Grand Imperial Railway

Building the "Grand Imperial Railway"

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     Plate      Description — Plates 145-180Plate Added
Plate 145Building a locomotive service yard, Part 11:  hydraulic buffer stops - the real thing portrayedOCT 2003
Plate 146Building a locomotive service yard, Part 12:  hydraulic buffer stops - the real thing describedOCT 2003
Plate 147Building a locomotive service yard, Part 13:  the "stable" of locomotivesOCT 2003
Plate 148Building a locomotive service yard, Part 14:  "Pug" leaves the service yard to pick up a trainOCT 2003
Plate 149Building a locomotive service yard, Part 15:  "Pug" backs up toward the uncoupled carsOCT 2003
Plate 150Building a locomotive service yard, Part 16:  "Pug" has coupled onto the "Flying Scotsman's" carsOCT 2003
Plate 151Building a locomotive service yard, Part 17:  "Pug" pushes the cars of the "Flying Scotsman" toward the car yardOCT 2003
Plate 152Building a locomotive service yard, Part 18:  a clear view of a two-spur service yardOCT 2003
Plate 153Building a locomotive service yard, Part 19:  marking the roadbed for installation of a sub-surface point motorOCT 2003
Plate 154Building a locomotive service yard, Part 20:  traction-current characteristics of a Hornby standard pointOCT 2003
Plate 155Building a locomotive service yard, Part 21:  provision for a three-spur yardOCT 2003
Plate 156Building a locomotive service yard, Part 22:  a curved track section overlays the future position of a point motorOCT 2003
Plate 157Building a locomotive service yard, Part 23: two rectangular cut-outs have been made for point motorsOCT 2003
Plate 158Building a locomotive service yard, Part 24: track has been laid over the two point-motor cut-outsOCT 2003
Plate 159Building a locomotive service yard, Part 25: a Hornby R8014 Mark 2 point motor in position for sub-surface mountingOCT 2003
Plate 160Building a locomotive service yard, Part 26:  inserting the mounting tabs of a point motor into the underside of a pointOCT 2003
Plate 161Building a locomotive service yard, Part 27:  a point motor has been mated with a point for sub-surface installationOCT 2003
Plate 162Building a locomotive service yard, Part 28:  a Hornby R8014 Mark 2 Point Motor inside of a roadbed cut-outOCT 2003
Plate 163Building a locomotive service yard, Part 29:  fastening a Hornby R8014 Mark 2 point motor to a pointOCT 2003
Plate 164Building a locomotive service yard, Part 30:  a sub-surface Hornby R8014 Mark 2 Point Motor seen from beneath the roadbedOCT 2003
Plate 165Building a locomotive service yard, Part 31:  how to install a lever switch for an additional point motorOCT 2003
Plate 166Building a locomotive service yard, Part 32:  a wiring diagram for a bank of lever switchesOCT 2003
Plate 167Building a locomotive service yard, Part 33:  the terminal blocks that will be used in the point-motor wiring schemeOCT 2003
Plate 168Building a locomotive service yard, Part 34:  the yard point, now fully equipped with a point motor, viewed from the yard throatOCT 2003
Plate 169Building a locomotive service yard, Part 35:  the "place holder" for a future yard pointOCT 2003
Plate 170Building a locomotive service yard, Part 36:  trial-fitting permanent columns under the service yardOCT 2003
Plate 171Building a locomotive service yard, Part 37:  the five supporting columns are marked according to their positionsOCT 2003
Plate 172Building a locomotive service yard, Part 38:  the "E.L.L.Y." columns have all been fastened to corner-bracketsOCT 2003
Plate 173Building a locomotive service yard, Part 39:  the five "E.L.L.Y." columns have been fastened down to the baseboardOCT 2003
Plate 174Building a locomotive service yard, Part 40:  the service yard roadbed has been permanently fastenedOCT 2003
Plate 175Building a locomotive service yard, Part 41:  a sub-surface point motor underneath permanent roadbedOCT 2003
Plate 176Building a locomotive service yard, Part 42:  the second point-motor cut-out in the permanent roadbedOCT 2003
Plate 177Preparing for a 1/12-scale structural model of the layoutOCT 2003
Plate 178A close-up of the "dollhouse" scale on the architect's rulerOCT 2003
Plate 179The initial "footprint" template for the builder's structural modelOCT 2003
Plate 180The builder's structural model and the second concept model (north face)OCT 2003