Kingdom Railway Company beginning to look established

What an excellent layout, really good idea running under the decking. I think I recognise that little orange shunter, your first loco bought from ebay?
 
That's a lovely railway. Very cunning running under the decking, I'm sure it will be very pleasurable to watch from the comfort of a chair on the decking with a glass of something fine. Congratulations!
 
jimmielx said:
That's a lovely railway. Very cunning running under the decking, I'm sure it will be very pleasurable to watch from the comfort of a chair on the decking with a glass of something fine. Congratulations!
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I'd like to second that,
and i know it probably sounds daft, :rolleyes:
but at times the sound of it was very much just like sitting near our
local station, listening to the real trains go trundling by.
Nice one :thumbup:
 
Hi there nicebutdim

Thanks for your compliment about my railway. Yes, its your little loco that I bought from you on Ebay. It runs perfectly. I've added just a little extra weight to help with traction up the gradients but absolutely delighted with it.

Hope alls well.

David
 
Thanks for the kind comments. Running under the decking allows me to use Aristo 6.5 diameter curves. Essentially the main circuit has no curve tighter than radius 3, allowing the use of non LGB stock that requires a bigger radius than R1. The two sections of half circle under the decking use stainless steel track to reduce the need to crawl under for cleaning. Galvanised cable tray makes up the track bed on the elevated sections, suspended using variable shelving channel and threaded rod. This set up allows easy adjustment of gradient and camber and doesn't really require any maintenance. The downside of the layout is that in order for the line to climb up and back over itself, the gradient is about 1 in 15 at its steepest. Not a problem for short trains, but longer trains really need to be 'driven' to maintain a sensible or realistic speed on the ascent and decent. A problem probably solved if I take the plunge replace the Aristo TE control I use just now with a digital system. The plan for the next phase is to run a service line into the shed before winter sets in, then next year construct an alpine line climbing from the shed up the back fence to a terminus.
 
What a splendid system! Very nice setup and a truly professional video too. Have you documented your updates to the Newqida 2-6-2T anywhere?
 
Looks very good , relax on the decking and watch trains cant fault it :thumbup:
 
whatlep said:
What a splendid system! Very nice setup and a truly professional video too. Have you documented your updates to the Newqida 2-6-2T anywhere?
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Hi, Thanks for your compliment. I haven't written a full article about the Newqida 2-6-2 but in summary I bought it advertised as faulty on ebay for about £50. On delivery I found the fault was that it ran forward flat out only with no control from the cheap 27 Mhz transmitter. I disconnected the awful sound and binned the factory fitted receiver and control circuit board. I purchased a 4 channel 2.4 Ghz Hobby King transmitter and receiver and an Mtroniks Loco speed controller and fitted these. The bluish LED Headlights were replaced with warm white LED's again sourced on ebay. They are switched through resistors with a servo linked to one of the four channels. The Hobby King servo comes with a disc. I mounted the disc on the servo and cut a small notch out of its outer edge. The edges of the notch push a double pole ON-OFF-ON toggle switch fixed to the side of the servo with glue and a zip strap. All in all for about £110 I've ended up with a useful and versatile loco that does everything I need it to, at a sixth of the cost of an LGB equivalent. Yes, it has plastic wheels but it has a traction tyre helping it to cope well with my gradients. (1 in 15) I spent a further £17 and bought a 4200mAh 7.2v battery. The factory supplied battery is an 1800mAh unit. However it is possible to fit two batteries on board. They locate through the hinged smoke box door and fit in the boiler. Useful if you want extra weight added. I lubed and greased the running gear and its so far provided many hours a fault free running. It pulls well and looks ok too in my opinion. You can make up your own mind from the video. So that's the details in brief. I'll maybe write a more in depth post with photo's if any one is interested.
 
Dieseldonkey said:
whatlep said:
What a splendid system! Very nice setup and a truly professional video too. Have you documented your updates to the Newqida 2-6-2T anywhere?
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I'll maybe write a more in depth post with photo's if any one is interested.
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Consider me interested! Particularly curious about the qualities of the motor in the 2-6-2T.
 
Yeh, although I'm sure there will be much debate about them, my thoughts are they shouldn't be dismissed as just a toy or a cheap Chinese knock off. Its a difficult pigeon to put in a whole. The level of body detail and robustness of the chassis is by no means toy like, but the radio kit is... well the sort of thing you find on a toy. I feel with a little time and not a lot of cash spent on modification they represent a value for money reliable loco. Granted I can only refer to the performance of the unit I own and have no knowledge of any others but for most enthusiasts with just basic electrical / mechanical knowledge I'm sure that the basic design makes a sound foundation for tweeks and development. As for the motor, it must be rated to around 7.2V as thats the battery rating. It will power a train to well above scale speed. Its perhaps not quite as smooth as an LGB unit but there's not much in it really. Its hard to fault its performance. Its a basic 'Can' type design with output shafts at either end turning worm gears for the front and rear axle. The centre axle has a degree of float on it and is powered by the coupling rods. The bushes are plastic, perhaps nylon or similar but as with the gears good lubrication seems to prevent any significant wear.

I'm trying to sort out a video on You Tube that shows the loco and my modifications in a little more detail. Hopefully I'll have it up and running just shortly and will post the link to it.

Also give there coaches a look. At 35 quid they also represent good value. You can have a rake of 5 for the price one LGB item. Search for my posts and you'll find a useful tip improve the bogies to help keep them from derailing on uneven track.
 
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