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

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 1:18 pm

A little CVLRising has taken place & now let me re-introduce you to CVLR's No 6 (Number previously carried by Mamod class 0-4-2).

Official loco acceptance photo.

As per normal CVLR policy, awaiting nameplates..

Ready for duties as an official CVLR loco.

And yes I realise this must be a sister loco to the one on the former Dolwyddelan & Fron Goch Railway!

R31 Mark · Post by **R31 Mark** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:20 pm

0-4-2 Mamod? pics?. Ps love all ya locos

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:09 pm

R31 Mark:58886 wrote:0-4-2 Mamod? pics?. Ps love all ya locos

I will dig one out when I can find it, sold it to a fella on the forum here in the end when I had my massive mamod clearout.

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:20 pm

Finally done something I had been planning for ages. Binnie rugga skip things. I like the model but always hate using them. Different coupling heights to all my other stock meant using adaptor wagons or having the lead vehicle "doing a wheely" if not loaded down. Plus different coupling chain size to fit over "peg" & totally terrible propelling them as mine seemed to go all over the place when I tried that.
Now I replace the chopper part of all my accy stock with normal centre buffers which means I had loads of shopper heads lying about. Which just happen to be a perfect fit over the coupling peg on a binnie hopper with just a little filing for the chopper hook to move. I could of cut them down a bit or made up some smaller ones, but hey they work for me. Designed to run as a fixed rake with the external ends (marked with yellow stripe) have normal hook & internal ones having just chopper head with hook on one end only. Works brilliant now & can propel as much as I want!

External end wagon with hook.

Internal wagons with chopper couplings.

Another view of external wagon which will hook up to any other stock/loco on the line.

...And off they go...

tom_tom_go · Post by **tom_tom_go** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:28 pm

Looks great mate well done

Cheers,

Tom
RWLR

dougrail · Post by **dougrail** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:31 pm

Looking great chap.

Lovely to see the Jessie working as well!

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:40 pm

Clever Clogs!

That's a neat fix to an old problem! I wonder if 00 gauge chopper couplings would look & work OK?

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:37 am

Narrow Minded:58961 wrote:Clever Clogs! That's a neat fix to an old problem! I wonder if 00 gauge chopper couplings would look & work OK?

Funny enough I did try a few 00/HO Kadee buckeye type couplings I had (used to be on both my 7 coach HST sets I had). Just found it too fiddly & not up to the weight of a loaded skip wagon. Besides I had to use the hoard of accy choppers I had left over. Need to paint them better now & they should look better.

DolwyddelanLightRail · Post by **DolwyddelanLightRail** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:50 pm

Pendo Pilot:58885 wrote:

And yes I realise this must be a sister loco to the one on the former Dolwyddelan & Fron Goch Railway!

Now that is strange, as my one is numbered 6 as well

(even though the photos have it as 4, i forgot two other locos joined before that one!

) and its also the same colour as well! So if i ever run on your line i'll just have to bring mine!

i like what youve done with your skip waggons as well! Im doing something simular with my slaters standard gauge ones with IP ENG buffers! (or was, until i went to uni!

)

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:13 am

Been finishing off a few back burner projects as the rain is stopping progress on the line..

Chyknell Brick works wanted some wagons to transport there finished products & these IP "luggage" wagons had been sat about idle since I made them over a year ago.

A simple conversion with VT coffee stirrers it is then..

Well they brighten up the fairly mundane grey of normal freight on the line. Now I think I need to aqquire some more of these kits to modify. Or maybe just the axleboxes/wheels & some wood.

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:09 pm

I like them, sorto like large slate wagons.

Hope you dont mind if I use this idea.

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:39 am

pauly:59083 wrote:I like them, sorto like large slate wagons.

Hope you dont mind if I use this idea.

Help yourself mate, I was thinking larger slate style wagons when I built them. More useful to my line than they were before as well.

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:05 am

Keith&Joanna:59100 wrote:let me know when your up for a visitor 8)

We will have to arrange something Keith, have not had much time of late however on the spur of the moment we managed to arrange the following................................

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:23 am

.................. A hastily arranged steam up as our rest days coincided (even though I ended up working mine & have just got in after going straight to work after dropping the last fire).

We had the following running (as well as a few of the CVLR resident loco's)

Merlin thingy..

....Tal.....

..Uber beasty Regner Victoria. (I so have got to get one of these things now)...

So who came over, fourth loco should give it away...

...YAY VOR....

So Steve (DVT Dweller) & DVT Dweller snr popped over for some running. We had a good few hours running stuff & the line recevied it's first Tal, Regner & Merlin to run over the metals.

Merlin assisted back to MPD out of gas only for CVLR No 6 to fail (out of gas as well)..

This Victoria was superb, hauled a good load with that lovely "busy" sound of steam & mechanical bits going on. Also kept a steady pace down the steep banks without running away.

The Merlin behaved itself after a little bit of tweaking.

We ran a decent size train behind the VOR (Mr Bond doesnt need to know).....

But it got itself unstuck with it's dummy cylinder cocks working which just coated the railhead with watery oil & then we had to bank it every lap...Which of course was a laugh, No 10 took the honours & some very noisy action was heard across the garden. Did not get any pics of that but DVT snr has some footage hopefully, here's No 10 waiting for the VOR to bank..

Thanks again to Steve & his dad for coming over today (yesterday now of course).

taliesin001 · Post by **taliesin001** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 7:49 am

some very nice pictures of what looks like a good day

DVT Dweller · Post by **DVT Dweller** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:06 pm

Once again Shane a top notch day and dad really enjoyed it too. Didnt use my camera enough though only took 5 shots total and 2 of them didnt come out great. will chase up dad to see what hes got and if I can get him to upload some stuff.

CVLR No6 drags the Hunslet back to shed.

Tegan Fi awaits the road.

Scarlett waits between shunting duties.

Hope dad can get the video up of the banking runs, both loco's had a fantastic chuff to them on their way up the bank.

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:08 pm

Brilliant!

All I can say is Shane must have big pockets! Otherwise how could you steal sooooo many coffee stirrers!

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:42 pm

Sir haydn:59290 wrote: Otherwise how could you steal sooooo many coffee stirrers!

Mine are high speed coffee stirrers, aqquired over a long time period Matt, plenty of times to "borrow" a few here & there.

DVT Dweller · Post by **DVT Dweller** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:42 pm

Sir haydn:59290 wrote:Brilliant!

All I can say is Shane must have big pockets! Otherwise how could you steal sooooo many coffee stirrers!

Thats what his drivers bag is for.....

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:57 pm

DVT Dweller:59292 wrote:Thats what his drivers bag is for.....

As if!!!

Oh & remember Chyknell Train shed....

.............Well..........

.......It's gone!

Redesign for Chyknell in progress & the roof had to come down. It has survived perfectly but was too shabby as built.

It kind of does survive as it's currently being rehashed to go on Porthcadno loco shed!

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