Here we have some photos that may be of interest to the group, some detail pics of Dinorwic pointwork and one of my own made to 14mm gauge ready for the dummy lever and motorising. Made from some old copperclad sleepers (yet to be slit for wiring) and some N gauge rail. I am not [...]
Narrow Perspectives is an interesting website featuring a collection of photographs of narrow gauge railways in the British Isles. Most of the pictures are from the last twenty years or so but there is a section featuring historic photographs and another with photos from the 1960s of the Ffestiniog Railway’s Deviation Project.
John Clutterbuck wrote a series of three articles about building accurate trackwork which was originally published in Roy C Link’s Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling Review issues 63, 64 & 65. As Roy has now sold most of the relevant back issues, John and Roy have collaborated to produce an updated electronic booklet [...]
I’ve been asked to place these photos of Festiniog and Penrhyn Quarry railway chairs on the site for everyone’s information.
The hardware was supplied to me by Adrian Gray when I showed a willingness to produce brass masters of them for castings in 7mm. scale. I also decided to do them in 1/32nd scale, should anyone [...]
Here are some photos I took in June 2006 on the Vale of Rheidol railway in Wales at Aberffrwd station. Note the substantial nature of the track (c. 60lb/yd) and modern pointwork which is typical of modern preserved NG railways in the UK.
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Although the gauge is out by 8″ or so for O14, there are some great details in the trackwork of the Volks Electric Railway in Brighton that could be a useful reference for anyone working on a “tourist attraction” type railway rather than serious functional narrow gauge!
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Chelfham Station – photo taken by S Miles-Davey 1930s
I have been given permission to publish these two photos of the original Lynton and Barnstaple railway which show very good detail of the track and pointwork as relaid by the Southern Railway. (Click pictures to enlarge)
Bratton Bank – photo taken by HGW Household 1927
Of course the [...]
A great place to see 2′ narrow gauge steam and diesel in action in the South of England is Amberley Working Museum. It has regular gala days which also include narrow gauge models, layouts and traders, and there’s plenty of other attractions to amuse those members of your family who rather strangely easily tire of [...]
The Templot site has some data for prototype industrial turnouts here which may also be of use for non Templot users.
There is an interesting description of the signalling of the L&B (which was signalled to mainline standards) including a picture of a turnout with an outside facing point locks on this site here.
