Just got around to sorting out some pics from Didcot









I can't load any more pics in, tried 3 times, have another go later

I'll try some more

As I'm on a roll here are some more

Even more

Fantastic, Mike.  Great photos!  :thumbs

You're definitely on a roll now.

Some great photos there Mike. If that was a weekend date though I fear for the future as there appears to be virtually no paying punters there.

I go to Didcot about twice a year and have never seen it as empty as that.

If you don't mind I'll add to the thread with a short video I took about a year ago.

Didcot video  

Thanks for posting Mike and Nick

I went to both Pendon and Didcot on a trip to the UK about 15 years……..an essential pilgrimage for any GWR modeller……..I do hope they both continue to prosper

Thats a great shot of the coaling stage Mike…….I took a similar one and used that as the prototype for a model which, once repaired, I hope to install on Granby.

It was mid week we went. There were quite a few people about, but I either managed to lose them in the pics or crop them out afterwards. Can't have people cluttering up train pics

Well done, Mike.
Exactly what is required for reference and interest.

Thanks for those great pictures Mike.

I will definitely be using some of them as reference photos later on in my build.

Excellent photos Mike. thumbs

I now know where Bachmann and the likes got their prototypes for some of their model trucks ……………….:roll::roll:

Interesting the saddle tank just has "Great Western" missing out on the "Railway".  Was that livery from a particular era ?

How was the crane powered ?   There doesn't seem to be an engine, boiler or pipe connections anywhere. :???:

As John said, some really useful "reference shots" for either kit bashing or scratch building.

I wonder if the big box on the back of the crane was a motor?
I didn't see any obvious power, the crane was off in a siding, I used the telescopic lens for that piccy
As far as liveries go, I'm a complete numpty, this is all new to me. I blame my daughter for buying my grandson a train set for Christmas and asking me to build his layout. He liked it so much a bigger, more interesting layout "with factories, goods yards, tunnels and rivers" was ordered
You can tell how much of a purist I am, the setting is vaguely Cornwall/Devon and we'll be running an A4 Gresley on it
It will be about 8' x 9', width not decided yet, I'm bricking up inside one of the garage doors, I'll see how much room there is after that.
:hmm
Should keep me busy in my dotage

Anyone who runs a Gresley A4 is a purist Mike …………..thumbs

You certainly have taste my friend. :cheers

my grandson wants an A4 in silver livery. He does know how to make my life difficult.
I think we might run an A3 as well. 2 little shunters and a medium engine for the branch line.
Peterborough Model rail show is on Saturday, I'll be going to see what prices are like and try some DCC controllers.
I wonder if we can use 2 DCC controls on the layout?
I'll try to remember to ask at P'boro.







I took this a few years ago at Dunster Station near Watchet

Hi Mike,

Running 2 separate DCC Controllers is a risky business at there is the danger of banging 30 volts (2 x 15) into a loco unless you have a separately controlled isolated section between the 2 controllers. You would be better going for something like the NCE Powercab with 2 hand controllers.

Interesting the saddle tank just has "Great Western" missing out on the "Railway".  Was that livery from a particular era ?

" GREAT WESTERN" was the logo used from about 1923 (may have been earlier)…..the larger locos had the coat of arms (unauthorised!) inserted between the Great and the Western

In 1934 they introduced the shirt button roundel……the biggest marketing screw up until B A painted all their tail fins in the 80s(?)…..they discontinued the roundel after about 5 years and the logo until nationalisation was GWR  or on the larger locos G crest W

The logos do tend to set the time period for a layout. Pre 1934 layouts should only have Great Western for example.
 

Thanks Trevor.
I was thinking about it so my grandson and  could operate engines separately

Thanks for the livery explanation John. :cheers

So there you have it Mike - any information required regarding the Great Western - Railway or otherwise - just ask John.  His knowledge on the subject is, I think, well up there with the best of the gurus - certainly on here. :thumbs

[user=6]Petermac[/user] wrote:

Thanks for the livery explanation John. :cheers

So there you have it Mike - any information required regarding the Great Western - Railway or otherwise - just ask John.  His knowledge on the subject is, I think, well up there with the best of the gurus - certainly on here. :thumbs

:oops::oops::oops: I am afraid you flatter me Peter…………but always happy to help where I can


Moving on……


Mike wrote:

my grandson wants an A4 in silver livery. He does know how to make my life difficult.
I think we might run an A3 as well. 2 little shunters and a medium engine for the branch line.
Peterborough Model rail show is on Saturday, I'll be going to see what prices are like and try some DCC controllers.
I wonder if we can use 2 DCC controls on the layout?
I'll try to remember to ask at P'boro.

Chinahand wrote:

Hi Mike,

Running 2 separate DCC Controllers is a risky business at there is the  danger of banging 30 volts (2 x 15) into a loco unless you have a  separately controlled isolated section between the 2 controllers. You  would be better going for something like the NCE Powercab with 2 hand  controllers.

this is becoming a rather eclectic thread……if this part develops it may be worth setting up a separate topic?


The power to the DCC bus has to come from one control system but most systems have the facility to add additional throttles/hand controllers…………..with Lenz there is a system safety lock which prevents the same loco being controlled simultaneously  by more than one throttle