Patrick Davey Posted July 13 Posted July 13 (edited) Totally amazed by the steps Alan! Edited July 13 by Patrick Davey 1 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted July 13 Posted July 13 Just admiring this magnificent building again Alan. I definitely think it’s my favourite one of your many wonderful creations, probably because I know the prototype building so well. And bearing in mind your comment about the signalman’s tie, I can safely say this one Trumps all other signal cabin builds. 2 Quote
Tullygrainey Posted Sunday at 13:29 Author Posted Sunday at 13:29 Track is now laid, wired and tested on Kilmore's scenic boards. Droppers are 7/0.2 multicore wire. The bus wires are single core copper mains lighting cable. I used to lay the track then fit the droppers but now I solder these to the rails before they go down. Far fewer melted sleepers this way. Phono plugs and sockets take care of inter-board connections. Track on the scenic section is Peco OO Code 75. The non-scenic bits are a mix of Peco and Hornby Code 100. The whole layout footprint is now 11 ft by 6 ft. The only place I can set it up without throwing furniture into a skip is the garage. Putting it all together allowed all the connections to be tested and some tweaking of the track ends at board joins. Some of the locos needed a bit of encouragement too. Of the BCDR stock, diesel No.2 is finding the 4th radius curves on the linking sections a challenge and sits with its wheels spinning with more than two or three wagons in tow. More weight needed maybe. The 0-6-4T dock shunter No.29 derails on these sections and will need a bit of work to make it behave. The rest of the stable manages ok. 2-4-2T No.7 happily pulls 2 coaches, 12 wagons and a brake van. Video of some of the first runs... Kilmore first runs.mov A way to go yet but we're making progress. Alan 10 4 Quote
derek Posted Sunday at 19:10 Posted Sunday at 19:10 I can't view that download, but I am sure it's great. Sigh.... Just ordinary uploaded videos for me Quote
Patrick Davey Posted Sunday at 20:15 Posted Sunday at 20:15 Simply superb Alan - and impressive progress too! 1 1 Quote
Dunluce Castle Posted Sunday at 23:09 Posted Sunday at 23:09 A wonderful sight to see trains running, just give us a glimpse of what to expect when the scenery is complete, brilliant! 1 1 Quote
David Holman Posted Monday at 06:20 Posted Monday at 06:20 I'm sure garages should be renamed Railway Room. Far better use for them, as long as there is a driveway to park the car. 1 1 Quote
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