Branch Line - Roundy, roundy with some shunting

Coming on nicely Ed. Keep up the good work

I'll second that. The whole area  just seems to be rising up out of the ground and taking shape.

Looking good

Toto.

I know this is far too late of a reply, but I was thinking of your siding where the pipe to be disguised sits. As you have already started to ballast the three sidings, this may would be difficult to do.



By reversing the points off the platform road, you could utilise the middle road of the three sidings as a headshunt for locos to run around their train. This would free up the first siding (alonside pipe) to become an industrial siding. I do realise that it makes shunting the industrial siding a tad difficult as you need to reverse the train out through the platform (no.1) road.  ;-)

Just a thought on disguising the pipe and utilising the siding effectively.

Cheers, Gary.

 G`day Ed,

  I have nothing useful to add, however things are looking good. The way Gary has superimposed those factory buildings there in the sidings, gives a good impression of what is to come.

  Very nice……..stay warm.

:cheers  Gormo

Oh PS….the electric biro goes back to Cyril Freezers early publications and probably further back than that if the truth be known. It was then referred to as the electric pencil method or the stud and probe method. I used it on my first railway in the late 80`s and employed an oversized probe from a multimeter as the pencil / biro. The method was very common in those days but it may not be so common now. I think it is a very good method and does away with a lot of switches.

 That was a long PS….sorry!!

Thanks for the comments Guys, much appreciated.

I think our minds work on the same level Gary, as I had been toying with the idea of making the left hand line an industrial siding as well. Decided in the end to leave it as the head shunt, as there is the loading bank on the right hand line and I felt I was trying to cram too much in a small space. I also reduced Latton Fields to one platform for the same reason, as it's often said on here, less is more.

Updated plan.



Ed

I decide Puffers Green would exist as a halt, just for fun and to add a bit more interest.

I'm trying to base it on a cross between Bannister Green Halt

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/bannister_green_halt/

and Hockerill halt on the Bishops Stortford to Braintree branch line.

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/h/hockerill_halt/

(Scroll down on both links for some pictures)








Not up to the standard of some others on here, but it's a start.

Ed

Great start Ed. Just make sure you are in the second coach so that you can alight, otherwise you may just fall out of the coach !

There is an article on creating a small halt in the December edition of Model Rail… ;-) Might be worth having a read if you haven't as yet.

Cheers, Gary.

You've got the platform construction pretty close to that of Hockerill Halt to me Ed. Nice job. Are you planning a road over bridge similar to the locations linked?

I'm going to try and use some thin brass rod for my rear fencing on the Pentrecourt Halt when I get there. Wire is just too hard to tension in N scale .

 Beers (autocorrect did that, not me. Felt it was a good sign seeing tomorrow's Friday … So I left it.


Marty

If you're on the wrong coach Gary, tough.

On the prototype you couldn't get on or off anyway at Bannister Green, unless it was at the coach that had the steps.

The track does go under a raised scenic section to the right of the pictures Marty, but not sure what will be there yet.

Totally agree with tensioning wire in N, it's almost impossible in OO unless the fence posts are very solidly fixed.

That's something I'll go back and redo as I'm not really happy with it, but at least I've proved the concept and it's a basis to work on.

Ed
 

[user=1338]Ed[/user] wrote:

If you're on the wrong coach Gary, tough.

On the prototype you couldn't get on or off anyway at Bannister Green, unless it was at the coach that had the steps.

The track does go under a raised scenic section to the right of the pictures Marty, but not sure what will be there yet.

Ed
 

A Low relief scalescenes bridge would do the trick nicely and be prototypical too.

It would be possible to use thin styrene rod instead of brass rod for the railings too.

Nice one Ed,
I seem to remember from childhood on the real railway.Coaches on some trains were given destination boards and the trains made up accordingly.
Those who wanted to alight at certain destinations would board the appropriate destination coach.This overcame the problems of some stations with short platforms and lower traffic.
Cheers,
Derek.

Interesting Marty, hadn't thought of styrene rod.

Fishing line may be a possibility, but it's stretching it taunt again on not very rigid posts, or fuse wire maybe.

I've a couple of turnouts on the way for Potters Yard so it's back to track laying for now , temperature permitting.


Destination boards sounds interesting Derek, but I'm not sure what was used on the Bishops Stortford to Braintree branch.

I know Bannister Green Halt was built in direct competition to the newly created bus service, but not sure how passengers knew which coach to be on.

Not that I want to model it, I'm just interested.


Ed

Hi Ed, I guess at the booking office Passengers could be told to use say the front or rear coach of a 2 coach set if they were getting off at Bannister halt.This could be a plausible story.
Marty,s idea with styrene rod is good or you could use brass or N/S rod sold for loco handrails this would have more strength and its fairly cheap in price.
Cheers,
Derek.

Hi Derek

Wondering if they had to pay the guard on boarding. It was after all trying to compete with a bus service.

I think the styrene or brass type rod materials are going to be too big a diameter to represent wire as at Hockerill Halt, but would probably give a fair representation of the barriers at Bannister Green Halt.

From the black and white pictures on the link to Bannister Green they look like concrete posts with steel bars between, but looking at the colour pictures right at the bottom of the link they haven't quite got it right when they did the restoration.


Ed

I've done  a small amount of ballasting without using Perry's suggested ballast spreader as I had problems with the size of the gap that allows the ballast through. I'll try again at a later date, but it's getting pretty cold out in the garage and any glue now takes that much longer to dry.


Also had a problem with a Bachmann curved  point which I've now removed along with the spur behind the factory. I decided it wasn't going to add much operationally and it's allowed a bit more space for the factory buildings.



Electrofrog points have arrived for Potters Yard but not stuck down or wired in yet.  



The siding leading away in the top left goes to the factory on a removable board, and the Furness Railway pug has had some grey undercoat.



The forecast is for it to get even colder this week, so it's back indoors and start on the warehouse buildings.


Ed

Hi Ed,

Taking shape. I like the pug. When does it get fully dressed and what are your intentions on a livery ?

Toto

Well I'll be pugged ! :shock:

Reminds me of the make-over I did on my Pug. Does your Pug have the hand rails along the side of the tank ?

Cheers, Gary.

 Hi Ed,

 Lookin` good !!

 Regarding your little halt. There is one on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway called Damems. I think it may be the shortest platform in the UK…..1 carriage I believe…..and it was a request stop, otherwise the trains went straight through. These real life examples can help explain to the uninitiated, why your railway operates in a particular way.

 Here`s a link to some pics

  https://www.google.com.au/search?q=damems&client=firefox-a&hs=ktQ&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=nts&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=6U58VNbhMdS78gXX7IGIAg&ved=0CDUQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=611

 Your railway is really coming along nicely…..pity about the cold weather coming……we have the opposite problem here at the moment.

:cheers  Gormo

I've got three of them Toto and they're all going to end up very dirty black some time in the new year.

None of mine have hand rails Gary and I haven't seen or found one that was produced with them. Think you were very lucky with that one. It's just another little detail to add to mine as they all get a makeover.

Interesting photos Gormo, it looks a bit small to be Morris Dancing on though without falling on the track. Haven't decided yet whether mine will be a disused halt, or the DMU will make the occasional stop.


Ed

For some small and interesting halts Ed Google the Chacewater to Newquay line, and have a look at Mitchell & Newlyn Halt or Trewerry & Trerice. They are small and very basic.