I can't remember what ours was pulled by, but I believe it was in a special livery. TBH we we on our way back from our honeymoon in Venice, by the Orient Express. The last leg from Dover was the PullmanThe trip that I went on was not billed for steam haulage - we traveled sedately behind a class 73
What happened at your workbench today?
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Pretty sure that the VSOE was predominantly diesel hauled. Though a 73 may have got in the mix as well.
viaEstrecha
Spanish metre gauge in G scale (on the cheap)
Back to basics, with a loop on the conservatory floor, to test the 45 year old loco I've been updating, ready for for my grandson's birthday. Pleased to report it potters along nicely. That's all the wheeled stuff now done for his surprise garden railway, now to make up a control panel and some scenic bits and bobs.
playmofire
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Nice choice of loco, and a lucky grandson.
The Shed
Citizen of the Republic of the North East.
What's been occurring on the Workbench, quite a lot, but very little to do with G Scale, although a large number of projects are occuring with the smaller OO Gauge, some do contain a crossover of designs and devices that could be used in G Scale.
Why OO Gauge you may well ask? Ah!, some of you may be aware that up here in this neck of the woods next year as in 2025 has an important significance to the world of Railways!
Case of all hands to the pumps to prepare various display and information modules for the event, OO Gauge was chosen as the most versatile to use for such a venture.
Without further ado.......the now infamous EVO-S control system has had a major revamp, as some will be aware the EVO-S has no facility for operating an external device, as in Signaling, Feedback etc........
The revamped control board, plus the prototype Signalling board as below, created a dummy EPL casing for housing a future idea, and at some point further details of its construction and operation will be furnished, probably not in the foreseeable future, most G Scale projects are now on a temporary hold until October 2025 at the earliest!
Why OO Gauge you may well ask? Ah!, some of you may be aware that up here in this neck of the woods next year as in 2025 has an important significance to the world of Railways!
Case of all hands to the pumps to prepare various display and information modules for the event, OO Gauge was chosen as the most versatile to use for such a venture.
Without further ado.......the now infamous EVO-S control system has had a major revamp, as some will be aware the EVO-S has no facility for operating an external device, as in Signaling, Feedback etc........
The revamped control board, plus the prototype Signalling board as below, created a dummy EPL casing for housing a future idea, and at some point further details of its construction and operation will be furnished, probably not in the foreseeable future, most G Scale projects are now on a temporary hold until October 2025 at the earliest!
JimmyB
Now retired - trains and fishing
So along side my Boot Lane Nancy, I decided to build a Loco Remote Amberley Brush. The instructions are brilliant, followed step by step with photos provided for every step, it was pointless me taking any photos at all:
JimmyB
Now retired - trains and fishing
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
Well, every now and then you have to show that you do actually have some interest in garden railways and don't just turn up for the tea and biscuits. And today, being empty, gave me the prompt. First up was a station cart from Coach and Wagon Works, which was a straightforward paint and build:
It just needs a coat of matt varnish and some luggage, which I will order from Trenarren.
Then it was back to the long-running RAF Fauld bomb wagon. We used a few of them at Groudle Glen when the line was first being rebuilt for PW work. I think I've got the parts for another one somewhere. The body is almost finished -I fitted the sides today- and the chassis now has axleboxes and wheels. It just needs fitting together, with maybe a bent strip metal brake standard, and couplings...
It just needs a coat of matt varnish and some luggage, which I will order from Trenarren.
Then it was back to the long-running RAF Fauld bomb wagon. We used a few of them at Groudle Glen when the line was first being rebuilt for PW work. I think I've got the parts for another one somewhere. The body is almost finished -I fitted the sides today- and the chassis now has axleboxes and wheels. It just needs fitting together, with maybe a bent strip metal brake standard, and couplings...
David1226
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My latest project is proceeding well. The initial track plan for the Claptowte Railway called for six buffer stops. These were modified LGB Sleeper built items. The latest track plan for the railway requires an additional 9/10 buffer stops, over a period of time, I have collected an additional ten buffers, and now the time has come to convert them to match the original six. Having modified the bodies and built the dummy lamps, I started to spray everything with grey plastic primer, but that ran out on the tenth body, awaiting new supplies. The different coloured discs on the dummy lamps are tiddlywink counters, hence the assorted colours.
Below is a pic of one of the original six buffer stops that I converted, and below that is a link to how the alterations were made. It is intended to complete the ten above to look the same, I anticipate having a lot of painting ahead.
Link to how buffer stop was altered.
The Claptowte Railway - One For You Old Buffers
David
Below is a pic of one of the original six buffer stops that I converted, and below that is a link to how the alterations were made. It is intended to complete the ten above to look the same, I anticipate having a lot of painting ahead.
Link to how buffer stop was altered.
The Claptowte Railway - One For You Old Buffers
David
playmofire
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I trust that link isn't a reference to the forum's more mature members, David.
viaEstrecha
Spanish metre gauge in G scale (on the cheap)
Now there's a coincidence - I've just been making up a pair of searchlight signals from the bits box, for my grandson's railway, and found the ideal pieces - tiddlywink counters, a;beit the slightly larger ones. I used aerosol caps for the lamp bodies and the level crossing includes kebab skewers and the innards of chinagraph pencils. Everything seems to come in handy eventually.
David1226
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One thing I forgot to mention in post #2,851, another little alteration I have made to the buffer stops, is to file down the pegs that hold the buffers to the track, they are designed to grip the track very firmly. As my intended layout is basically flat boards, with all the buildings and scenic items placed on them, the buffer stops had to be made easier to remove.
David
David
viaEstrecha
Spanish metre gauge in G scale (on the cheap)
Another thing produced for my grandson's railway - based loosely on a 1950s Spanish look, the level ctossing was made from the bits box on an old LGB base. A single flashing red LED makes it a bit more interesting and the plastic meat skewer booms will raise just about far enough to let his Lego vehicles pass over.
viaEstrecha
Spanish metre gauge in G scale (on the cheap)
Bit of a cheat, as it's not my workbench, but my boat-modelling big brother and nephew have both been dabbling with G Scale buildings this week, for the Exeter & District Model Boat Club’s model harbour project. Below are the brother's harbourmaster's control, and nephew's watermill. Strangely, they don't seem to be keen on making them rail-served; how odd.
Me too especially at Model Railway Shows and Steam Railways.
Gizzy
A gentleman, a scholar, and a railway modeller....