Buffer End Stops

Dave Bowden

Western Thunderer
Last year I bought 2 buffer end stops for my garden railway from Michael Newlove and I'm at a stage now with the railway to fit them.

So two photos, first one is as they come out of the packet, and the second one as worked on by me. This involved stripping it down and treating the rails with Birchwood Casey, then when dry giving them a fine coat of oil.

Changing the sleepers to the same well worn ones from my stock, and painting the headstock in Acrylic black and the face in red, followed by a coat of silky vanish.

MN Buffer Stop.JPG
Buffer end stop_1.jpg
Buffer end stop_3.jpg
I still have the other one to treat the same shortly.
Dave
 

Jordan

Mid-Western Thunderer
It might just be me, & feel free to ignore or ridicule as appropriate, but has the headstock been fitted to the wrong side after painting?
 

Dave Bowden

Western Thunderer
It might just be me, & feel free to ignore or ridicule as appropriate, but has the headstock been fitted to the wrong side after painting?
Hi Jordan you are correct and luckily it isn't permanently fixed so I was able to fit it on the correct side.
Thank you for raising it. New photo shortly
Dave
 

Dave Bowden

Western Thunderer
Here are two additional buffer end stops I inherited with the railway. Can anyone shed some light on what they are and from what region.

The short one has Cliff Barker's sleepers on it,but looking at CB's website it doesn't look like one of his.
Old End Stop_1.jpg
Old End Stop_2.jpg
Old End Stop_3.jpg
Old End Stop_4.jpg
I'm have problems loading images from my Opera browser in that WT says there are errors loading photos, so I've switched back to Firefox/Bing and it works fine from there.
Dave
 
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Overseer

Western Thunderer
Here are two additional buffer end stops I inherited with the railway. Can anyone shed some light on what they are and from what region.

The short one has Cliff Barker's sleepers on it,but looking at CB's website it doesn't look like one of his.
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I'm have problems loading images from my Opera browser in that WT says there are errors loading photos, so I've switched back to Firefox/Bing and it works fine from there.
Dave
The larger one looks like an LNWR/LMS buffer stop. If it had a radius in the diagonal propping rails under the buffer beam instead of the kinks it could be GER. The small one would be for a minor siding but I don't recognise it.
 
Dave
The long one is one of my GWR stops minus the w/metal chairs that were glued on.This was their weakness so, many years ago I got them cast as complete sides (lh & rh) ready for pinning to your own sleepers.Still available ,£24 a set +buffer beam.
 

Dave Bowden

Western Thunderer
Having now received replacement parts for the second buffer I have now BC treated it and re-assembled it so here's a photo of both together.
Buffer End Stops.jpg
The one on the left was the original one.
Dave
 

40057

Western Thunderer
Hello

I have newly joined this forum and have been reading with interest previous contributions on a range of 1:32-related topics.

As my first offering, here are pictures of a buffer stop I built around 30 years ago, still doing good service. It’s based on measurements of a stop in the goods yard at a nearby station (now gone, the track lifted). Anyone recognise which railway company?36E4667B-F8C1-4CF7-BBAA-594986372573.jpeg0544D566-728E-47C9-9EAC-4C5391344317.jpeg
 
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