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Post by hellocontrol on Feb 24, 2014 17:01:34 GMT
Just wondering how many people actually model LT.
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Post by mrhappy on Feb 26, 2014 13:28:49 GMT
I once made a model in 'N' gauge of West Ruislip to Northolt. Then I married my first wife and she sold the lot! My heart hasnt been in it since.
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Post by hellocontrol on Feb 27, 2014 8:48:29 GMT
I once made a model in 'N' gauge of West Ruislip to Northolt. Then I married my first wife and she sold the lot! My heart hasnt been in it since. Any more details perhaps you took some photos? My first wife complained about coming home late I told her that's what shift does needless to say a change over was arranged. |
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Post by mrhappy on Feb 28, 2014 14:56:22 GMT
I had several albums which the 2nd wife destroyed when we split up. Both ex-wives complained about the shift work yet were happy with the wage packet! I did find out where the track and some trains ended up and tried to buy them back. Unfortunately he wanted more than new prices so I gave up. I did join the Oak Royal train model club. They had a small district line setup. The stock was supposed to have been made by the same chap who made the models at the training centre. Unfortunately, National rail knocked the building down 2 years later.
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Post by hellocontrol on Feb 28, 2014 16:56:38 GMT
I had several albums which the 2nd wife destroyed when we split up. Both ex-wives complained about the shift work yet were happy with the wage packet! I did find out where the track and some trains ended up and tried to buy them back. Unfortunately he wanted more than new prices so I gave up. I did join the Oak Royal train model club. They had a small district line setup. The stock was supposed to have been made by the same chap who made the models at the training centre. Unfortunately, National rail knocked the building down 2 years later. Looks like you went through the wars. Oak Royal where was that located? |
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Post by mrhappy on Feb 28, 2014 17:38:04 GMT
It was an old railway shed in Acton near the A40. They called it Oak Royal as a take on Royal Oak depot as the founders were wheeltappers there.
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Post by GentlemanJim on Feb 28, 2014 17:44:40 GMT
Wonderful creatures are ex-wives. I lost ALL my collection of railway mugs and Terence Cuneo prints, a set of Gresley A4 framed prints but I kept my Central Line signals which are safely stored in Epping Cabin.
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Post by drico on Feb 28, 2014 18:25:05 GMT
Wonderful creatures are ex-wives. I lost ALL my collection of railway mugs and Terence Cuneo prints, a set of Gresley A4 framed prints but I kept my Central Line signals which are safely stored in Epping Cabin. What's happen to the restoration of Epping Cabin, is the frame taken from Hainault still in bits ? |
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Post by hellocontrol on Feb 28, 2014 20:14:22 GMT
It was an old railway shed in Acton near the A40. They called it Oak Royal as a take on Royal Oak depot as the founders were wheeltappers there. Thanks I never knew that the only one I was aware of was the LER layout but that was not LT. |
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Post by hellocontrol on Feb 28, 2014 20:15:06 GMT
Wonderful creatures are ex-wives. I lost ALL my collection of railway mugs and Terence Cuneo prints, a set of Gresley A4 framed prints but I kept my Central Line signals which are safely stored in Epping Cabin. I agree but it's the damage they do. |
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Post by hellocontrol on Feb 28, 2014 20:15:51 GMT
Wonderful creatures are ex-wives. I lost ALL my collection of railway mugs and Terence Cuneo prints, a set of Gresley A4 framed prints but I kept my Central Line signals which are safely stored in Epping Cabin. What's happen to the restoration of Epping Cabin, is the frame taken from Hainault still in bits ? I think it is but GJ will give us the latest. |
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Post by GentlemanJim on Mar 1, 2014 13:12:46 GMT
What's happen to the restoration of Epping Cabin, is the frame taken from Hainault still in bits ? I think it is but GJ will give us the latest. New thread under signalling. |
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Post by hellocontrol on Mar 1, 2014 14:54:15 GMT
I think it is but GJ will give us the latest. New thread under signalling. Noted |
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Post by railtechnician on Mar 3, 2014 18:55:32 GMT
Does anyone recall the LT model railway club? I can't say that I do except that in the late 1980s my old South Kensington Comms supervisor discovered that it used to be located at Sloane Square station when he was doing a survey for one of our projects. Apparently all the members had retired or otherwise no longer frequented the club and it had been left disused for some time.
For some of my time in the training division I worked at Earls Court Signal school running trade tests for new applicants and while there I discovered parts of an old training school O gauge layout which had been long forgotten. The handmade 12 lever frame was a working model and I gleaned the basics of point and signal locking from it long before I had any formal training in signalling.
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Post by hellocontrol on Mar 4, 2014 8:41:42 GMT
Does anyone recall the LT model railway club? I can't say that I do except that in the late 1980s my old South Kensington Comms supervisor discovered that it used to be located at Sloane Square station when he was doing a survey for one of our projects. Apparently all the members had retired or otherwise no longer frequented the club and it had been left disused for some time. For some of my time in the training division I worked at Earls Court Signal school running trade tests for new applicants and while there I discovered parts of an old training school O gauge layout which had been long forgotten. The handmade 12 lever frame was a working model and I gleaned the basics of point and signal locking from it long before I had any formal training in signalling. I remember Sloane Square the layout was in the basement there was an AET from Morden Colin who used to go there and a regulator Malcolm. There was lots of historical material as well. In the old platform at Holborn the Central line had a room. |
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