http://dublo-trains.zoomshare.com/2.shtml PAUL & DIANE'S HORNBY DUBLO 3 RAIL MODEL RAILWAY "TOMLINSON PARK": Blog Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:42:05 -0600 http://dublo-trains.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/e4e6efb6342af87464b2739b3ded6e2a_47928ac5.writeback Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:41:57 -0600 Christmas out the way and too cold to do anything else i thought it was time to install five new electric points and wire them up to operate with the others on the layout. I can now run trains in from other lines into the passing loops and send others out. I have also wiered into the layout 3 electric signals to operate automatically as the train approches the signal and returns back to danger once the train has passed. http://dublo-trains.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/0f127aec2bcbfbecd89f5a953dab67e6_463a0ee0.writeback Thu, 03 May 2007 11:33:36 -0500 A kind man Mr Sam Taylor of Kingston upon Thames sent me a e mail asking if i would like his old Hornby Dublo layout from the 1950's as he was clearing his loft out and was moving overseas. So on Saturday we left Coventry for Kingston not quite knowing what to expect. We were given the Duchess of Montrose train set' A N2 Tank engine and a Bristol Castle locomotive all in nice condition. There was also boxes of track, wagons coaches plus a few accessories Dublo and other makes. A few drops of oil and the Bristol Castle moved for the first time in over 45 years, The Duchess and the N2 Tank were both missing there armatures, pickups and wireing. The N2 will stay a rolling chassis so it can be used to double head and The Duchess will be restored back to it's former glory. We think this will have to be the end of what we can fit on the layout as all of the sidings are full. http://dublo-trains.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/9090f3957fd9baa4a0c3953829875db7_4623c416.writeback Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:44:38 -0500 A few bits have been done to the layout in the last few weeks. We have fitted working street lamps to the roadside which have been wired to a switch to have have them off in the daylight. We have also built a Peco train shed to span over the station only to build it and find E3002 will not fit under with the pantographs down! the train shed came with extentions so we were able to gain a bit more height so the electric now passes under. More Peco people have been added to the island platforms and a fence now runs round the inside of the layout. I have got to put the tarmac down for the road which runs on top of the bank to have my Trackside vehicles on. The layout is almost two years old now and has come along way since the first train ran round the single line. My youngest son Declan can not keep away from the trains he loves them. I have also started to help build my Dad a model railway he runs the modern day Hornby a link has been added in the links page to that site http://dublo-trains.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/742b8ecde36c9584bd0bc7a1c67b9fd4_46093b07.writeback Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:40:55 -0500 The last sections of track have been added to the layout and there is no more room to add anymore so the wife keeps telling me, Track has been changed in the layout for better sections to replace the ones which were not so good. All the black switches now work which has made running the trains more interesting especially trying to remember which one does what. An embankment has been made at the back of the passing loops with a road on top to hold all the Trackside vehicles I have. I have started to fit neo magnets into some of the locomotives which has improved there performance. http://dublo-trains.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/f5f853dc44746691a2d0ef7360cf9e5f_4550ea02.writeback Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:18:10 -0600 We have been really busy over the last few months running wires for signal lights, electric points and isolating track sections. The layout now has over 45 original Hornby Dublo switches (and it's guess work which one works what). The layout has also been extended behind the holding loops with more passing loops to hold trains up to 8 coaches long. New locomotives have been added the latest being City of Liverpool along with two re painted Standard class 4mt's. Another Duchess of Montrose has been bought to be re painted as the City of Leicester and we are still looking for another City class loco to turn into our home city the City of Coventry . http://dublo-trains.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/2f8bc9d913d76b8356fcf174977394cb_42f902c0.writeback Tue, 09 Aug 2005 14:23:44 -0500 WE HAVE DECIDED TO KEEP THE TRACK ON THE FLAT AND FORGET ABOUT GOING UP AND DOWN HILLS AS NOTHING REALLY WANTED TO PULL THE TRAINS UP THEM. STATION HAS BEEN GIVEN A NAME OF TOMLINSON PARK NAMED AFTER WIFES MAIDEN NAME (FOLLOW LINKS TO GET YOUR OWN STATION NAMES)I HAVE SET A FEW HORNBY OVER HEAD CABLES OVER THE OUTER LINES TO SEE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE BUT WHO KNOWS IF THEY WILL STAY http://dublo-trains.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/b8f0ec9786141759419f1ed31642c92f_42ecb1ae.writeback Sun, 31 Jul 2005 06:10:38 -0500 TWO NEW REPAINTED LOCOMOTIVES. No 80151 WHICH STARTED LIFE AS 80054 HAS HAD ALL ORIGINAL PAINT REMOVED AND SPRAYED BLACK ON TOP OF A COAT OF PRIMER USEING AN AIR BRUSH. ALSO No 34042 DORCHESTER HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF ALL ORIGINAL PAINT RE SPRAYED WITH NEW TRANSFERS AND IS NOW 34016 BODMIN. THIS LOCOMOTIVE WAS IN POOR CONDITION AND WAS RE NUMBERED IN THE HOPE THAT ONE DAY I WILL OWN A ORIGINAL DORCHESTER LOCO http://dublo-trains.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/bba66ed9c0a5f7c247e8ade6d116fc08_42ecad2c.writeback Sun, 31 Jul 2005 05:51:24 -0500 WE HAVE BUILT A DOUBLE TRACK INCLINE INTO THE LAYOUT. THIS IS TO ALLOW A TRACK TO RUN UNDER THE RUNNING LINES WHICH WILL RUN TOO THE TURNTABE. THE DISADVANTAGE OF THIS IS THAT STEAM LOCOMOTIVES CAN ONLY PULL SHORT TRAINS OF 4 SUPER DETAIL COACHES UP THE INCLINE BUT DEISEL AND ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES FITTED WITH TRACTION TYRES CAN PULL 7 SUPER DETAIL COACHES.