The CVLR gets it's new home (WIP railway & stock)

[Pendo Pilot]

One thing that got missed from the video was Shane driving his Fowler like a mad thing, storming up the bank in a desperate attempt to reach the reversing loop before the Wren emerged from the other end of said loop - it having been discovered on the way up that the loop at Chyknell was full of wagons so we couldn't cross there...

Just made it with about 15psi on the gauge as well, that was close... I think some light railway order speeds may have been broken on that run...

[Pendo Pilot]

Rest day off today & the weather was gorgeous... I decided to go for it with the remodelling of Chyknell south end to fit a small MPD/Stabling point & one new goods siding...


Another rough fitting test.


Parts laid out ready to install.



The P-way soon have the job started before having a tea break..



A little while later & the new formation is in. Short spur is big enough for a diesel or maybe small steamer. Two decent size locos will fit on the main stabling road.

Later on & after fettling & ballesting it looks like this..


The new siding which should help a lot.


Bit the bullet & modified a left hand Peco point to a curved one..


Overview of todays work. New siding in distance on far left. MPD in foreground. Waiting for rowlands mix to set now before doing more stuff & running over it.

[mhlr]

Bit dangerous having a kip in the two foot...

[Dr. Bond of the DVLR]

Excellent although there seems to be a sudden epedemic of sleepyness for all the little people...

[Pendo Pilot]

Bit dangerous having a kip in the two foot...              :lol:

They have a full T3 possesion, no work trains booked in so should be fine & they were exhausted from all the work & heat.

I thought one or two might mention there stance in those pics.

[Narrow Minded]

Bit dangerous having a kip in the two foot...              :lol:

I was about to say the same thing - they must be knackered, you're a slave driver Shane!

Looking grand! (It looks a bit of a stretch over that extra siding to reach any manual loco's in Chyknell, I'll have to come over and test it! )

[LMS-Jools]

Lookin Good.

[hussra]

Good news on the extra siding space - we could have done with those on Friday, couldn't we? Nice job on the curved point - tricky?

[DolwyddelanLightRail]

The station looks great! quite a lot of infrastructure installed in there now! If only network rail did the same.....

[Pendo Pilot]

Nice job on the curved point - tricky?

Apart from the dread of messing up over £35 of track no. It was fairly straightforward really. Just cut all the webs between the sleepers on the inside & the middle rails. Prised the fishplate pivot bit off the outside blade & cut a few mm off the switch rail before installing a new fishplate & hey ho sorted. Have fixed the point down with 5 screws to maintain its curve & have had to slew the switch box at the toe end of the point a little to get correct operation of the switch. Also put a slight bend in the inside switch rail.
The homebrew point in the MPD is another story, hence why I have not ballested it. Worked fine on the workshop bench, now its playing up & will need fettling in situ.

[Pendo Pilot]

...... I'll have to come over and test it! )

Anytime mate, been waiting to recieve the lines first Lady Anne visitor. In theory you should not need to reach the far line at that end of the station for anything. If attention is needed then the train should be routed on the nearer of the two through lines. However there is a step point at the end of the original siding that will enable you to reach across to the far road easy enough....Maybe...

[Pendo Pilot]

Wow!! It's like summer out there today, even the steam oil is thining..Sorry if you are stuck indoors..

Anyway had a few days A/L to take so had weds & today, yesterday I started building Warrington yard...Oh hang on I mean my lower station yard. This station/yard is set in Wales by a port unlike Chyknell which is right on the border with Wales in Shropshire on a very lucrative slate seam. Chyknell also has a great variety of minerals including it's prime export, Chykstone. Like sandstone only harder. Anyway enough story, today I decided to actually run some steamys, first time since all the modifications to the line. So far all is well.


Yesterday & Warr....Ahem I mean the port yard takes shape.


The scene at the yard today, lots of bedding in left to do & extend sidings when I can get more track. The yard is almost 2 inches lower than the main running lines. I just wanted it that way to give more depth. Quite a decent gradient out of the yard for added fun.


The first train out the yard, was supposed to be the carrie but it failed (RC batts low).


First steamer around the new formation at Chyknell, no probs & less/no binding now.


Matilda eases onto Chyknell MPD as the first loco in steam to enter the depot.



...Once on we check all lines..



Later it's back down to the docks to fetch some wagons & some pissed cows..


Scarlett arrives with some slate for export. You can see the gradient out of the yard here although the zoom makes it look worse.


Chyknell's new siding helps the strain as traffic increases.


Finally No 9 "Matilda" becomes the first loco to be disposed of on Chyknell MPD.

Right enough messing about indoors, I've got to run the countess now & then the Carrie. It's hard work all these gauge testing trips..

[Narrow Minded]

Right enough messing about indoors, I've got to run the countess now & then the Carrie. It's hard work all these gauge testing trips..

My heart bleeds for you

Looking grrrrreat mate! is Warr sorry, Station yard going to actually feature a dock? (or is that "off scene")
It'd be cool to see it if you're planning it to be a feature!

[Pendo Pilot]

My heart bleeds for you

I know, it's sooo tough!!

Here's some ones I like..









Right on with the hard slog!!

[90733]

This is just rubbing in I have no acess to my garden railway in this sunny weather
Great Pics, lines looking as good as ever

[Pendo Pilot]

Updates for monday....


Firstly the first GRS W&L kit I have had for a while gets started. Have ditched the whitemetal axleguards & instead used accy ones with accy wheels. They are not installed yet though, just resting on them for the photo.


GRS W&L van poses with accy W&L van.



Port yard gets some more work..


The lead to the MPD gets installed (Line on the left). This will lead to the traverser as will the yard line on the far right.


Decided to sacrifice some flowers space & allow another siding area to be added when I can.


Chyknell MPD gets some more attention with fencing, stop blocks ^ tweaking.

However it's not all good news....


The branch off Chyknell south Jcn has begun to be lifted. Originally this was going to go behind the small shed & then into the big shed to enable easy storage of stock. The plan has changed as I just feel it is too much hassle to run a line behind the small shed. This is some of the oldest track laid & was mossing over quite well but it had to be changed. It will become a quarry siding in time, however I need to lift the track foundation blocks as it is on a good gradient that leads to stock running away onto the mainline. So once I have levelled the foundations off it will become a siding (which is what I have been using it for anyway).

More pics of the lines demise...






By the way the digger was a cheap toy found in TK max Preston the other day, as I model 1920's to 1960's it does not really fit in. But I have plans to modify it with a new body in time.

[Sammmm]

Looking good!!! with the Breeze block buildings do you use a sealant ? Because i made Some today ( and by god its so easy to get a amazing look) ... and i had a thought since breeze blocks are porous that they asborb lots of water and in the winter they may freeze and crack.. :S So iff you do use a sealant id be Over the moon to see what it is

[Pendo Pilot]

Hi Sam,
I have not used a sealant as such. I have painted most of them now. Saying that the first ones I made were out all winter in the ice & snow unsealed & they all survived fine. Infact one has a lovely moss growth starting on it.

[Sammmm]

Hi Sam,
I have not used a sealant as such. I have painted most of them now. Saying that the first ones I made were out all winter in the ice & snow unsealed & they all survived fine. Infact one has a lovely moss growth starting on it.

Ahh thanks i think i shall see how mine go! Not a ig loss if they break since at 90p per block you cant complain

[mhlr]

Looks extremely good Shane, as always. Why not use the undercarrage of the mini digger to build a steam shovel ontop (non working of course unless you were adventurous)?