sir douglas

5 way stub on Mcleans island, New Zealand

though these are 4 not 5 way, they are still interesting

Hodbarrow

Kemptown goods

1908

Beckton gas works

taking on water from the canal aquaduct on the Alcester branch

HC 656 "Somerton" belonging to CJ Willis on the Birmingham & North Warickshire

Borsig 5896 "Marquesa", No15 of the Coquimba railway (FC de Coquimba) in chile

a GW bus at Paddington

MW 237 "Nellie" belonging to the Met for shunting Neasdon EMU depot. it was the only steam loco in the Met fleet light enough to cross the Brent river bridge, it had just come into service here at publication replacing an 1886 Hudswell clarke

portrait of old David Joy, there is a lengthy 8 part article "links to the evolution for the locomotive, basically a history of locomotives with drawings from David Joy's diary

Santiago shed

Still been working on a few things here and there but not much to post about, though now ive got the scenic break backscene properly mounted on 2 brackets which form the ends of the embankment and the backscene slots onto bolts in these

sorry wrong thread

reminder to not stray far from rail mounted for too long

1907

Cardiff

Carlisle

Glasgow central

Clapham (Yorks)

Churchill viaduct on the West Midland

wagons being loaded with heather

Port Louis on Mauritius

ive been watching some of these in the last few days, lots of steam in Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala and Ecuador in the 2000's

https://www.youtube.com/@trianghornby/videos

it really makes me want to model it

without a link to see it, "gauging wagon" sounds like loading gauge which checks the width and height of structures surrounding the track like platforms and bridges 

just one thing im wondering is that the breach end needs more support under it because its heavier, a bigger saddle and another axle or 2

while this is a lot bigger its the only example ive got is from Royal Ordnance Coventry. note that the breach end has twice as many axles under it

a few weeks ago, a angle pois type lamp arm sat on top of a full skip, i couldnt pass it by

just like this but a bit rusty and missing head, foot and 2 springs

put on the head from a little flexi stand lamp we're not using, had to shorten the cable length between the head and switch so it sits at the joint. it will be a good replacement for my current desk lamp

ive got about 40 of those Deagostini "Combat Tanks" collection from about 15/16 years ago, but now im having a clear out and have 2 big cardboard boxes of these wasting space. this isnt a for sale post just wanting advice on the right places to look into about finding someone that might be interested in taking the whole lot off me

(example photo off the internet, not mine)

On 25/02/2018 at 11:23, sir douglas said:

 

an unknown in Russia

 

ive now found a bit about it using reverse image search which gives a Russian railway forum, "Molodets" at Odessa port in 1869

http://forum.modelldepo.ru/showthread.php?t=9850&page=35&styleid=32

this just came up on my facebook and thought of sharing it

theres one at the Colorado Railroad museum

https://railroadglorydays.com/CRRM/DualGauge.jpg

3 hours ago, airnimal said:

Sometimes I appear to be able letter and other times I can't even draw a straight line. I have tried using pens as well as brushes so I know I have to be in the mood to attempt to hand letter. 

 same here, theres a certain mindset i need to be in otherwise i know i'm going make a complete mess of it

Eyemouth has been booked for Keighley O gauge show in March 2025

In other news, due to a few personal reasons, i have had to leave the club and so i am no longer involved with this layout. this will be my last post here. i could have not mentioned it but someone will likely ask why the thread has gone quiet if there isnt any posts for months

1906

inside Garston LNW creosote plant

London & Birmingham carriage

Doncaster 1848

Heysham docks

LBSCR inspection railcar

wagons at Hull docks, when did NE wagons have an "R"?

Kalka station, interchange between the broad gauge mainline line and the narrow up to Simla

spent most of today drawing, ive a gear train sorted but now need to decide on the framing for it

and preparing gears; the larger gears are second hand 11mm Heljan, the middle 4 are 6mm cut in half and the 4 smaller cut off the side of a set of 16mm gears. not shown is the 4mm gear on the motor but i couldnt just get 1 so had to buy a pack of them

bits of rod glued on

for a long time ive been thinking of how to get the Moyse running after not being able to get the belt drive working since i built it 2 years ago

quick recap since its been a while, the loco in question

the old power arrangement of a N20+gearbox driven through bevel gears and then coupled by home made pulleys

then last year i figured, the N20 motor would fit side ways in the middle with 2 equal gear trains either way to the axles

But i didnt have any suitable sized gears to try out, which i do now. i had to get a new N20 motor as the right hand one has a very short shaft with a brass gear fixed on, so i'll leave t as it is to use on something else

The Engineer 15-9-1871 Woolwich Arsenal with extra buffers, presumably for SG, though it likely didnt last long as all photos of Woolwich locos dont have them

1889 MW works photo without