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I CONTENTS particularly wanted to visit the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway but on the day of our visit to Woody Bay the rain was bucketing Ashwood Dale 4 down. After a patient wait for two hours the sun eventually A Midland Railway layout in EM appeared. It has been said that it was the loss of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in 1935, which created the impetus to save Constructed by Rob Lees the Festiniog Railway and presumably the Talyllyn as well. If this is true then it follows that the loss of the L&B was a single Cant and Transition Design 10 event, which acted as a catalyst to the creation of the entire By Paul Plowman railway preservation movement worldwide. After sleeping for nearly 70 years the railway is once again carrying fare-paying Penhallick 12 passengers over a section of the line at Woody Bay. There are Described by Peter Richards many worthwhile preservation projects struggling to succeed but the L&B is something special which we should all support, Previous Puzzle Picture 15 whatever our allegiances to other organisations. Our best wishes to all those who have worked so hard to awaken this sleeping Swanage - A Prototype Layout 16 beauty. By Paul Plowman Also during our holiday we just happened to drive through Review of Peco Code 75 track 20 Ashwood Dale, the subject of our feature article in this edition of By Paul Plowman the magazine. I had hoped to take some photographs but alas, the rain was again bucketing down. NE Railway Low Goods Wagon 22 We have received favourable responses to our reviews of the Scale drawing Heljan Hymek and the Bachmann Class 45xx 2-6-2T. It would By Richard H Lacey appear that many modellers find that the mainstream magazines are not critical enough in their examination of the models they review. It is our intention to be absolutely fair and unbiased in Puzzle Picture 24 our reviews. If we find a problem we will say so and attempt to provide a picture to illustrate it. If we think something is good or innovative we will also say so. Richard Matthews from Model Railways On-Line is published by Paul Plowman Bachmann’s Service Department has contacted us regarding the 11 Porters Road, Kenthurst, New South Wales 2156, AUSTRALIA problem, which we found with one of the driving wheels of the class 45xx not being concentric. Richard has provided a Readers may copy and distribute this publication without replacement set of wheels and asked us to return the defective set limitation. The copyright of articles and photographs remains for examination. I am hoping this will assist Bachmann to with the Editor and contributors to the magazine. improve the quality of their products to the benefit of everyone. Several months ago Simon Kohler of Hornby kindly offered us a model of the new Class 50 for review, which we had intended to include in this edition of the magazine. However, it would appear that the initial batch produced for Hornby was insufficient to provide samples to the trade and media. Our sample has now arrived and we will include a review in the November edition. Our thanks to Simon for his support. For this edition we have moved away from the usual rolling stock subjects and included a review of Peco Code 75 track for16.5mm gauge. Whilst Peco achieves a very high standard of manufacturing this review targets the issues of scale dimensions. With this issue we are inviting advertising for inclusion in future editions of Model Railways On-Line Magazine. Details of terms and conditions can be found on our website. As best as we are able to determine, the number of successful downloads of the May edition of the magazine has just reached 1000 and the number of readers who have registered their e-mail address with Cover: Midland Railway 1808 Class 4-4-0 No.386 departs from us currently stands at 470. Ashwood Dale with a train to Buxton. Photo: Paul Plowman Paul Plowman 4 MODEL RAILWAYS ON-LINE ASHWOOD DALE The Midland Railway in Derbyshire Originally this layout was built as an Top: Midland Railway 483 Class 4-4-0 No.527 passes through Ashwood Dale with extension to a test track but its owner, Rob a train consisting of parcels vans, fruit vans, milk vans, meat vans and two brake Lees found himself adding detail to create vans. The locomotive is an Alan Gibson Kit. No.527 was a rebuild of a class 60 this attractive model of the Midland Railway locomotive built 1898, with its 1907 number and Deeley simplified livery. in the Peak District of Derbyshire. Ashwood Dale Ashwood Dale is a small village located between Buxton and Buxton Junction about one and a half miles from Buxton. Ashwood Dale Signal Box controlled access to two small quarries, one on each side of the line. However, visitors will not find a station here. For the model it has been supposed that the village developed sufficiently to need its own station and a small goods yard. The period is between 1919 and 1920. Baseboard Construction The layout started out as an extension to a test track using all sorts of material. The test track was constructed from 50mm x 25mm maple framework with a top of 12mm pynboard. Some of the old frame has been retained in the new construction. 9mm five-ply has been used for the new framework with a top surface, where needed of 12mm pynboard. Legs and pelmet framing are 45mm x 19mm radiata pine. Ashwood Dale Signal Box is from a modified Ratio kit with point rodding cranks The back scene has been glued to 3mm supplied by Model Signal Engineering. The level crossing gates are motor driven. ___________________ AUGUST 2004 5 Midland Railway 1808 Class 4-4-0 No.386 approaches Ashwood Dale with a train for Buxton. The locomotive was built in 1888 and rebuilt in 1909. The model represents the rebuilt form and is a much-modified Alan Gibson kit. customwood sheet. 70’s he joined the P4 Society and experimented Of special interest are a model of an The layout is divided into three sections by building a test track. Studiolith were the 1890’s Cowans Sheldon 15 ton crane from a each of six feet in length by two feet deep. only supplier of P4 standard parts and Rob only D&S kit and a model of No.2290 0-10-0 The traversers at each end of the layout are received part of his order before they went out ‘Big Bertha’ from a DJH kit. ‘Big Bertha’, both five feet long. of business. also known as ‘Big Emma’, was the resident In a move of house the layout was badly banker on the Licky Incline.