Legs Akimbo!
I thought I should document how the wiring process is done. The most important thing is that it is not done from beneath the layout. The sections of baseboard are inclined to between about 80 and 110 degrees in my Workmate…
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Switching on the swinger
Module 5, the swing bridge has completed wiring. As part of this work, I have installed a cut-out switch so that when the bridge is operated power is cut not only to the swinging part, but also the three feet…
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A Ty Bach for the Ty Mawr
LCUT provided a “large” signalbox – Welsh “Ty Mawr” -> Large House – which I assembled for Port Dinllaen – a >100 lever box but possibly using electo-pneumatic levers, which reduces the length. The assembly took 2 hours while watching the…
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Bridge over the River Lyfni
The basic design for the Pont Llyfni viaduct is in with 27 open arches, six filled arches and three girder bridges. The filled arches are needed to cover the supports that hold up the actual track. A secondary reason is…
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One quarter of the wiring
Module 3 of twelve is now in electrical order. I followed my pattern of two buses – one for the accessories (inc motors) and one for the track. I will eventually have a booster just for accessories. The track will…
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It works for cats…
Automated operation of PDL suffers from a problem once humans enter the picture. How does the computer controlling the storage sidings know what it is being sent and so work out where to put it? Equally for the humans –…
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Boxing Clever
The ideal place for a signal box at Pont Llynfi Junction (PLJ) is between the Bay platform and Platform 3. All the trains to and from Nantlle have to come to these platforms, while goods will only be one track further…
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Raising the LoMacs
Two new bogie wagons for 5 pounds a piece! Two of my refugees from my friend Philip Reed’s train set of about 1980 have made the transition to fine-scale. The lo-Mac are used to transport loads like rails for the…
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The gang’s all here
Now the Coaling tower is ready, we can get more of a sense of the visual layout of the sheds. On the left the old shed, then the turntable, the new North View Shed, the ash tower and the coaling tower….
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Making Tracks
Now that the sheds have been built, the tracks can be aligned. To allow the inspection pits to be placed, I had to rout out a quarter of an inch or so. So out came my Fostner bits again. Some minor…
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