Peter Borcherds November 10th, 2009
Rochelle Intermodal will be at the 2009 Tolworth show this coming weekend, 14 & 15th November. And great news…it will be the new extended version! With the generous help of Pete Blake, from the Seaboard Southern club, I am almost finished with the two new industrial switching boards…just doing the last bit of scenic work, then will test them with the adjoining boards. Hopefully all works as expected, but am expecting the usual gremlins!
So, come visit me at Tolworth this weekend, otherwise keep an eye on this site for photos of the new modules.
Tolworth Showtrain information: http://www.metropolitanrailway.co.uk/showtrain.htm
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Peter Borcherds September 16th, 2009
Just a reminder that you can see Rochelle Intermodal at the Seaboard Southern North American Railroad Exhibition this weekend, down in Horsham, West Sussex – more details on our website:Â www.seaboard-southern.org.uk/exhibition2009.asp
Unfortunately it won’t be the new extended version as hoped, as my day job has got in the way of progress – I haven’t worked on the layout for over a month, so couldn’t get the new extension ready in time. However, it will be done in time for Tolworth in November.
Hope to see some of you at the Seaboard Southern show – be sure to pop over and say hi!
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Peter Borcherds August 5th, 2009
Right, it’s about time I did another update! Unfortunately the day job has been getting in the way…but I’ve slowly been making progress on the new addition…Caron Street.
I’ve been doing wiring troubleshooting, and can happily say board 1 of Caron Street has passed the first test! ie. no shorts! Now time to wire up the BDL168 block detector…I’ll be testing board 2 early next week, then will run wires across from that board to the BDL168 on board 1.
The first building has been completed, now just waiting for painting and weathering – the Walthers ADM Grain Elevator
I’m still deciding what branding to give it…Cargill is the leader at the moment…I’m busy working on the Oil Dealer kit, then will be tackling the Lumber yard. I’m hoping to have another update early next week…I had better get a move on, as this all needs to be finished by 19th September! Tick tock!!
I’ll be taking the existing boards down to my club, the Seaboard Southern group, in Crawley, so that our members can have a layout to run N scale stock on, and also so that I can have it up to work on, as I need to re-lay two points and do some weathering. At the moment I don’t have space at home to have that part of the layout up at the same time as I am working on Caron Street – I need a bigger house!! It will also give our members a chance to get used to running a DCC and computer-controlled layout…
Right, need to crack on! Look out for another update next week!
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