{"id":170826,"date":"2020-05-07T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/?p=170826"},"modified":"2020-05-07T11:29:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T15:29:23","slug":"track-detailing-uk-outline-by-hod-carrier-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/07\/track-detailing-uk-outline-by-hod-carrier-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Track Detailing \u2013 UK Outline: By Hod Carrier, Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Every now and then there are some articles online on one of the well-known fora that you just HAVE to share to a broader audience. A while ago my eye fell on an article by Hod Carrier over at the Train Tech forums of Eurobricks<\/a>. Hod Carrier<\/a> is no stranger here at BMR, having contested twice on OcTRAINber, and one time almost. Today we present his second part about Trackside Structures, one of my favorite parts of any realistic Lego Train Model Railroad<\/em>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks so much for the fabulous feedback that I’ve received so far. It’s really amazing to have prompted such a response. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\tI’ve been busy adding a few more details which I hope you won’t mind me\n sharing. Don’t worry, though. I’m not intending on reproducing every \nsingle piece of UK rail infrastructure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\tIn order to reduce noise and wear to rails and wheelsets, flange \nlubricators (sometimes referred to as grease pots) are provided because,\n lets face it, no-one likes a dry flange. *Ahem*. These automatically \napply a small amount of grease to the train wheels as they pass to help \nreduce friction. These are often found in areas where the route follows \ntight curves or at junctions.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\tWhen clean these are generally yellow to make them visible, but over \ntime, and through careless refilling, these eventually become black.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\tVery simply, this is a drain. At some locations the ground or \nenvironmental conditions means that the ballast and formation of the \ntrack is insufficient to provide adequate drainage. In this instance \nadditional drains are provided, either at the sides or between the \ntracks. I won’t insult anyone’s intelligence by showing the design in \nisolation, as I’m sure it should be clear.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\tThis is a Hot Axle Box Detector (HABD) together with it’s associated \nsmall portable-type lineside equipment building. These detectors are \ndotted around the network and are used to detect an overheating axle \nbox. These automatic installations sound an alarm at the signalbox and \ntell the signaller which axle and on which side of the train the defect \nis occurring so that the train can be stopped and examined.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\tThe central detector between the rails is offset to be nearer one rail \nor the other to help the system determine which side of the train the \ndefective axle is.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\tThere are many different designs of point\/switch motors in use across \nthe UK, and this is just one of them. It is an older design that has \nsince been superceded but which remains in operation in large numbers \nacross the network. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\tThe design does not affect the operation of the switch and should not \ninterfere with passing trains either. I would have liked to have had a \ngo at one of the successor designs, but the studless nature of the \nstandard LEGO points\/switch preclude this, although third party \nofferings may be different.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\tAll of my designs so far have been made to be compatible with the \nPennLUG ballasting standard. While it’s great for LEGO modellers by \nbeing compact and not too demanding in terms of parts, I don’t think \nmany operational railways would tolerate such a shallow bed of ballast. \nCertainly in the UK the trackbed is much wider and ballast shoulders are\n built up at each side.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\tI suppose you could call them shoulder pads in that they bulk out the \ntrack ballasting to more realistic proportions. There are side sections \nand centre sections.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Used together for a twin track arrangement (as in the previous picture) the total width comes out at 34 studs, two more than a standard 32×32 baseplate. Consequently I have shown the design split across two baseplates with the centreline as the join. To make this compatible with the MILS modules, the centre section is built in two halves to facilitate splitting of modules into individual 32×32 sections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to see more of Hod Carriers? Just pop over to his Flickr stream to see even more awesome builds!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every now and then there are some articles online on one of the well-known fora that you just HAVE to share to a broader audience. A while ago my eye fell on an article by Hod Carrier over at the Train Tech forums of Eurobricks. Hod Carrier is no stranger here at BMR, having contested … Continue reading Track Detailing \u2013 UK Outline: By Hod Carrier, Part Two<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":170828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,27,38,855,670],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-building-techniques","category-inspiration","category-layout-design","category-layouts","category-track"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/49750139293_f4c8a6558b_o.png?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8egNP-Irg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170827,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170826\/revisions\/170827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}