I have a similar sized branch town terminus layout, except mine also has a back spur, with a reasonable up gradient, to a foundry over the fiddle yard. The fiddle yard is on a slight down grade as well. The foundry has its own duty shunter, which picks up & drops off metals wagon traffic with the branch terminus, as and when a visiting freight train arrives at the station. My layout was constructed in 1988 and has always been operated under the old Hornby Zero One DCC system, which is perfectly suited to running small layouts, such as this. It eliminates a lot of unnecessary isolation sections and associated wiring. Visiting mainline diesels & steam tender locos are coded as #15 & #16, the station duty shunter is coded #13, all DMU's are coded #14 and all other visiting tank locos & diesel shunters are coded #1 to #12. There are a few duplicates.
Your layout sounds as though you have got some really nice operating potential especially with the foundry. It is really nice to know that the Zero One system is being used. It was a brilliant system which unfortunately was probably too far ahead of the times when launched. A trader friend of mine was telling me that he still finds them, especially if there is a house clearance, and there is a demand for them, especially the decoders..
@@woodysmodellingdiary I used to repair them, for Geoff Barlow Models, back in the 1990's. The biggest fault was keypad failures due to the conductive paint wearing off of the rubber membrane. Easily fixed by sticking tin foil onto the rubber membrane. i
Hi Tony, Many thanks for your comment and for becoming a subscriber - both very much appreciated. The King Tiger is a Tamiya kit I built about 15 years ago and like most Tamiya kits was a joy to build! Interesting about uncoupling ramps. I did try the Peco ones and making the clear plastic type that you describe but I have a couple of Bachmann 03's which have a protruding gear cover on the underside which would not go over the uncouplers. Without going into detail I have tried rare earth magnets mounted in the track with steel tails on the couplings which has worked. I just need to spend a bit of time fettling it when I do get the time! Regards, Woody
The layout is looking good, it is always interesting to see and here about the development of a layout. Seeing the cement works has got me thinking again about building a Dylington Custard Company Factory to produce the custard we transport in Dylington. Speaking of which have you spotted the Dylington Rocks video my grandson put up this week, loud rock music, flashing lights and a few trains running. An enjoyable video...Cheers James 🙂👍
Hello James, Good to hear from you and thanks for your kind words. I have indeed seen the rock concert video and brilliant it is. In fact I do give you a shout out at the end of the video and there are links in the description to your channel and that video. A custard factory! I like the sounds of that! Woody
@woodysmodellingdiary oh yes, sorry I'd missed the end bit I had to answer the phone and my grandson didn't tell me until I'd commented 🙄. I was just going to edit my comment hen you replied. Thank you very much for the shout-out it is very much appreciated. We will be watching out for your next offering as and when you get the time to do so. Thank you again James 🙂👍
Hi I Subscribed U Channal I Am A Starter In ENglish Model Railroud building With Hornby Just Bought A Turntable Vew Tracks Digital COntroller And An Nice Loco With 3 Coaches set i wondering are there half round sheds for put it aside along my turntable for put my loco.s in it ? cheers from netherlands
Hi and thank you for subscribing. In the UK there were some roundhouses for locos but not many. They were mostly full roundhouses rather than half. There are some links on this Wikipage to UK roundhouses - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Railway_roundhouses_in_the_United_Kingdom The National Railway Museum at York has a building based on the concept of a roundhouse but there is also a surviving roundhouse at Barrow which has been preserved www.barrowhill.org/ Although there may not have been many roundhouses in the UK we did have the oldest in this country opened in 1837 and built by Robert Stevenson and recently rediscovered during works for HS2 - mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/news/hs2-uncovers-worlds-oldest-railway-roundhouse-at-curzon-street-archaeological-site For your model railway a half roundhouse around the turntable would look good and whilst not common in the UK certainly would not be unprototypical. I hope that gives you the answer to your question? I also hope that you continue to enjoy modelling UK railways and hope that some of my videos are of use to you. Regards, Woody
Take a pen tube. Glue a small Neodymium magnet into the end and use it to lift the coupling hooks. It was painful to watch you faffing around with that uncoupling tool, that you have there.
Thanks for the tip and I will try it out. Part of what you did not see was me trying to juggle myself over some things on the floor and trying to balance the camera which made the whole decoupling a little less steady than normal. Must clear up the junk but will try the magnet!
Very nice
Hello George, Many thanks. I am not the World's quickest builder of layouts but I do enjoy building them! Regards, Woody
I have a similar sized branch town terminus layout, except mine also has a back spur, with a reasonable up gradient, to a foundry over the fiddle yard. The fiddle yard is on a slight down grade as well. The foundry has its own duty shunter, which picks up & drops off metals wagon traffic with the branch terminus, as and when a visiting freight train arrives at the station.
My layout was constructed in 1988 and has always been operated under the old Hornby Zero One DCC system, which is perfectly suited to running small layouts, such as this. It eliminates a lot of unnecessary isolation sections and associated wiring.
Visiting mainline diesels & steam tender locos are coded as #15 & #16, the station duty shunter is coded #13, all DMU's are coded #14 and all other visiting tank locos & diesel shunters are coded #1 to #12. There are a few duplicates.
Your layout sounds as though you have got some really nice operating potential especially with the foundry. It is really nice to know that the Zero One system is being used. It was a brilliant system which unfortunately was probably too far ahead of the times when launched. A trader friend of mine was telling me that he still finds them, especially if there is a house clearance, and there is a demand for them, especially the decoders..
@@woodysmodellingdiary I used to repair them, for Geoff Barlow Models, back in the 1990's. The biggest fault was keypad failures due to the conductive paint wearing off of the rubber membrane. Easily fixed by sticking tin foil onto the rubber membrane.
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Nice king tiger prowling above, Why dont you make clear uncoupling ramps for parcel bay etc. Subbed.
Hi Tony, Many thanks for your comment and for becoming a subscriber - both very much appreciated. The King Tiger is a Tamiya kit I built about 15 years ago and like most Tamiya kits was a joy to build! Interesting about uncoupling ramps. I did try the Peco ones and making the clear plastic type that you describe but I have a couple of Bachmann 03's which have a protruding gear cover on the underside which would not go over the uncouplers. Without going into detail I have tried rare earth magnets mounted in the track with steel tails on the couplings which has worked. I just need to spend a bit of time fettling it when I do get the time! Regards, Woody
The layout is looking good, it is always interesting to see and here about the development of a layout. Seeing the cement works has got me thinking again about building a Dylington Custard Company Factory to produce the custard we transport in Dylington. Speaking of which have you spotted the Dylington Rocks video my grandson put up this week, loud rock music, flashing lights and a few trains running. An enjoyable video...Cheers James 🙂👍
Hello James, Good to hear from you and thanks for your kind words. I have indeed seen the rock concert video and brilliant it is. In fact I do give you a shout out at the end of the video and there are links in the description to your channel and that video. A custard factory! I like the sounds of that! Woody
@woodysmodellingdiary oh yes, sorry I'd missed the end bit I had to answer the phone and my grandson didn't tell me until I'd commented 🙄. I was just going to edit my comment hen you replied. Thank you very much for the shout-out it is very much appreciated. We will be watching out for your next offering as and when you get the time to do so. Thank you again James 🙂👍
Hi I Subscribed U Channal I Am A Starter In ENglish Model Railroud building With Hornby Just Bought A Turntable Vew Tracks Digital COntroller And An Nice Loco With 3 Coaches set i wondering are there half round sheds for put it aside along my turntable for put my loco.s in it ? cheers from netherlands
Hi and thank you for subscribing. In the UK there were some roundhouses for locos but not many. They were mostly full roundhouses rather than half. There are some links on this Wikipage to UK roundhouses - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Railway_roundhouses_in_the_United_Kingdom
The National Railway Museum at York has a building based on the concept of a roundhouse but there is also a surviving roundhouse at Barrow which has been preserved www.barrowhill.org/ Although there may not have been many roundhouses in the UK we did have the oldest in this country opened in 1837 and built by Robert Stevenson and recently rediscovered during works for HS2 - mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/news/hs2-uncovers-worlds-oldest-railway-roundhouse-at-curzon-street-archaeological-site
For your model railway a half roundhouse around the turntable would look good and whilst not common in the UK certainly would not be unprototypical. I hope that gives you the answer to your question? I also hope that you continue to enjoy modelling UK railways and hope that some of my videos are of use to you. Regards, Woody
@@woodysmodellingdiary Thanks Ofcourse Shal Uploud From Time To Time Video.s Of MY building Progress To My Channal
Hi, It would be good to see your progress. You have some great videos on your channel. Regards, Woody
@@woodysmodellingdiary thank u woody u have also some amazing video,s 🙂
Take a pen tube. Glue a small Neodymium magnet into the end and use it to lift the coupling hooks. It was painful to watch you faffing around with that uncoupling tool, that you have there.
Thanks for the tip and I will try it out. Part of what you did not see was me trying to juggle myself over some things on the floor and trying to balance the camera which made the whole decoupling a little less steady than normal. Must clear up the junk but will try the magnet!