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    D869

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    Thanks Mike. Glad you both enjoyed it.

     

    We really need to figure out a way to get the operators more 'in touch' with the visitors though because it would be nice to have a chat. The position of the lighting pelmets does mean that the chaps at the back are rather cut off from the viewers... although some might say that's the best place for us.

     

    Regards, Andy

    D869

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    Thanks Andy. The join twix body and buffer beam on yours looks neater than mine so I shall be stealing that idea as I still have two to do. I notice you have fitted a loop and dropper on the DG, I will be interested to see how much of the front end plumbing you can still fit on. One of the advantages of my fitting loops on both ends of my stock is that I don't have to fit any on locos and can also trim down the little wings of the buffing plate.

    I'm not sure that mine is really any neater but thanks anyway. I think that mounting the buffer beam on the body does at least give you the choice of shaving some plastic from the cab front or the bottom of the buffer beam or doing both.

     

    All of my stuff uses single ended DGs so all of my locos lack a certain amount of plumbing in the middle of the buffer beam - I usually need to stick to just the hoses or jumpers that are near to the buffers. On the positive side it eliminates the 'fighting loops' problem and also means that I only need to make half as many DG loops.

     

    Regards, Andy

    D869

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    Looks good Andy and proves that there are more than one way to skin a cat - or skim a Hymek! Any chance of a front on view. I suspect your method of fixing the buffer beam to the body rather than my trimming the body to get it to sit lower will look better.

    Thanks Jerry - front(ish) photo added.

     

    Regards, Andy

    D869

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    Great work Andy and a considerable improvement.

     

    Glad you've discovered the Blu-tac school of engineering as well :)

     

    Hope the show goes well?

    Thanks Mark. I feel that Blu Tack is definitely the choice of the discerning engineer. I was considering writing an article on its many uses but I think it would be too long ;)

    D869

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    The last Siphon G's lasted until c. 1983, probably because they were used on the newspaper train.   I recall seeing W1047 (without suffix w) branded Newspapers - this vehicle had all its side vents plated over except the two at each end.

     

    Thanks D1072. Yes indeed, there were lots of variations with metal plating, loss of gangways etc.

    D869

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    Yeah, it's surprising just how much FB was around on main and secondary lines even in the mid-1950s, never mind the 1960s. - Yet looking at most model railways, you would almost think that FB didn't appear until the rail blue era - or even later?!?!?

    Although I'm sure I've seen the quip in several books and DVDs that seeing track renewal in the 1960s was a sure prediction that a line would close within a year or two.

     

    Regards, Andy

    D869

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    For flat-bottomed track in 2mm scale, soldered turnout construction seems the only real option to me. For plain F/B track, Easitrac has large blobs of plastic to hold the rail in place - understandable in practical terms. With careful construction, plain soldered 2mm track looks marginally better to my eye, but this has to be weighed against the time it takes to build long sections of it.

     

    Glad you have the confidence to learn from operating St Ruth and make it even better than it already was.

    I have not had much contact with FB track although checking steam era photos of Cornwall and also the Somerset & Dorset suggests that perhaps we should be using more of it.

     

    On the operating side I expect that it will make life more tricky for the already overstretched goods yard operator but it will give a bit more obvious 'purpose' to some of our propelling moves. Even though the moves are correct for Penzance I think that some people thought we were working a push-pull service. Some ECS moves will still propel to 'Long Rock' (aka the fiddle yard) though. We don't want to leave long rakes in the sea siding for long periods because they will interrupt the punters' view of trains on the main lines.

    D869

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    As much as I like easitrac, there is still something wonderful about seeing handmade soldered trackwork.

    Thanks Pete. I think that when it comes to pointwork I am very much in the 'tried and tested' camp. I know that my soldered pointwork still works even when it's more than 20 years old. I also know that my own way of building points needs me to make adjustments to get rail alignments correct and curves looking smooth (instead of like a 'thrupenny bit'). That's not to say that there is no other way but this way works for me.

     

    I have no doubt though that when I next need significant lengths of plain track in public view then I'll be giving Easitrac a try.

     

    Regards, Andy

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