Gort Station

[DJ Dangerous]

Lovely slow running from B165. Took me a moment to realise that it was the (high) quality of the loco, not a poor quality internet connection.

Would like to see an AS 92 running over them, too.

[Noel]

6 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Lovely slow running from B165. Took me a moment to realise that it was the (high) quality of the loco, not a poor quality internet connection.

Would like to see an AS 92 running over them, too.

Cheers. Will video an A on the same section in time. It should be just as good as it has 6 axles and stay alive which the baby GMs don't.

[Noel]

20 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Lovely slow running from B165. Took me a moment to realise that it was the (high) quality of the loco, not a poor quality internet connection.

Would like to see an AS 92 running over them, too.

Here you go.  IRM A class crawling over electro frog points with precision and ease

 

 

[Patrick Davey]

12 hours ago, Noel said:

Here you go.  IRM A class crawling over electro frog points with precision and ease

 

That is very satisfying to watch!!!

[Noel]

14 hours ago, Patrick Davey said:

That is very satisfying to watch!!!

Cheers the little baby GM was even more impressive given it had 4 axle pickups instead of six and has no stay alive. Electrofrog points require a small amount of extra wiring but it really is worth it and if you use a point motor with a build in frog switch then there's only a few extra inches of wiring locally at the point (ie not all the way back to centralised switches).

[Noel]

Another viewing angle of the ticket office. This is the Ennis end of the platform. This is now a private house. The ticket office, goods shed, water tower and signal box were scratch built in plastic card with balsa structure using old black and white photographs as no drawings were available.

 

[Patrick Davey]

This really is a lovely model Noel.  Always good to see the latest update.

[Noel]

Started adding cosmetic point rodding from signal box. Its very very fiddly.

[Noel]

Looking down the line towards Athenry

Cattle time - two cattle wagons loaded ready for next passing goods train to pick them up

[Noel]

Another photo op today. Opps need to paint that P&T letter box green. 

[Noel]

Birds eye view of the yard

Busy yard below, wagon loads installed

Agri supplies and builders merchants generated a lot of traffic

The wagon loads I made from airfix kits about 50 years ago.

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

That's class

[Noel]

Looking back.

Step 1 - Transpose track plan

Step 2 - Dry fit track and general arrangement

Step 3 - Test Lay track

Step 4 - Lay track on track bed - 3mm closed cell foam

Step 5 - Ballast track

Step 6 - Weather track

Step 7 - Scenics and landscaping - add some small details

Step 8 - Let people in

Step 9 - Drive trains

 

Edited April 6, 2023 by Noel

[Noel]

Almost ready for Wexford. Last bit of point rodding fitted. Just the cattle fence left on this side of the station.

Little details needed attention like point rodding and painting the siding buffer stops.

B165 and standby loco B165 fully tested on shunting duties

Now just have to pack it all up and bring it back home in one piece.

[Noel]

Almost ready for the big Wexford show weekend after next

Busy Gort yard.

Point Rodding installed

A busy Gort station Circa 1968

[Patrick Davey]

Lovely work Noel!

[Rush and Lusk]

Really lovely Noel - I look forward to seeing it in Wexford

[Noel]

Even though the big Wexford show is two weekends away today stripped the layout and started packing for the show. These dual layer Warley stock boxes are very handy. Just two boxes will fit all the rolling stock needed for the show.

Even got the wagons pre-loaded with show loads

I might ship the layout to Wexford in the 20ft Bell container    

 

Now all I have left to do is make the modular base boards transport rugged to protect the scenery from damage during transport.

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

Hey Noel where did you get the horse truck?

[Noel]

2 minutes ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said:

Hey Noel where did you get the horse truck?

https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/vehicles/products/bedford-tk-horsebox-green-brown

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

2 minutes ago, Noel said:

https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/vehicles/products/bedford-tk-horsebox-green-brown

So you bought the last one

[Noel]

1 hour ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said:

So you bought the last one

No Idea, I bought that 3 or 4 years ago I think

[DJ Dangerous]

Oxford Bedford TK Horsebox in-stock at Marks Models:

http://www.marksmodels.com/?pid=19276

Hatton's have it on order:

https://www.hattons.co.uk/28193/oxford_diecast_76tk006_bedford_tk_horsebox_in_green_brown/stockdetail

[Noel]

Gort extension commences. One more 5ft x 2ft baseboard module assembled today. Hot glue gun makes the process very quick, no screws, nails nor stables, nor PVA.

WMRC birch ply baseboard design constructed entirely using only hot glue gun, later joints reinforced with glass tape and PVA.

Cross bracing gives the boards torsional stability so they will not warp or bend. I will paint them top and underneath with a grey undercoat to ensure they are moisture sealed forever. Also the grey paint is a good base to stick scenery and track bed to, and underneath a good surface to screw and glue DCC + point motor cabling.

Ready for Painting

This board will house part of the future fiddle yard hidden behind the back scene 

Edited April 17, 2023 by Noel

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

Nice tidy work lad, did you get planning permission for the extension?

[Patrick Davey]

Impressive Noel, good luck with the extension!

 

[Noel]

9 hours ago, Patrick Davey said:

Impressive Noel, good luck with the extension!

 

Thanks. Curiously suppliers have run out of 6mm Birch Ply as it normally comes from Russia. No more baseboard modules for now due to sanctions.  They've offered me 12mm but that's just too heavy and too thick for modular baseboard.

Time Travel Gort 1969 to 1975 - some modern era fitted wagons visit Gort. Weatherd IRM Cement Bubble + Ballast Wagon, in the long siding awaiting kadee couplings being glued on.

[Noel]

Goods yard. Supplies ready for loading onto wagons ready for the 18:35 passing pick up goods train to Ennis. There'll be one wagon of cattle loaded here also.

Yard crane handy for loading the larger boxes into the corrugated open wagons.

[Noel]

Loaded into trailer. Gort ready for her first public outing, ready for trip down to wexford tonight.

Edited April 29, 2023 by Noel

[Signal Post]

Looks great, can't wait to see this layout in Wexford tomorrow!

Safe journey.

[Noel]

Honoured to be exhibiting Gort at Wexford Model Railway exhibition over the weekend. Arrived at 6:30, superb organisation at the venue. Unloaded and setup in one hour thanks to help from my glamourous soul mate and the organisers. Excellent venue. Looking forward to the next few days.left the signals in the car. Will put them up tomorrow.
 

Edited April 29, 2023 by Noel

[Patrick Davey]

Looks fantastic Noel - hope to see Gort in person sometime!

Enjoy the show!!!

[DJ Dangerous]

Gort Station looks great, and it sounds like WMRC have done a really great job on the logistics and preparation side of things.

Congrats to all involved!

This might sound silly, but is Gort Station's backscene reversible?

It looks as if the backscene is affixed to the best viewing side, and the current viewing side is where the backscene should be?

It's a shame to hide so much of that lovely detail.

[murphaph]

Good job Noel! Looks great. I see IRM have set up camp next to the emergency exit in case they are run out of there with pitchforks for not announcing the "right" new tooling lol.

Edited April 30, 2023 by murphaph

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

It's a proper looking layout, fair dues.