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GNRi1959
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One more burning question re: track Do I cut my track at the 'board joint' before or after I lay it?
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DiveController, the cork it simply sitting there. I looked at your method and as you have said in your response "going to be shunting mainly at low speed and short distances" the cork may be fine. As for ballasting Mayner is quite correct, very little as the photo suggests.I used to walk along these tracks quite a lot shortly after closure and the ballast edge was well tramped into the blackened ground by staff.
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DiveController, I've just placed a cork roll underlay under the entire baseboard and I like both the look and cushion feel. Does the cork need to be glued down, surely the track fixing will hold it in place. I'd appreciate the tread you mentioned.....
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Noel, point taken. That piece of straight will actually be curved when I'm ready to start 'tacking' it in position. I cannot bend that short flexi piece to the desired curve because everything is just sitting on the board. I will also be replacing missing sleepers during the fixing process.
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Noel and Kirley, thanks for the advice. Just a few points..... 1. Do my rail joints need to be absolutely tight - end to end 2. I was thinking of putting cork underlay under the track bed and simple running a stanley blade along the outside of the sleepers at an angle to give it a raised bed effect. Is this common practice. 3. Since points are being controlled manually, should I do this like the prototype and mount it on TOP or hide all movements under the board. The pictures show the entire layout. Tony
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Yesterday I finally got down to start laying track on my baseboards, Omagh North is now alive. I thought I would begin a new thread to showcase the progress and hopefully established members can guide me along this path of discovery. At the moment almost everything is laid on the baseboards with fishplates in place but not fixed. Can I ask what is the sequence of events that follow - i.e. fixing, wiring, testing, ballasting etc and in what order?
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I have zoomed into an aerial shot of Omagh Station and although slightly fuzzy you can clearly see two points of possibility where the wagons could have been loaded. In the central part and upper right of shot. Both show wagons parked there.
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Yes, Mike you are correct. The exact location is indeed down the entrance at the Fold Housing complex. There was a siding there which was used as a 'cattle siding' at one time and indeed there were cattle pens.
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Hope this one helps with any detail you may find..... Omagh, again
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Very interest picture indeed. Scotts Mill had a large 'Excelsior Feeds' sign on top of your gain silo's at their site on Mountjoy Road, Omagh. Were these wagons parked permanently in-situ to take advantage of their 'shutes' because it looks like the wagons are sited high above the Goods Yards in the old grain store.
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I always quite liked the idea of point control by the wire and crank method. I was hoping to avoid point motors in favour of the manual method. I was wondering if I should take the extra time and effort to run it under the baseboard? I know it can be disguised above or made to look more prototypical.
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I was told the shuts were hung down the outside of the high retaining wall and placed into wagons, maybe I'm wrong. However, the last shunter who worked Omagh, Joe McGrew is a good friend of mine and I see him quite a lot. I was thinking of interviewing him on camera on his memories of the shunting operations at Omagh and for some knowledge on the make up of the wagons he worked.
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Here is a picture I found in my library, cannot remember the source. This shows the Goods Yard, post UTA with the grain store on a higher level now being used for their buses. The siding to the left was used originally for grain and the shutes are no longer visible.
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Built my baseboards today using 50 x 40mm redwood and 9mm birch plywood (top of the range). This ply is high quality and poses no risk of warping or twisting. Glued and screw to the strong frame it doesn't require and intermediate runners. I'm not sure on whether to cover it with cork even though I have already bought it but I'm looking forward to starting to lay some track this weekend.
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Although I have photographs of the Goods Yard I have nothing to show the shutes in operation from the yard above. The retaining wall, as you describe it, still exists today and shutes were used from the grain store above to fill the wagons below. This all changed when the UTA took over and the grain store became a yard for the UTA and was full of parked buses.
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Yes, I accept your advice Old Barney. I have cork Roll on order! One thing I liked about the cork is it actually 'cushions' the track making it 'less noisy' than the bare plywood.
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I did this with a previous layout, using 12" cork tiles
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I think I have the problem solved! I've just spent a couple of hundred quid on points and track so I want to wire it correctly the first time.
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Is it possible to bring the cables from various positions on the track (mainline, paintwork and sidings) to ONE terminal on my control. Would I use a junction box, or series of switches?
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Broithe, thanks for that - simple explanation. Now this may sound stupid but I have a Gaugemaster Twin controller. Is this sufficient to run this layout considering I will be operating two engines max at a time - one on a continuous timed shuttle and another for manual shunting?
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Do I simply isolate the points at every cross-over and wire all points independently? What do you mean by 'droppers'?
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Thanks, makes sense
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Making up baseboards for new layout today. Will be using 9mm ply on 44 x 32mm redwood framework. Is painting a baseboard a waste of time or are there any benefits? If so, grey or brown?
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Glover, the pictures of Pettigo look beautiful. I really like the look of your signal cabin. I don't have any of the station at all, sorry.
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Happy New Year! Not the sharpest of photos but two nice views of Omagh North Cabin and line side and wagon detail
