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Re: Wintershill Signal Works
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lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains
Date: 
Mon, 3 Feb 2003 10:35:52 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Stuart Jones writes:
The gang at the Wintershill Signal Works have been busy again...
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=32958

Stuart - fantastic stuff.  I wanted to do a gated crossing too, but I could
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 standard Lego
short wagon bases any more!


Jason J Railton



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  Re: Wintershill Signal Works
 
Very cool! I really like the design of the gates. Quite impressive, all that fine engineering. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
  Re: Wintershill Signal Works
 
(...) I've just added a new view showing the bushes and more of the mechanism. Re: level crosings, last surviving gated crossings in the UK are listed at www.signalbox.org/la...ssings.htm Some good photos too, particularly the beauty at Allington (...) (22 years ago, 10-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)

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  Wintershill Signal Works
 
The gang at the Wintershill Signal Works have been busy again... (URL) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains) ! 

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