IGNORANCE IS BLISS !!! Modellers today make some really daft mistakes, which reveals they have NO knowledge of operational reality ! Passenger stock: ex GWR & LMS corridor coaches could NOT be coupled to ex SR, LNER, BR or Pullman corridor coaches, as the former had British Standard Suspension corridors with Screwlink couplings, while the later had Pullman corridor gangways with rubbing bars & Buckeye semi-auto couplers. BR steam era Freight trains: Vacuum fitted wagons (painted mainly red oxide) had to go in front of any "Unfitted" (no train brake) wagons usually painted light grey, for obvious safety reasons !!!!
The longer you follow railways the more you learn. That said one practicality with some layouts and the vac brake fitted head on freight stock problem (which I have known for decades) is if they are right going one way they will be reversed coming back. Ditto for doing the same as preserved lines and having brake vans on both ends - if you aren't using stock cassettes or a stock turntable almost impossible to do remarshalling in the fiddle yard in the times available. Even with those options you still need the space to physically swing them round. No real excuse though for wrong freight marshalling on the roundy roundy layouts.
Excellent filming, great modelling, thank you
Hello @johnpalmer5873 Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment it is appreciated. Jason
My top favourite layout in this video is the Old Elms Road layout because I love all the steam hauled and diesel hauled long haul passenger trains!
Hello @xaneckstein455 another good choice of layout and one to watch and marvel at.Thanks for commenting. Jason
IGNORANCE IS BLISS !!!
Modellers today make some really daft mistakes, which reveals they have NO knowledge of operational reality ! Passenger stock: ex GWR & LMS corridor coaches could NOT be coupled to ex SR, LNER, BR or Pullman corridor coaches, as the former had British Standard Suspension corridors with Screwlink couplings, while the later had Pullman corridor gangways with rubbing bars & Buckeye semi-auto couplers. BR steam era Freight trains: Vacuum fitted wagons (painted mainly red oxide) had to go in front of any "Unfitted" (no train brake) wagons usually painted light grey, for obvious safety reasons !!!!
The longer you follow railways the more you learn. That said one practicality with some layouts and the vac brake fitted head on freight stock problem (which I have known for decades) is if they are right going one way they will be reversed coming back. Ditto for doing the same as preserved lines and having brake vans on both ends - if you aren't using stock cassettes or a stock turntable almost impossible to do remarshalling in the fiddle yard in the times available. Even with those options you still need the space to physically swing them round. No real excuse though for wrong freight marshalling on the roundy roundy layouts.