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There was of course D6319 which sadly got away dud to an admin cock up at Swindon

Today I was mostly focused on the layout as I had a very productive day on the Land Rover yesterday. My first area of focus was the crossing gate. As I had always intended to extend the layout the crossing gate was designed to hinge on to the extension. There was a design cock up as I hinged it on the wrong side and with the thickness of the 2 backscene and lack of space for the road means it is superfluous on the extension. Removing it isn't really an option so an alternative was required so I decided to hide it in a building. I'm On Peafore Yard I had a building in a similar position as a control room / pump house so decided to do the same again and scratchbuild something. I built a cardboard inner which was covered in Slaters embossed brick. The door and window are high so they are the same height as a Lorry cab I am aware there is a lot of brick buildings on the extension so went for something a bit different in the other corner scratchbuilding a 1970s style industrial unit from concrete block and cladding. There were quite a few of these type of units in the area, some not lasting very long before the area was gentrified. A final shot from the main part of the layout, the office from the scrap yard which is a modified and detailed LCUT kit.

Thanks Clive, I enjoyed the Peterborough show, I ended up doing the deal to sell Peafore Yard at the show. In a link to the past, I am hoping to get into my archive files today to see if some of the photos used for the Pallet Lane Backscene can be used for the new board.

Thanks Nick, will be interested to see your new layout, I am looking for ideas for a small photo plank to display my class 60.

Ah, that is lovely to hear thanks Kevin. And thanks for putting your photos of the area online they have been a god send researching the layout, especially since the Bristol rail archive site seems to be no longer working.

A few photos from a recent visit to Peasevern Yard

A few more pics from tonight 08950 is now back in one piece after its cab repaint The burnt out brake van awaits the inevitable gas axe appointment A couple of views of 37029. With the extension I can get a few different shots from the head shunt The crashed Mercedes came out as well Something a little more prototypical, 03382 on the Presflos

With an empty house for the weekend, I had a great opportunity to get the layout up completely for the first time ever. In its full form the layout is 14ft long: The honour of hauling the first train along the layout fell to 7017, the first time I had actually run this loco. This was purchased sound fitted, the sound chip since removed and sold which required the loco to be rewired. All worked fine other than the polarity of the motor being wrong so this will need to be rewired First train on the extension was the Presflos which are a key train for the extension. The warehouse platform has been modified to allow the warehouse to be fitted. Back on familiar territory The silo is big! It dwarfs my class 37;

Number 3a gets my vote. By that I mean leave the siding but extend the bridge to the front to break up the scene. As is it looks like the bridge ends in mid air so I would be tempted to do a mini rebuild on the bridge and have it full relief ove the fiddle yard road?

Very interesting project, I like the idea of having the board exhibitable but then incorporating into the garden layout. Nicely executed, and O gauge with class 37s's so lots to like!

£450 for this is nuts..... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335059226176?hash=item4e03160e40:g:-x8AAOSwyv5lEykU&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4JbVUOnX91NdvYtGy6P60SvrodAGFPB6X0uuxvcStG%2FJ7DFfXstn9kLyO1lpxcpFBkpU0ADwsGqQSNxMreKe1NA%2BfsQwYsp%2BzpUFB%2Bzg7Cgq2bMr4r8lFSJUsBtpo6EkgqIbug%2F7gsznxivxqNLlfgWWvHi7C1FrCb%2FknUZcL1z56GzHrjCwHR%2FZIS0yCG%2Fc%2FrUA3FsfnqQFDduancRXkd1ZRWL%2Fr4hUevUvCIGZ0QA0WItmb4NsSiClDlEh%2BStjRg%2Fq26iNHV5%2Fh%2FpDcojGNcb47ijPS%2FGvNAXHOnBR%2FF8c|tkp%3ABk9SR7C8jMTnYg

Lovely bit of work James, the bridge looks very effective

I soak the cotton bud in IPA then rub away. It takes a while for anything to happen but after a couple of minutes it started to come off and then got progressively quicker/easier.

Nice project. Not sure if you are planning to keep the original cab colour but the yellow star is easily removed with IPA on a cotton bud, the pic below is the original red cab;

Peasevern Yard scenic section is less than 5ft, you could shrink it further if you shorten the headshunt which is designed to accommodate a class 37. I use cassettes to complete the run round loop saving space, my fiddle yard is longer than it needs to be. Basic track plan, the board is 15inch wide but could be narrower Completed layout

Will be interested to see the finished article, I need to get stuck into mine.

Class 60???

Heljan are redoing both their class 37 and class 55, I spent a lot of time inspecting both at MIOG in March and they are much better than the previous efforts so for Accurascale to go up against them would be a big commercial risk.

Good choice, can see Accurascale doing well with this.

A class 22 power unit survives at Bo'ness, I can't recall if it works though.

I don't know the exact year but was between 1992 and 1994 as it was when I just got into modelling again, it was when Model Rail was a freebie supplement to RAIL.

I would be surprised, Heljan already have done the 25 so have the bogies etc. My money would be class 22 with maybe class 23 an outside bet.

More progress on the warehouse today, inspired by having spent the morning in the STEAM museum in Swindon at the Lego show with my son. I used some balsa strips to reinforce the warehouse front which was still too flexible for my liking. While the balsa was drying I started on the windows which are very fine laser cut and need frames adding which was a simple job if not monotonous with 16 windows to do. A couple of hours later all the corner pieces and pillars to hide the joins were fitted. I am still working out what to do with the canopy as the LCUT one I bought is probably a bit to small so am looking to scratchbuild something now. Really pleased how this has turned out, I just need to modify the platform to fit it in now.

My point was more that some of the infrastructure maybe different to support an OHLE plus battery solution I.e fast charging at stations, short overhead where it can be erected easily and overnight charging on depots. The indiscriminate routing actually helps as you can rotate trains around to ensure enough charge for the longer routes.

Controversial but I am not convinced there is a valid argument for electrification into Temple Meads... If you look ahead, over the next 5 to 10 years (which is realistically the earliest the electrification will be completed) battery technology will have advanced to the point that the IET diesel engines could be replaced by batteries charged by the existing overhead/static charging while stabled. I guess a similar argument for Oxford as well.