7mm The Derby Line: Basford North
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Western Thunderer
Thanks Jim - much of it is down to the work of Geoff Taylor and Alisdair Macdonald - as well as the late DLOS.
The latest running session ( the 7th ) , where we ran the late afternoon and evening trains. The lads look generally happy with operations! Tea and cake always helps!
The latest running session ( the 7th ) , where we ran the late afternoon and evening trains. The lads look generally happy with operations! Tea and cake always helps!
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Western Thunderer
One problem that became apparent during the last running session was that derailments were occuring on the long crossover (longer than it should be because it is stretched by the curve in the layout ). Investigation found areas tight to gauge as well a kinks in the alignment well below the minimum radius of 6 feet. There were 5 areas of concern - all down to my poor tracklaying on this section. Although in mitigation, I think some hot weather had something to do with it. So I used a sharp chisel to remove chairs, re-aligned rails and then made up new chairs to fit. Hopefully that is all now resolved.
