Captain Kernow's layouts

[Mike Garwood]

Lovely modelling Tim. Very impressive.

Mike

 

[Phil O]

Tim,

Sorry to hear from Rod, that you were unable to make it to Scaleforum yesterday. Get better soon.

 

[Captain Kernow]

Tim,

Sorry to hear from Rod, that you were unable to make it to Scaleforum yesterday. Get better soon.

Thanks Phil. Not wishing to come across as feeling sorry for myself, but this is the third year on the trot now, all different things and I'm fed up with it!

 

[Pencarrow]

Thanks Phil. Not wishing to come across as feeling sorry for myself, but this is the third year on the trot now, all different things and I'm fed up with it!

Had a chat with the organisers CK. Next year the show will be held at your house.

 

[Captain Kernow]

A track level view, taken today. Signal box still not permanently in place, however.

What seems to be a board crossing is actually a wooden walkway for the signalman to collect the single line token from a train coming from Coalpit Heath West Jct. The line onwards towards Westerleigh Yard North is double track (permissive block).

 

[Captain Kernow]

It's all right, this isn't an LMS loco...

 

[LarryG]

Is the very neatly painted MR signalbox in LMS colours, or has the Western Region taken over the area and the brown & cream are W,.Region colours? I ask because I have some videos on railways in the Midlands and some MR boxes carry these colours.

 

[Captain Kernow]

Is the very neatly painted MR signalbox in LMS colours, or has the Western Region taken over the area and the brown & cream are W,.Region colours? I ask because I have some videos on railways in the Midlands and some MR boxes carry these colours.

The signal box was recently painted in WR colours, Larry. The location is just north of Bristol, so this ex-MR line has been under WR control for a few years.

The box needs some light weathering before I fix it in place permanently.

 

[Nick Rogers]

A track level view, taken today. Signal box still not permanently in place, however.

What seems to be a board crossing is actually a wooden walkway for the signalman to collect the single line token from a train coming from Coalpit Heath West Jct. The line onwards towards Westerleigh Yard North is double track (permissive block).
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I really like this shot, Tim! Well done. It looks very realistic.

Best wishes

 

[Captain Kernow]

Bethesda Sidings is currently up at the moment at home, being made ready for the Taunton show next weekend and the allotted motive power is being tested. Here are a couple of images:





The weathering on the diesel shunter is the expert work of Tom Foster.

Although diesels never featured on the real life Kington area branch lines, this represents a 'might have been', had the chosen steam loco failed on shed and Leominster 'just happened to have' a 350hp diesel shunter on hand, together with a driver who had appropriate traction knowledge.....

 

[Captain Kernow]

Bethesda Sidings is currently up at the moment at home, being made ready for the Taunton show next weekend and the allotted motive power is being tested.

Unfortunately I have had to withdraw from the Taunton show due to health issues.

 

[Hayfield1]

Tim

Sorry to ear that, hope you are o the mend

 

[-7007-]

Tim

Really sorry to hear your news. Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.

Tim

 

[Dan Randall]

Get well soon Captain.


Regards

Dan

 

[Captain Kernow]

Thank you all, it's another case of a pulled back, which was the reason for me not going to Scaleforum

 

[timbowales]

Thank you all, it's another case of a pulled back, which was the reason for me not going to Scaleforum

You're just going to have to build lightweight layouts in future.........

 

[Gilbert]

Thank you all, it's another case of a pulled back, which was the reason for me not going to Scaleforum

Sorry to hear that Captain....take it easy...sadly I'll miss Taunton as well but that's because I'm helping at Gaydon - an unfortunate clash...

 

[Captain Kernow]

 

[Phil O]

I do like mucky eight and ten coupled locos.

 

[Captain Kernow]