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Post by neilw on Dec 20, 2012 17:17:05 GMT
correct, the route from plt 2 was available until the end, it was used for trains taking up service on the line in the morning and for supplementing the peak service to two trains when this was done (with the passing loop at North Weald)
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Post by neilw on Dec 20, 2012 7:44:27 GMT
yes
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Post by neilw on Dec 18, 2012 11:59:23 GMT
Hi Prit, sorry, can't help on this occasion.....
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Post by neilw on Dec 4, 2012 12:50:12 GMT
I understand that the stupid 'no DSLRs' rule has been rescinded? correct, many seen in use last Friday, but there is a tripod search and a footwear suitability check made before entering the station........
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Post by neilw on Nov 28, 2012 14:23:46 GMT
very nice! For reference, the real things are 3/4" OD, so @4mm scale this would equate to 0.25mm or about SWG 12.
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Post by neilw on Nov 28, 2012 14:07:25 GMT
sorry guys, confusion in my old age, astock5000 is of course correct. For some reason I always associated Derby with the trailer cars on the Central (correct) and with 59-plated stock on Central (also correct), but of course the latter were the 57-off NDMs. It was the trailers which were non-smoking, I believe. Back to rolling stock school for me, then ;D
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Post by neilw on Nov 27, 2012 8:39:21 GMT
If you're ging to respray then you may as well replace those awful moulded handrails as the cars look so much better with seperate handrails. has anyone seen this done yet?
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Post by neilw on Nov 27, 2012 8:37:38 GMT
metman is correct, on 62TS, the Ts were smoking, any cars with a motor were not, quite easy to remember. Also meant that anything labelled 62 at the door was non-smoking, anything with 59 was.
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Post by neilw on Nov 24, 2012 8:53:06 GMT
drivers certainly smoked in their cabs, you could often smell it even though the first car was a no-smoking, as it wafted past the J door. On the 62TS the smoking cars had distinctly nicotine-stained ceilings!
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Post by neilw on Nov 13, 2012 9:27:55 GMT
there was a full list of all LUL cars in the October 2012 edition of Underground News
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Post by neilw on Nov 11, 2012 17:31:40 GMT
The Traintronics heads are plastic and file down quite easily. I can't remember the exact plastruct part number now, sorry, but grab a handful of useful sizes and it's quite easy to do. Regarding 3D printing, I've just been chatting to John Polley of Metromodels. He believes that most people will have a 3D printer at home in the next 10 years or so. He was also talking about the fact that you can now do it in materials like stainless steel. If you need a new hip, they will soon be able to 3D scan your own, knock up an exact replica by 3D printing, and away you go...........
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Post by neilw on Nov 7, 2012 15:18:38 GMT
For signals I use Traintronics two-aspects with the edges filed round to give the characteristic "oval" shape. The metromodels cable bridge lacked the depth of the prototype. Plastrut bent with the aid of some heat (water) does the trick.......
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Post by neilw on Nov 7, 2012 12:19:44 GMT
I've done one beter than Metroland, took the picture, wrote down the dimensions, can't find the bit of paper!! From memory, though, I'm sure 3ft wide is correct!
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Post by neilw on Oct 23, 2012 10:24:05 GMT
ironically displaying train 717........
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Post by neilw on Oct 15, 2012 8:34:31 GMT
norbitonflyer is right about the oxidation, when the 59/62TS were brand new, they were shiny metallic. Apparently at Met-Cam, when the cars were built, two guys made up the buffing team. They would start with a power tool buffer each, and work towards each other from either end. So good was the finish that you couldn't see the join....After a short time in service the surface oxidised to the dull finish we are familiar with. I experimented a lot when I built some Pirate Models 62TS kits (remember them?), but I can't honestly recall what I ended up with. I do know it was a right pain! The colour of the real thing also appeared to vary depending on the background, light, etc. I know there was trouble matching the colour on the real thing, too. I remember at least one 62DM where the cab had been repaired after an accident-it was painted a shade of white to try and disguise the repair, but the mismatch was obvious....
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Post by neilw on Oct 14, 2012 13:54:45 GMT
there were no loop runnings until the 92TS came along. Originally,the 62TS needed to be kept the same way round so that all the A and D ends had the same geographical orientation in order that they could couple A to D in the event of a push-out being required. I think the same was true of the standard stock . Some trains of 62TS stabled at Hainault the "wrong way round" i.e. via Grange Hill, and great pains were taken to ensure they went back via the same route and did not get turned round. For whatever reason, I think it became less of an issue in the latter days of the 62TS. I have a picture of my car which is a D (and hence should face East) leading through Leyton on the WB.
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Post by neilw on Oct 11, 2012 15:41:38 GMT
as bassmike says, it was known as the Fairlop loop from inception, being a loop from Ilford through Newbury Park to Woodford. There was, of course, no station at Redbridge at this time. When LU took over, Hainault was always planned to be the terminus of this leg, so I guess it made sense to name it that.....
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Post by neilw on Sept 20, 2012 16:20:22 GMT
Cyberman, did these work out OK? I have had some etches done in 4mm scale, but they have to be assembled one bracket at a time , hence my reluctance to try them out so far! Your solution looks a lot easier!
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Post by neilw on Sept 11, 2012 17:26:51 GMT
I was going to ask about the 1959/62 stock transfers. How easy are these to remove? I used meths and a cotton bud, works fine if you're delicate. Be careful which solvents you use or you'll melt the plastic!
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Post by neilw on Sept 11, 2012 17:08:43 GMT
It wasn't a rolling stock depot as such, but a p-way yard with a small number of sidings at jaunty angles to each other. Presumably it dealt with the stuff required to turn the LNER line into LT, so electrification equipment, etc?
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Post by neilw on Sept 10, 2012 14:47:19 GMT
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Post by neilw on Sept 10, 2012 8:18:01 GMT
I agree Metman. The models are basically OK, and with a bit of work can be made really good. The most obvious error to me are the LT markings on the T and NDM of the 59 stock, but these are easily removed with a bit of care. The inside seat and floor colours can also be corrected. I am planning to super-detail a set of mine with wire handrails etc when time and effort permit!
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Post by neilw on Sept 10, 2012 8:12:10 GMT
my query really is that if the site was really at ground level, as miff indicates, how could there be a rail connection unless it ran through the gardens in between? At the point where the "depot" is the tracks are a good 20 feet lower! Talk of the connection at the rear of the signal cabin, at ground level therefore, makes sense, so maybe it did! Any photos of the construction phase?
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Post by neilw on Sept 8, 2012 17:30:58 GMT
as for point 4, the stabling lights were indeed a modification in the mid 1970s. 62 stock is on the left looking face on, 59 stock on the right, due to differences in cab layout between MG and MAR equipment.
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Post by neilw on Sept 8, 2012 11:44:04 GMT
Reading reganorak's post about Leytonstone caused me to re-look at Harsig's excellent diagrams. However, it has raised another question, about Draper's Field Depot which is shown in the temporary arrangement at Leyton. What was this "depot", and how could the link go anywhere since the line is in a deep cutting at this point? Presumably it is something to do with the facility where the substation is?
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Post by neilw on Aug 20, 2012 21:05:05 GMT
OK, I'll PM you
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Post by neilw on Aug 20, 2012 8:08:10 GMT
I have boxes for following models
80401 A end DM 80501 D end DM
both are from the initial EFE release of 59/62 stock which had Hainault via Newbury Park as the destination
let me know if interested
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Post by neilw on Aug 19, 2012 16:03:52 GMT
I have loads of spare trackbeds assuming it's the same part as supplied with the 59 TS. You are welcome to one if that's the case..........
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Post by neilw on Aug 18, 2012 14:00:42 GMT
metromodels are showing a four-car set in stock?
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Post by neilw on Jul 29, 2012 8:49:30 GMT
great idea, looking forward........
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