I am still waiting to get back to the railway. It is getting frustrating. I think I may have to just go and do something out of sheer cussedness just to get the ball rolling again! Work and life in general keep interfering!
Peter in VA
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- Thu Sep 26, 2019 5:23 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 20997
- Sat Aug 31, 2019 12:58 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: TVT - Modernised Passenger Services
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10354
Re: TVT - Modernised Passenger Services
My recollection of riding in the CDRJC railcars on the IMR when I was a kid is that they were lively runners even running as a back-to-back pair. The state of the track on the IMR in the late 1970s was such that you did not push it, but they could do 30mph on the level with some still in reserve. Ac...
- Sat Aug 31, 2019 12:23 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 20997
Re: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
I am hoping to get back to working on the railway in a week or so. This summer has been absolutely crazy with moving into the church, teaching, dealing with miscellaneous problems related to the property purchase, not to mention various family/health distractions. The station area, as completed at t...
- Wed May 15, 2019 3:42 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 20997
Re: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
Yes, it was nice to have something pottering about out there, but the satisfaction was slightly dented by the fact the last two weeks have been absolutely bananas with no chance of getting anything done. I haven't even been on here since the 27th! More soon, I hope!
Cheers,
Peter in VA
Cheers,
Peter in VA
- Sat Apr 27, 2019 4:00 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 20997
Re: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
I finally got the terminus of the Far End Tramway put together on Wednesday. I had a little potter about with the little black diesel, a wagon, and a coach, and took a few photographs. April train1.JPG April train4.JPG April train6.JPG April train7.JPG There is going to be a certain amount of trimmi...
- Thu Apr 18, 2019 3:56 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 20997
Re: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
And of course, I have a clear day and it is raining... not forecasted, naturally.
Peter in Va
Peter in Va
- Wed Apr 17, 2019 4:34 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 20997
Re: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
So much for my hopes of a quiet week, as we have had a major visit from the 'foul-up fairy' at work. The district is purchasing some property, which is under contract, and the present owners decided to pick this week to tell the trustees they would not be vacating the premises on time. So having lis...
- Fri Apr 12, 2019 12:49 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Merlin Loco Works
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5593
Re: Merlin Loco Works
It might be worth taking the approach that was used in the distant days when I was an archaeologist. When confronted with a building with a date carved in stone above the door. The only assumption you can make is that some one, at some point carved 4 random numbers on a piece of stone and stuck it ...
- Fri Apr 12, 2019 4:07 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 20997
Re: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
I was on another spurt of construction today, feeling it was about time to wrap up the woodworking side of the project. The last section of raised bench work was framed and about half the boards put on. Before I put the rest into position, I need to let the concrete cure for about 48 hours before re...
- Thu Apr 11, 2019 3:40 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 20997
Re: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
My builds for my 45mm line so far have used either Accucraft Choppers, or Binney's Caernarfon couplers which have a nice wide head on them. Both of these seem to prevent them doing the buffer interlock tango.
Cheers,
Peter in Va
Cheers,
Peter in Va
- Thu Apr 11, 2019 1:47 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 20997
Re: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
The penny dropped when I realised that there were no reverse curves involved in the track layout, at which point I felt I could use small radius points with impunity. A scale 'sixty-foot-and-a-bit' radius is not too much of a problem as the DHR mainline originally went down to 59' radius, and even t...
- Wed Apr 10, 2019 6:09 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 20997
Re: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
Good thought that, Rik, especially as the difficult is with what is effectively the engine release. However, I think - as in, 'I am 99% certain' - that 20" on one end, plus small radius points and a wee bit of compromise will solve the problem. The mediums can then be used further up the line w...
- Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:47 am
- Forum: Mamods & MSS
- Topic: Mamod Stirling
- Replies: 29
- Views: 30262
Re: Mamod Stirling
The question for me is always - 'Can it climb hills?' I seem to be congenitally incapable of building a railway without 1 in 30 gradients, so I never look at Mamods usually but it seems that technologically they may have come of age.
Cheers,
Peter in Va
Cheers,
Peter in Va
- Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:48 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 20997
Re: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
Dear Rik, It is satisfying and slightly worrying at this stage. I seem to suffer rather badly from revisions in the early stages of a project, and it has to be said that this one is no exception. It is the main station that is proving to be the bother - getting up the hill is going to be less stress...
- Tue Apr 09, 2019 3:34 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Rolling Stock for the Far End Tramway
- Replies: 106
- Views: 54241
Re: Rolling Stock for the Far End Tramway
The weather required a break from outdoor hobby activities after work today, so I did a little more to the three compartment third I was working on a couple of weeks ago. The ends were laminated up, the underframe made, and the first coat of cream paint applied. W-irons, wheels, and couplings were l...
- Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:50 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Rail Car for Dirranbandi and Toowoomba Light Railway
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7490
Re: Rail Car for Dirranbandi and Toowoomba Light Railway
That looks just the ticket, Ian! I an see something of the old KSR 'buses in it. Lovely!
Cheers,
Peter in Va
Cheers,
Peter in Va
- Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:10 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 20997
Re: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
The odd thing is that I think I may be back to the drawing board. Somethings work on paper that do not work out of doors. The main thing I need to do now is get the benchwork completed so I can work out how that station throat is going to work. I cannot seem to get it put together in my head. I find...
- Sat Apr 06, 2019 2:18 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Working with Concrete Block
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10459
Re: Working with Concrete Block
Rod, I discovered that we go to clay about a foot below the surface so I could have driven longer piles/post down into the clay, and not have concreted for five of the eight legs that hold up the decking. The other three would have had to be concreted thanks to their location being in the roots of a...
- Fri Apr 05, 2019 10:37 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Post Length
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3683
Re: Post Length
Wood will always rot betwixt wind and water (or ground level) eventually. Generally speaking where houses are built of wood, the usual custom is to raise the wooden structure a little above ground level, and then make sure the siding goes down to a little below the sill rail of the building so every...
- Fri Apr 05, 2019 2:06 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 20997
Re: The Far End Tramway - Construction starts!
It's great to see some track going down - and doesn't your new stock look fantastic in the sunshine?! The "I only do this to enjoy it" rule is a good one - and one I often only remember after I've tied myself up in knots over some obscure and irrelevant detail or other! Cheers, Andrew. Be...