Stowford (Was Hello, Yet un-named layout}

[Diane Tape]

Stowford ,Day 6, Lock down Day 5, Back to track laying to day, track laying on the right hand board is now complete and I have installed  WiT style operation on one point.

[Diane Tape]

Stowford day 7 lockdown day 6:- both points on board 3 (right hand board) are now working with my version of wire in tube (using brass  telescope type tubes) and the power droppers are in place, board 3 is now waiting on the arrival of switches for completion.

[Diane Tape]

Stowford day 8, Lockdown day 7, A quick stock check today of the available stock for the Stowford line.

[Dave Cooper]

Diane - just a few things :-

1. Have you standardised on couplings yet ? I'm just about to change mine to 'Greenwich' with magnet un-coupling. As yours is a brand new layout, this seems like a good time before the stock gets too large...

2. For DC wiring, I use the point blades to switch the current (Peco Electrofrog). As long as you keep the contact faces clean this seems to work ok. For sections where I want to hold a loco, I just use a single rail break with a push-button to activate. All nice and simple. I use a separate solder flux to get a nice joint between the dropper wire and the rail feeds.

Keep up the good work (what a pace !)
Dave

[Diane Tape]

Stowford Day 9 Lockdown Day 8, Track laying on the centre board has commenced.

[Peter Boulter]

Looks like work is progressing well.
The Stowford Railway certainly has some industrious navvies.  :)

[Diane Tape]

Stowford Day10, Lockdown Day 10:- The Switches have arrived so it is back to the right hand board today to fit the micro switches to the points for frog switching and the mini-toggle switches for the feed/isolation of track sections. The wires have been breeding and there are more to come

[Diane Tape]

Stowford Day 11, Lockdown Day 11, The wiring on the right hand board is now complete other than the interconnecting plug which has yet to arrive. So back to the centre board and track laying later.

[Peter Boulter]

I'm really impressed with how neat and tidy your wiring is.

[Diane Tape]

Stowford Day12, Lock Down Day12, Track laying on the middle board is now complete, The Permanent Way Gang have been busy.

[Diane Tape]

Stowford, Day 13 , Lockdown Day 13:- All the track has now been laid, it is over to the electro-mechanical engineering dept. to add the power network and the point operating systems to the middle and left-hand boards.

[Diane Tape]

Stowford day 14, Lockdown day14, After much fiddling and tweaking I eventually got the Peco manual uncoupler to work remotely.
https://youtu.be/L5JDhk4A2FU

[Robin Webster]

Good stuff Diane, it works! Now you are a youtube star.  :) ;)

[Diane Tape]

Stowford Day 15, Lockdown Day 16. The mechanical point and uncoupler workings have been fitted to the Left-hand board and tested using my KISS version of wire in tube. The electrical fitters will be along shortly to do the wiring.

[Diane Tape]

Stowford, Lockdown day 18. I have completed the wiring on the right hand board and allowed the permanent way gang give ballasting a go. Work starts on the middle board later.