Claude_Dreyfus

I remenber being very impressed with this layout when I saw it many moons ago. Plumbing the depths of my memory, I seem to recall it was at the Witley club exhibition. That would have been in the mid 80s.

7 hours ago, clogger said:

I have been told that the aggregate trains to Ardingly and Crawley respectively are going to be rerouted via The Coastway Line. Could this be why there is route learning on The Arun Valley Line because the Crawley bound trains are going to use the line.

That would be interesting. Makes sense as paths through London must be at a premium. I for one would be very happy if we had a few scheduled freight trains 'down the valley'.

There is a daily path for a GBRf service from Crawley to Cardiff diagrammed along the route, but as far as I know it has never run. 

Something looking rather shiny (perhaps new?) heads away from Pulborough forming the 6U88 11:20 Littlehampton - Horsham on 30th November 2023.

2 hours ago, PaulRhB said:

Nah you put the snorers together or as one mate did slept in the bathroom 🤣

Sadly only found out when it was too late!

24 minutes ago, RedgateModels said:

Or they find out that you do…..

I resent the suggestion... I, of course, do no such thing. Mrs Dreyfus' assertion that I do is merely marital gaslighting...

23 minutes ago, Chris M said:

Personally I would drive about an hour and a half to get home on Saturday night  rather than share a room with one of my model railway friends. I'm sure they would say the same. 

Yup, been there. That's when you discover they snore...

How very curious. I am not aware of punitive measures imposed on German manufacturers or dealers prohibiting the sale of items to the UK. Plenty do supply (with at least one exception much commented upon on here) to the UK, adding any extra postage costs etc where necessary.

More likely is an exclusivity agreement for supplying spares for the UK via Gaugemaster, but it is odd Piko did not direct you to them. 

What is unlikely is an arbitrary decision not to deal with the UK for political reasons, especially given their announcement emphasising social tolerance and understanding following the (totally unjustified) criticism towards them just because they happened to be headquartered in a state that voted for AfD at the last local elections.

3 hours ago, roundhouse said:

He was busy photographing our layout yesterday but its not Continental🙂.

 

Look forward to seeing the article.

Ah right, he did have a couple more photo shoots planned for the weekend, which makes sense given the distance he travelled. We are fortunate that our regular club room is the main hall in the last picture, so we have plenty of space for activities such as this.

It was a really enjoyable evening, with good company!

9 hours ago, Gordonwis said:

Had hoped to get to Fareham show - wish I had now! Any future shows?

Nothing confirmed yet, but there are a couple lined up. Watch this space as they say.

Last night we had a photo session for an upcoming magazine article - article itself is written, but the published date is TBC.

Whilst the layout was set up and lots of different trains were running, I took the opportunity to get a few snaps for the album...

"Sky Please!"

I have a Wix site, and have noticed that the storage for photos is filling up. I have culled a few from the storage, but have been looking how to link photos from my Flickr page to take the burden off the Wix storage. Sadly the only way looks to be directly uploading from Flickr onto the Wix site, therefore onto the website storage. The instructions are not hugely helpful otherwise. Linking to the site from Flickr only surfaces as a link, as opposed to a displayed imbedded image. 

I am not sure there will be any way of getting images to display in the Wix site without having to use the website storage, but has anyone come across this situation and found a way to do this?

Thanks in advance!

Still in undercoat, 69009 was out and about along the Arun Valley line, forming the 0Z69 09:57 Tonbridge West Yard - Portsmouth & Southsea. It was running 68 minutes late at this point due to a landslide near Tonbridge.

Another day, and another single 66 along the Arun Valley.

This time 66507 makes up the 0Z67 11:32 Crawley F.Y. - Barnham, in less pleasant weather than before! I understand this is indeed a route learning trip. 

The Arun Valley seems a lot less interesting in terms of RHTT so far this year (no Tonbridge circuits as far as I can see - they are all turning back at Horsham). We are currently on a strict diet of Horsham MPVs...

DR98916 and DR98966 form the 3S93 05:51 Horsham TC - Horsham TC via Havant and Lewes (did not get as far as Eastbourne) past Pulborough on 2nd November. Given the stormy weather, there was certainly the need for the RHTT today!

Very atmospheric.

66501 exercises itself through Pulborough forming the 0Z67 11:32 Crawley F.Y. - Barnham on a sunny 31st October.  Not 100% sure what these runs are about, as there was one yesterday and a couple more scheduled for this week. Maybe crew training or route learning?

The order prompt reminded me to put in an order. I don't model UK, but...

The example I went for was 313204, a unit I travelled on between Brighton to Littlehampton back in September 2013.

The other Southern example is 313206 - and here it is, very nearly making itself public enemy numbers 1, 2 and 3 with the assorted group of photographers waiting on the approaching class 50 railtour!

Both are gone now, but at least they will live on in model form!

5 hours ago, KeithHC said:

May be John Upton will get to drive it again.

3 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

As I recall he wasn’t keen before.

1 hour ago, John M Upton said:

Someone enthusiastically  said to me just before they were retired, they were really great, my response was, you don't have to drive the festering pile of scrap....

Yup, I'd interpret that as being less than enthusiastic about the idea....

Definitely agree with the points and electrical items (point motors in particular). I have tried to reuse these in the past, but the results were not hugely successful. Well made baseboards can be reused, but in my experience only plywood boards stand up to this.

Just back from a couple of days in Malta. Sadly, the buses have been updated, and now look like this...

However a few old timers are still kicking around in various guises.

One is a souvenir shop...

Another is out and about on the roads as a tourist bus...

Whilst others, of not as great a vintage, are still plying their original trade.

A good place to start is the following book...

It goes into some detail around the timetable diagrams. There are some rudimentary track schemes provided in here.

In terms of track plans, the plans I have seen (I'll have a hunt around to see if I can find sources for diagrams) are pretty straightforward. The key for the quick turnaround is efficient train prep.

Available here..

https://www.platform5.com/Catalogue/Overseas-Railways/High-Speed-in-Japan-2nd-edition-5HSIJ02

We had a most enjoyable weekend; thank you to the organisers!

A few pictures of some of the layouts on display. I thought the general standard of the layouts was extremely high; I particularly enjoyed watching the smaller shunting layouts such as Penmaenbach and K Street Yard (which inexplicably I did not take a picture of!). Both extremely well presented and a no doubt very therapeutic way to spend a few hours operating...

Good to see you and the layout at the Fareham show today - it was certainly looking good.

A very attractive and interesting layout. 009 is a bit of a guilty pleasure at our club with a few members who have an interest - it was certainly a popular model with our Fareham show contingent!

A few pictures...

It was good to talk to you.