CIE Golden Era @ Gort

[Noel]

 

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

Definitely the golden era, I love it.

[Patrick Davey]

Superb video Noel, rapidly becoming my favourite modern era too!  Layout looks and performs great!

[Noel]

3 hours ago, Patrick Davey said:

Superb video Noel, rapidly becoming my favourite modern era too!  Layout looks and performs great!

Thanks. I am relieved the loco can run over all the track work and points at speed step 1 crawl without stalling or juddering. Too slow to make useful video, but glad all the work with electrofrog points worked out, especially after the rails got part covered in PVA during ballasting, and covered in acrylic spray paint when weathering the track beds, the track cleaning must have worked after ballasting. Last year when debugging the track work for smooth running it was amazing how many hidden micro artefacts caused temporary loss of electrical continuity (eg. Tiny grain of ballast on inside rail chair, or between point check rails, or a single mm or sleeper grime paint, or 1/10th mm of solder projecting above rail height. If this ever gets exhibited it will need to be reliable and have perfect running. Zero tolerance for derailments or juddering at slow shunting speeds. My thanks to colleagues at WMRC for their guidance and advice.

Edited March 11, 2023 by Noel