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About the closing of Regner;I got it from Andrew M at the Kwnlr(or something alike)

The version I heard was that Regner were undergoing reorganisation, so production is unaffected. Perhaps someone with better information than us on the periphery of things will be able to set us straight.

Greetings from Virginia!
Peter in VA

IrishPeter wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:47 pm The version I heard was that Regner were undergoing reorganisation, so production is unaffected. Perhaps someone with better information than us on the periphery of things will be able to set us straight.

Greetings from Virginia!
Peter in VA

According to mamod, regner have unfortunately gone into receivership
Great garden line by the way

From what I've seen on the 7/8th lounge it seems it is a reorganisation to protect the family assets from claims on the business but trading continues....at post brexit prices

St.Michael wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2017 8:51 pm

daan wrote: Sat Jun 03, 2017 3:08 pm Excellent! I love the small teacup on the steamheader in the locomotive.. About the worst nightmare derailments: You could add a catchrail in the curve. It is prototypicall and it will help to guide a derailed wagon or locomotive into safety.
You can easily make one by screwing brass screws into the sleepers at the right distance and solder a spare piece of rail onto it.
Thanks for sharing the pictures!

Thank you Daan for your kind comments. I'ts a good idea with the catch rail. Shall it be put on the outside on the outer rail, or on the inside of the inner rail?

Normally the catch rail is on the inside of the inner rail, why that is, I don't know..

To "catch" the back of the flange of the inside wheel, and prevent the outer wheel riding up and over the outside rail. Were it on the outside, the inside wheel would already be off the track.
Grant.

Spot on Grant. The check gauge (gauge edge of the 'high' or 'outer' rail to the rubbing face of the check) is arguably the most important track measurement there is. Track construction and maintenance standards give far less tolerance in this dimension than they do in the actual track gauge. No where is this more so than at the crossing nose of a turnout, where accurate maintenance of check gauge is vital in keeping the wheel on the correct side of the 'V' as it passes through the wing gap.

In 32mm gauge, where the flangeway gap between the check rail and it's associated running rail is 2.8mm, the check gauge from the 'high' or 'outer' rail to the rubbing face of the check rail should be 29.2mm. If the track gauge is widened to ease the passage of wheels round a particularly sharp curve the check gauge remains unchanged at 29.2. It is the flangeway gap that is widened, adding the amount to the 2.8mm flangeway gap. For instance, if the gauge were widened to 32.67mm (a scale 1/2") then the flangeway gap would be increased to 3.47mm. These are miniscule changes to the measurements used in 16mm scale and difficult to accurately produce or control, but it is worth trying to get the check gauge right if nothing else. The running quality of rolling stock will be much more reliable if this is done.

I hope this makes sense - and I hope I've got my sums correct!

Andrew

That makes lots of sense! thanks for the explanation.. I can imagine a catchrail on my own layout to be a succes on some places too. I had a derailment some time ago on a very sharp curve next to an embankment and I quickly catched the falling locomotive. Not being aware of the fact that a blowing safetyvalve changes into a hot water jet when the boiler is at an angle.. Because of a jacket I had on, I didn't burn myself, but if it would be at summertime, I would have had surely burnt arms. But the train was undamaged..

A catch rail would be able to keep the train in it's track and I still have some spare track left..

Yes. I agree. Very useful answers. Thank you I'm walking around the rw, and finding some difficult places where a catchrail will be of much help..

Guys,
Not being picky, but for info the normal ( UK ) expression is CHECKrail, not Catchrail. A Catch Point does exactly the opposite to a Checkrail and is designed to throw a run away vehicle off the rails to avoid it running onto another line and causing a disaster.

My fault, I assumed the extra rail catches a vehicle which is derailing, preventing it form falling, so "catchrail" seemed obvious.. I guess the word "Checkrail" is to show the extra rail checks if the vehicle is still on the track.. or something like it..

You're quite correct Daan (as is Phillipy). a check rail is to 'check' a vehicle from straying off the track. A catch rail is to catch a vehicle which has already strayed onto the ground from straying too far from the straight and narrow. The only use of them I've come across in the UK is across long bridges to prevent vehicles plummeting over the edge!