Portadown Junction

[dropshort105]

I was having derailment issues with a hornby class 73, was using it as a donor chassis for a C Class, anyhoo, after a lot of frustration I discovered the motor bogie didn't have enough clearance from the chassis frame, a couple of minutes with a file and it was sorted, I was very surprised as it was a brand new loco, if I wasn't going to chop it up anyway I would have been very annoyed, not saying you are having the same issue, but might be worth a look.

[leslie10646]

1 hour ago, Galteemore said:

Great stuff. Presumably a longer traverser for Dundalk works came with it  

Well, no @Galteemore, the idea was to do the overhauls at Inchicore.

Cute answer, eh?

The real issue is the length of the turntables at Portadown and Dundalk. The "Tango" is 61 ft long. Now where can I check the LENGTHS of the turntables? 60ft is enough. Of course, the turntable at Portadown Jct is a Fleischmann one, so much longer than that and I haven't modelled Dundalk, so I don't care ......

[Paul 34F]

I’m sure George Glover would have known Gresley.  Most Locomotive Engineers were members of one Institute or another.

Paul