Kingsbridge Line help.

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graham thorp

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Hello all.

I'm about to start work building a small GWR diorama based on the Kingsbridge Line in South Devon. This is going to be a present for my dad who is not really able to undertake such a task now although he did build the locomotive about 10 years ago, a 45xx from Springside.

Its going to be fairly short due to space limitations in the house at 160cm long and 50cm wide and I'll use Avonwick or Loddiswell as a rough guide but will try to pack in as much interest as is possible.

I'd like to request a little help if anyone would be so kind. This would be to generate in Templot, a section of straight plain track in F7.
This would be 160cm long and late GWR period which I think is 44'6" panels using 8'6" sleepers at 18 sleepers per panel. (I use a Mac and I don't think its Templot compatible).
Hopefully the file could be emailed to me to print out here?

I'm happy to pay for the help, or perhaps lunch at one of the shows this year :)

Many thanks for your time.

Graham
 
Dog Star

Dog Star

Western Thunderer
GWR rail length of 44' 6" was introduced with the "00" rail section circa 1900 and hence with 9'0" sleepers. By grouping the GWR was using 45'0" rail lengths and had introduced 8'6" sleepers. On the basis that the railway company would use up existing stocks then 44'6" rails with 8'6" sleepers is possible... as is 45'0" rails with 9'0" sleepers. I feel that the GWR would have had more than one location for storing PW materials and hence what might be found in one division (at a date) could be different to track in another division (at the same date).

What would I do in the circumstances? If the timeline for the layout is pre-grouping then use 44'6" rails and 9'0" sleepers. If the timeline is later than (say) mid 1930s then go for 45' 0" and 8'6". Unless you are prepared to do some interpolation of photos of branch trackwork.

regards, Graham
 
adrian

adrian

Flying Squad
martin_wynne

martin_wynne

Western Thunderer
The easy way to run Templot on a Mac is via Wine -- it's free and you don't need anything from Microsoft or any part of Windows.

Two easy installers are available:

Winebottler (free): http://winebottler.kronenberg.org

Codeweavers Crossover (low-cost, customer support, free trial): https://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover-mac/

I have made some optimisations in Templot when running under Wine, and many users are happily running Templot on a Mac this way.

Martin.
 
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graham thorp

Active Member
Dog Star said:
GWR rail length of 44' 6" was introduced with the "00" rail section circa 1900 and hence with 9'0" sleepers. By grouping the GWR was using 45'0" rail lengths and had introduced 8'6" sleepers. On the basis that the railway company would use up existing stocks then 44'6" rails with 8'6" sleepers is possible... as is 45'0" rails with 9'0" sleepers. I feel that the GWR would have had more than one location for storing PW materials and hence what might be found in one division (at a date) could be different to track in another division (at the same date).

What would I do in the circumstances? If the timeline for the layout is pre-grouping then use 44'6" rails and 9'0" sleepers. If the timeline is later than (say) mid 1930s then go for 45' 0" and 8'6". Unless you are prepared to do some interpolation of photos of branch trackwork.

regards, Graham
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Thanks Graham.

It will be most definitely post 1940 so it would seem that a 45' length would be the one to go for.
Many thanks for your advice and help.

I hope to post some progress pictures soon!
 
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graham thorp

Active Member
adrian said:
It is quite easy to run Templot on a Mac. Install Virtualbox (www.virtualbox.org) and then load a Windows Virtual Machine in Virtual box and install Templot on there.

Microsoft offer Windows virtual machines for testing IE compatibility and development. You can get these for Virtualbox on a Mac from here https://www.modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools

Hope that helps.
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Thanks Adrian.

I will look into this later this eve and hopefully up and running soon after.

Kind regards.

Graham
 
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