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gateman 49

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I only occasionally scroll through all the pages on WT so my apologies for not previously having seen your forum thread and your superb layout.

I've now had a read of your web pages and I've spotted one or two things which I hope will add rather than detract! Firstly I think there is a typo in the caption of the distant signal near Britannia Halt. I think it should be the down distant rather than up and was it a fixed distant for the approach to the terminus?

I haven't spotted any reference but I think I recollect that there is an animal graveyard alongside the bay!

Finally, regarding the coal trains, I think that there were fixed rakes of decrepit wagons for this work and you may need to add a 28xx to your fleet as they were regularly used. I presume that you've access to the book on the Branch by Chris Potts as this contains a lot of useful information on the coal trains and how they were worked as well as the rules for propelling of wagons to the Noss sidings.

I hope that I haven't covered old ground and I should sign off for now by adding that I've lived in Torquay and the local area for all of my seventy five years so I'm a bit of an anorak regarding the Branch!
 
Phil O

Phil O

Western Thunderer
D869Zest said:
This one?

GWR Layouts: Kingswear by Map

GWR Modelling provides links, notes, galleries and inspiration for modellers of the Great Western Railway in Britain
www.gwr.org.uk www.gwr.org.uk

Saw it at Loughborough a few years ago but 2010s not the 80s. Lovely layout
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I think that's the one, in its N gauge days, before conversion to 2mm finescale. I can't remember whether it went as far as Britannia crossing, back then.
 
Tim Watson

Tim Watson

Western Thunderer
D869Zest said:
This one?

GWR Layouts: Kingswear by Map

GWR Modelling provides links, notes, galleries and inspiration for modellers of the Great Western Railway in Britain
www.gwr.org.uk www.gwr.org.uk

Saw it at Loughborough a few years ago but 2010s not the 80s. Lovely layout
Click to expand...
That was an excellent model in its time, but modelling in 2mm scale was a lot harder then than now, especially getting reliable running. It was also an exhibition layout and making invisible baseboard joints in water is very challenging.

This 4mm scale rendition is outstanding, but that is not surprising…

Tim
 
Stephen Freeman

Stephen Freeman

Western Thunderer
Ah yes that bracket signal! Closely based on the only known photo of that variant. However, given that it was probably about to be replaced by the more modern version, I cannot help thinking that it might actually have been taken during the course of dismantling as quite a few of the bracket support pieces are missing. In fact the prototype photo appears to show more missing than on the model. However I doubt we will ever know other than on a particular date it can be said to have been in that state. I think I have a copy of that photo but not sure where.
Found it now, it's in GWRJ 25 and it appears only the central arm was 5ft the other two being 4ft (they read into the two sidings). I have noticed in an earlier photo that the missing ironwork was present so ....
 
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Phil O

Phil O

Western Thunderer
Mervyn was an architect and the buildings were too a very high standard, the team brought it to one Tavistock shows, just as he was putting the finishing touches to it in the late 70s or early 80s. I have seen it several times since and the layout never ceases to amaze me.
 
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