DavidB-AU Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) Another wonderful video from the BBC Archives. The section switches appear to be bomb selector panels out of Lancasters! Edited July 8, 2022 by DavidB-AU 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 8, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 8, 2022 Vic and Louie Martin, whose layout in Kent replicated the complete working timetable in and out of St Pancras in 1930. Jack Ray described them and their layout, more affectionately than did the film, in his book "A Lifetime with 0 Gauge". 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheatley Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Superb ! Reading through old Railway Modellers from the 60s and 70s, a lot of layouts used war surplus bomb selector switches and multi-pin plugs. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted July 9, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2022 42 minutes ago, Wheatley said: Superb ! Reading through old Railway Modellers from the 60s and 70s, a lot of layouts used war surplus bomb selector switches and multi-pin plugs. GPO relays were another staple well into the 1970s. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted July 9, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2022 5 hours ago, Flying Pig said: GPO relays were another staple well into the 1970s. 1970s? I still have a considerable stock of them stashed away 😇 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 1 hour ago, The Stationmaster said: 1970s? I still have a considerable stock of them stashed away 😇 Me too. Reminds of a layout I have known for half a century, though it does not run very often these days. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 7 hours ago, Wheatley said: Superb ! Reading through old Railway Modellers from the 60s and 70s, a lot of layouts used war surplus bomb selector switches and multi-pin plugs. Very reliable switches. The War Dept had obviously ordered far more of these switches than the RAF could conceivably have needed for Lancasters. You could buy them in Government surplus stores all over the country. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 5 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said: Very reliable switches. The War Dept had obviously ordered far more of these switches than the RAF could conceivably have needed for Lancasters. You could buy them in Government surplus stores all over the country. By the 1970s, the majority of Lancasters that made it home had long been scrapped, so the selector switches may well have been "secondhand". 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 GPO lever key switches were very cheap to free in the 70s, not just in the UK but in other Commonwealth countries that had adopted the same technology. Now you can pay as much as a 4 wheel wagon for one of them! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Here is a Blue Peter episode describing "Copenhagen Fields". Hats off to Blue Peter for their due respect and regard for the model. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 2mmMark Posted July 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2022 5 hours ago, Pandora said: Here is a Blue Peter episode describing "Copenhagen Fields". Hats off to Blue Peter for their due respect and regard for the model. We had to ask for the studio lights to be turned off as the layout was slowing being cooked by them! The layout has been on BP three times if I remember correctly. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted August 5, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 5, 2022 On 09/07/2022 at 17:26, The Stationmaster said: 1970s? I still have a considerable stock of them stashed away 😇 3000, 600 or 19 type? A.N others? In 1963/4 I was testing the damn things using a device called a "combination test set" In GPO Sherlock Street as we watched the trains pass on the viaduct towards Moor Street Station. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 On 10/07/2022 at 07:47, Pandora said: Here is a Blue Peter episode describing "Copenhagen Fields". Hats off to Blue Peter for their due respect and regard for the model. Though perhaps a bit risky letting Mark Curry anywhere near it.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Here's another one albeit slightly shorter than it should from Pathe 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Here's part one of two On Teddy Boston and half of this is on his steam roller and the Cadeby Light Railway 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Here's part two of two 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted August 7, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 7, 2022 On 10/07/2022 at 12:20, DavidB-AU said: GPO lever key switches were very cheap to free in the 70s, not just in the UK but in other Commonwealth countries that had adopted the same technology. Now you can pay as much as a 4 wheel wagon for one of them! Speaking of which, does anyone in Melbourne want any similar relays - the 3000 type? I have a plastic tube full, at least 50 and a suitable Telecom 48 volt power supply. I could assist in getting them to you in the metro area. In theory I could send them anywhere, but they're heavy and you will be paying postage. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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