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the cab roofs on that 81 look very long..............are they correct?
They are very slightly shorter than the cab rooves of the Bachmann 85, so they look about right...
Various compromises have been made on the body to compensate for the too long bogies of the Trix model. The 'square' brackets that sit at the centre of the bogies have been moved inwards, and the bodyside windows and grills have also been moved inwards from the cab door to match the brackets... This photo shows the trix body sat on a photo of the real thing and you cab see that there is a lot more meat between the cab and the grill on the model than there should be. The Tri-ang model in comparison has this area correct.
As a result of everthing being moved inwards the gap between the centre grills above the BR arrows is too small.
Andi
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Nope its accurate, the carter drawings are wrong (well most of them are). The trix body matches the Bachmann 85 lengthwise The liliput body and Hornby dublo bodies were both short though.
Just popped out to the shed to double check and they not only match but the trix body does fit over the Bachmann chassis. You would have to lop the buffer beams off though.
Cheers
Jim
Either your 81 has stretched or your 85 had shrunk then, these are mine and are clearly different. Mainly accounted for by the additional curvature of the cab front of the 85 but the 81 is 4mm shorter over the body.
Andi
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Rod - if you were in Essex, it was probably a lion rather than a jaguar.
I found the Essex lion, he was in my wardrobe. When I asked him what he was doing there he said it was "Narnia business"
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This was the last box diagram displayed in the box. I do have an office copy of a later one that was never issued.
Please excuse my rather crude attempt at joining three photo's together.
What was "secured out of use"? The distant signals?
Andi
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I'm trying to work out how the run round would work on the trip working from Ipswich with the scrap and coal wagons.
Obviously the train arrives in the down platform, runs through the platform and back into the up platform with the loco at the Trimley end in order to access the sidings and shunt. Once the shunting is finished the loco is still at the Trimley end of the train and can run back into the up platform.
What happens next? The loco can't run wrong road through the down platform as there is no signal for that movement...
Would the whole train propel through the up platform, then run back into the down platform and detach loco, then loco runs round. Loco then propels train towards Trimley to get past 22 signal and regain the up platform to return to Ipswich?
I know I worked the trains but I was very fresh onto the railway at the time and don't remember now.
Andi
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Normally maximum was 25 wagons and a pair of 1750s (37s)
S80 was one that regulrly produced 'foreign' traction so it may well have been a 47 job instead. The 37 hauled sets were more commonly via Stratford and 47s via Ely. I've got records of stuff through Stowmarket so I'll have a dig and see.
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4S80 was one that I remember from my days back there... 4L50 was the Leeds working, another of ours.
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new role as the Ely Dock - Soham instruments
They're still in use? Thats wonderful to know. What happened to the rest of the keys?
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Yes indeed. Here is a bit of history for the tokens on the branch..
We used to bet on the number of the token as we approached Derby Road, whoever was furthest from the number had to make the tea on arrival at Felixstowe...
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I have paperwork for the box as it was at closure. I will have box diagram, locking table, dog chart and circuit diagrams if of any use. (I also have the lever frame, all the instruments, relay cabinet and most of the signals).. <G>
Do you have any of the token equipment?
Andi
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Thanks SO much for those LNERGE, the trackplan really does show what a perfect little place DR is for a model...
Andi
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Fantastic stuff coming up, this site is just such a huge resource... Thanks so much for the stuff so far, more please! I love that sixties shot, the yard has an intriguing layout then.
Looks like I'm going to have to go book shopping!
Andi
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There a new book out on Ipswich-Felixstowe line with both b&w and colour photos from Ipswich to Felixstowe, got last week in Ipswich Waterstones. Its called Ipswich to Felixstowe Branch Through Time Andrew T. Wallis Amberley Publishing ISBN 978-1-4456-0766-5 .
Ian
That's awesome, just the kind of response I was hoping for! Has it got any photos of Derby Road in the period?
Andi
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There is a distinct possibility that I may be about to embark on a small (for me) layout project as a distraction from the big projects. The idea is to build a model of Derby Road in South East Ipswich on the Felixstowe branch as it was in the eighties. The layout is very simple, passing loop on a single line, two platforms and a small set of sidings that fed a scrapyard and a coal terminal, all with semaphore signalling.
For me this would be a quicky project as it is essentially flat baseboards and would fit in 12'x2' (not counting fiddle yards which are going to be a shared set with other projects) I already have ALL the stock needed for it, all I don't have is any photos of it as it was before the sidings got ripped out. I worked trains down there in the 80s so it is very much a 'going home' scheme.
Does anyone have any useful information about the site as it was, either photos or recomendations of books that contain anything useful?
Andi
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After Quasimodo's death, the bishop of the cathedral of Notre Dame sent word through the streets of Paris that a new bellringer was needed. The bishop decided that he would conduct the interviews personally and went up into the belfry to begin the screening process. After observing several applicants demonstrate their skills, he decided to call it a day when a lone, armless man approached him and announced that he was there to apply for the bellringers job. The bishop was incredulous.
"You have no arms!"
"No matter," said the man, "observe!" He then began striking the bells with his face, producing a beautiful melody on the carillon. The bishop listened in astonishment, convinced that he had finally found a suitable replacement for Quasimodo. Suddenly, rushing forward to strike a bell, the armless man tripped, and plunged headlong out of the belfry window to his death in the street below. The stunned bishop rushed to his side.
When he reached the street, a crowd had gathered around the fallen figure, drawn by the beautiful music they had heard only moments before.
As they silently parted to let the bishop through, one of them asked, "Bishop, who was this man?"
"I don't know his name," the bishop sadly replied, "but his face rings a bell."
The following day, despite the sadness that weighed heavily on his heart due to the unfortunate death of the armless campanologist (now there's a trivia question for you), the bishop continued his interviews for the bellringer of Notre Dame. The first man to approach him said, "Your excellency, I am the brother of the poor, armless wretch that fell to his death from this very belfry yesterday. I pray that you honor his life by allowing me to replace him in this duty." The bishop agreed to give the man an audition, and as the armless man's brother stooped to pick up a mallet to strike the first bell, he groaned, clutched at his chest and died on the spot. Two monks, hearing the bishop's cries of grief at this second tragedy, rushed up the stairs to his side.
"What has happened?" the first breathlessly asked, "Who is this man?"
"I don't know his name," sighed the distraught bishop, "but he's a dead ringer for his brother."
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Any updates? any new pictures? Need input!!!
I'm currently (pun intended) working on the fleet of ACs that are needed for the project, keep an eye on my 86s thread for an update in the next couple of days.
Andi
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How many layouts are that big that you can't see the signal from the operating position ?? And if it is a 'manual' layout, you'll need to be able to see the points too, and probably the position of the rolling stock...
Mine is (are?) hence the reason for me exploring a feedback option to confirm the position of the signal as per my posting way back up there ^^^^^ somewhere
Andi
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If RMweb had a "Best Thread" competition then this thread deserves to win hands down!
Fantastic work Dave and really well written up too, an inspiration to all of us of what can be done by spending time and effort rather than cash.
Will the layout appear in public?
Andi
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Ah... Your last line gives a good clue to the possible problem. Try the 'coin test' at the furthest bit of track on the layout from where the DCC feed comes in from the controller. Place a coin across the rails, if the controller doesn't immediately cut out then you have poor connections and thus poor signals getting to the decoder.
Andi
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The Hornby site says that all Hornby decoders are factory set to 128 steps?
I suspect that's someone in Hornby's web design section not knowing as much as desired...
Andi
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I need to check the Elite but the sapphire is set to 128 speed steps I believe.
As above, there is no setting for 128 in the decoder, only 14 or 28.
I don't know anyone locally who has a DCC system, but I know Westons Railways in Swindon
Whereabouts are you? I'm in Cheltenham if that's any help.
Andi
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Ravensclyffe
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Having discovered yesterday (thanks to RMweb) that I have a free pro account on Flickr I've put a whole pile of photos of Ravensclyffe up there, in time this will become my online gallery for all my stuff, Ravens, Dagworth and my feline collection. At the moment there is some Dagworth stuff and quite a bit of Ravens, bear with me as I sort pictures into sets, tag and caption etc. but here is a starter
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagworth/collections/72157631807669025/
Andi