks. The middle two (fast) P4 tracks have been superelevated using Tillig 'styrene wedges', the whole track bed has been sprayed a red-oxide colour for uniform appearance and additional protective upstanding strip has been put on the board sides.
     




     
     
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