After weeks of planning, British Rail (Western Region) are commencing redevelopment of Port Perran station.
The existing station buildings dating from 1880 will be replaced and the station layout will be realigned.
No trains will run from Port Perran for several months but through trains will be allowed through initially subject to severe speed restrictions.
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Earlier today the very last train left for Truro at 18.35 headed by a Pannier 0-6-0.
For the foreseeable future buses will replace train services to and from Port Perran :
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The track gang and demolition crew will start work tomorrow !
Good luck with the demolition, do not be to cruel lol.
The demolition gang have moved in with almost indecent haste !
But through trains can continue to pass through the site of the old station (subject to a 5mph speed restriction):
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But the through lines have now been lifted completely and the station area has been virtually cleared.
Specialist heavy welding gear has been shipped in at huge cost to British Railways !
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Specialist heavy welding gear has been shipped in at huge cost to British Railways !
Love it:)
So....haven't posted any pictures at all lately so a bit of an update after many hours installing point motors and wiring for street and platform lights etc. Plus constructing a simple control panel.
So..........just a section of the wiring under the baseboard. Just a few loose wires to be tidied up still :
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And this is starting to redevelop the station area. Card and platform edging being placed for clearance etc. The scenic sea area to the front of the baseboard is temporarily removed:
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And the station area this morning ! Platforms all finished and platform lighting installed and tested. Platforms glued down and weighted down to ensure that they stick well :
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The Class 52 in the background was the final test train for clearance as it's my longest loco. Once the weights are off it's final testing of lighting then I can start to add the platform "furniture" etc and add the Metcalfe stone station building which replaces my original brick built one.
I can then renew the ballasting and add the scenic bits and pieces around the station area.
Many thanks for the updates, Martin. Please, keep them coming. :photospleasesign:
This comment if yours sounds almost as if you're modelling the Beeching Axe in action! :D
Cheers, NeMo
Quote from: port perran on January 15, 2014, 09:11:07 PM
The demolition gang have moved in with almost indecent haste !
But through trains can continue to pass through the site of the old station (subject to a 5mph speed restriction):
All the weights now off and all seems to be OK :
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The station lights work (phew!). They are not yet firmly fixed in place hence the alarming angles. Also other lights (eg signal box) are on another circuit which will be wired in tomorrow (hopefully).
The area to the left of the pannier will be a parcels exchange platform. Also need to add a workman's hut and all the platform furniture etc.
Ballasting can soon commence and then I can add the new sea wall (which is constructed and painted but awaiting fixing) and I can then re-attach the "sea/beach " which is a detachable front board.
That piece of track to the right of the Western is not meant to be there (just a spare piece!).
Sorry the picture is just a little off focus.
That looks really neat - love the curved section.
What card kit did you use btw?
Station Building and Signal Box are Metcalfe.
Platforms are built using largely Peco platform edging with plasticard platform surfaces.
Quote from: port perran on March 31, 2014, 08:17:21 AM
Station Building and Signal Box are Metcalfe.
Platforms are built using largely Peco platform edging with plasticard platform surfaces.
That's exactly what I'm planning to do, Martin; I have the Peco platform stone edges (straight and slopes) and the Peco SR concrete platform edges. As Cant Cove is on a gentle curve though I will have to curve the edges and surfaces. I look forward to seeing the close-up pictures.
Glad to see that BR (WR) will have full services at Port Perran in operation for the Easter holidays! 8-)
BR Engineering (Western) have been very busy! I wonder if the new station at Dawlish will last as long as the new station at Port Perran? ;D
Nice work Martin :thumbsup:
OK. I'll try to get some close ups this week. I've just permanently fixed the platform lights into position but that posed a problem (which I should have considered earlier!) because the stem of the light which sits beneath the platform surface is longer than the gap between the platform surface and the top of the baseboard. Hence, I needed to carefully drill down into the baseboard to accommodate the stem.
I'm sure it will be worth it in the end !
Thanks, Martin. As I also want to have platform lights and lights in the buildings at Cant Cove I'll be following your experiences with great interest. Unfortunately, there does not seem to be any working platform lights in a LSWR / SR style nor yet the concrete style lamp posts which were common on the WR and I remember from the 1960s. To fit the bulbs and wiring (I suppose) anything available for N that works is over size and (as you've discovered) that can also mean too tall! I have bought two pairs of ornate working lights (a German brand) for the station forecourt but nothing else, yet. I suspect they will also have to be sunk but as the baseboard top is covered in insulation tile that is not a big problem.
With the small surface mount LEDs you shouldn't need them to be oversized providing the post is brass (you want a brass post for a) strength and b) to use as one side of the power so you can just pass a fine wire up the middle.
A lot of the continental lamps are a bit chunky especially as some still use bulbs. I actually tend to use the Z scale ones in N as they are a bit more to my size taste.
Quote from: EtchedPixels on March 31, 2014, 01:34:51 PM
With the small surface mount LEDs you shouldn't need them to be oversized providing the post is brass (you want a brass post for a) strength and b) to use as one side of the power so you can just pass a fine wire up the middle.
A lot of the continental lamps are a bit chunky especially as some still use bulbs. I actually tend to use the Z scale ones in N as they are a bit more to my size taste.
Thanks, Alan. Do you have any specific brands in mind?
At Port-Perran the new seawall (and scenic frontpiece) is now in place along with the new parcels exchange platform with a Siphon G parked alongside as a prarie and pannier approach with a broccoli special working :
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Close up of the sea wall :
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And the new station building with Mechanical Horse parked in the little bay. Funny how the close up photos show little imperfections such as the misaligned flagstones on the wall which needs to be corrected and the lamp needs straightening a little :
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And part of the new patform area :
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And again showing the curvature :
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And this shot shows a Class 22 heading through on a pw train as a dmu waits in te station :
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An evening shot. Lights need toning down and I'll be adding an interior to the signal box :
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An 08 passes the pw gang hut :
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So....ballasting next and tidying up of rough edges then I need to add lineside features and rough foliage/undergrowth and all the platfor4m paraphenalia and the little people.
May take a couple of weeks to do that.
Already looking very good, Martin. Well worth the work. :greatpicturessign:
Super pics of a great layout, especially the evening shot which is just soooo atmospheric.
Excellent work :thumbsup:
Excellent work and as Mick said, the evening shot looks magnificent.
So,,,,,I think I am getting there.
A few photos now that the ballasting is redone and the station has ben populated (so to speak) :
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The Scammel Scarab is about to unload as the gentleman gets his Chocolate (perhaps some Toffettes - "remember them?") from the vending machine.
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A general view of the station as light fades.
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A class 22 passes through. I've made an attempt at a Cornish Palm (Dracaena)!!
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An overhead shot
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Station view - from the sea!
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And....mysterious goings-on at the Cricket Ground. Seems to have shocked the guy who is poleaxed in the foreground (my mistake!).
Excellent work and great pics but, Eek! What occurs at the Cricket Ground? :o
Are they duck billed platypususususes?
It's the seldom seen Beasts of Bodmin Moor (not!!). !
Very atmospheric PP, nicely portrayed, thought I'd gone to the seaside for the day. And yes, I remember Toffettes, yummy. :)
Many thanks for the excellent photos, Martin. Excellent work. Very atmospheric and I really like the Cornish palms; I've been thinking of having a couple in large pots so that they can be moved indoors when winter comes to Cant Cove!
The little people really make a difference and I love the idea of a vending machine. I remember 'Toffetts', too!
The vending machine is from P&D Marsh.
the rocks on the sea wall are very evocative of the coast ....excellent work :)
I had just read your webpage and then stumbled upon this.
It is a very nice rebuild. Particularly like the plants and clutter on the platform-very Cornish!