Category Archives: British Rail

Wordless Wednesday playing trains!

Posted on August 10, 2016 by bawdsey

     

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Tracing Tuesday

Posted on August 9, 2016 by bawdsey

   Wiring up continues with temporary switch locations for DC isolating sections. Once the sections are tested I’ll remove the switches and trace the wires into the main loom to the control panel.  The layout will be DC/DCC with the … Continue reading →

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Many Happy Returns..

Posted on July 22, 2016 by bawdsey

   Like most of us I spend a good deal of time thinking and planning future projects, and sometimes help others with theirs. What you see above is just that, in the foreground is some 3D ‘thinking’. When the Forest … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday (R3243a)

Posted on July 13, 2016 by bawdsey
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Throwback Thursday, better late than never …

Posted on July 8, 2016 by bawdsey

A few weeks ago on a Thursday, I wrote about using double sided tape to hold down or rather ‘up’ Tortoise point motors. albionyard-back-on-track/ Well all went well overnight, or part of it. In the morning I arrived to find … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday (fifty shades of grey)

Posted on July 6, 2016 by bawdsey

 

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Throwback Thursday, back on track!

Posted on May 26, 2016 by bawdsey

   A while ago with ‘Shelfie’ I fixed the track and fitted point motors https://albionyard.wordpress.com/2013/06/16/superquick-track/ Whilst I’d been a bit ‘sketchy’ as the yoof would have it by using superglue to fix the track down, the Peco point motors (PL10-E) are fixed … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday (The next project?)

Posted on May 11, 2016 by bawdsey

  

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Derby 2016

Posted on May 8, 2016 by bawdsey

   Derby show this weekend is the good quality show that it is known for. Albion Yard however has developed a voracious appetite for DC controllers lunching two of them, for no apparent/logical reason. Regrettably this means I can’t run … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday Pannier

Posted on April 28, 2016 by bawdsey

Well here’s a throwback for you. It’s a 1950’s era OO gauge Pannier. Today it has a retro sort of charm to it, with it’s cast body and basic chassis. Powered by an Triang XO3 motor through what looks like … Continue reading →

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