Hi all.
GL5 will be having a club stand at the Statfold Model Railway Show ( https://www.statfold.com/modelrailwayexhibition) this coming weekend. This is an attempt to try and promote the club in the modelling world. If you happen to be in the area come and say hello.
Regards, Jonny
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- Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:50 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Statfold Model Railway show, 13th-14th April
- Replies: 0
- Views: 937
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:26 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: BATH GL5 MEVENT
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1901
Re: BATH GL5 MEVENT
Hi Andy. Apologies for the slow reply. The event at Bath and West will not be happening this year. Hopefully an event can be arranged for 2025. Thank you to all who replied to the polls that have been held, but with a prospective low turnout and another event happening not many miles away we’ve deci...
- Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:30 pm
- Forum: Buildings & Signalling
- Topic: Signal wire termination
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6912
Re: Signal wire termination
My attempts at joints never come out quite that neat! There's also a little regional variance too. An old hand who used to work on the Western (It would have to be the Western who would do things there own way, wouldn't it?!), showed me the way that he had been taught to do them which involved wrapp...
- Sun Jan 03, 2016 7:12 pm
- Forum: Buildings & Signalling
- Topic: Interested in a signal building group?
- Replies: 297
- Views: 266522
Re: Interested in a signal building group?
The last two weeks have been very productive. The Block Bells are complete and tested (Much to the Domestic Authority's delight, though the Trainee Engineer thoroughly enjoyed the testing session). https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5774/24153297975_3ae8205e44_z.jpg https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1599/2...
- Fri Jul 10, 2015 2:58 pm
- Forum: Buildings & Signalling
- Topic: Interested in a signal building group?
- Replies: 297
- Views: 266522
Re: Interested in a signal building group?
Jonny, Thanks for the signals diagrams. Unfortunately the resolution isn't too good so it's difficult to see some of the detail, so can you confirm the following: Access to Shildon yard is controlled only by the subsidiary signal S3 and and the stop and distant signals on the approach are fixed. Si...
- Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:45 pm
- Forum: Buildings & Signalling
- Topic: Interested in a signal building group?
- Replies: 297
- Views: 266522
Re: Interested in a signal building group?
Apologies for not getting these up on the forum earlier. My excuse is a week sat in a class room being bombarded with rules and regulations! Following the meeting at Dave's, here are the latest plans for Shildon Yard, Middleton Junction and Noble Sidings. I've made a minor alteration to Noble Siding...
- Sat Jun 27, 2015 9:44 am
- Forum: Buildings & Signalling
- Topic: Interested in a signal building group?
- Replies: 297
- Views: 266522
Re: Interested in a signal building group?
I had a phone call from Chris who suggested the use of Muscle wire for operating the signals. This stuff contracts when heated, usually by passing a current through it. It's used quite a lot on table top railways for point operation etc. Though it's not a bad idea, I think it could be difficult in ...
- Thu Jun 25, 2015 7:48 pm
- Forum: Buildings & Signalling
- Topic: Interested in a signal building group?
- Replies: 297
- Views: 266522
Re: Interested in a signal building group?
Servos. I'm still struggling with this. If we connect the operating wire directly to the servo arm (very easy) we can only use a small amount of movement, and that will be jittery, that's how servos are, and any jitteriness is magnified at the signal arm. Using the full movement of say 180 degrees ...
- Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:10 pm
- Forum: Buildings & Signalling
- Topic: Interested in a signal building group?
- Replies: 297
- Views: 266522
Re: Interested in a signal building group?
I live very close to Banbury which is still a bastion of semaphore signalling in the modern age. I can get photos of them (Western Region I think) if needed. Make the most of them Guy. Stage 3 of the re-signalling works went in on Saturday night just gone. North and South Boxes will be abolished Ap...
- Thu Jun 04, 2015 10:23 am
- Forum: Buildings & Signalling
- Topic: Interested in a signal building group?
- Replies: 297
- Views: 266522
Re: Interested in a signal building group?
Well done Eddy! I'll see if I can find the drawings on our system at work when I get back there. Thanks for putting the drawings up Jonny. I'd agree with Eddy, that something like this years arrangement at Noble's yard would be better to operate. I can't offer much on your ideas, just, should there ...
- Sat May 30, 2015 1:19 pm
- Forum: Buildings & Signalling
- Topic: Interested in a signal building group?
- Replies: 297
- Views: 266522
Re: Interested in a signal building group?
Can Jonny please explain why we need 3 signalmen. I assume one in the main yard, one at the junction, and one in the bottom yard, but do we need that last one? And should we consider properly signalling just a small section or yard as a start? You assumed correctly Dave with the three signalmen. It...
- Tue May 26, 2015 8:28 pm
- Forum: Buildings & Signalling
- Topic: Interested in a signal building group?
- Replies: 297
- Views: 266522
Re: Interested in a signal building group?
From your photos Dave it appears that the signal is electrically driven. I'd be surprised if most of the BR semophores now in service aren't motor operated It isn't. It's mechanically worked, but electrically detected (And it was the last semaphore I messed with on the main line before moving to th...
- Wed May 20, 2015 9:52 pm
- Forum: Buildings & Signalling
- Topic: Interested in a signal building group?
- Replies: 297
- Views: 266522
Re: Interested in a signal building group?
Oh, go on then!
I'm certainly interested.
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- Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:58 pm
- Forum: Passenger Rolling Stock
- Topic: Buckeye fitted BR CCT?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18360
Re: Buckeye fitted BR CCT?
I've had a look at a photo of a Mark 1 underframe and can see nothing that would suggest a mechanism to centre the coupling and my experience with them in 12" to the foot is that they can be moved off centre manually to aid coupling on curved tracks. Pressure from the spring, which is double acting...
- Sat Nov 30, 2013 8:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A few thoughts to consider
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6385
Re: A few thoughts to consider
Hi Jordan. As someone who has built so many wagons (ok, two partly built opens) I'm almost not qualified to comment. Where does one look for designs? There aren't many published designs (Doug Hewson's and Dave Noble's efforts excepted) in 1 1/16th inch scale, and as far as I know no reference librar...
- Sat May 12, 2012 6:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Illuminate Lamps
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6278
Re: Illuminate Lamps
Just to correct myself, the batteries are LR626, not CR927 as stated above (They were for another project!). The good news is these can be had from Rapidbatteries off of Ebay for £1.99 for 10, including postage.
- Fri May 11, 2012 3:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: GL5 latest images
- Replies: 10
- Views: 70148
Re: GL5 latest images
Another one from last weekend...
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- Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Illuminate Lamps
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6278
Re: Illuminate Lamps
Yes, it was a brilliant weekend, thoroughly enjoyable. Erm, well if you insist Keith.... Having followed the thread on night running, I thought it was about time to sort out a pair of headlamps, and a tail lamp (Even if I can't put them on the engine, I've now fitted a full compliment of lamp irons ...
- Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: GL5 Pictures
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5805
GL5 Pictures
I've finally got round to sorting out a picture site. There's pictures from Gilling over the last few years, and also a load from Brent's from this weekend. Enjoy...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8134957@N08/
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- Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Headlight
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6792
Re: Headlight
but... what if there was something unusual (dangerous) on the track, like a cow, a lost wagon or a fallen rock? :shock: When they started building railways, the then government (Having lost one of its members to a well known Liverpool & Manchester Railway loco), got a little touchy about public saf...