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2009.04.17 (Update) 2009 TC3 TC2 TC1 2006 2004 |
St Pancras Station Clock A very large station clock for very large stations. This model is based on the clock at London's St Pancras station, which has a diameter of 18 feet. The original was removed during refurbishment of the station in the 1970s and had been sold to a private collector. Unfortunately it was accidentally dropped in the course of its removal and badly damaged. The story then took a happier turn when the remains of the clock salvaged by were salvaged by a retired railwayman who restored it (although not, as far as I'm aware, to working order). Ii is now mounted on the side of a barn in his garden in Nottinghamshire. (The British newspaper The Guardian ran a story about the saving of the original clock) In the recent reconstruction of St Pancras Station, a replica of the original clock was installed in the new train shed. There are three versions of this model, differing in the colour of the support brackets:
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2008.10.22 (Update) 2009 TC3 TC2 TC1 2006 2004 |
Station Clock (Bracket) A slight variation on a theme. This is essentially the same model as the "suspended" Station Clock, but I've slightly modified it so that can be attached to a wall by means of a bracket. Again, it includes Level of Detail modelling and a representation of tungsten lighting at night. |
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2008.10.22 (Update) 2009 TC3 TC2 TC1 2006 2004 |
Station Clock (Suspended version) Something essential for any railway station - the station clock. It was somewhere to meet - and it told you the time too! I've updated this asset to fix a minor timekeeping problem (it ran about 15 seconds slow) and to improve the modelling of the hands. The model depicts a clock of a design typical of those installed in British railway stations the steam and early diesel eras. I've based it on one formerly installed at Stalybridge station in Cheshire, which was built by the clockmakers J B Joyce of Whitchurch, Shropshire. The same makers also provided the Carnforth (Lancashire) station clock, which was made to a very similar design, so it's perhaps most at home in the North West of England. The Stalybridge clock was replaced with a modern replica several years ago, and the original is now displayed at the National Railway Museum in York, which gives modellers and other enthusiasts the chance to examine it at close quarters without exciting the sensibilities of security personnel. I've taken a few liberties with the dimensions, as the case of the original is deeper than I've made it here. Oddly, the version I made with the "correct" depth just looked wrong! This version is designed to be hung from a platform roof or canopy, and has a representation of supports. Adjust the height of the clock to hide the top of the supports in the rafters or to connect to a support beam. It includes Level of Detail modelling and is lit at night by the barely-adequate glow of tungsten lighting.
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2008.04.07 2009 TC3 TC2 TC1 2006 2004 |
Leaves on the Line! Many of the trees in the UK are deciduous and lose their leaves during the autumn. Where this happens beside a railway line, and the weather is wet (which is not especially rare during a British autumn) the water and the dead leaves mix to form a slippery mess that can interfere with the grip between a train's wheels and the rails. When the phrase "leaves on the line" first appeared as a stated reason for a delayed service, its usage spread beyond the rail network and came to be applied to inadequacies in the service provided by many bodies. Its use is mainly ironic, and implies that the service deficiency falls below standard through some level of general but undefined incompetence. This usage came about because cynical rail travellers soon came to suspect that the phrase was used as a convenient excuse for almost any delay, whether or not leaves played a role in causing that delay, that the Train Operating Company wanted to suggest was the fault of a capricious Nature, and not theirs at all. |
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2008.03.25 2009 TC3 TC2 TC1 2006 2004 |
My most ambitious project to date - Whitecliffe St. Level Crossing. As my writings about this project expanded over the construction period, it has its own separate web page, which can be found by clicking this link. My Tutorials Page includes:
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 View on DLS | Install 25 items, 1.8 Mb |
2007.09.18 2009 TC3 TC2 TC1 2006 2004 |
Signs to warn drivers in advance that they are approaching a speed
restriction have been in use on Britain's rail network since 1969.
They were introduced in response to a fatal accident that occurred
when a train approaching the
Morpeth Curve failed to slow down to the posted speed limit.
Various styles have been used over the years. This particular style is
reflectorised and was introduced in 1986, remaining in use to the present day. Information about these signs can be found at the bottom of the web page accessed from this link, which is part of the Railway Signs and Signals of Great Britain web site. I haven't yet included a picture of the "real thing" owing to a lack of photographs I've taken myself. Mostly, this is because when I do see one of these it's as it flashes past the train window very, very quickly. 19th September 2007: Now updated to Version 2, to correct some small but annoying errors. I've also added some arrow symbols, to be added to the basic seed signs when the speed restriction applies to a diverging route. |
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2007.06.12 2009 TC3 TC2 TC1 2006 2004 UTC |
A North Eastern Railway "weak bridge" warning sign. This pre-dates standard road signs, and since the lettering on the sign itself refers to the Motor Car Acts of 1895 and 1903, presumably it would have been made not long after those dates. This particular example can now be found on a bridge that crosses the Eller Beck on the approach road to the preserved North Yorkshire Moors Railway's Goathland station. |
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2007.01.16 2009 TC3 TC2 TC1 2006 2004 UTC |
An enamel sign advertising Woodbines Cigarettes, from the days when advertising
of cigarettes and other tobacco products was still permissible. I found the original
for this sign on the "Poppy Line" (North Norfolk Railway) at Weybourne Station. |
