Love Lane, B.R. (E) c.1956-59

[Scale7JB]

I always think of the Rio Grande as being three foot gauge but is this loco designed to run on some of the bits that were converted to standard gauge?

Nigel

Hi Nigel, hope you’re well.

The Rio Grande as you say had quite a lot of the narrow gauge converted to std gauge.

By the end there was a large segment from Denver across to Salt Lake City, with the branch from Alamosa down to Santa Fe as well. The California Zephyr ran over the DRGW Std gauge trackage on its journey from Chicago to San Francisco.

This map may help to show what was Std and Narrow gauge.



JB.

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Wasn't the section between Alamosa and Antonito dual gauge?

 

[Scale7JB]

Wasn't the section between Alamosa and Antonito dual gauge?

Spot on! This was called the race track I believe. Often see dual gauge idler cars with std gauge locos pulling narrow gauge cars and vice versa. It’s the Alamosa dual gauge that i would like to show the tiniest section of eventually, although there were other dual gauge sheds.

My inspiration.



JB.

 

[James Spooner]

Hi Nigel, hope you’re well.

The Rio Grande as you say had quite a lot of the narrow gauge converted to std gauge.

By the end there was a large segment from Denver across to Salt Lake City, with the branch from Alamosa down to Santa Fe as well. The California Zephyr ran over the DRGW Std gauge trackage on its journey from Chicago to San Francisco.

This map may help to show what was Std and Narrow gauge.

View attachment 249799

JB.

Hi John

That’s fascinating and thanks for posting.

best

Nigel

 

[S-Club-7]

At last. I've finished gluing the 3d printed chairs and keys for the switch and crossing work linking the goods loop (bottom) to the grain store (top left) and the goods shed (top right). Some spare keys (correctly tapered...) can be seen in the container above the slip. Some of the spacing blocks need adjustment; cosmetic fishplates and boltheads need adding; soleplates detailing; sub-baseboard operating mechanisms and servos adding; wiring droppers connecting. Then I can get on with the interlaced timbering turnout, tandem and three-throw at the other end of the yard leaving this end to the scenery team.


Another view looking along the combination. The bridge doesn't usually sit on the approach slope but the ballasting team have been busy just beyond.


Meanwhile at the other end of the station progress with the retaining wall behind the extended up platform.


And just in case you wondered why there was a traffic jam in our version of 1960 Chigwell...

 

[S-Club-7]

Progress on the GER staff cottages as the larger terrace gets its first few coats of colour. The window frames have all been re-cut, painted and then assembled to get a cleaner separation between the green and cream. This has also allowed a number of the windows to be modelled in the open position; it it always June 1960 at Love Lane after all.


The Manor Lane end of the goods yard after the PW gang have had a bit of a tidy up. Next week we're hoping to gain access to the underside of the nearer board to fit the servos and connect all the dangling bits of electrical string. Then this area will be handed over to the track painting and scenery gangs.