tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50316680724036193372024-03-13T09:35:37.384-07:00South PelawRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406167176022936806noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031668072403619337.post-1173792655398685012020-12-12T15:44:00.000-08:002020-12-12T15:44:46.285-08:00What Did You Do During Lockdown, Grandad?<p> Our exhibition timetable was short of a lengthy rake of empty 21ton hoppers coming down the hill from Consett, so it became my lockdown project, building 12 LNER rivetted and 12 BR welded Parkside kits.</p><p>Acquiring the kits was a bit problematical with shops and factories being forced into closing down. But Peter's Spares managed to get the kits from Peco after their factory re-opened. Peter provided the Smiths 3 link couplings and Wizard models the steel buffer heads.</p><p>Kit building was pretty straightforward but it was essential to carefully remove flash and moulding pegs for the multi angled hoppers to fit correctly and to make clearance between brake gear and the EM wheels.</p><p>I built the kits in pairs so that the MEK could be doing its work on on part of one wagon whilst the same part on the other kit was being assembled. I found it important to fix buffer beams in place before side frames so that the assembly was square and axles would be at 90deg to the body. Drawhooks, shanks filed down and without springs were superglued in place as where the buffer heads. Three links were only fitted once the models were finished. </p><p>Handrails were fitted in a campaign once all the wagons were built. At this stage the 3 sided hopper outlet chutes were given an extra side so that they could be filled with 'liquid lead', secured with diluted PVA. The box sections behind the buffer beams were similarly ballasted. The final weight of each wagon was around 30 grams.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSP1ABBHXW3y8fNPixJBK6DCpdSLhTll_JQieRLsJaighbLMPvL8l78K-uA1yuZGMcI62L7wbSo-r6JlvksPw5tVQbfU2yQaCFRl2e8HUpPZsopdkcRS8IkHHc1mhPmj8BZyzZbzNFDQfy/s2649/20201211_222554+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="2649" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSP1ABBHXW3y8fNPixJBK6DCpdSLhTll_JQieRLsJaighbLMPvL8l78K-uA1yuZGMcI62L7wbSo-r6JlvksPw5tVQbfU2yQaCFRl2e8HUpPZsopdkcRS8IkHHc1mhPmj8BZyzZbzNFDQfy/w549-h213/20201211_222554+%25282%2529.jpg" width="549" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">What did we want them to look like?</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SOYIsfC2J9RjlNxE9dD-bo77K0njj5AOkmV0b9Nd3Oba8RSNLEgmeUHVsjybibYQEtvN6saNYrFtAbsjOQ_IbLbKa99IzGuJmVLnWyGQKQwkOOrZHH1pDpwUkngRN6G7-vkehS4e7g-H/s1369/0109+90309+South+Pelaw++%2528V+Wake%2529108+cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1015" data-original-width="1369" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SOYIsfC2J9RjlNxE9dD-bo77K0njj5AOkmV0b9Nd3Oba8RSNLEgmeUHVsjybibYQEtvN6saNYrFtAbsjOQ_IbLbKa99IzGuJmVLnWyGQKQwkOOrZHH1pDpwUkngRN6G7-vkehS4e7g-H/w376-h306/0109+90309+South+Pelaw++%2528V+Wake%2529108+cropped.jpg" width="376" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2bzx9FD3bgR5xXjTmR1YcoODlPXL61J8SZxDlRFFUOO6MP6hxYKbthMSXSytVAsChwtz0BfjOtpCT-Md10RDszauQmDqJKXd5dFqvCvz2CZNdx7oZek5ny5f5fzMD7jvZUPbxVkAnefv/s1470/0124+63366+South+Pelaw++%2528V+Wake%2529123+cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1470" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2bzx9FD3bgR5xXjTmR1YcoODlPXL61J8SZxDlRFFUOO6MP6hxYKbthMSXSytVAsChwtz0BfjOtpCT-Md10RDszauQmDqJKXd5dFqvCvz2CZNdx7oZek5ny5f5fzMD7jvZUPbxVkAnefv/w409-h235/0124+63366+South+Pelaw++%2528V+Wake%2529123+cropped.jpg" width="409" /></a></div><br /><p>Both above photos from the Armstrong Trust, by Verdun Wake.</p><p>Painting of the models started by washing with Shiny Sinks applied with a 1/2 inch brush then thoroughly rinsing with lots of water, dabbing with tissues, followed by careful, very careful use of a hair drier. Next was a coat of Autotek grey cellulose primer (an aerosol from Boyes) Underframes were airbrushed with Precision Dirty Black and the hoppers lightly airbrushed with Tamiya acrylic Light Sea Grey. The Autotek is ideal for new wagons but a bit dark for our faded ones.</p><p>Some of the rust effects were by airbrushed Precision 951 Dark Rust but most brush painted using oils.</p><p>I used a no 4 Flat Shader (ie square ended). For each colour, I put a blob of oil paint about baked bean size onto a throw away plastic carton top. The colours were Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber, Lamp Black and Cadmium Red. The technique was to mix and match to suit whatever age of rust I was trying to represent. It was important to brush out the brush until very little paint was on it them to apply by brushing or stippling to produce the streaks, spots and patches as desired. I did lots of practice runs on some grey plastic boxes I had. The advantage of minimal application means that the paint dries fairly quickly.</p><p>I must say that I have no compunction about using cellulose, acrylic, enamel and oil paints on the same model. But each coat must be completely dry before applying something different.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTGxIicDXi-W7vigUyBYaB7VhSal1I-UZYx8kvazQgXalc_Vu3YnvwQi0dTZomM-JYI97F2CpodMAD2Q4Gi49JfDaA3H5DC52tDJI6G40vTUycjLyRggGOeOpN5oYS7Lv3zyl1qO4I0-M/s2544/20201025_152453.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2544" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTGxIicDXi-W7vigUyBYaB7VhSal1I-UZYx8kvazQgXalc_Vu3YnvwQi0dTZomM-JYI97F2CpodMAD2Q4Gi49JfDaA3H5DC52tDJI6G40vTUycjLyRggGOeOpN5oYS7Lv3zyl1qO4I0-M/w486-h235/20201025_152453.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWekMBjO8hUWgMO4oLZRvYLfZKQRrLuekyUiM7Wj9NJpLi1PYqqIeVqokg_HSNGYl8R31N4vUXzLsAy0UENI9oYKchqwXi0BlncxnnkAlg227c1tSy9kp8qkNtVluIUzxhd6N4SMCOZ11B/s2544/20201025_152519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2544" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWekMBjO8hUWgMO4oLZRvYLfZKQRrLuekyUiM7Wj9NJpLi1PYqqIeVqokg_HSNGYl8R31N4vUXzLsAy0UENI9oYKchqwXi0BlncxnnkAlg227c1tSy9kp8qkNtVluIUzxhd6N4SMCOZ11B/w477-h231/20201025_152519.jpg" width="477" /></a></div><br /><p>Modelmaster transfers were doctored then applied using diluted water based indoor varnish to float them into place and stick them down. The numbers are approximately correct but with so many prototype variants and only two model ones I used a little licence. The models were then given a light airbrushing of dirty black and then the 3 link couplings were fitted.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4vbwf5TYjyMerH_r6SicSBrpfMIhN6F9wKy_wJHXwb_iOTHVtN4zFFgFUN2RH0rdB41HGcZRiTpjReHuqRHp8-oXmHzREhGKze2tI6W2f2w2K4eG8_g3t_2vLXsOl8UbJqPlQv4gwEQi/s3217/20201210_184930+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="977" data-original-width="3217" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4vbwf5TYjyMerH_r6SicSBrpfMIhN6F9wKy_wJHXwb_iOTHVtN4zFFgFUN2RH0rdB41HGcZRiTpjReHuqRHp8-oXmHzREhGKze2tI6W2f2w2K4eG8_g3t_2vLXsOl8UbJqPlQv4gwEQi/w462-h140/20201210_184930+%25282%2529.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FQVKQUQXPmCYT2tFOMWFkT09Ztze2_Pbij84IgVD1XuAeth64ki9r2LKe9L88aiKHukNs_oF1PLWaW2HmvQ4k_i_Yf-5d4yflaT-vcvvStp3qt0MGrh4Vg5wJdOKVLDDrSz6wklenOIA/s3237/20201210_185154+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="3237" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FQVKQUQXPmCYT2tFOMWFkT09Ztze2_Pbij84IgVD1XuAeth64ki9r2LKe9L88aiKHukNs_oF1PLWaW2HmvQ4k_i_Yf-5d4yflaT-vcvvStp3qt0MGrh4Vg5wJdOKVLDDrSz6wklenOIA/w466-h139/20201210_185154+%25282%2529.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQsevO1UtpJGYbp83amxZWDWOx2Uh39wFnVEg-O97iySiYfJoiUtyZ0M-8g3WVYXPqu8e94gMuZQ8ZorFxrWeR7WAacfGuQJRgkMuhgphgJ0NyXPOQnu6jd4dSCx8w-pGWlzJu6JV4_-O/s3471/20201210_185227+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="3471" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQsevO1UtpJGYbp83amxZWDWOx2Uh39wFnVEg-O97iySiYfJoiUtyZ0M-8g3WVYXPqu8e94gMuZQ8ZorFxrWeR7WAacfGuQJRgkMuhgphgJ0NyXPOQnu6jd4dSCx8w-pGWlzJu6JV4_-O/w457-h119/20201210_185227+%25282%2529.jpg" width="457" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7iz2e3UzGVMJ_mBR1NvEMQKZIcAGxI2z4RScDKVooLdW4JtfmvDvGT4oFo7NdTEj2k8s1g6fTnxMFWxd29_iwqLjPZ54oVAp0Z8okR3vG8ScDm-kkOXzzxesXgUA4P-k-HpL5d65euzB/s3293/20201210_185414+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="955" data-original-width="3293" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7iz2e3UzGVMJ_mBR1NvEMQKZIcAGxI2z4RScDKVooLdW4JtfmvDvGT4oFo7NdTEj2k8s1g6fTnxMFWxd29_iwqLjPZ54oVAp0Z8okR3vG8ScDm-kkOXzzxesXgUA4P-k-HpL5d65euzB/w454-h132/20201210_185414+%25282%2529.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><p>To finish the project off, I have built a Dave Bradwell underframe for an Airfix BR 20 ton brake van. Also I have re-handrailed a Hornby LMS brake van and converted it to EM. These are still to finish off. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9cVVRnGdbv4sTIhQHDymEdnUDohkok6wfE_-pqUhIbuigfeJY1PpuE59A2X4PlY53gB7CBQGZQQZQkg6NuAGathrvuy9dHsNlFYVieQn8FpZliVeGOmnEmO0Q-D7eN6hSAIAmJKOGgP7/s2048/20201025_154959+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1254" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9cVVRnGdbv4sTIhQHDymEdnUDohkok6wfE_-pqUhIbuigfeJY1PpuE59A2X4PlY53gB7CBQGZQQZQkg6NuAGathrvuy9dHsNlFYVieQn8FpZliVeGOmnEmO0Q-D7eN6hSAIAmJKOGgP7/w216-h352/20201025_154959+%25282%2529.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /><p>The only thing now is to see of they run alright. Tier 3 has kept us away from the layout!</p>Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12050111703189049039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031668072403619337.post-35000416213118716532019-09-02T16:13:00.000-07:002019-09-03T04:07:13.167-07:00expoEM Autumn - Wakefield<h3>
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Here are a few photos of South Pelaw, taken by <b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tony Lambert.</span></b></div>
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When the new facilities at Tyne Dock and the hoppers for taking iron ore to Consett were first introduced and before the O1s and 9Fs arrived, the ore traffic was handled by ex NER Q7s, 5 of which were fitted with air pumps for operating the hopper doors.</div>
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Eventually ten 9Fs took the ore traffic and here a full train, with a 9F front and back, is passed by an empty train returning to Tyne Dock.<br />
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The empty train gallops off to Tyne Dock and the end of the shift for the crew.<br />
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Here we have a train load of coal leaving Stella Gill Yard with a load of pit props coming in.<br />
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Of coarse - it has all gone now. Few people realise what used to happen here. Come and see the model to revive a few memories.</div>
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MRJ no 271 has South Pelaw as the lead article. We are honoured and delighted to be able to tell the story behind our project. There are far more details in the article than we could put on this blog so we recommend getting a copy.</div>
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<b>Tony Lambert </b>of the A19 Model Railway Club, took over a hundred photos for the article. Here are a few that were not used. </div>
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A Q6 arrives with a coal train. It will have to split the rake into three lots of seven wagons to tackle the climb to Consett.<br />
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The banker is about to come on to a loaded iron ore train. Then the slog begins.<br />
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The scene at the approaches to Stella Gill yard.<br />
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Coal from the South Pelaw colliery is gingerly lowered down the gradient behind the signal cabin..<br />
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An oil train with fuel from the Jarrow terminal has taken the main line via Gateshead and Ouston Junction. The train already has a banker, another Q6, ready for the climb. The oil is for the new plate mill.<br />
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We've now been to three exhibitions and our next outing is to ExpoEM Autumn at a new venue in Wakefield on 7th and 8th September.</div>
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Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12050111703189049039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031668072403619337.post-90934015226354609532019-03-17T11:39:00.001-07:002019-03-17T15:53:43.703-07:00Iron ore for the other IronopolisSouth Pelaw, with it's iron ore traffic going to Consett, will be on show in Middlesbrough, where, not that many years ago, a few tons of iron were produced.<br />
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Middlesbrough Model Railway Club Exhibition will take place in the Newport Settlement Community Hub, Union Street, TS1 4EE, on Saturday and Sunday 18th & 19th May. And South Pelaw will be there.<br />
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We have been taking photos for a proposed magazine article so whilst the real photographer was doing his stuff, I sneaked a few phone snaps of my own.<br />
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The train of empty oil tankers returns to Jarrow having delivered fuel for the plate mill at Consett.<br />
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There's a certain irony (sorry for the pun), about a coal fired Q6 pulling an oil train.<br />
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And now a Q7 bringing down some of the steel products. In these days portrayed, Consett produced plate for ship building and intermediate products such as billets and blooms to go to other finishing mills. The company had its own facilities in Jarrow but a lot of these materials went to places like Sheffield - probably via the different route through Lanchester.<br />
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These two view are of our condensed interpretation of the massive Stella Gill yard, at that time still handling coal and coke. The coke works also produced some benzol by products, hence the tankers. The model of the shed is only half its real length and was used by the NCB. It is one of the very few structures still standing but in a much more delapidated condition than portrayed here. The tragedy here is that the hours and hours spent faithfully modelling the intricate detail of the windows is lost as gaping black holes in these pictures. Come and see the detail in a few weeks time.</div>
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And to finish, one of the iconic 9F locos on it's way back to Tyne dock with the empty iron ore hoppers.<br />
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So if these few shots have tempted you, come and see the layout in operation at the Middlesbrough show. We won't be on show in the North East for some considerable time after this. Wakefield and then Glasgow next.<br />
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We have now been to two exhibitions with the layout, Railex NE 2018 in July and the Newcastle &District MRS in November. We were well received at both shows and managed to stir a few memories for folks who had remembered the location.</div>
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Here are a few photos, some taken at one or other of these shows but others in our temporary home. Please make allowances for the lack of Photoshopping of the background of some shots.<br />
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This is a bridge we have used as a scenic break. The bridge actually existed but not quite in this location. The bridge was close to Ouston Junction carrying the Beamish Wagonway. The left hand track depicted here actually went under the same arch which carried the wagonway. </div>
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We thought it would make a tidy scenic break. The photo was taken before we completed the ballasting and scenic work.</div>
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Here we show a Q7 (devoid of lamps!) hauling the legendary iron ore train towards the signal cabin. The train is obviously going to have to wait because there is no banker in the siding to the right.</div>
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Another ore train. As you can see it is 3/4 mile from Ouston junction, but it hadn't come from there. By now the Q7s had been replaced by the 9Fs. on the ore trains.<br />
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The Q7s lasted for a few years but on the less glamorous turns. This one, still with air pumps (which would actually have gone when the 9Fs turned up) takes a rake of empty bolster waggons up to Consett.<br />
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Another ore train crosses from branch to main, ready to take on the banker. The waggons in the foreground are for the colliery (not on our model, unfortunately.<br />
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The 9Fs were kept busy on other duties when there wasn't an ore carrier alongside at Tyne Dock. On this occasion one of the ten such locos is taking coke up to the steel works.<br />
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The K1s that were shedded at Consett didn't arrive until 1962. This is a visitor from Darlington.<br />
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The weather forecast is grim so the ploughs are given a test run. The main line here wasn't really this close to the back of the NCB storage shed but we have had to put it closer to keep the model to manageable proportions. This shed is one of the very few features still in existence - though it is in a very sorry state.<br />
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The layout is due to be exhibited at the Middlesbrough show on 18th & 19th May and hopefully at Expo EM Autumn in Wakefield 7th & 8th September. Come along and see it 'live'.</div>
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Railex NE on 28th and 29th July 2018.</h3>
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A Signalman's Railway.</h2>
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As the saying goes, "The Driver drives the Guard's train on the Signalman's railway" </h4>
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It is this concept that has governed our choice of operating methods and procedures. We don't want to decry those who choose to have computer controlled automatic model railways. It's just not for us.<br />
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Our model hopes to replicate the scene at South Pelaw and Stella Gill as it was in the 1950s and 60s. So our control methods for the scenic side of the layout is based on the signal box as it was then.<br />
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South Pelaw box had an 85 lever frame, with 6 spares. We have modelled all the turnouts and signals but have not catered for facing point locks nor detonator placers, (though those would liven up things at an exhibition!).<br />
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We have added to our panel some signals that would be controlled by our neighbours - slotted distants. And have included controls for turnouts that would have been operated by ground levers.<br />
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So our signal box controls 55 signals and 33 turnouts. The Stella Gill box controls including the signal bridge with it's 13 boards, are at present included in the fiddle yard operations but there are plans to make it a box in its own rights.<br />
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All the signals are capable of operation and the panel has interlocks based upon our understanding of the system but updated recently by the acquisition of details from the Ken Hoole Centre.<br />
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Drivers of trains (now using DCC) will have to observe and obey signals. SPADs will cost a round of drinks for the rest of the team! (orders taken on the back of a Form 1).<br />
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All signals have been hand made from etched parts and the usual metal materials, with a lot of scratch building to best replicate the originals. Here's one ready for painting which has a lower quadrant arm for the Down Main towards Ouston Junction and then Gateshead and an upper quadrant arm for crossing over onto the Down Branch to Tyne Dock.</div>
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The finished article can be seen in earlier postings on this blog.</div>
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Here we show the variety of what was there before rationalisation in the mid to late 60s. The signal on the left has the section signal towards Durham Turnpike and thence Tyne Dock with the slotted distant below it (just to confuse - not a slotted post). In between is a calling on arm for giving access to the crossover. Then on a little bracket to our left is a shunting signal (slotted post lower quadrant) for crossing over in the opposite direction.</div>
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The post on the right is the Home for trains going on the UP Main to Consett or across the junction to Stella Gill.</div>
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Away in the distance, in the right hand side cess is a diminutive slotted post shunting signal for crossing over at the junction. See next photo for better view.</div>
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This picture shows the tail end of a lengthy operation. Trains of 21 loaded wagons were split into rakes of 7 at South Pelaw for the gruelling climb to Consett. This phot shows the loco picking up his last 6 (would really be 7) from the goods sidings to then cross back onto the Up Branch to collect the brake van before setting off up the bank.<br />
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A closer shot shows that there are 8 signals in this view and the driver has the OK to proceed from the tiny rotating NE pattern shunt signal (Dusty Bin signal) at the foot of the small post.<br />
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The turnout that the loco is stood on is one of those that would not have been operated from the box but by the crew with a ground lever - as yet to be added to the model.<br />
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Only a few yards further on and we have a traditional NE slotted post shunting signal - with it's tiny friend on the far side of the tracks. This train will eventually join that main line towards Consett but has to go out onto the branch first - to at least pick up the brake van!<br />
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For an out of the way, work-a-day railway South Pelaw had some beautiful signals. This one featured as an ornate frame for several artistic photos taken by photographers of the real place.<br />
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Careful examination of the right hand abutment of the Pelton Lane bridge will reveal a meat skewer.<br />
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The next photo shows what re[placed it a few months later.<br />
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In it's hey-day this cantilever bracket must surely have been home to more signal dolls but sources fail to identify any.</div>
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The whole junction area, about half a mile long, was illuminated by gas lamps, the remains of one of which is in the foreground (a bit out of focus). Over the bridge you might just see the forest of signals awaiting the drivers concentration.</div>
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The layout is about to go out on the exhibition circuit, but these two bracket signals have been all over already as part of demos for MERG and the EMGS. </div>
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The anonymous Q7 has now been numbered but the frames and motion are still to paint now that it has run in.</div>
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The junction nerve centre with its 85 levers is this modest building.</div>
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Talking of buildings, this row of railway cottages is nearing completion. The 'snow' on the roof may seem appropriate but it is just Plastkard, put in place for the purposes of this photo.</div>
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Can you imagine, being a signalman at South Pelaw, being able to see the mechanical parts of your job out of your front bedroom window?</div>
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As I say, not yet finished, there's the roof, drain pipes etc to add but look at the detail. Those doors and windows are not etches, they are painstakingly made from plastic strip and sheet. And the lace curtains -----!</div>
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Since the theme of this post is about signals, I have included this rather poor and old shot of the signal box panel. I know it should be levers rather than knobs and switches but you can take realism only so far.<br />
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Today's panel is a little simpler since we abandoned DC and the cab control method for DCC. (I can hear Jeers and cheers in equal proportions).<br />
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The turnouts and signals are operated by servos communicated via MERG's CBUS system.<br />
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Traditional control out on the front of the layout but the fiddle yard is controlled by a touch-screen with two panels . The fiddle yard, again, uses servos for turnout operation and CBUS as the communication means. However the touch screen is a JMRI PanelPro version.<br />
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These are not the most up-to-date pictures. The loco spur is no longer there on the blue panel (a long story) and the pink panel now has the touch icons for the signals on the Stella Gill Flatts gantry.</div>
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Once the panel is live, the question marks change to proper icons. To select a route the signalman presses the point of entry and the point of exit. and all the intermediate point-work changes to set up the route. There are precautions to prevent conflicting routes. </div>
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The system was not without it's teething problems, mainly caused by a lack of understanding of several aspects of setting the system up. It is workable but still something of a work in progress.</div>
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Well we need lots of operating practice and then the layout is invited to this year's Railex NE at North Shields on July28th & 29th for its maiden voyage. Following that to the Newcastle and District Exhibition on November 10th & 11th. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A suspiciously clean Q6 pulls a short freight up the hill towards Consett. Note the ex NER snowploughs in the siding - scratchbuilt by Pete with some inspiration from Worsdell Forever on RMweb.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">An O1 waits on the Down Washington for another banking duty. This picture shows some of the progress in this area with 'Pete's bridge' bedded into the scenery and the NCB spoil tip created.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A 9F prepares to tackle the severe gradients on the Up Consett with a loaded iron ore train. Some newly installed signals are shown to advantage, with Martin's No 62/67 bracket signal on the left, controlling movements from the Down Consett towards Ouston Jn (left) or right towards Washington. No 62 (the left arm) is an ex NER slotted post lower quadrant, while no 67 (right) is an upper quadrant mounted on a wooden doll - I'm sure this kind of combination wouldn't be allowed nowadays. On the right we have Richard's superb lattice cantilever bracket with signals 85, 84, 79 and 78 controlling movements from Stella Gill roads No2 Outgoing, No 3 Outgoing and No 3 Incoming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A busy scene at South Pelaw with a pair of 9Fs starting the hard work up the hill to South Medomsley Junction (where the bankers uncoupled, next to Eden Colliery) while an O1 hauls a set of empty iron ore hoppers en route to Tyne Dock. In Stella Gill No 1 Outgoing road, a Wilson Worsdell N9 shunts a loaded rake of mineral hoppers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A 9F stands outside South Pelaw box awaiting further instructions. Mark's labour of love on the signalbox continues, with the interior work complete he has turned his attention to completing the exterior. The ornate cast-iron brackets which supported the balcony are gradually being added - the product of a detailed drawing by Mark and laser cutting by York Modelmaking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just to show we do allow the odd diesel to appear, a Clayton plus brake tender emerges from Pelton Lane bridge with a mixed freight in tow.</span>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16495982973052450661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031668072403619337.post-72370257781542533662017-03-02T04:34:00.000-08:002017-03-02T04:34:54.521-08:00<h2>
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Pete (Stephenson) Hill overlooks his masterpiece.<br />
The Left hand span is bridge no 26 on the line from Tyne Dock. The right hand span is no 1 from Ouston Junction. The centre span has an identity crisis!<br />
The present day cycleway goes now where the line to Tyne Dock went. (Hallowed ground?)<br />
Scenic bedding in work still to complete.<br />
The two buffer stops at the siding ends were like that in the 50s. Presumably the far one was a replacement for the original NER one after some rough treatment. These sidings were well used. Long coal trains were divided into three shorter rakes for Q6s and later K1s to take up the bank to Consett, 7 at a time.<br />
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The centre span is 3 inches lower than the right hand (in this view) and the left hand span is 12 inches lower than that. Strange but true. The bridge parapet had an unusual rolled top making it a modelling challenge. Most of the stonework is a faithful copy of the original, with each stone individually carved.<br />
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The demolition firm will no doubt have made a tidy packet out of selling all these stone blocks - cheaper than quarrying!<br />
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Here's the real thing. Mark is under the No1 span. The cycle way is under the far span.<br />
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Another structure underway, close to a bridge, is the former NCB store at Stella Gill Flatts. the shed still exists even if the NCB doesn't. It is now a wreck but here is the side face, on which, Phil is learning his building skills, under Mark's tutelage. <br />
To keep the layout under the 40ft limit (you've got to stop somewhere) this model building is closer to the main line, on the other side of the building, than it was in reality. A decision has yet to be made as to what the other side of it will look like.<br />
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The new item here is the NE slotted post signal on the RHS of the picture. What we find puzzling is that the Northern division of the NER seemed to paint some of the ironwork black but some of it, like the balance arms and weights, white. They were repainted thus even when other parts of the national network painted iron work black. This post was substituted in the late 50s but we kept it 'cos we liked it. <br />
Mark's signal box now contains a full lever frame, block instruments - the lot. But not easy to see from here.<br />
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We still have a number of signals to build - hence the meat skewers with labels on but here is one on the way. This is one of the brass posts that were milled for us by Vincent Worthinton on a demonstration stand at an Expo EM exhibition a couple of years ago. The only problem with them is they are quite difficult to solder to with their massive heat sink properties. But Phil is coping!<br />
According to the destination blind, the bus is off to Norwich Thorpe Station - under the ownership of Eastern Counties bus co. However The United Omnibus Company operated similar vehicles, maintained in Darlington. That facility, like North Road Works - gone!<br />
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Recently I bought the new NERA book on North Eastern Signalling. I found out from that book that the NER didn't refer to these structures as signal gantries but signal bridges instead. So I've included this again under that pretext.<br />
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Bobbing back to Pete's bridge, here Phil is making up the scenic approaches on a wet and muddy track.<br />
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The Anonymous Q7 Identified.</h2>
Comments in another place about the Q7 featured in this blog were a little premature. The results of the painting and weathering are here to see, in a pose trying to replicate history.<br />
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The top picture is of a product of Darlington Works, the bottom one a Dave Alexander kit.Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12050111703189049039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031668072403619337.post-83576955612489307822016-08-25T05:59:00.000-07:002016-09-03T05:16:20.824-07:00<span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-large;">A Long Overdue Update!</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">A lot of the progress with South Pelaw since our last
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">We had a problem with our turnout operating system. We
adopted an Iain Rice method favoured by some P4 modellers of having the point tie-bar
under the baseboard with droppers from the switch blade toes, all made to look
realistic with cosmetic tie bars above the baseboard. This meant making our own
point machines utilising servos. The outcome was disappointingly unreliable so we went back to old
fashioned PCB tie bars. This involved a lot of work in retro fitting the tie
bars and motors, about 40 in all. The servo mounts are MERG 3D printed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">The other major trauma was the decision to abandon the
installation of DC cab control and go for DCC. The ripping out of lots of wire
and relays was quite painless and the rewiring with heavier duty wire has gone
smoothly. Nonetheless it has taken time. Whilst the fiddle yard track plan had
been decided many moons ago we never
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daunting alternatives was partly instrumental in changing to DCC. As a result
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">The front side of the layout works pretty well but it has
meant that the scenic work has been slowed down whilst baseboards have been
upturned for rewiring. However two of the baseboards are now scenically
complete but are erected with the next one for continuity of treatment in one of our crew’s
garage. Now for the first time in many months we have been able to erect 8 of
the 11 scenic boards as a unit. Another ‘behind the scenes’ activity has
produced the LED lighting system. All this was squeezed into the room we use
for construction. We were rather in each others way.</span></div>
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Flatts gantry. We have completed the lengthy painstaking building of one set of
cottages. Two of the three bridges are now complete and fastened in place
whilst the third has taken significant strides forward recently. </span></div>
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various model making skills within the group. The building of the NCB shed is
part of this process as is the building of signals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">We have also progressed the building, modifying or finishing
off of locos and rolling stock. We have fitted DCC decoders to some. Others to follow.</span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>What it's all about - Iron ore to Consett and coke backing out of Stella Gill ready to follow up the bank - with assistance of course.<br />
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Talking of assistance, a Class 40 in the 'shove' mode. This is a Modern Outlines kit built brass loco. It doesn't need a sound decoder - it makes enough noise as it is.<br />
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A remarkably clean loco - not unlike 'The Tyne Docker' final steam hauled train.<br />
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An interesting oddment of rolling stock in the Stella Gill reception sidings. <br />
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A view from across the tracks.<br />
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A similar view just a few months later. What the express passenger headcode is about, I don't know!<br />
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And another 24 to the rescue!<br />
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The box that controlled that gantry. Long gone of course but the bridge remains, filled in underneath and surrounded by trees and undergrowth. We think it survives because it still carries the pipeline (water or gas? We know not).<br />
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A bit of truth stretching here. There was a turntable at Stella Gill, two in fact, but we have put this in a location that is not really accurate. The passenger train is reasonably accurate but running late - by a few years!<br />
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The first set of cottages has been finished but has yet to be fixed in place in the gardens. The adjacent structure is a balsa wood mock up representing the other terrace of cottages. It needs to be recessed into a lower ground level<br />
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A closer look at the Pelton Lane bridge with the Class 40 banker just going underneath. As mentioned above, this bridge has two bridge plates. The tracks nearest are passed over by bridge no 2 (from Ouston Junction), whereas the other side is bridge 27 over the branch which comes via Washington. (Part of the original Stanhope & Tyne).<br />
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This is where bridge 2 and 26 cross the tracks. It's a bit like this today, no bridge but no tracks either, just a cycle way.<br />
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This is still a work in progress. It has taken a long time to work out how to make the wrought iron parapet panels. They have a rolled over top edge. One panel is at the far end.<br />
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The same panel moved to the other end for the cameras. It gives us the opportunity to show another signal. A relatively modern replacement for a slotted wooden post which was sited at the other side of this bridge, consequently even taller.<br />
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You've seen these signals before but the signal box has a new roof, still being finished. Work on this model was halted to divert effort into the completion of the Pelton Lane bridge which needed to be in place first. The signals have yet to be fixed in place. They have been in and out several times to take them to the MERG stand at exhibitions. <br />
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Two more recently completed signals. The real ones were removed in the sixties and replaced by tubular posts. The nearest one became a colour light signal in a different location. It controls the entry to the junction whereas the far one controls the entry to the line towards Tyne Dock.<br />
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A view from bridge 1/28. The replacement tiebars in the point work are visible. they need to be painted and disguised.<br />
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Another view showing the down branch starter, below it a subsidiary signal for allowing a loco to pass the signal at danger to reverse across to the up line and the distant signal for the next box in the down direction (Biddick Lane, I think). All these are modern replacement upper quadrant arms on the existing, originally slotted. post. On the little bracket is a lower quadrant slotted post shunting signal for locos traversing the crossover in the opposite direction. Not the easiest signals tackled.<br />
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A lovely slotted post shunting signal controlling the exit from the Up sidings. The 9F is not a Western region one despite the brass chimney. It's a Bachmann in the process of conversion!<br />
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There are two even smaller signals that have been modelled, NER pattern rotating lamp ground signals. Unfortunately they don't show up well on any of our current photos. That will be attended to. They will have a dozen more for company but of the LNER rotating disc type - eventually.<br />
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An unashamed look at the gantry at the other end of the layout. By this stage in its life all the arms were shunting ones. The yard beyond had 38 roads in its heyday!<br />
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Eight of the 13 arms on the model do work, from servos. We don't have enough roads in our fiddle yard to justify the extra complications. All of the other signals on the layout work (or will do) from servos driven by the MERG CBUS system.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">With not having a
permanent home big enough to erect it, the base boards of our South Pelaw layout have been
scattered for some time. However last month we collected everything together
and erected it in a hall in Middlesbrough - by the kindness of the
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The event enabled us to
take stock of how far we have progressed and to remind ourselves how far we
have yet to go. We also established that the layout will fit comfortably into a
Transit Luton van, thus keeping expenses down when we take it to exhibitions.
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The first photo gives you some idea of the size of the layout. It's 39 ft x 18 ft. Unfortunately Richard's delightful pointwork at the approach to the fiddle yard is about as far away from the camera as it could be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">And that's Pete, the Slim Controller. </span></div>
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mastered the static grass techniques. Phil used to live in the area and used to
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">This shot shows the tail
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Beyond the 9F can be seen two buffer stops. One of the very few things left in real life, the remains of these two NE cast stops are still there in the undergrowth (along with old tin cans and the like!)</span><br />
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that neither of the 9F locos are Tyne Dock ones. We were interested to see if
the models would climb the gradient behind Stella Gill Flatts box - and they
did with ease. Unlike the real things which had a hard slog. They are re-gauged
proprietary models. New bodies and new tenders will turn them into realistic, reliable
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were two turntables. After building the Stella Gill Flatts bridge, Richard is
building one of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have used a bit
of licence as to the positioning of it. The 38 roads in Stella Gill yard are
just too many for us to model so this end of the model departs from the
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">This must be a Sunday shot
with the ore train (still the wrong loco) running via Gateshead and Ouston
Junction when the line via Washington was closed. It closed overnight weekdays
and all day Sunday but if an ore ship was in Tyne Dock, trains often ran almost
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in the day we catch the back end of the oil train, banked by a Q6. Again the
eagle eyed will spot that the oil tankers are not of the correct diagram. These
are yet to be modelled - but you get the idea! A friend once said that the oil train was the one to nip away from work on a lunch time to go and take photos of. Two Q6s on full chat weren't to be intimidated by their 9F stablemates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is a shot taken a few months ago It shows Mark's Pelton Lane bridge before it was painted but shows an empty ore train heading back to Tyne Dock for another load. We understand that the train loco would do one round trip before returning to Tyne Dock for servicing and to be taken over by a fresh crew. However the banker (in this case a Q7 sat in the siding) would do three round trips before heading back to Tyne Dock.</span><br />
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towards what we call Pete's bridge (because he's building it). The line to Ouston
Junction goes off under the left hand span and the line from Tyne Dock via
Washington comes in under the right hand span. This bridge was still in place
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demolished a couple of years ago. Pelton Lane bridge was extensively re-built a
few years ago, retaining the stone abutments but filling in all but a cycle way
where the original steel span was. The bridge at Stella Gill is still in place
but the track bed beneath has been filled in right up to the underside of the
bridge. We think that the structure only survives because it supports a gas
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking back towards Pete's bridge we catch a WD, at the end of the working day, hauling the coal empties back towards Tyne Dock.</span><br />
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First of all a couple of posed (the loco is not under power) shots of a Q7 setting off up the bank to Consett with a train of suspiciously empty looking hoppers. The main development here is the abutments for the bridge, which are now nearly complete.<br />
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Another couple of posed shots show a WD waiting its turn to go up the bank, while a K1 waits in the banker's siding.<br />
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At the other end of the scenic section the bridge at Stella Gill Flatts is now almost completed. Now someone needs to start thinking about building the impressive gantry that stood here. John Donelly has some great pictures of this gantry as well as lots more information about South Pelaw and the Consett line on his blog describing a P4 version of South Pelaw set in a later time frame than ours -- http://southpelawjunction.co.uk/wp/?page_id=556.<br />
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As well as exciting developments in the electrical realm, Phil has been busy with the scenics at the Ouston/Washington end, Pete has almost completed one bridge, and Rich has been working on the bridge at Stella Gill Flatts. A huge amount still needs to be done, and don't hold your breath for an exhibition booking yet, but we are getting closer to the moment when we will be able to find out just how tricky this layout will be to operate, and just how many coal hoppers and plate wagons we are going to need to put on a convincing show ...<br />
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There has been some spectacular progress with South Pelaw in recent months, mainly on the scenic side of the layout. Much of the trackwork is now painted and ballasted, and work has begun on greening up the trackside areas. A lot more detail remains to be added of course, but much of this will need to wait until the electrics have been properly tested. Meanwhile, it is starting to look like a proper railway, and here are some photographs to enjoy.<br />
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Above is a view looking over the site of the Signal Box, with the lines into Stella Gill yard on the left, and the bank up to Consett to the centre right. Pelton Lane bridge is missing, and the cocktail sticks are in the signal holes. On the right, the buffer stops (which were still there a few years ago) have been installed. In the immediate foreground are the sidings for South Pelaw colliery.<br />
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In addition to the scenics, Phil has been working on the NCB shed, which lies between the Consett Lines and Stella Gill yard. As mentioned in a previous blog post, we have had to re-arrange the geography somewhat in this region to make the layout a reasonable size. The shed is taking shape very nicely indeed, but there is still plenty to do on the bridge -- not to mention the signal gantry which will dominate this view.</div>
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At the other end of the layout, Pete's bridge is now nearing completion, and looking the part. Each of these stones has been individually carved from plasticard. Pete is also responsible for the very fine bufferstops.</div>
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We have also been busy assembling some motive power, keeping in mind that operating a layout of this scale is going to require many tough locomotives. Rich has recently completed a London Road models N9, which is seen here posed on the ramp up to South Pelaw colliery.</div>
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<br />Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406167176022936806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031668072403619337.post-493753152510468942014-02-16T12:36:00.000-08:002014-02-16T12:37:17.965-08:00It has been a while ...... since the last update. The two main reasons for this are that both Richard Nice and Richard Clayton have both been involved in major building work with a barn conversion and cellar conversion respectively. Both of these projects have consumed a lot of time and effort, but the outcome is a barn space where we will be able to erect parts of South Pelaw for scenic work and electrics testing and a cellar workshop.<br />
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Despite the hiatus in work on the main layout, some of us have continued to work on motive power and wagon projects. Martin has produced a very nice rendition of a Dave Alexander Q7, which is now ready for the paint shop.<br />
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One of the main challenges for any model railway is making it all work. South Pelaw is a big layout (see posts from Jan 2012 <a href="http://southpelawem.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/the-south-pelaw-project.html" target="_blank">introducing the project</a> and <a href="http://southpelawem.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/progress-on-layout-and-stock.html" target="_blank">progress</a>), and so this is much more of a headache that it would be for a smaller project.<br />
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We are, as ever, at the cutting edge of technology. Thanks largely to Martin Lloyd's enthusiasm, we have an embryonic layout where the signals and turnouts will be operated by servos, and be controlled using the <a href="http://www.merg.org.uk/merg_resources/cbus.php" target="_blank">MERG CBUS</a> system.<br />
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In a nutshell, CBUS works a little like DCC in that a large number of signals, turnouts and relays for section switching can all be operated from a two wire bus. In theory, this reduces the amount of wiring needed. I'm sure the theory is correct, but the main control panel for the layout is nevertheless quite a complex beast. Here's another close-up picture of the wiring behind the panel.<br />
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Another part of the infrastructure that is essential, but hard to figure out has been the storage sidings or fiddle yard behind the layout. There are several complications. Bankers will need to be detached, cross over, and return back to South Pelaw. Iron ore should appear to come from Washington (usually, sometimes it came via Ouston if the Washington line was closed) on the outer loop, but then cross over to go up to Consett on the inner loop. Other traffics may also need to cross from one loop to the other. Coal and other loads going up the bank to Stanley and Consett will need to be split in to shorter cuts. There's a couple of photos on <a href="http://ironroad.smugmug.com/IRONROAD-1/BRSteam-Vol1/16352149_FH2rB8/3#%21i=1309980428&k=xJxpZ8F" target="_blank">ironroad's smugmug site</a>, which show K1 62060 doing just this. The complication for us is that in the fiddle yard, the loco will need to shunt the wagons, cross over, and return down the bank with the brake van ready for the next cut. This complexity means that the design and construction of the fiddle yard has lagged somewhat behind the front of the layout, and some parts are still templates. On a more positive note, we have managed to find a use for a scissors crossing that has been languishing in Richard Nice's garage for some years.<br />
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Much more pleasing to look at are the buildings that are starting to take shape. The signal boxes built by Mark Lloyd and Richard Nice have already appeared on the blog, but are now nearing completion and look simply superb. <br />
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We are very excited about the new Hornby O1, as a small number of these engines were fitted with air pumps in the 1950s, and together with Q7s handled the iron ore traffic until the arrival of the 9Fs.<br />
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As well as the signal boxes, the bridges are very important structures for the layout. The bridge at the Washington end (No. 1) was demolished about a year ago, but fortunately we had been able to photograph it extensively before this unhappy event. In the new year Pete unveiled the bridge piers, which are a hugely impressive bit of modelling. Embossed stone didn't quite capture what we were after, so Pete decided to carve them one by one. Fantastic.<br />
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Since the electrics are still being installed, the photos below are all posed. We have even cheated by posing a Q7 and the new Hornby O1 still in OO form whereas the track and rolling stock are EM - but you get the idea! <br />
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<br />Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12050111703189049039noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031668072403619337.post-76443767801829781402012-08-22T12:49:00.000-07:002015-10-21T02:38:30.775-07:00August progressHere are some pictures taken on a recent get together where we had the scenic part of the layout erected.<br />
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Mark's model of South Pelaw Box, and Martin's signals are beginning to give the layout some character. <br />
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As discussed in an earlier <a href="http://southpelawem.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/towards-stella-gill.html">post</a>, one of the compromises we have had to make is to curve what should be straight sidings into Stella Gill yard, so as not to have the layout too wide. This curve has encroached upon the main line up to Consett, which is modelled to its correct radius. This in turn has squeezed the NCB shed that separated the main line from Stell Gill yard almost out of the way. However the gable end of this shed appears so prominently on nearly all photos of Stella Gill so we feel compelled to include it somehow. Reduction in the scale of the building is one option under consideration, and this picture shows our cardboard mockup in place, together with Richard Nice's impressive model of Stella Gill Flatts box.
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Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12050111703189049039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031668072403619337.post-48494840656702901052012-06-14T12:44:00.000-07:002012-06-14T12:44:07.790-07:00Heavy metalOf course one of the main traffics passing through South Pelaw was steel from the mills at Consett, bound for the shipyards of Tyneside, Wearside, and Teesside, with a corresponding traffic of empty steel wagons up the bank. So we will need a considerable population of steel carrying wagons as well as the iron ore hoppers, coal hoppers, and other mineral wagons.<br />
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Fortunately, the kit manufacturers sell a variety of wagons that are approprate for our period of the late 1950s to mid 1960s. Possibly rather venerable by this time would have been ex-NER wagons, so this example of the Wizard Models diagram B12 plate wagon has been weathered to look suitably decrepit.<br />
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One of the older models is the LMS long low currently marketed by Chivers, and formerly a Ian Kirk kit. These models are available with and without bolsters, and the picture below shows one of the ex-LMS vehicles branded Plate by BR.<br />
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One of the most widespread steel carrying wagons was the steel sided plate wagons produced by the LMS, LNER and BR. The Parkside kit is a good starting point for these, although the prospect of manufacturing a riveted version fills me with some concerns -- any ideas welcome. The picture below shows one of these kits that has been modified to model the LNER vacuum braked version.<br />
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On my workbench at the moment I have a couple of other plate wagons that will be models of the BR unfitted version with plate axleguards courtesy of a Bill Bedford chassis kit, and a later fitted version with hibox axleboxes.<br />
Some of these plate wagons were adapted with double bolsters, and other adaptations carried trestles. The double bolsters are also catered for by Parkside. The rather grubby example below has deliberately wonky bolster uprights, but the plastic ones supplied with the kit are very fragile and need replacing with etchings at some point.<br />
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The Parkside trestle wagon is a bit of a puzzle, as it appears from photos that the BR Trestle-EA wagons modified from plate wagons had a replacement steel side rather than retaining the original plate wagon side. However, it is easy to fabricate a new side from plasticard. There are some nice pics of trestles built to run on Canada Road <a href="http://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/model_omwb47.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/model_omwb54.html" target="_blank">here</a> (scroll down a bit on each page), which were an inspiration for me.<br />
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<br />Speaking of inspiration, no blog post on modelling wagons could fail to acknowledge <a href="http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/paulbartlettsrailwaywagons" target="_blank">Paul Bartlett's wagon photo</a>s, miraculously restored. Paul, you are a star! Another massive source of insipration are of course Geoff Kent's books on the 4mm wagon.<br />
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There's lots more to write on this topic. Bogie bolsters, single bolsters, and representing steel loads all come to mind. However, it is logical to bring up the rear with some brake vans, which would also make a fascinating post of their own. Your homework is to identify which of the items in the following picture has been built from a Dapol kit, and which is the rather excellent new offering from Hornby.<br />
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<br />Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406167176022936806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031668072403619337.post-67480251288988207912012-03-26T14:53:00.011-07:002015-10-21T02:38:30.766-07:00Towards Stella Gill<div>Here are a few photos of the Stella Gill end of our layout. This is the area where we have had to compromise. The Stella Gill yard had something like 38 sidings. It collected coal from numerous collieries, served a coke works and was home to a large NCB store. The yard deserves a layout in it's own right. We have had to reduce the space between the line to Consett and the approaches to Stella Gill by curving the six incoming and outgoing sidings. As a consequence Stella Gill Flatts signal box almost backs onto the main line. The latter is built to the correct curve and gradient.<br /><br>It might have been possible to have the sidings straight but it would have meant baseboards about six feet wide with severe problems trying to gain access to the fiddle yard. The layout is 39ft by 18 ft as it is, so a compromise it had to be.<br /></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKxVyzvqA4wW4MK353aik8ufT1X2ud11GCQz1DH6k8tYqhG5J9t529TgFo3d3Gi6LtXTHXWRNyO1wmOyqPxp771PNzTi4-4932B0HfZ5cgiNfZHInFWjO9dnQlH1lZoBQd3gmvNH-pyp1o/s1600/IMG_4037b.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: center; HEIGHT: 144px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724333934382578562" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKxVyzvqA4wW4MK353aik8ufT1X2ud11GCQz1DH6k8tYqhG5J9t529TgFo3d3Gi6LtXTHXWRNyO1wmOyqPxp771PNzTi4-4932B0HfZ5cgiNfZHInFWjO9dnQlH1lZoBQd3gmvNH-pyp1o/s320/IMG_4037b.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbEGgmw8pRwe2X1i6VBBPiHtzJD3aXnFZGMQnwRSW_vqxdttXaBx5wvboC9BNl2YfDAWrr9BGwRVlIMzLmdy5-t1KNWfbORMB8EnYK9FtDS-3nHhcSiHu6WyUfbpXpB11xAjWoSvsM-OxI/s1600/IMG_4056.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: center; HEIGHT: 182px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724334575722559250" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbEGgmw8pRwe2X1i6VBBPiHtzJD3aXnFZGMQnwRSW_vqxdttXaBx5wvboC9BNl2YfDAWrr9BGwRVlIMzLmdy5-t1KNWfbORMB8EnYK9FtDS-3nHhcSiHu6WyUfbpXpB11xAjWoSvsM-OxI/s320/IMG_4056.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The first photo gives an impression of the gradient as a supposedly loaded ore train tackles the bank. The second takes advantage of a shaft of sunlight through the window of the hall we were in. Rich's fantastic model of Stella Gill Flatts signal box casts a shadow behind but I think the result is worth it. Like the locos and hoppers, the model of the box is still unfinished.<br /><br> The final shot shows the degree to which the tracks curve beyond the bridge (a mock-up at present). Please forgive the clutter of tools and materials in these photos. </div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBqrYnlNDAHcxcYwmD2_uPe0WRICiL0CFWaOsClBGFh1f4Qk0bD0Ejv8emVsxm6_5LbSUjnykkcuEaicjDmqCOUQyKpE7Vn9_OVJYOAblRAdVm86NEI7qVgc8y5u0ppG-tZpKLFa79m4-/s1600/IMG_4066.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: center; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724335460112704290" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBqrYnlNDAHcxcYwmD2_uPe0WRICiL0CFWaOsClBGFh1f4Qk0bD0Ejv8emVsxm6_5LbSUjnykkcuEaicjDmqCOUQyKpE7Vn9_OVJYOAblRAdVm86NEI7qVgc8y5u0ppG-tZpKLFa79m4-/s320/IMG_4066.JPG" border="0" /></a>Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12050111703189049039noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031668072403619337.post-86761771753916975242012-03-26T01:34:00.005-07:002012-03-26T01:54:21.492-07:00Iron ore hoppersRecent weeks have seen a heroic spate of activity from Martin, as Dave Bradwell ore hoppers have been transformed from flat etches into 3D models of the real thing -- we are now up to a grand total of 16.5 out of the 18 we need to run two trains of 9. Once you get the hang of them, they are fantastic kits to build because everything goes together sweetly. However, we have had a problem, and that is deciding what colour to paint them. This has been compounded by the difficulty of comparing photos taken under different lighting conditions, with different cameras, in different places (i.e Teesside and Sheffield)! The photos below show some of our results, with a loaded train setting off on the climb to Consett with a full cargo of 9 hoppers.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKnBbNcvfOYPyuzflWFPdHkBl1KBJpia8jiToS0Lr-EUjWK829bMwBy5CWVqjpuUoix0By6iRChcx79LBMSJiz2xk7OFSGavrrKXLlX6eaKMRLWLFDnoLmNadJ1X43TeoyTOuhCNC5BpM/s1600/Hoppers1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKnBbNcvfOYPyuzflWFPdHkBl1KBJpia8jiToS0Lr-EUjWK829bMwBy5CWVqjpuUoix0By6iRChcx79LBMSJiz2xk7OFSGavrrKXLlX6eaKMRLWLFDnoLmNadJ1X43TeoyTOuhCNC5BpM/s400/Hoppers1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724124570214274114" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLLAsEJcXKEZ4GA_nbcHl9q4tFqiGt7PhlPd2tulwlM38R4bIh_KeFS6NqOy1m9lYyZ7w44yB5kOXEpcISrIsrnlk9aZU5OBvUYWoU50rktzyS5LoHk5NLNdu9lpXailxVVEc8FKeALz1/s1600/Hoppers2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 197px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLLAsEJcXKEZ4GA_nbcHl9q4tFqiGt7PhlPd2tulwlM38R4bIh_KeFS6NqOy1m9lYyZ7w44yB5kOXEpcISrIsrnlk9aZU5OBvUYWoU50rktzyS5LoHk5NLNdu9lpXailxVVEc8FKeALz1/s400/Hoppers2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724124711830939410" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZ_h1aUpkdKOcAX_R8-l2MWloiMGBm1QFtRQ4TzfaDRimIfgjRshd0qxdK1MnyNQE20IObS8HlavaaCT2X5Lee7SmCd5xwDCYam33SHGzt_pJQGvRc6l13Gc7xzvYAQaJxyNbLSiyfUlV/s1600/Hoppers1.JPG"><br /></a>The colours we have tried include Humbrol rust, Precision track colour, and shades of BR bauxite. Yesterday, we agreed that Precision track colour, weathered with early BR bauxite would be the way forward. Phil also brought some read iron ore from Cleator in Cumbiria, which will make a realistic looking, and realistically heavy, load for them.<br /><br />We had the whole scenic side of the layout erected yesterday, and it is looking superb, with the sweep of the lines climbing to Consett particularly striking. More photos to come!Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406167176022936806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031668072403619337.post-72954656308496220692012-01-27T01:50:00.000-08:002012-01-27T06:16:11.880-08:00Progress on layout and stock<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYz3n5p5yfanelOuThcYJuoRjQ5L6l0ROz5qRZaYkB3KqOmtjrB2DmBxbeRv73LGTnpjxM_f1KlzKyFMYKg4m9rlEbsQcShM9ShgVWYJwl0NSdSpJ-iiGLmenUyvUozYu6njGNZ6h1idk/s1600/IMG_3826.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYz3n5p5yfanelOuThcYJuoRjQ5L6l0ROz5qRZaYkB3KqOmtjrB2DmBxbeRv73LGTnpjxM_f1KlzKyFMYKg4m9rlEbsQcShM9ShgVWYJwl0NSdSpJ-iiGLmenUyvUozYu6njGNZ6h1idk/s320/IMG_3826.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702252934230707378" border="0" /></a>The last six months of work on the layout have seen a lot of progress with tracklaying and establishing the contours for the scenery. The photos below were show views of the layout, with Martin Lloyd's signals temporarily installed in their rightful places. The first picture is looking towards Washington, with the signal box in the foreground, the lines to Ouston junction on the left, and the colliery sidings on the right.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />The second photo shows the view in the<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JNnnTt0AOa3F6PZKfLKA67TTra0MXoK-dFvYpxz68jL05NmlT77PdYplcOQlg35lx40YooZD8YbjyIDF-QFPvtN3ow3DKH0QERWRWYTjvgZRvMsVB4LeNeB6g6NFALF96bPZQ-243U-t/s1600/IMG_3830.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JNnnTt0AOa3F6PZKfLKA67TTra0MXoK-dFvYpxz68jL05NmlT77PdYplcOQlg35lx40YooZD8YbjyIDF-QFPvtN3ow3DKH0QERWRWYTjvgZRvMsVB4LeNeB6g6NFALF96bPZQ-243U-t/s320/IMG_3830.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702253062273119314" border="0" /></a> opposite direction, with the lines to Consett curving around to the right, and the lines to Stella Gill Yard to the left.<br /><br />Mark and Richard have been working on the signal boxes at South Pelaw and Stella Gill, and like the signals these are only temporarily fixed in place at the moment.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_hmylXR12_cTxMqPK3HcvilrxPBo5D69denNT7l1_Iwvx5RNaCs4E20PK4_KSnKufBpONu5qmmHv2ppSRofMN2HX0wAxuNaPPCGjqqasKHZTEstR2BSqr4vRX7AheD1hqoGvkHi4pxOfw/s1600/IMG_3602b.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_hmylXR12_cTxMqPK3HcvilrxPBo5D69denNT7l1_Iwvx5RNaCs4E20PK4_KSnKufBpONu5qmmHv2ppSRofMN2HX0wAxuNaPPCGjqqasKHZTEstR2BSqr4vRX7AheD1hqoGvkHi4pxOfw/s320/IMG_3602b.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702312425893056370" border="0" /></a>When we can all get together, progress can be quite fast. The next photo shows the whole layout erected in summer 2011, and gives an impression of the size of it. We are working on the main junction area, the boards in the foreground will carry the lines into Stella Gill yard and up the bank to Consett. The extensive boards on the left will hold the fiddle yard.<br /><br />Since this picture was taken, work has proceeded on the entrance to Stella Gill, and the Consett lines. The next photo shows Richard, Pete, and Phil hard at work laying track on the Stella Gill lines in January 2012.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcl2naEBjVLsfnbTbc9a3qU4zojIvOnquk93LIjoWIfHcUfQPS1-tqaG7SujmlVyS5jQQm0kFb6vTm6B_FjCzNOMc3bxws4MxpZM8BVpMW1VNqu7XiZ49Q_YxezyA3BFhjWHzoT7Dk_Bhw/s1600/IMG_3838.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcl2naEBjVLsfnbTbc9a3qU4zojIvOnquk93LIjoWIfHcUfQPS1-tqaG7SujmlVyS5jQQm0kFb6vTm6B_FjCzNOMc3bxws4MxpZM8BVpMW1VNqu7XiZ49Q_YxezyA3BFhjWHzoT7Dk_Bhw/s320/IMG_3838.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702314620609230370" border="0" /></a><br />Finally for this entry, we have a programme of building models of the unique hopper wagons used to carry iron ore from Tyne Dock to Consett, using Dave Bradwell's excellent kit. The photo below shows the latest completed hoppers to come out of Nunthorpe works. So far we have about 9 constructed, with lots more to go until we have full and empty rakes of 9 wagons to run on the layout. More on these wagons next time.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXa-sDnGAnSaihFvVmt0OnZv1QoJXqGGLDOxoGjc1_rseQLUwSySHPyRr02blK8tdi7IrNFNlYtWym4XLuq1Rzt2-Yjq39X2-wieLevhcIPZJUk9pdnMfT-RcilXoG3NjyQYROMllkk6ya/s1600/IMG_3885b.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXa-sDnGAnSaihFvVmt0OnZv1QoJXqGGLDOxoGjc1_rseQLUwSySHPyRr02blK8tdi7IrNFNlYtWym4XLuq1Rzt2-Yjq39X2-wieLevhcIPZJUk9pdnMfT-RcilXoG3NjyQYROMllkk6ya/s320/IMG_3885b.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702254020479670482" border="0" /></a>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406167176022936806noreply@blogger.com0