1/32 Devoran Quay

Simon

Flying Squad
With the new wagon the bolster train will only just fit into the headshunt...

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Coming through the station, note junction to Bude still in place....

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And from the rear.

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About to cross Little Pathertic Creek

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All running trials successful, ready for track lifting!

Looking into the bay for the Bude branch earlier this afternoon.

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And after a visit from the Borail(!)

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I wanted to see how easy it was to lift the track ahead of the impending closure, as I especially want to save all the pointwork for the next line. I used a pressure washer to try help "blow" the ballasted track off the concrete base, this was partially successful, the whole thing is very solid(!) I got the point up without damage, although it did take a while.

This section was put into place in the summer of 2015, so nearly four years ago:( It looks a bit desolate now, never mind, onwards and upwards.....

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You can see how the pressure washer has "washed" the ballast, which has got very dark - food for thought for the next line, although how you could avoid the weathering I'm not sure....

Simon
 

Simon

Flying Squad
Well after the track lifting train had gone, attempts were made to soften the scars for future generations of cyclists, here is the scene before "softening" with a lump hammer.

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After sorting this out, the S&T had to come out to make some emergency repairs, another reminder that laying concrete over wiring is OK so long as you don't ever want to undo everything:rolleyes:

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Before further landscaping with small stone took place, the faithful Ruston went out to check everything still worked, it did.

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I have indeed created a monster:confused:
 

Neil

Western Thunderer
Taking a railway apart is always slightly sad but there's also excitement at the prospect of building something fresh. In this case imagine how much quicker the new line could appear with the recovered points and plain track to hand.
 

D6356

Western Thunderer
Just being "nosey" but why the closure - are you moving or going 2mm finescale ? ! Hopefully you will have plans and will soon have plenty of track ..
regards
Robert
 

Simon

Flying Squad
I am moving house, and rest assured planning for a new railway has been a significant criterion in looking at properties.

With all the pointwork already built and all the experience gained, any new line should get built much more quickly.

Which it will need to be owing to Anno Domini:confused:

Simon
 

D6356

Western Thunderer
Good luck - moving can be a bit "fun", with many on here I will look forward to news from new frontiers ! - no pressure of course. My Moves around the country have always been to "will the model railway fit" rules as well!
 

Simon

Flying Squad
A running day today, starting with a maximum strength 8 wagon bolsterage deployment - this train ran for over an hour without mishap.

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Bit of an error on driver Easto's part when shunting the train away into the headshunt before the passenger train ran through...

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After clearing up the mess(!) and having sorted out a longstanding persistent derailment issue on the new Maunsell coaches we decided to run them together with the Mk 1 coaches. Here they all are being (carefully) shunted together. This is the first time ever that all of these coaches have been run together successfully.

They look great together, of course what they really need is a Bulleid Pacific on the front!

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Setting off, you can see that standards of lineside vegetation clearance are slipping now that closure is approaching.

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We then re-formed the train into a down service, the van was added so that a tail lamp could be fitted, the lamp irons on the Maunsells being to "fat" for the Tolhurst tail lamp.

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The Maunsell coaches are very lovely, built by the talented Peter Rogers.

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And finally, the PMV from a couple of years ago looks pretty decent too.

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Probably not the last running session.....

Simon
 

Simon

Flying Squad
With the sun setting on operations through Launceston Road, I thought I'd capture one of the by now reduced evening workings through the station. I tried to find some camera angles that were a bit less frequently seen, not good for the knees:confused:

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Not quite in the right order, never mind.

"Going away" shots always seem to look good, I wonder why that is?
 

Mr Tiger Viking

Western Thunderer
With the sun setting on operations through Launceston Road, I thought I'd capture one of the by now reduced evening workings through the station. I tried to find some camera angles that were a bit less frequently seen, not good for the knees:confused:

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Not quite in the right order, never mind.

"Going away" shots always seem to look good, I wonder why that is?

Hi Simon, It will be a sad loss to loose Launceston Road, I have spent many a happy hour there watching trains go by, these images of the NBL Type 2 on Green coaches reminds me when the North Brits were at the head of Bodmin Road to Padstow trains in the mid 60's, that image with the viaduct could almost be Little Petherick Creek! Good luck with the house move and the new railway which Im sure you will soon have up and running, don't forget Worcester Road is always open for a visit with your locomotives and stock.
Cheers
Mr TV
 
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