Love Lane, B.R. (E) c.1956-59

[paulc]

.......and to add to Dave's @S-Club-7 post above here's one of the special jig's he has produced for the slip.

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Almost a full mock up of the shops & flats that back onto the cutting.

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Buffer stops know fitted at the end of the yard head shunt. We can start concentrating on groundwork now in that area.

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One of the Brit's on test run through the station, I think the lads were checking platform clearances.
Look's like young Jonny, whilst waiting for a train, has taken a leaf out of Granddad's book and 'bin darn the rubba' after work !

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...and Tim @Tim Humphreys ex Mudhen has found the sun tan lotion ready to smear over the vicar's daughter

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Col.

That jig for the slip is a brilliant idea , very clever . I may try making one for a double slip which would work for a single as well i suppose .

 

[NewportRod]

The G.E.R. Society files emporium, Ref. RE042, can supply a copy of 'Modern British Permanent Way' by C.J. Allen 1915.
You'll find a lot of useful info in this including some drawings.

Col.

Thanks for the tip Col. Well worth the thirty bob.
R

 

[daifly]

https://www.gersociety.org.uk/files-emporium-home/re042-modern-british-permanent-way-1915?search=Re042

For anyone trying to find it!
Dave

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Thanks for the tip Col. Well worth the thirty bob.
R

There is also a lot of info. available from the N.E.R. Association under the title of 'Standard Railway Equipment-Permanent Way, 1926.
This covers track standards utilising 95lb British Standard rail as used by the LNER but also the LMSR & SR.
This should be on the associations sales list.

Standard Railway Equipment - Permanent Way, 1926 - NERA

The 94 page ‘Standard Railway Equipment – Permanent Way, 1926’, prepared by the LNER’s NE Area in consultation with a committee formed at the behest of the Ministry of Transport and made up of representatives from each of the ‘Big Four’ sets out the permanent way track standards then adopted by...

ner.org.uk

Col.

 

[richard carr]

Col

Is there a photo of the other side of David's Jig for the single slip ?

It would be really useful if there was.

Thanks

Richard

 

[S-Club-7]

Is there a photo of the other side of David's Jig for the single slip ?

Of course there is Richard...

Do you want one printed for Sunday? PM angle etc if so.

 

[richard carr]

Thanks Dave

Yes a 1 in 8 would be nice.

Richard

 

[Dog Star]

Um, not sure what the jig does or how to use it. Might an explanation / sample be available on Sunday?

 

[S-Club-7]

Yes a 1 in 8 would be nice.

Presumably S7?
Right angle measure or centre line measure?
Code 125 bullhead rail?

 

[richard carr]

Hi Dave

Yes S7, Americans rarely use slips.

I didn't know there were 2 types but one that is compatible with Templot.

Code 125 bullhead would eb great.

Thanks

 

[S-Club-7]

I didn't know there were 2 types but one that is compatible with Templot.

Templot being Templot means that both are "compatible". RAM is Templot's default so I'll print that for you.

 

[S-Club-7]

Um, not sure what the jig does or how to use it. Might an explanation / sample be available on Sunday?

Graham,
Samples will be available on Sunday.
Perhaps this image shows the working bits better than the photo above:

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The protruding square bits fit into the flangeways keeping the rails in each obtuse crossing aligned and the correct distance apart. The gauge also ensures that the two obtuse crossings are the correct distance apart and aligned.

 

[S-Club-7]

And just in case anybody was wondering what RAM and CLM actually meant:

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[S-Club-7]

One final shot from last Wednesday's meeting.

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The mock-up of The Godden Arms is nearly complete. We still have to decide whether the first floor comprises the function room or accommodation. Which in turn poses the questions: do we need another chimney? and where would it be located? The building is close to the baseboard edge so consideration is also being given to modelling the cellar which would be viewed through a cut-out in the decorative fascia...

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Highly likely that there would be a chimney breast on the back wall facing the railway from the ground floor up through the upper floor.
As you enter the entrance and turn left this would be the 'snug' with a fire place on the back wall, then upstairs would be another fireplace for that room, so a chimney stack with two flues.

Col.

 

[NewportRod]

The quality of this reply testifies to much diligent original research.
Rod

 

[S-Club-7]

The Godden Arms mock-up now with two full-fat chimneys -- the one on the right is deliberately leaning to show that it's part of the roof sub-assembly (well, that's the photographer's excuse!)


Some old railings alongside the new road bridge. What would we do without access to a nearby laser cutter (nearby = about 50ft away from here; it's a long walk there and back at the end of the day!)?

 

[Osgood]

The Godden Arms - part pub, part pillbox.

 

[S-Club-7]

The Godden Arms - part pub, part pillbox.

If you ask @Oz7mm nicely then he may let us know the prototype; sadly no longer a public house.

 

[Oz7mm]

The prototype, suggested by Colin Dowling (@Eastsidepilot of this parish) is the Victoria in Charlton in south east London. It closed in the 1990s and is now a Domino’s pizza. To their credit the building was not demolished.

It has been a frustrating building to model. Our site differs a fair bit from the Victoria so the model is at least part fiction. I think we have now got round the likely pitfalls and I will start cutting the final version this week.

Its been quite a lot of work considering how small an area it covers

John