Recent content by Dreadnought1

Folks, Jack McLean passed away peacefully in Melbourne last Wednesday 23/06/10. Jack was a noted railway writer and an expert on railway signalling/safeworking. He had written hundreds of articles for many Australian and UK magazines & provided advice to many other authors, both from a...

Now there are a good lot of very nice ballast wagons/hoppers available but apart from taking ballast from quarry to stockpile, they may be a bit limited when it comes to usage but I had an idea... If we had an ProtoLARS-style interactive asset that allowed a ballast train slowly rolling past...

What exactly is a "mileage siding"? I've noted a few of them in various UK station plans and they look like they're possibly some sort of interchange track but could someone confirm this? Thanks & Cheers, Dreadnought1

Folks, For those looking for information to make their layouts/sessions more accurate... RAIB (Rail Accident Investigation Branch) recently released their report on a derailment in Birmingham... http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/...port162008.cfm This report has lots of info regarding the...

Folks, RAIB (Rail Accident Investigation Branch) recently released their report on a derailment in Birmingham... http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports/reports_2008/report162008.cfm This report has lots of info regarding the loading, marshalling and dispatch of intermodal...

Folks, Any suggestions for UK bridges (1 & 2 track) that will change to adjacent track type? Most I've found so far use default track (and there's much better tracks now available). I know I could modify existing bridges but for the sake of uniformity, I'd prefer to run with existing types...

I've had a lot of trouble getting anything to load with coal from the Gossen Coalstation (with 2ft track on top). It's also used in the Northbay County layout in TRS06. So far, I've used it in both coal stage and transfer bin mode but all I've had load up from it were two 36 Coal Hoppers (the...

Folks, Wondering whether someone learned in BR matters could assist me... I've been looking for the years in which certain BR rollingstock was introduced but I haven't been able to find much on the web (lots of photos but not much specific data). I want to ensure that the rollingstock I use in...

Folks, Anyone know of any decent looking bullhead rail with snow? I'd prefer the usual 2, 4, 8, 16m versions to keep the frame rates at a decent level for the average user. The default snow tracks really don't look that good... Cheers, Dreadnought1