Goods Yard

[GNRi1959]

Final touches to roof, to me it's done. Time to move onto the next stage. Thanks for all the advice, encouragement and feedback.

 

[StevieB]

Looking very impressive.

Stephen

[JasonB]

Looks good to me Tony, that colour you've applied has definitely added to the appearance. Personally I think if you're happy with that, then move on. Otherwise you can find yourself going around in circles. We've all been there. 

[DART8118]

Excellent work.  Wish I could model like that.

[GNRi1959]

Time to look at the track layout again and see  how all this can work.

Edited May 11, 2019 by GNRi1959

[Patrick Davey]

Looks awesome Tony - well done!

[GNRi1959]

Another bit of detail added using Slaters lettering. As was with the original Goods Store, stonemason Phelix McRory cut a stone with the date 1955, when the original roof was lowered.

 

Edited May 11, 2019 by GNRi1959

[banntry]

Excellent modelling all round. The roof looks perfect to my eyes-corrugated material has so many variations.

Keep up the good work.

[David Holman]

Super work. Well done Tony.

[GNRi1959]

Thanks folks, I think the next step is to play around with my track work.

Edited May 12, 2019 by GNRi1959

[GNRi1959]

Some nice views of Omagh Goods Store....

 

 

 

[jhb171achill]

That is a really superb piece of work, Tony.

[GNRi1959]

I haven't seen a yard crane like this one on rubber tyres so maybe I'll have to scratchbuilt using parts from other products.....

 

 

[banntry]

Lovely Modelling

 

[GNRi1959]

Track laid today and wired temporarily. It is a very simple shunting line that resembles Omagh after a lot of post 1957 changes when a double crossing was lifted at the cattle dock and Point removed exiting the store.

Edited May 20, 2019 by GNRi1959

[GNRi1959]

I'm planning on using a Gaugemaster Shuttle on the inside road that runs the entire length of the shed. Set on a timer it will also prevent locos running too far and crashing into the Buffet on the outside of the store entrance.

[Mayner]

On 5/16/2019 at 6:12 PM, GNRi1959 said:

I haven't seen a yard crane like this one on rubber tyres so maybe I'll have to scratchbuilt using parts from other products.....

 

 

It looks like a Coles crane often used in larger railway good yards in the 50s & 60s. 

CIE Coles cranes seen to have been standard yellow, though GNR & UTA may have painted theirs in company colours.

Corgi produced a 1:76 diecast model that seems to come up on e-bay or the second hand market  https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/Corgi-Trac

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[Ironroad]

As a kid I happen to have visited the Midland Yard North Wall a few times (circa 1960), and remember a mobile crane similar to this but I don't think it was a vivid colour such as yellow, grey is the image in my head,  but maybe it was just very grimy.

[Broithe]

18 minutes ago, Ironroad said:

As a kid I happen to have visited the Midland Yard North Wall a few times (circa 1960), and remember a mobile crane similar to this but I don't think it was a vivid colour such as yellow, grey is the image in my head,  but maybe it was just very grimy.

We had one where I worked, it was yellow, but not quite as bright as the picture above implies. There was a generally accepted "crane yellow" that was applied to lifting machines of all types.

 

The driver, Tommy Long, had a real 'feel' for his various machines and could move items that were way over the officially allowable weight. He would often move things by quickly raising them a foot or so, turning and putting them down quickly, a yard or two away, and repeating - with the overload bell clattering and the rear wheels just lifting.

I often saw daylight under the wheels, but he never had an incident of over-ambition...

[GNRi1959]

8 hours ago, Mayner said:

It looks like a Coles crane often used in larger railway good yards in the 50s & 60s. 

CIE Coles cranes seen to have been standard yellow, though GNR & UTA may have painted theirs in company colours.

Corgi produced a 1:76 diecast model that seems to come up on e-bay or the second hand market  https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/Corgi-Trac

kside-DG226001-OO-Scale-Coles-Argus-6-Ton-Crane-British-Rail/1321328048

John, Thank you so much for your help in finding one of these cranes. At least I know what I'm looking for.

[Mayner]

3 hours ago, Ironroad said:

As a kid I happen to have visited the Midland Yard North Wall a few times (circa 1960), and remember a mobile crane similar to this but I don't think it was a vivid colour such as yellow, grey is the image in my head,  but maybe it was just very grimy.

There was a yellow one stored out of use for many years at the town end of Mullingar Goods yard.

[NIR]

I think the generic term is a yard crane, Coles was a manufacturer of all sorts of cranes.

Edited May 22, 2019 by NIR

[David Holman]

Trackwork in the yard has a nice, spacious look to it. Plenty of room for a motorised, fully working, radio controlled crane then (!)...

 Giles Flavell has mastered the technique in 7mm scale and there were half a dozen of his models wandering around the Tonbridge Club's layout The Yard, at Littlehampton on Saturday. Included a Commer van, Land rover, flatbed and articulated lorries, plus a working gantry crane. Different matter in 4mm scale methinks, but check out the latest Model Railway Journal for a couple of his models.

[Mayner]

Not quite a mobile crane but working mechanical horse and gantry in 2mm

Edited May 23, 2019 by Mayner

[David Holman]

Wadebridge! First saw it 20 odd years ago and it is still going strong.

[jhb171achill]

On 5/22/2019 at 11:58 AM, Mayner said:

It looks like a Coles crane often used in larger railway good yards in the 50s & 60s. 

CIE Coles cranes seen to have been standard yellow, though GNR & UTA may have painted theirs in company colours.

Corgi produced a 1:76 diecast model that seems to come up on e-bay or the second hand market  https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/Corgi-Trac

kside-DG226001-OO-Scale-Coles-Argus-6-Ton-Crane-British-Rail/1321328048

My recollections of those cranes are few, but yellow seemed to be standard. Not because yellow was the standard “safety” colour, as nowadays, but because (like JCB) it was the manufacturer’s own livery. 

I saw a red one regularly when l was a child but it wasn’t railway owned.

I’m pretty sure that CIE or the UTA never painted them in their own colours, though a logo might have been possible.

Edited May 24, 2019 by jhb171achill

[GNRi1959]

Drilled all holes today for droppers and point motors. Also installed Gaugemaster Shuttle and wiring to allow goods train to run independently in and out of goods store. 

 

Edited May 24, 2019 by GNRi1959

[jhb171achill]

That looks the business! Very realistic...

[GNRi1959]

Embankments cut - will place high density foam (Kingspan type) and form embankments after wiring. Avoiding paris plaster this time. Also managed to pick up nice Coles Yard Crane on eBay to complete the scene in yard. Flat bed lorries and crane will look well.

Edited May 26, 2019 by GNRi1959

[GNRi1959]

Embankment foam cut and stuck in place. Sealed with brush coat of PVA.

[StevieB]

Have you tried running anything yet? Don’t forget to post videos when you do.

Stephen

[GNRi1959]

Yes, I've been running an old tender driven 0-6-0 with wagons and it is running really well.

[GNRi1959]

This week's progress.....

Took delivery of Coles yard crane

Fitted guttering and downpipes by Dornaplas

Fitted brass pattern makers dowels to baseboards joints

Glued copperclad sleepers in position with Araldite rapid

Edited June 2, 2019 by GNRi1959

[GNRi1959]

One of the most difficult thing about railway modelling has to be achieving a nice clean, neat soldered track joint. Having just soldered my track to copperclad sleepers and cut the track, although a sound solder joint, it is brute ugly!

[Broithe]

You can often grind/file excess material away - and weathering plus a bit of ballast can cover up a lot.