Some loco pix.

It has been a while since I posted pictures of individual locos, so here are a few of the Parnhams collection.

5562 Alberta, a standard Peco Jubilee to look at but in fact a "Bitza" as it is made of the good parts of three and then has had the livery corrected- it was red when the body was bought- and an identity change.
LNER 3238 is a Graham Hughes kit on the wrong Pannier Tank chassis, which fits it better than the correct one!. It was started by me then finished by Mr Grumpy who also lettered it.

LMS 3726 is the highest- numbered 2F in the original number series that I could find a picture of to confirm its status in about 1939. It is basically a standard Union Mills job but has been repainted and weathered. It did have a cab stanchion on this side but has lost it- another job to do before Grantham show!

More FR work

Thursday was day two of the big wiring and track bash on Farndon Road. Part of the original objective achieved- the Northbound yard now runs smoothly on all tracks, though the entry points are still manual- they are wired in but not tested as yet- this will have to wait for another day. The exit fan of the Southbound yard is relaid and checked for clearances etc. The Southbound yard will be rewired in October on a one-day bash.

Evening sessions resume next week with a partial rebuild of the Southbound panel to reflect the new fan.

Parnhams Pics

Just a couple of pictures taken at Warley last year.

More work on Farndon Road

Spent much of the day up at Bingham clubhouse working on Farndon Road's fiddle yard. There were 5 of us working, the others being Trevor, Geoff, Alf (Mr Hasty) and Simon (Mr Grumpy). We were joined in the morning by Chairman Chris and I got an email when we got home from Secretary Chris asking if we were working this evening- tomorrow is the next session.

After a lot of debate Alf came up with a simple plan for easing the curves on the Southbound exit fan, and he and Geoff were given the task of implementing it. Trevor got on with track repairs on the middle board while Simon made a new D-connector for the first new wiring and I removed the call-on controller and associated redundant wire then worked out what needed connecting where.

After lunch I connected in the new D plug while Trevor and Smon made sure each section on the second board was connected and labelled as it should have been. Tomorrow we finish the new wiring on the Northbound side and test it.

FR is scheduled to appear at Cotgrave in April then we'll offer it to Nottingham, Leamington and Taunton for 2012.

Some recent Farndon Road pictures

A long time later....

Summer has been and gone and little activity- or at least little blogging activity. In the real world things have been moving-

Farndon Road is progressing well and looks good as far as it goes. More on this later.

Parnhams went to Warley in November and Sileby in February, and was photographed and an article written for British Railway Modelling.

Outside of railway modelling I have announced my intention to retire next year. Hurrah!