Reconstruction of the upper loop of the ANLR

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LMS-Jools

Post by LMS-Jools » Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:08 pm

Go on then I'll Third it !  :lol: lol

It could be the Hamilton Hump !!!! :roll:

ptlrcecil

Post by ptlrcecil » Tue Nov 04, 2008 7:58 pm

The hamilton speed hump, or that random hump on the A6 south of milnthorpe where I discovered the real meaning of air miles. :D

laalratty

Post by laalratty » Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:12 pm

No, no NO Not happening!!!
And PTLRcecil, do you mean the bump I call the Welcome to Cumbria bump, as its right on the Lancashire/Cumbria border right beside where there used to be a sign that said "Welcome to Cumbria". I can imagine you getting big air of that on a bike.
Oh god, i've just Bungled my own topic :lol:

SillyBilly

Post by SillyBilly » Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:18 pm

Congratulations you've earned yourself.....

1 Bungle Point!!!

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Post by mhlr » Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:43 pm

SillyBilly wrote:Congratulations you've earned yourself.....

1 Bungle Point!!!
:sign5:

You know the best bit about Lancashire and Cumbria?...........

.....The road into Yorkshire!!! :lol:
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laalratty

Post by laalratty » Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:47 pm

oohhh I think you should get a Bungle point for that, seeing as you appear to be wanting to start a Lancashire/Yorkshire war, with Cumbria thrown in as well!!! With my mum being from Hull, I know how fun Lancashire/Yorkshire wars can be :lol: :twisted:

laalratty

Post by laalratty » Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:08 pm

Well after that break in the topic, here are some pictures of the vitually complete Winding house
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The winding drum
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And the little bit of bent paper clip that allows the line to be attached to the slate wagon (also useful for coupling Binnie tippers to normal buffer height stock)

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Post by mhlr » Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:35 pm

Wow, that is awesome!!! Will look bloody fantastic in situ.
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SillyBilly

Post by SillyBilly » Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:22 pm

Looks brilliant, the Llanberis Incline was one of dad's jobs if I'd remembered earlier I could of had him dig out the drawings he has.

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Post by steamyjim » Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:24 pm

SillyBilly wrote:Looks brilliant, the Llanberis Incline was one of dad's jobs if I'd remembered earlier I could of had him dig out the drawings he has.
Any chance of doing that for me? Pleeeeeeeeease

Looks brilliant mate :D

riveresk

Post by riveresk » Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:40 pm

Nice, very, very nice. Looks fantastic, I look forwads to having a go.

Oh go on, you know you want to... Hamil - gurk - stop trying to strangle me you maniac!!!!

Lol.

ptlrcecil

Post by ptlrcecil » Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:49 am

Just had a brilliant idea. You could host your speed trials down the incline with a safety wire to stop them hitting the bend. Or to tear the back buffer beam off.

SLRmidge

Post by SLRmidge » Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:12 pm

You could bring Guinevere down to Morecambe on your bike & we could try that out :blob8:

ptlrcecil

Post by ptlrcecil » Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:21 pm

Guenevere (spelt corectly) :D will not fit inside the top box as its to long. I can only fit in caradoc, jenny and useless piece of metal formally known as "The worlds most powerful mamod". Gussie did just about fit in but movement tore the cowcatcher off. You wont catch me doing that again. Wait I've just gone off topic.
Do I get a Bungle point? :D :D

Rob

Post by Rob » Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:17 am

looks great. the winding house looks just the part. im planning on an incline up to a canal on my track.

laalratty

Post by laalratty » Sat Nov 15, 2008 9:55 pm

Well, I now believe that scenenically, the new rebuilt section is past the point that the old alignment was up to when it was dismantled for rebuilding (if you understand what i mean :lol: ), which means that the rebuilding is complete (well the tunnel is finished, virtually all the track has been laid and most of the significant earth moving has been done), although there is still a lot to do to finish the upper loop to the same scenic standard as the rest of the railway, and any further significant updates I will put in a new topic in the scenery forum. However, here are some before and after photos to show the significant changes that have happened to the upper loop of the Afonglas and Nant Llywyd railway since July
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Looking east, the biggest change is the loss of the shed (re-reading the topic back can still give a good laugh about the sheds destruction!)
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Taken a couple of weeks into the rebuild, the last day a steam loco traversed the old alignment
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The concrete blocks still stand out although a start has been made on building a slate wall to hide them
Well, I always knew that I was in for the long haul when I decided I had had enough of the old alignment and the bad joint in the tunnel, and I still have many months left, although there is no doubt that my railway is much better as a result and I know anybody who has visited since the new alignment came into use would agree!

SLRmidge

Post by SLRmidge » Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:38 pm

I agree :wav:

LMS-Jools

Post by LMS-Jools » Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:43 pm

Oh go on then Ok I agree too lol :twisted:

MuzTrem

Post by MuzTrem » Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:51 am

Great pictures there, and the rebuilt section of line looks really good - something I think you can be justifiably proud of 8)

ptlrcecil

Post by ptlrcecil » Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:57 am

Steam up? :D

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