Rick (Gwiwer) posted these videos for us in his Penhayle Bay section here : Penhayle Bay

 

My first attempts at moving pictures of moving trains. Taken on the old Olympus digicam using movie mode so they might take a while to view and the quality isn't wonderful.

1. We see "Falcon" on a long train heading up past Treisaacs Junction with the signal set for the branch (i.e. through the station; the "main" is to the fiddle yard) and passed by a large-logo "50" on a down air-conditioned service.



2. The same two trains are seen at the other end of the line negotiating the reverse-curves of Penhayle Bay. The effect of the S-bend station at the corner of the layout is clearly seen with the trains sweeping around what look hopefully like natural curves. The gradient means "Falcon" will be working hard up to Nansglaw while the 50 will have the brakes hard on coming down 1:36 into those curves!



3. A down mixed freight leaves Nansglaw Tunnel and is followed around the sweep of Penhayle Bay towards Treheligan



4. Special Traffic Two SR steam locos (M7 piloting the diminutive A1X Terrier) emerge from the cutting and roll through Penhayle Bay with a short train of preserved goods wagons including a number of Chris's "specials".

Two new moving train sequences.  These are very similar and show the Hornby "GWT Merlin" livery HST set with the brand-new "Inter City" livery power car doing the business.

The "Merlin" livery power car is one of the older generation with a pancake motor.  Mine is also filled with lead weights to improve performance but it can sometimes be a little erratic.

In order to get reliable operation for the camera I therefore coupled the new power car to the rake and show it as a mixed-livery formation which would have been seen on the railways for several years anyway.

The first clip shows the train running through Treheligan station on the down main with a 66-hauled ballast working on the down loop, a Bachmann 108 dmu in the up main and a pair of Hornby "Bubblecar" 121 vehicles in the St Agnes branch platform.  We follow the train half way around the layout passing St Senara's church and Treisaacs Farm.  The tracklaying tools are still out as I shot this in a break between installing two expansion joints.



In the second we see a little more of Treheligan station and follow the HST to Church Lane before ending with a view up the lane to the church.  The full-sized garden tools are stored beyond as a reminder of the real world!

Rick that's a nice long run and I love the wriggle in the road as it leads to the bridge.

 Mike

Looking good, Rick. The curves hardly show up which makes the trains really look as if they glide smoothly around the layout.

watched them while having brekkie,nice run you have they look really good
like Mike i like the little wriggle too.

:doublethumblol::cool:

Oh to have that length of train running around !! :roll::roll:

Excellent stuff Rick - love the way it "snakes" along under the bridge. :thumbs

Still minus sound as I have yet to find the time to locate a suitable source and dub the required on via iMovie.  And I have yet to gain permission to use Sharon's brand new camera (her birthday present from me) which features high quality sound recordings.

But for what it might be worth ….

Lovely video mate, mindue i hate to be the back packer going to sit on that seat, seems a tad dangerous to me Rick, :shock:.

Phill

Great videos. I really like seeing a full length HST thundering through the station. Really nice.

Bob(K)

 

Wonderful to see your layout in all its glory i'll have to do some testing myself when I get home off shift!:doublethumb 

It's been a while since I visited this area mostly because I still don't have regular access to sound recording so videos are in silent mode.

However following on from a comment made by Petermac about the potential haulage capability of steam locomotives and my reply that the Hornby Bulleid light Pacifics will comfortably take 10 Bachmann Mk 1 coaches around my layout - hills, twists and all - I thought I had better back that up with some evidence.

Here is a rebuilt West Country tackling load 10 seen in different areas including the steep climb to and around the cliffs and the reverse-curves through Penhayle Bay station. Here the gradient steepens briefly to 1:36 over the viaduct and through the cutting which is a real test for any train given the drag around those curves.

There is no trace of slip or protest which says quote a lot about the quality of current Hornby locos.

Having done these I got curious and decided to do some load testing with the "West Country".

Here she is tackling the bank up through the trees with aplomb.  And with SEVENTEEN on :shock:.



As if that wasn't enough I then stopped her in the station which is the worst possible spot to have to re-start a heavy train.  On an S-bend, lots of drag from the curve back through the tunnel and facing a short but very steep gradient over the viaduct and up behind the sand dunes.

The time taken to do a gentle start and run-past exceeded the maximum length of video file on the camera but if you look back at the station you can see the tail of the train and confirm she still has all 17 vehicles attached.  All firmly on the rails as well.  And not only did she start that but she did so without any hint of slip.  

Now THAT'S what I call a good locomotive :doublethumb:wow

Now that is impressive, Rick.  Have any of the carriages been fitted with lights?  The wipers add a lot of drag as well. :thumbs

None of those is illuminated Max but that sort of thing wouldn't happen with the Pullmans.  As I mentioned in the main thread only about 6 of those will run happily due to the extra drag caused by the wipers; up to 8 behind a few of the smooth-running diesels.  The Hornby class 50's are about the best for that.

The drag on those Pullmans also sometimes causes a longer train to derail on the curves.

Rick
Great videos. They give a good overview of the size and shape of your layout, which looks excellent.

Bob(K)

Wow, that is some difference!  I have three carriages with wipers and it takes two Bachmann's to pull them.  It makes me feel a bit better when I hear that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4ywCTsqlEc

The little Bachmanns are only tiny locos, so they could only fit small motors.  One by itself can't pull them up my 2.5% incline.

Hey Max - that video is super - love the fantastic sound but no "slip-chuffs" :shock::shock::shock:  Maybe it didn't happen with double-headers :roll:  Also, the electrickery with the flashing crossing lights and the fireboxes is most impressive.

One teeny-weeny thing - how do you spell "Consolidation" ?  I think either I'm wrong or the title on the vid needs looking at. hmm

p.s. just going to watch your vids now Rick ;-)

Well spotted, Peter.  :oops:  It's a mammoth task to change it now.

no "slip-chuffs"   Maybe it didn't happen with double-headers  

Believe me it did.  And occasionally with catastrophic effects as well if one loco slipped and the other didn't.  The snatch on the couplers that caused could be enough to part them or at least cause damage.  And even derail the train.

That's impressive hauling power Rick.  Also, as Novice said, they give a great idea of the layout not possible with still photography.

However, the varying comments about the lit Pullmans does concern me a bit.  I'ts in the future, but I'll have to do some testing before I get myself carried away with "Porlock Hill" type gradients !!!