Grand Imperial Railway

Building the "Grand Imperial Railway"

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     Plate      Description — Plates 73-108Plate Added
Plate 73Ballasting in progress, upper levelSEP 2003
Plate 74Ballasting in progress, upper levelSEP 2003
Plate 75Ballasting in progress, upper levelSEP 2003
Plate 76General view looking westSEP 2003
Plate 77East end of layoutSEP 2003
Plate 78Northeast corner of layoutSEP 2003
Plate 79Hornby train controllerSEP 2003
Plate 80General view looking eastSEP 2003
Plate 81The "Flying Scotsman" in motion, climbing a gradientSEP 2003
Plate 82The "Flying Scotsman" reaches the crest of the gradientSEP 2003
Plate 83View looking west at the underside of the elevated girders along the north face of the layoutSEP 2003
Plate 84View looking west at the underside of the elevated girders along the south face of the layoutSEP 2003
Plate 85AC power sources for the layoutSEP 2003
Plate 86View looking west at the mid-level roadbedSEP 2003
Plate 87View looking west at the new mid-level curveSEP 2003
Plate 88View looking southeast at the new mid-level curveSEP 2003
Plate 89View looking south at the new mid-level curveSEP 2003
Plate 90View looking east at the roadbed on the mid-level north girderSEP 2003
Plate 91"Compass north"OCT 2003
Plate 92A newly-positioned left-hand switch on the roadbed of the lower north girderOCT 2003
Plate 93Looking down at the north face, mid-level: compensating roadbed fitted over the plywood roadbedOCT 2003
Plate 94View looking west at the compensating roadbed on the mid-level north girderOCT 2003
Plate 95An uncoupling rampOCT 2003
Plate 96An uncoupling operation over an uncoupling rampOCT 2003
Plate 97Pulling away from an uncoupled carOCT 2003
Plate 98Uncoupling will not occur during forward motionOCT 2003
Plate 99Installing a Hornby point motorOCT 2003
Plate 100Disguising a surface-mounted point motorOCT 2003
Plate 101View looking east toward the trackside hutOCT 2003
Plate 102Close-up view of a surface-mounted Hornby R8014 Point Motor (arm retracted)3OCT 2003
Plate 103Close-up view of a surface-mounted Hornby R8014 Point Motor (arm extended)OCT 2003
Plate 104A simplified schematic diagram of the Hornby R8014 Point MotorOCT 2003
Plate 105Installing a Hornby Point Motor: where the wires go, Part 1OCT 2003
Plate 106Installing a Hornby Point Motor: where the wires go, Part 2OCT 2003
Plate 107Installing a Hornby Point Motor: where the wires go, Part 3OCT 2003
Plate 108Installing a Hornby Point Motor: where the wires go, Part 4OCT 2003