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Shouldn't the bike be kept in the bedroom??

Nice. Wasn't the Dukedog a Mallard kit?

Some more work has been done and it seems we are (slowly) 'getting there'. Main jobs currently are trees (mainly to disguise the exits to the fiddle yard), timber bridge, positioning buildings correctly (and finishing them! - especially the main depot), ground cover and blending ground cover colourings. The vast majority of the open areas have been 'grassed' with 'grass mat' to give a base for the eventual detailed work. The Woodchip Plant is fixed in place - Depot building has progressed - it now has a roof - The Dairy is attached and the Houses are positioned -

Wow! A genuine P4 Thomas layout! I've been waiting for one of these for years! I wonder what the original Protofour 'Founding Fathers' would think

Not seen these before, they look excellent. If I was starting again with a small layout I would seriously consider them.

Oh ye of little faith............................. Working on some element of it is all I seem to be doing at the moment! Thanks for the complement though

Thanks, datewise it's going to be early 50's-ish. Mostly 1st generation diesels but Bob also has some B&M steam locos which will hopefully be given an airing as well. Most of the locos will be B&M but there is an opportunity for a CP E8 for through passenger working, Budd RDC for the Berlin branch workings and a Barre and Chelsea RR GE 70 tonner on interchange connections. The dairy building (built by Bob, not me) is 90% complete already but thanks for the offer.

We can discuss it on the day this year. The 3 of us will be there.

I'm using Ratio N Scale roofing tiles. Still a little bit large and a bit regular but once they're painted I'm sure they'll be OK. Paul's shingles are very large in comparison.

It's fine. No grief will be experienced. If there was any grief to be had then it would already have been experienced. But thanks for pointing it out..................

Along with 2 friends I am currently involved in the construction of a new layout based on the old B&M station at Woodsville New Hampshire. As the other 2 builders, Bob and Geoff, had already built the baseboards, laid the track (PECO Code 83) and wired it up for DCC, I volunteered to make the main railway structures and assist in the scenic work. Bob is providing the stock and Geoff is carpenter-in-chief, painter etc. There is plenty of information about the real Woodsville available on-line, suffice it to say that our layout is based on the station with adaptations and additions to save space and allow for more operational interest. Personally I'm still not absolutely sure about the eventual operation but when I do, I'll let you know! We are already booked for Halifax and Wakefield shows later in the year so need to make progress! Here are some shots of how it looked this morning when we set up the front boards in Geoff's garage to view overall progress and make some decisions on how to tackle the scenic requirements. 1 - view down the length of the layout (approx. 16'). Nearest building is a (non-prototypical) woodchip plant for extra operational interest. 2 - from the other end. Blank rectangle is the site of a (again non-prototypical) dairy. 3 - the REA Depot I built, working from photographs. 4 - the main depot building (which is still in existence but modified) still under construction. 5 - another general view with some of the test stock. As we progress - I'll be back!

Isn't the Reading Rogersons the same company that made point motors and also other electrical stuff? And another premises somewhere on the South Coast? Plenty of adverts in Model Railway News of the early 50's and later.

Great set of photos. There's something quite appealing about 37's in that livery.

That's brilliant! After 50+ years I now understand what it was all about. Thank you!

Hi Phil, welcome. Can you post a photo of the loco and tender? We like photos.

I reckon the best running layout at Warley last year was the Hornby clockwork and electric one - especially with the strategically placed diamond crossing that often and cunningly attracted 2 trains at the same time! Operators needed to be alert to prevent cataclysmic accidents - which wouldn't have harmed the stock but probably made one heck of a mess to untangle.

Oooh, looking forward to that!

There are my various attempts at modelling a standard gauge line up the Glyn Valley as originally conceived with a link to the Cambrian just south of Ellesmere. These started with my 00 gauge original 'Preesgwyn' in around '72 which gradually developed into the Wakefield GWR group 'Ceiriog Valley' layout. The my first P4 'Preesgwyn' around '82 and then 'Lower Pandy' in the late 90's (ish). Somewhere there should be some photos................................

I was going to suggest a Simca but you're probably correct! Summat French anyway.

Thanks for those posts guys, very helpful.

I remember this miniature railway, it ran alongside and higher than the footpath and road behind some railings and was a 'treat' for me when we visited the area. I've mentioned it to other people and they have no knowledge of it. It must have started mid/late 50's - but how long did it last?

W & H adverts for their controllers in 1939. First the OO version - Then an 'O' gauge model - Note that the original model is advertised as being suitable for SP (split potential) useage. And 'no resistance wires' does suggest something similar to the Rolla-Controlla. I wonder what happened to the W&H version, possibly the war literally killed it off.

The Jan 1939 MRN 'Trade Topics' refers to a 'novelty' controller ("an electrically controlled controller") introduced by Walkers and Holtzpaffel that allowed an "electrically driven locomotive to run at any speed from a mere crawl to its maximum". A small 0-6-0T was demonstrated backing slowly onto a train and then reversing without any reduction in power. The engine also moved slowly at a rate of 1 wheel revolution in 120 seconds with maximum tractive effort being developed. The unit was enclosed in a "neat box from which protrudes only one knob by which means starting, stopping and speed control are effected". Now whether this is the same design as the 'Rolla-Controlla' can't really be ascertained. In a later issue of the MRN there is a W&H advert for the controller which I will try and post tomorrow. BTW, is 'rjh' still a member on RMWeb? EDIT - I've noticed that I've been spelling the 'H' of W&H wrong for nearly 60 years! It's 'Holtzapffel' not 'Holtzpaffel'! DOH!

And in our's. I'll have a look tonight.

Found this in the old site archive - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10593 I'm sure I've seen something showing the rotating rods and the elongated triangular contacts. Currently haven't got a clue where though. Even Google doesn't bring anything up.