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Hi All,
Had a busy day today working on both Walmington Pier Tramway and Route's End 2
Walmington Pier Tramway
Secured the last of the sea surface into place and the glued down a heap of Wimereux beach sand to form the foreshore - will clean it up tomorrow (Sunday 6th).
Route's End 2
Decided to motorise the main point using the Hornby motor and the motor cover and it works well - Always was deterred from motorising points after the infamous self-cooking small Triang point motors that some of us grew up with! Need to get a different point switch (passing contact) as the Hornby one is the old Triang pedigree and far too cumbersome for my use.
Because I have a solid baseboard (25mm oak), the point motor wiring is on top and fed under the rails (but through the ballast) through orange coloured Capri-Sun straws which look just like the cable piping currently used by Network Rail!!
Photos to follow, I promise!!!
Dave
Had a busy day today working on both Walmington Pier Tramway and Route's End 2
Walmington Pier Tramway
Secured the last of the sea surface into place and the glued down a heap of Wimereux beach sand to form the foreshore - will clean it up tomorrow (Sunday 6th).
Route's End 2
Decided to motorise the main point using the Hornby motor and the motor cover and it works well - Always was deterred from motorising points after the infamous self-cooking small Triang point motors that some of us grew up with! Need to get a different point switch (passing contact) as the Hornby one is the old Triang pedigree and far too cumbersome for my use.
Because I have a solid baseboard (25mm oak), the point motor wiring is on top and fed under the rails (but through the ballast) through orange coloured Capri-Sun straws which look just like the cable piping currently used by Network Rail!!
Photos to follow, I promise!!!
Dave