"Lonestoke West" - UK layout in 7mm scale
"Lonstoke West" is a "Southern" sub-urban Layout in 0-Scale - it is 7 meters long and 60/50 centimeters wide with little fiddleyards on either end.
Here is an overview of the track plan (view: from top)
Theme of the layout is suburban traffic in Londen with "EMU"s (Electrical Multiple Units), a factory and a few shunting tracks add some more operational possibilities.
| The factory on the left side also has the task to hide the traverser from the viewer. |  |
|
 |
The rear tracks are the main tracks, the two tracks at the front are for freight train shunting. | |
| On the right side of the layout (from "viewer" side) there is a platform where the EMU's stop ("end of travel" in the model) |
 |
|
 |
The main tracks are equipped with a (non-operating) 3rd rail. | |
| Roger Murray has built the (LED) colour light signals for this layout. |
 |
|
Slide Shows - More Photos:
2-EPB + Class 73
Uli built a Class 73 and also an EMU (2EPB) on the basis of Skytrex coaches.
Class 73
building the EMU
our other locos are a DJH class 03
and a Heljan Class 35 "Hymek".
our experiences:
1. The Class 35 and also the EMU are excellent runners and had no problems during the two days of the meeting. The class 03, however, after a few hours had more and more contact problems. Michael now equipped it with a Faulhaber micro motor.
2. The back-to-back distance of the flanges of the Heljan wheelsets is two small for the Peco double slip turnouts - it needed to be increased by approx. 0.5mm.
==>> zum Weiterlesen für Fans englischer Eisenbahnen in Deutschland "My British Rail"
2-HAL
In the meantime we got a second EMU for operation on "Lonstoke West" - its type is "2-HAL", manufactured by "Electrifying Trains" !
here are the first photos:
