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The gang at the Wintershill Signal Works have been busy again...
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=32958
1-3. I used to love watching the signalman at my local station as a kid, so
I've always wanted to build a proper gated level crossing, worked by a large
gate wheel, just as I remember it. You can just see the end wall of the
signal box (cabin) under construction, which houses the gate wheel, and part
of the mechanism to the right.
4. Part of the roadway removed to show the drive, the opposite gates are
driven via the flex link under the tracks. Gears are small toothed technic
bushes, as normal gears are too large to fit under the roadway. You can also
see the flex in tube linkage running from the crank to the signal.
5-7. New upper quadrant signals, worked by the lever in the signal box
behind. The signals are lit, showing a red or green aspect - turn the lights
down, very
atmospheric...
8. Coal staithes, once seen in many British goods yards. My vote for Lego's
most useful recent part pack: brown tiles
9-11. 3-plank (or 3-tile?) open wagon, with brake levers and vacuum-brake
pipes fitted. Underframe view shows the vacuum cylinder and brake shaft.
Will anyone ever see this? Who cares, I know it's there....
12. Rail wagon (British wagon code 'Salmon') ready to deliver more rails.
The underframe design will be used on a passenger carriage.
Stuart
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| (...) Whoa.. Very nice! These actually swing across the track??? wild! How often do trains plow through them? (...) Exactly. The true craftsman knows it needs to be there, so it is. Spot on. Very nice stuff. Spotlighted. Thanks for sharing! (22 years ago, 2-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| Nice work Stuart! (...) With crossings the transmission of drive from one side to the other calls for either raising the track level or using a bridge/signal gantry. This looks very tidy. (...) Lattice posts too! (...) My favourite - really liked (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| Wonderfull models, but also great photos. Taking pictures outside and using perspective to guive a real life look excellent, also good definition. Mark "Stuart Jones" <stuart@swanmore.net> wrote in message news:H9pC4y.HHp@lugnet.com... (...) kid, (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) never figure out how to make it small enough. Have you got a close-up of the bushes actually mating as gears? I love the brake detail on the wagons you brought along to the GWLTS. This clearly raises the bar, and we can't simply get away with (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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