Cock O'The North on Farndon Road

Sunday, 30 January 2011

Almost February


Yet again four weeks since filling in what's been going on. On the positive side we've got the main line running with points working across the Station and Maltings boards on Farndon Road. On the negative side I'm going to have to replace the switch on the bay platform for a full DPDT switch as the idea I had of switching it didn't work. Still it is a small price to pay.


We've decided not to wire up the yard just yet as the main line needs finishing first, and the fiddle yard still needs two days work doing. Pic shows Sayajirao arriving in the Northbound platform with a parcels train.


Sunday, 9 January 2011

January again

Another month, another load of excuses. Actually, it has been fairly busy with two daytime sessions on Farndon Road and another trip to Wendy's. This time D9555 has arrived and is now running sweetly on the test track. The picture is one I took of the real thing at Burradon in about 1974.

FR's control panel is on the dining room table having a whole set of new return wires added to avoid crossovers from one controller to the other causing short circuits.