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4472 wrote:Have you tried ringing the railway station

Although the club has it's clubrooms in the old station building it is not part of the station anymore.

Jim

Yes that is all they have on the "contact us" page. Would have thought they would have had a contact email!

Jim

Is there anyone on the forum that is on the committee or a member of Kyle model railway club based in Irvine, Scotland or has a contact within the club, would like to speak to them please. I have been on the website but unfortunately under "contact us" there are no email addresses or telep...

My first thought is - yes why don't we all spend our hard earned cash to provide free advertising for a global soft drink company who's product is know to contribute to weight and dental problems

No thanks!

Jim

Really sad news - first Jim's Gateside & Northbridge, and now Friargate - is it catching? - where can I get counselling?! Look forward however to the new layout. Agree with Ex Pat - seems like many of us are moving away from the "magnum opus" to something more manageable, best of luck...

Also - if you are using a diode matrix make sure the output from the CDU is the right way round, been there done that!

A good place to check out old track diagrams is here https://signalbox.org/diagrams.php some superb old diagrams

Jim

Can't quite work out the logic of that formation, but some complicated pointwork with duplicated routes was common to provide parallel routes through junctions, Glasgow Central is a good present day example of this.

Jim

Son't forget to model the pub! A Summer Friday evening spotting at Carstairs was never complete without a quick pint or two before catching the Perth train home to Coatbridge! Will follow this with interest, I have quite a number of photographs of the station in this era and there are plenty more on...

Non-moving LEDs does sound much easier than semaphore signals. But doesn't it depend on the era you're modelling? Is there anywhere that tells us when colour light signals were introduced around the country? Michaela, is there a particular era you're modelling? Colour light signals have been around...

I have never managed to achieve working semaphores, All my semaphores were Ratio kits, I would think that a simple home or distant signal would be easy to get working, but once you start looking at bracket signals or heaven forbid gantries it becomes very complicated and I am not sure that the small...

If we were talking about a mass market product I would support Hornby's actions, it goes all the time, think of retailers undercutting the major brands with their "own brand" product, but in the limited and some may say shrinking market for model railway locomotives I find it crazy. It wou...

Well it has gone. finished off pulling up the track last night and the boards are covered in boxes and bags of buildings and accessories. We have had an offer for a cottage accepted subject to the sale of our own house so if anyone wants a three bedroom house in Eaglesham with boards in place to sta...

Excellent! Great to see a young lad involved in the hobby, pity I couldn't prize my lad away from the Xbox screen

Jim

A favourite book? That is a hard question as all the books I have have all been bought for a reason. I have three books on 'Buckingham G C.' -- Rev Peter Denny. I love reading them time and again. I suppose if I had to choose one on modelling then 'Historical Railway Modelling -- David Jenkinson, w...