Journal of the 009 Society • Volume 41 Number 8 • May 2014

009 NEWS

Exclusive! The inside story on the creation of

Peco’s RTR Lynton & Barnstaple wagons
• Narrow Gauge North report
• Egger-bahn history - The Western loco

009 NEWS
Journal of the 009 Society
Volume 41 No 8 • May 2014
Chairman: David Gander
email: chairman@009society.com
Secretary: Charles Insley
email: secretary@009society.com
Treasurer: Geoff Bowyer
FOOTPLATE
Welcome to the May issue, as you’ll
see from the front cover we’ve got a lot
for you this month.
Peco have been kind enough to pro-
vide an insight into what has been in-
volved in getting their range of Lynton &
Barnstaple Railway RTR stock onto the
market. We’d like to do more of these
features with manufacturers serving
009, if you’re interested in taking part
please get in touch with Tom.
Brian Meldon’s chronicles of Egger-bahn
continue, this time focusing on the penul-
timate loco they produced, the American-
ised ‘Western Loco’, And whilst on this
theme, Danny Figg reports on his conver-
sion of an Egger Western coach.
Hugh Norwood has provided a report
from Narrow Gauge North, and David
Churchill from the West Bromwich MRC
exhibition. It’s good to see more of these
reports from members. If you’re interest-
ed in providing reports, do please get in
touch. It’ll give Mick Thornton’s camera
a break from time to time!
Interest in radio control for locos con-
tinues, this month Roger Bugg docu-
ments his fitting of an RC system to a
steam tram loco. This new technology
offers exciting opportunities for the
modeller, and perhaps is a sign of things
to come from more mainstream manu-
facturers of control systems.
You can tell it’s getting to a busy time
of year when the diary takes up an en-
tire page! There are some really good
events coming up, so whilst the weather
is nice why not make that journey to get
out and support the members who take
their layouts to these events to represent
the Society.
Cheers,
Tom and Steve
Cover photo: A loco on shed on Charlie
Insley’s Winter Overcoates, seen at
Narrow Gauge North last month. Photo:
Hugh Norwood
Inset L&B wagons. Photo: Craig Tiley

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Production Editor: Stephen Fulljames
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Membership Secretary: Alan Rolfe
CONTENTS
Contacts & Footplate 2
How the Peco L&B wagons
were made 3
TLO updates 5
Narrow Gauge North report 6
Lt Mountain Lumber water tank 8
Egger-bahn pt 9 - Western loco 9
Egger-bashery - Western coach 12
Sula - gilding the lily 14
Layout idea - hidden sidings 15
Members’ Sales 16
Converting to Radio Control 17
West Bromwich show report 18
Letters 20
Diary 21
Branchlines 22

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HOW THE PECO L&B WAGONS WERE MADE
David Malton
Peco has a history of producing pioneering new products
that are ‘firsts’ for the hobby, including many of the track sys-
tems, building kits and accessories that have now become the
foundation of many layouts. One of these was the Peco 009
‘Crazy track’ and points, which were the first ready-made 009
track items, and in the past few years have been joined by
‘Mainline’ style track and turnouts. Both of these ranges are
popular amongst 4mm scale narrow gauge modellers, evi-
denced by the fact there are very few 009 layouts seen on the
exhibition circuit or submitted to feature in Railway Modeller
that don’t use one or both designs. So with track pretty well
covered, what could we do next for the 009 enthusiast?
There are various ideas for more and differing types of 009
track and turnouts, which are still on the list for possible future
projects, but Michael Pritchard, Managing Director, had plans
to produce another world first in the shape ready-to-run wag-
ons and coaches for 009; something that had never been mass
produced before in true British 1:76 00 scale.
The choice of Lynton and Barnstaple prototypes was also Mr
Pritchard’s. The reason being (apart from a fondness for the
line) that the vehicles look ‘generic’ enough for use on free-
lance layouts, or on models of other railways, without looking
too inconspicuous.
The project became top priority when it was realised that
2012’s Warley model railway exhibition would be the perfect
place to launch them, as it was to have an L&B theme and
have the FR’s replica Manning Wardle Lyd in attendance. We
decided to enter ‘stealth mode’, and develop the products se-
cretly, in the hope of causing a bit of a stir amongst visitors to
the exhibition and the wider modelling community upon the
big reveal.
Design
The initial design was done by myself using the latest CAD
software to produce virtual 3D models of each part. Unfortu-
nately Steven Philips’ excellent book ‘The Lynton and Barnsta-
ple Railway Drawn and Measured’ was still in the making, so
research was down to published photographs and any draw-
ings we could find. Fortunately, Continental Modeller editor
and 009 fan Andrew Burnham was more than happy to assist
and was a great help gathering info and photographs, as well
as offering us his thoughts and advice based on his many years
spent deep into the hobby and the 009 Society.
One problem we had to overcome was the fact that many of
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Photo: Craig Tiley
the published drawings had differing opinions on the dimen-
sions of the vehicles, and none of the prototypes survived for
us to measure. Eventually Andrew turned up a dimensioned
diagram of the vehicles produced by the Southern Railway
during their ownership of the L&B. We then worked on the
assumption that the SR knew what they were on about, and
based the dimensions of the model around this, using photo-
graphs for reference of the fine details.
Another issue we faced was that no two vehicles were iden-
tical, especially the open wagons. The lamp irons, grab irons,
door hinges and shunting notes clip all seemed to be in slightly
different positions on each individual vehicle, and sometimes
even in different places on each side. The model is therefore a
compromise between all these variations.
The beauty of our CAD program is it allows us to simulate
and examine how the moulded components of the model will
fit together before they are actually produced. It was decided
early on that we wanted it to clip together to make assembly
as quick and easy as possible. Several versions of the clip fit-
ting were thought of, designed, and tried out. We also had the
parts for an open wagon 3D printed to try out the assembly for
real and check we had the wagon looking aesthetically ‘right’.
These new products required a new coupling, for our ex-
isting wire loop type (GR-101) doesn’t have the up to date
design features needed for these vehicles. The new coupling
(available separately as ref GR-102) is smoother in operation,
less bulky, easier to assemble, can negotiate tighter corners,
and fits in a standard NEM pocket so it can be easily fitted,
removed or replaced, but above all is easier to manufacture
and assemble. Separate NEM coupling pockets (GR-103) are
also now available, so modellers can use our new coupling on
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A L&B van receives vacuum pipes. Photo: Craig Tiley
their own scratch or kit-built models.
Tooling
When the design was finally to a stage we were all happy
with and approved by Mr Pritchard, Paul Hitchcock, our tool
room manager, turned my 3D CAD models into designs for
the actual tooling, and the work began in our high-tech in-
house tool room.
This project provided some of the first major work for our
new laser milling machine. This impressive piece of equip-
ment essentially uses light to cut out the many fine details of
the bodies straight into the hardened tool steel. The door latch
on the van and leaf springs on the chassis are examples of its
finest work. Use of the laser reduced the tooling time down to
a fraction of what it would have been if done using traditional
methods, which meant we had samples of the parts moulded
just in time to put on display at the Warley show of 2012.
Production
Small teething troubles with the tooling and assembly were
quickly ironed out and the 009 wagons and coaches are cur-
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Photo: Jolyon Sargent
L&B composite coach under assembly. Photo: Craig Tiley
rently in full production. Another thing that makes them ‘Peco’
is the fact they are entirely made in England. For the whole
production process takes place in our factory in Beer, Devon
– only the other side of the county to the Lynton & Barnstaple
Railway itself. Assembly is done by hand by a dedicated team
of wagon builders. Their knowledge of the product allows any
rejects to be easily detected and weeded out, and each wagon
is track tested for smooth running before being packed into the
new Peco bespoke clear boxes and shipped out to the retail-
ers. There have been occasions where the finished goods store
has been stacked high with literally hundreds of L&B wagons
before being cartoned up for shipping, a sight that fills me
with enormous pride to have been a part of.
Conclusion and future plans
The wagons proved to be enormously popular, and both ver-
sions of the SR green bogie coach are now also on the market
after an unexpected delay as we worked to get the printing of
them up to standard. Like the real things, they are vehicles of
elegance and beauty, and we are currently working on more
liveries for them. We are also delighted that our efforts, in part,
have inspired Heljan to take their own first steps into 009 and
produce a matching L&B Manning Wardle locomotive. An-
other recent first for the hobby by us is the introduction of 009
Setrack. This, along with Heljan’s loco and our rolling stock,
will make it easier than ever before for new modellers to get
started in 009. As for our future plans, we would love to hear
your thoughts and suggestions, you can let us know through
the contact form on the Peco website, but who knows what
else we might already be working on in stealth mode!
009 News
 TRADE UPDATES
with John Bruce

Hello everyone, I hope the current modelling season is prov-

ing productive for you, this months report seem to be majoring
in 3D print again so please read on.

From Chris Ward the following, “I have added a new section

to our website titled 'Scratch Aids', this is for 3D printed parts
in our materials and offered for customers to purchase indi-
vidual parts or a series of parts to make a locomotive or coach
etc. please watch this space for products to be added daily.

As an extra bonus, we are adding a “Tell us your Dimen-

sions” option, so if you want a cab side for 50mm x 38mm x
1.5mm thick then we can work a price out for you and build
left & right options. This is a new service and will be increased
to include hundreds of parts across the scales and gauges dur-
ing the next few weeks. We have a new 3D print machine ex-
pected at the end of March for new materials including 'Clear'
and finish options, more of that later.”
together using clear varnish as an adhesive. The samples are
joined at the corners with contact adhesive then fitted to the
bases. The structure is robust. There will only be one change
in the production examples; the plastic frames will be slightly
thicker and white. This is to give a little more strength so the
bars do not break in transit.

Chris Ward, Practical Plastics Designs Ltd, The Shires,
Gloucester Road, Corse, GL19 3RA
Email: cwrailways@gmail.com
Website: www.cwrailways.com
I thought it wouldn’t be long before some enterprising soul pro-
duced an interior for the Minitrains F&C passenger cars. Well if
you enter either of the following direct links to Shapeways pages:
Combine coach: http://shpws.me/qT50
Passenger coach: http://shpws.me/qMtb
You will see my prediction was right, if only the National
Lottery was as simple. They are designed by Neil Briggs of
Myner Models, who produces a wide range of US orientated
items in 3D, well worth a look.
The bogie kit will be £9.00 and the 4 wheel one £8.50. There
are three more variants in the pipeline but these will only be
available if the first two sell.
A1 Models, 46 Bawtry Road, Doncaster, DN4 7AZ
Phone: 07584 620638
New from Narrow Planet is the RNAD crew van NPR-002.
They write, “design work on this 009 kit is now complete
and it's due for release at NG South at Sparsholt on April 5th
priced at £20 (including bogies and wheels). Comprising of a
3D printed underframe and interior and etched nickel silver
body. The bogies are Parkside Dundas and require minimal
modification and fitting of further etched details. It will also be
stocked by Parkside Dundas and the Ffestiniog Railway shop.

Website: www.shapeways.com/shops/mynermodels

Whilst with Shapeways and US outline products, the design-

er Koala Creek produces an 0-4-0 Porter body to fit on the
current Minitrains Krauss steam locomotive chassis. The direct
link is: http://shpws.me/pmU0

Really looks the part and you just know with that chassis it’s
going to perform really well. I’m almost tempted!

Website: www.shapeways.com/shops/koala_creek

On to A1 Models now, they have just released some new

cane wagons in etched brass and laser cut plastic. John Flow-
ers has sent some photos of the pre production samples. These
are bodyshells for Parkside Dundas chassis.
There are two kits, one for a four-wheel wagon which utilises
the Parkside FR brake chassis and a bogie wagon which uses
the Parkside WD bogie chassis.
The prototypes were built by Hudson in the 1980s and so the
kit is a good companion to our NPL-001 Baguley-Drewry 99hp
RNAD diesel. Since leaving military service they've also found
homes on a number of preserved lines, including the Talyllyn and
Corris Railways, the Lynton & Barnstaple, Leighton Buzzard and
Amberley. It should also look great in a train with the new RNAD
van kits available to 009 Society members.”

Both consist of etched mesh and laser cut plastic bracing. Email: info@narrowplanet.co.uk
The mesh and bracing can be coloured separately and joined Website: www.narrowplanet.co.uk

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 NARROW GAUGE NORTH - 8th MARCH 2014
Hugh Norwood

High Stamley - Paul Windle

Bassendale - Stuart Bass

Northumberland Light Railway - Peter Hogarth

Hirstwood Lock - Live Steam is so last century... Derek Naylor

was showing Live Water! A working canal lock in 1:96 scale. Northumberland Light Railway - Peter Hogarth

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Crummack Valley - Roger Christian and Stan Williams

Winter Overcoates - Charlie Insley

Untermutten (HOm) - Dave Howsam

Jonathan Stockwell’s Dornochbahn - a Highland railway with a A pair of Radio Controlled locos by Brian Twigg.
Continental twist - memories of the Auld Alliance, perhaps?

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 LITTLE MOUNTAIN LUMBER Cº - WATER TANK
Michael Parker

My 009 water tank was inspired by a four wheel weed spray-

ing vehicle, which was used in the early 1900s by the North
Mt. Lyle Mining Company on the West Coast of Tasmania. I
thought it was such a neat wagon that I decided to build my
own version for use as a fire fighting and general purpose wa-
ter tank.

The wagon is built using a simple ladder chassis, with bolster

supports for the bogies, the centre of the chassis is hollow
with a length of flashing lead glued inside for a little weight.
The model has a planked timber floor. Overall dimensions are
12’9” (51mm) x 6’ (24mm), materials used are from the Ever-
green Styrene range of scribed sheet and strips.

The air hoses are brass castings from my own design, the
brake wheel is from Cal Scale, and again I have used numer-
ous Grantline nut and bolt castings to enhance the model. The
majority are number 5093 (2 ?” nut, 5” washer), and number
5156 (2 ?”nut, 6 ?” washer) the later is used for the hand rails
on the top of the tank. The casting has a small hole in its cen-
tre, and is ideal as a railing support (see photo)

I added an outlet pipe with tap, using styrene rod heated

I cut the floor from 1mm thick scribed sheet, and used a
razor saw to stress the styrene to achieve a wood grain ef-
fect. The tank itself is from an Airfix military tank truck that I
had left in my parts box. I constructed the tank supports with
1.5mm Evergreen angle, using Grantline nut and bolt castings
(5093) to attach them to the deck.
I like to use Micro Trains “N” scale number 1015 couplers
for my rolling stock, and pre-drill and tap the chassis, so I can
screw the couplers in place before attaching the chassis to the
deck. I find that in this way I can remove the couplers and
trucks before painting the model.
with a match and bent to shape, with a larger section of tube
slid over to form a flange, and added a small break wheel for
the tap wheel. The hose lying along one side is fashioned from
solid core copper wire bent to shape with a small length of
plastic rod add for a spout.
Hand rails and brake wheel support are all fashioned from
0.5mm brass wire, the small section of ladder is from Hob-
by Etch in South Australia, and in this case I have used the
Micro Trains N scale bogies/ wheel sets. I painted the model
with Humbrol model paints, and weathered it using Humbrol
acrylics thinned with alcohol.
All in all it’s a simple little wagon, but one that serves its
purpose well, and fits in with the general rustic appearance of
my tramway.

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 EGGER-BAHN PART 9 - THE WESTERN LOCO
Brian Meldon
The Western loco was the penultimate loco produced by
Egger-bahn and was first announced in the new for 1966 leaf-
let with production examples on display at the 1966 Nurn-
bürg toy fair on a specially made ‘Western’ layout, as seen in
this photo taken at the Toy Fair.
The loco is basically an Americanised version of the blue
Nº5, described last time in the 009 News January 2014, with
an added tender. The origins of the model are however some-
what unusual and are worthy of an explanation.
As I mentioned in part one of these articles, Constantin Films
had invested heavily in Egger-bahn allowing the range to ex-
pand rapidly over a two year period; the level of investment
was such that for all intents and purposes they now owned
the company. However their main business in the 1960s was
making and distributing films. These films included several
of the so called ‘Yugoslavian’ Westerns based on Karl May’s
books featuring the character ‘Winnetou’.
Two of these films ‘Winnetou’ (I) (also known as ‘Winnetou the
Warrior’) of 1963 and ‘Old Shurehand’ (also known as ‘Win-
netou – Flaming Frontier’) of 1965, featured railways and the idea
appears to have been that the films would promote the sales of
the model trains and that the model trains would promote the
films (Both films are now available to watch on YouTube with the
dialogue dubbed from the original German into English).
Having a ‘Western’ outline loco in the range was also probably
seen as beneficial to tapping the potentially lucrative US market.
But it is also thought that both AHM and Jouef contributed to the
development costs of the Western loco, its tender and coach or
at the very least committed to significant pre-orders.
The Winnetou films were shot on location in what was then
Yugoslavia and the locomotive in both films appears to be the
same standard gauge ex MAV class 370 0-6-0 tender loco
No 120-001. It had a dummy cabbage stack spark arrestor
and flimsy cow catcher fitted for the first film that were both
damaged when the loco was deliberately crashed through a
building! The train robbery scene at the start of the second film
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was shot on the line between Berkovic and Zeveco. What is
almost certainly the same loco this time had a different design
of dummy spark arrestor fitted that was the same basic shape
as that on the Egger-bahn model along with another flimsy
cow catcher. The loco was painted green with yellow lining
and red wheels, but apart from that there is no obvious resem-
blance to the Egger-bahn model at all!
Photos of the main characters from the two films; Pierre Rrice
as ‘Winnetou’, Lex Barker as ‘Old Shatterhand’ and none oth-
er than Stewart Granger as ‘Old Shurehand’ along with their
printed signatures and a photo of the loco used in the film ap-
pear on the Egger-bahn boxes and literature at the time. There
was also a set of publicity cards produced to promote the films
that feature photos of the characters on the front and mention
the Egger-bahn loco in the text on the back.
A section from a 1966 Egger-bahn publicity leaflet showing the
‘Western’ layout as used at the 1966 Neuenbürg toy fair. The
gentelman on the left is Waldfried Barthel and the younger boy
on the right is the then 14 year-old German actor Hansi Kraus
who was linked to Constantin Films Company at that time.
However changes at the top level of Constantin Films were
afoot. Waldfried Barthel had been in charge of Constantin and
he is thought to have been largely responsible for the investment
in Egger-bahn, but towards the end of 1965 after the production
of ‘Old Shurehand’ was complete the controlling interest in Con-
stantin was sold to Bertelsmann Publishing Group. Barthel was
still officially in charge, but in reality the control of the company
was now with Herbert Schmidt of Bertelsmann whose brief was
to maximise film output but reduce production costs. As a result
the high production cost, so-called international, films like the
Karl May Winnetou series were dropped in favour of a vast in-
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crease in lower budget films. At first this was successful with the A separate gold coloured front cow catcher was added along
most profitable of these low budget films being an ever increas- with a large turned brass spark arrestor chimney and a larger
ing number of very similar German spy thrillers and sex films (I than normal turned brass bell on the cab roof. The tender body
kid you not)! It is however difficult to see how the Egger-bahn was an all new moulding with separately moulded plastic logs
business could be easily integrated in to this portfolio and this running on the standard short four wheel wagon chassis used
change of management policy coincided with a drop in invest- in the short box vans, open wagons and the milk wagon.
ment at Egger-bahn. The new policy although initially successful
was ultimately a failure and may have been a major contribut- The Western loco first appeared in the US in AHM Minitrains
ing factor in Egger-bahn’s final demise in 1968. Constantin went sets with two of the yellow western coaches and an oval of
through a very difficult period, and Waldfried Barthel eventual- Minitrains N gauge track. There is no mention of the Winnetou
ly regained control of the almost defunct company in the early films as there was no intention to release them in the US.
1970s. Constantin Films continued to use the old Egger-bahn
address, Albert-Rosshaupter-Straße 73 in Munich, well into the
1980s. It also should be noted that Constantin Films were co-pro-
ducers of the three Clint Eastwood, Sergio Leone spaghetti west-
erns in 1964, 1965 and 1966 so perhaps it was no coincidence
that the shape of the false chimney on the broad gauge Spanish
loco used in ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ that was shot in
1966 again looked like the one on Egger Western loco!

One of the metal con-rod Western locos.

The AHM Minitrains Western set box lid. The photo was
clearly taken on the 1966 toy fair layout as seen in the previ-
ous photo with cowboys and Native Americans painted in by
hand to liven it up a bit! (Another photo of the same layout
appears on the back cover of the ‘New for 1966’ Egger-bahn
mini catalogue).
Although the prototype loco in the films has little or no re-
semblance to the Egger-bahn model there is a surviving nar-
row gauge loco that, probably more by chance than design,
does look quite a lot like it! This is 800mm gauge Krauss 2902
of 1889. This loco is clearly of the same basic design as the six
loco described as the prototype for the Egger-bahn No5 loco
but it is different from them in that it has oval front cab win-
dows, vents on the cab sides and a rear bunker extension, but
it also has a cow catcher and is painted green! It is plinthed on
display at São Lourenço railway station in the southern part of
the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. This locomotive is former
Docas de Santos (Santos Dock Authority) No8 Mont Serrat
and has since been renamed Manuela. However it does not
have a spark arrestor chimney or a tender and photos of the
loco in service show that it did not have cow catcher either.
These sets with this version of the loco were sold almost ex-
clusively in the US. The locos had the Microperm chassis as
well as metal connecting rods and sliders. They also have a
separately moulded rear coupling on the loco of the larger
rounded type made of black rather than the normal grey plas-
tic seen on other Egger locos. They do not have the outriggers
on the rear buffer beam as the first of the No5 locos did.
For many years this metal con rod version of the Western
loco was something of a mystery as there were virtually none
in Europe, but since the ad-
vent of eBay and global sell-
ing there are now quite a few
more about. For the Europe-
an market the locos were
sold by both Egger-bahn and

For the Egger-bahn model the modifications to the basic No5

loco boiler section involved adding an extension to the smoke
box door with the end picked out in silver, the adding of a
large headlamp above the smoke box and modifying the front The three different rear
buffer beam to enable it to take a cow catcher. This was done couplings on the loco. The
by having alternative sections of the moulding dies for the black plastic version on the
Western or the normal No5. Top: The larger 4mm bell as top as fitted to the metal
fitted to the German-made con rod locos, the grey
The cab moulding was also altered with the introduction of Western locos. one in the middle as fitted
a rear extension to the roof and the addition of extra windows Below: The smaller 3mm to the Minitrix motored
and a door to the cab back, again the original moulding dies bell as fitted to the later versions and the lower one
were used with an alternative back sections of the die fitted in French-made Jouef pro- is the later one moulded in
place depending on the model required. duced Western locos. with the rear buffer beam.

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Jouef. Jouef sold the German-made locos and coaches in a
so-called ‘Far West’ set as part of their own H0e range with an
oval of Jouef track (just to confuse matters Jouef also made a
H0 gauge ‘Far West’ set!).

It would appear that almost all the Western locos sold in Europe
were fitted with the 1966 Minitrix motored plastic chassis with
the plastic connecting rods and sliders. As with the other Egger-
bahn steam locos these plastic connecting rods came in both
silver and black. They had the larger bell and the gold EB on the
tank side but the rear coupling was made of grey plastic.

Very near the end of production in Germany the rear cou-

pling on the loco was modified to be moulded in with the rear
buffer beam and the metal chassis version with the Minitrix
motor was fitted, but very few of these were made before pro-
duction stopped (these locos do not have the moulding fault
under the boiler).
A 1980s Joeuf-produced loco.
The Western loco is probably the least liked of all the Egger
locos and for many it symbolizes everything that was bad
about the Egger range. But its unusual origins do give it a place
in Egger history. For now both Egger-bahn in Switzerland and
new Minitrains have resisted the temptation to produce a
modern version.

Next time: The Steam Railcar.

TOWNSEND HOOK
Advice wanted on creating a model of Townsend Hook

As part of my new 009 layout I am keen to build a model of

one of the 3' 2" locomotives at the Dorking Greystone Lime-
works, where I spent pleasant times many decades ago.

I have in mind converting a Krauss locomotive and won-

A Jouef-produced version of the loco from the early 1970s.
When Jouef re-started production in France in 1968, the EB
on the tank side was not painted gold any more and a smaller
bell, the same size as that on the No5 loco was used on the
cab roof with its lower end splayed apart to hold it in place,
the locos previously made in Germany had the bells glued in
place.
All the Jouef made green cab and tender sections were also
moulded in a lighter shade of green plastic than before and all
the 1960s & 70s Jouef produced locos had the same fault in the
moulding detail under the boiler on the left hand side as de-
scribed in the No5 loco. They also had the larger Jouef motors.
It would appear that Jouef also had quite a lot of the origi-
nal Egger-bahn Western loco boxes as many of these that sur-
vive today have the Egger-bahn printed backing but Jouef P14
stickers on the end.
dered how one deals with the dome, and other modifications.
I have already sawn off the top of the chimney incidentally,
and want to extend the side tanks. For those who don't know,
I include an image, and the locomotive is now at the old Am-
berley chalk works in Sussex in a sorry state it appears.
I would also be happy to write up my own layout if there is
interest, though it is still under development, and is largely
inspired by the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, but connects
up with a Great Western 00 branch.
Nicholas Falk
[Responses via the editor please - ED]

For the 1980s production run the Jouef-made western locos had
plastic of an even light shade of green than in the 1970s, but apart
from the Mabuchi motored chassis they were almost Identical to
the 1970s items. However as with the No5 locos the moulding
fault under the boiler was repaired for the 1980s production run.
Also like the No5 locos the chrome plating on the con rods was
not as good as before and it tends to tarnish. Obviously they were
also fitted with the Mabuchi motored chassis.

A few of the locos in the 1980s production run were made

with cabs in a much darker green plastic, but unfortunately
the tenders were not, so these locos do tend to look a bit odd!
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 EGGER-BASHERY - REBUILDING A WESTERN COACH
Danny Figg

Underside of the chassis with bogies fitted. The bogie pins

are original.

Comparison with an un-modified Egger Western coach.

It all started when I was browsing a second-hand stand at a
local exhibition. In amongst all the old Hornby wagons there’s
often something cheap and interesting, you just have to look
carefully. This time I found an old Egger Western coach, priced
at £1.50! There wasn’t really that much wrong with it, only
that one of the steps was broken (which I thought I could fix) Side view of the chassis with bogies fitted. The bogies re-
and that the ‘Western Union’ transfers were missing (I think quired some filing before I could fit the 009 couplings.
they look silly anyway). I knew I could eventually do some-
squares of styrene strip around the bogie pivot mounts on the
thing with it, and at such a low price I just had to buy it.
chassis. This would have meant that the tops of the bogies
rubbed against the chassis frame, which still didn’t seem to
One of the irritating things about Egger coaches are the two-
work very well, so I added bits of Plasticard on top of the sty-
wheel bogies, which don’t seem to stay straight on straight
rene. This Plasticard now rests on top of the bogies, and the
track or pivot properly on curves. The main thing was to sort
original chassis is well clear of the bogies. I also re-wheeled
this out. There are two options; one is to fix the existing bogies
the bogies with Parkside Dundas wheels, which are smaller
to give a rigid four-wheeler, but I realised it would be difficult
than the original wheels, as originally the tops of the wheels
to make them stay straight, and also this would result in a long
stuck out of the top of the bogies. I fitted some 009 couplings
wheelbase, not very good for most of my curves, which are
to the bogies instead of N gauge ones, and then fitted the bo-
fairly small radius. Therefore I went with the other option –
gies to the chassis, taking care to glue the pin to the chassis,
replacing the bogies with 4-wheel ones to give a conventional
but leave the bogie free to pivot on the pin. While working
bogie coach. The problem now was finding suitable bogies.
on the bogies, I found it helpful to have a wiggly line made
I decided to keep things simple and reuse the original bogie
of small-radius set track curves, just to test if they pivoted cor-
pins, since they are pivotal (excuse the pun) to the whole thing
rectly.
and are proven to work. I tried various bogies I already had,
but none seemed to fit.

The coach, with bogies removed, went into a box, until once
again I found myself browsing a second-hand stand. Howev-
er, this time it was the Society Sales stand at ExpoNG, and I
knew what I was looking for. I soon found a nice-looking pair
of N-gauge coach bogies, of unknown origin. Importantly, the
holes for the bogie pins looked like they would take the Egger
ones. When I got home, I tried the new bogies on the coach
and they fitted nicely with the original pins.

While the pins fitted the holes in the bogies, the air cylinder
on the Egger chassis and the ‘frame’ around the edge fouled
the bogies and prevented them from pivoting or resting on the
track properly. I decided I would simply raise the chassis off
the bogies. The air cylinder was filed away, leaving a smooth A side view of the coach body after modification and chang-
surface level with the frame around the edge. Then I built up es to the windows.

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 is formed from two 6mm long pieces of C-shaped styrene sec-
tion, glued one on top of the other to form steps. These were
painted and stuck on to the otherwise complete coach. I quite
like the look of the finished model and hope that others do as
well. I think just repainting it helps, as this loses the toy-like
yellow livery.

Front view of the coach body, showing the repair where the
plastic shattered.
Meanwhile I had also worked on the body (unclipped from
the chassis). Inspired by Tim Sanderson’s article in the March
2013 009 News, I decided to cut the 11 small windows into
fewer larger ones. With a prime number of windows, you can
never get all of them the same length unless you move the pil-
lars. I cut the first 4 into 1 window, then the next 3 into anoth- The completed model.
er, then the final 4 into another, resulting in 3 long windows
with the middle one slightly shorter than the outer two. I de-
cided I would go a step further and do the end windows. There
are two small ones at each end, so I cut and filed to make
one large one at each end. The plastic is very old and very
brittle, and the top of one end shattered as I cut it. Fortunate-
ly, after a bit of a bodge with some glue, the broken bits and
half a seat panel left over from a Society Hudson Coach, it all
looked okay again, so I made the other end look the same and
then painted it, using a black base coat and then dry-brushed
brown, leaving the gaps in the planks black. Then holes were
drilled in place of the original moulded door handles (which
I’d filed away already) and brass knobs glued into them. I think
they were actually for handrail supports on 7mm scale locos,
but they look alright as 4mm scale door handles.

The coach on test on my boxfile layout Owoh Nine Wells

Watercress Farm, being hauled by a Minitrains Plymouth.

www.cwrailways.com

The replacement steps before painting.

3D Printed
I decide to reuse the roof/window moulding, so this was
Parts & 3D CAD
clipped back into the body, which I then glued back onto the
chassis. All that was left to do was to sort out the steps. As one
was broken and I could never make a new one to match the cwrailways@gmail.com
originals, I had cut and filed off the other three. Each new step

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 SULA – GILDING THE LILY
Tim Sanderson
In a query on the Society’s web forum, a member asked what
bodies were available for use with the Fleischmann 0-4-0 and
Minitrix 0-6-0 (dock tank) chassis. Several answers were giv-
en, and Mick Thornton suggested a quick conversion of the
dock tank body, with 009 scale cab. A number of these have
been featured in the pages of the News, including one by John
Thorne in September 2006. I showed a picture on the Forum,
of the loco that I had previously built, and now named Sula.
This resulted in some interest from Mick, when I explained
that whilst pleasing, the reliability was not good enough for
regular exhibition use. He prodded me into setting this right.
Since I had a spare Minitrix motor I tried an exchange with the
original one. The motor exchange took only a few minutes,
and I floated some solder into the worn parts of the wheel
retainer plate. Once the loco was placed on the track, the run-
ning was far better. It looked like I now had a new candidate
for the works passenger and goods trains. However, those tiny
cylinders, with the piston rods passing right through do not
look right. So more work to add dummy cylinder covers to ex-
tend forward, and increase the diameter. The piston rods were
shortened as much as I dared, and the result looked much
better (although the cylinders appeared to droop in the pho-
tos). Then perhaps she deserved to have her number added to
front and rear buffer beams - out with the HMRS Pressfix GWR
numbers, and add "11". Finally, a touch of brass (from Pilot
pen) around the spectacle frames. Here is the result:
I tried the loco out at the Woking Exhibition in September
2013, and she ran beautifully. However, apart from the droop
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in the cylinder, which was more obvious in the photo than
real life, I did not like the lack of slidebars and ‘proper’ cross-
head. John Thorne (again) described his method of solving this
with cylinders from the original Minitrains Baldwin loco, in
June 2007. When Bob Vaughan’s layout “Tansey Bank” fea-
tured in a modelling magazine in October, I was taken by
his Anglicisation of the Minitrains Koppel, using parts from ‘N
Brass Locos’. I looked up the web site for N Brass, and found
some suitable parts (another story) plus a pair of brass slidebar
assemblies (for N scale ROD locomotive) which I was sure,
would work for Sula.
Having separated the parts,
and cleaned up, I assessed
what would be necessary to
fit these to the Minitrix cylin-
der moulding. Fortunately, I
had a spare moulding, so de-
cided to experiment with the
“drooping” one, and then
apply to the spare set, if suc-
Photo by Nick Tilston, N cessful. The cylindrical part
Brass locos, with permission of the castings, which inserts
into the loco cylinder, is 2.5 mm diameter. So the plastic of
the cylinder block was opened out to this diameter, into which
the casting was a force fit. The rear ‘cylinder gland” was pared
off, to fit the slidebars as far forward as possible. The hole for
the piston rod was slightly too small for the Minitrix rods, so
this was drilled and broached until the rods were a free fit. The
flattened end of the piston rod, and crosshead pin were just
too large to fit between the slidebars, so these sections were
filed down until they were a sliding fit.
With the cylinder moulding replaced, the loco was tried,
slowly. Two problems presented themselves, the protruding
part of the casting, between the slidebars, was slightly too
long, and the crosshead hit it at the front of the stroke. Next,
the connecting rod hit the back end of the slidebars at top
and bottom of the motion. In the first case, it was easy to drill
and file out the protrusion, until it was clear of the crosshead.
Although not obvious from the picture above, the rear slide-
bar supports are set forward of the bars, and form a clear slot
above and below the bars. By chamfering the connecting rods
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top and bottom, and slightly bending the slidebar supports
toward the centre of the chassis, it was possible to ensure that
the rods go into the slots. Once I had proved the theory on
the redundant cylinder block, I repeated with the new block,
on both sides. In order to make the slidebar supports firm,
I soldered a length of 1/32” square brass rod to the top of
each support, and bent to take these forward and glue to slots
formed in the cylinder block, close to the chassis side. The rod
on the geared side was formed to miss the gears. I hope the
photo shows the result better than my description!
LAYOUT IDEAS - HIDDEN SIDINGS
Simon Wilson
I like the idea of trains disappearing where there doesn't appear
to be room to do so. I remember many years ago there was a
layout plan in Railway Modeller which had a single track linking
two country termini and in-between was a short tunnel. The trick
was that a train longer than the tunnel could disappear into it.
As you can probably guess there was a hidden loop under the
scenery. Recently I found a website with small layout plans and no-
ticed one which had a single station from which track set off in two
different directions. I couldn't find it again but the idea appealed to
me – so here is my interpretation.
In the tunnel the two routes come together in curved sidings.
The length of the sidings will determine your train length, or
vice versa. I have added the siding behind the backscene to
give some scope to change locos and stock. I have included a
station layout but this can be adapted to your requirements –
obviously the platform length is governed by your train length.
May 2014
A rectangle of thin brass was soldered to the face of the cross-
head pin, to form a crude representation of the crosshead. The
cylinders were “beefed up” similarly to the first attempt, but, I
trust, without the droop!
Here is the finished loco, on my embryonic harbour layout,
“Artmouth Cove”. However, currently Sula is in Elmgate and
Thatcham Railway blue, so I imagine she will remain in the
roster of that layout.
I like to conceal where the track passes through the
backscene. In this case I envisage that the track nearest the
front of the layout will go under a bridge which leads to a
deep cutting. By adding trees on either side of the cutting you
can create the impression that the track carries on parallel to
the edge of the layout but it really curves to the hidden sidings.
There could be a stream running beside the rear track, ending
up coming to the front of the layout. Where the road crosses
the stream there could be a ford.
If you're a whizz at electrics you could arrange that the trains
stop automatically when entering the hidden sidings. Finally
I would recommend that the scenery over the hidden sidings
should be removable. As my Dad used to say, “Never build a
tunnel you can't get your hand inside”.
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 MEMBERS’ SALES AND RECYCLING SERVICE
with Brian Guilmant and the team

A REALLY SERIOUS PLEA

Every order that you place by email, letter or phone MUST
contain the following:

• Your name and home address

• Delivery address if different to home address
• Item required. As full detail as is possible. Include item
number if ordering from the stock list
• By email: card number, expiry, security number on reverse
(even if split over two emails)
• By post: your cheque, with post cost added to item cost

The Team have had unacceptable difficulties over the last

few weeks with detail that is missing. The time we have to
spend chasing members for information that should have been
sent initially is making the operation to absolute frustration!

We are NOT allowed to keep your Debit/Credit Card num-

ber or details on file. Think about it – if we kept this detail
and we lost it by fair means or foul, how would you feel? Like
suing us I expect!

Please make our lives a little easier and remember we sup-

ply this service as volunteers!

MINITRAINS
All the new “1914” stock should have arrived in Wimborne
or just be about to. Our members’ prices are FANTASTIC.

Locos £96, Sets £132 and all new items of rolling stock are
just £15. When you order please remember the plea above!
For postage, under £70 add £7.15 for insured next day deliv-
ery, under £70 add £3.20.

Full pictorial details of all the Minitrains stock can be found

at minitrains.eu. Email members-sales and ask for a full price
list, showing all our prices well discounted from list price.

Minitrains bogies as in last month’s 009 News are still availa-

ble at £5 per pair plus £1 postage for any quantity.

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 CONVERTING TO RC (RADIO CONTROL, THAT IS)
Roger Bugg
I read Frank Allen’s article on radio control in 009 in the Au-
gust 2013 News with great interest. Until then I had assumed
that RC was only applicable to the larger scales of model
railways and model planes, boats and cars. However, Frank’s
subsequent presentation at the 40th Anniversary Convention
encouraged me to explore the possibilities.
Having always used conventional pick-up through the track
before and never attempted anything more advanced, I had
no idea how to begin. However, Frank guided me through the
stages of identifying what equipment to buy and from whom.
I also found out how to check my motors for voltage and cur-
rent consumption by using a multimeter.
When you reach the age where in Biblical terms you’re run-
ning on borrowed time anyway, you cease bothering about
it all going wrong. I plunged in and bought the 12-channel
transmitter and receiver from David Theunissen of Deltang,
the batteries from Robotbirds and other bits (switch, connec-
tors and charger) from Farnell and Hobbytronics. When I say
‘bought the transmitter’ what I mean is that I got the kit from
Deltang and built it up from the wiring diagram and guidance
notes provided. As a wiring a household plug is the limit of
my electrical knowledge, I had some problems understanding
how to connect all the pots and resistors. This was in no way
the fault of the diagram and notes and with help from Frank, I
(= he) eventually got it all sorted out. Some soldering of small
connections was needed but I managed these with an ordi-
nary 18-watt Antex iron. The trickiest part for me was identify-
ing the values of the resistors. My wife helped with this, using
a magnifying lamp to see the colour coding bands.
The transmitter and ‘Toby’ alongside.
Once again copying Frank, I used the Kato tram chassis and
a body shell that could house the battery and receiver. About
thirty years before I had a built a model of Toby in the well-
known children’s series from a Lilliput box van on a Kato chas-
sis. This was ideal for the job as the central section was just
big enough to take a battery and receiver. To convert it to RC
all that was necessary was to connect a li-po battery (same as
the one in Frank’s article) to the receiver and then to the motor.
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An on/off switch is also in the circuit and the chimney of the
tram covers the moving part. As the battery will only run for
a couple of hours before it needs re-charging, a connector to
do this is concealed in the body and accessed through one of
the cabs. Re-charging takes about ten minutes and the charger
switches off automatically when it is done.
The conversion certainly works. The central knob on the
transmitter controls both speed and direction and, of course,
Toby just goes, track or no track. Finger poking and track wir-
ing are not needed. So much for the experimental stage but I
now have to consider the feasibility of converting the rest of
my locos to RC. Considerable problems are posed by small
steam locos due to lack of space to fit the battery. So far I have
only used a battery 40x12x6mm in ‘Toby’ but I have hopes
that 30x20x6mm batteries may squeeze into some existing
body shells. Other possibilities are there to use smaller batter-
ies in parallel but that is a couple of stops down the line yet.
I could not have got this far without the help of Frank and
David and I must emphasise that this was a first attempt to
try something different and challenging. In retrospect I could
have made life simpler for myself by buying a made-up trans-
mitter rather than a kit of parts. However, it was an excellent
learning exercise for me in understanding electronic wiring
symbols and using the parts to make the neat transmitter unit.
I have no idea about price comparisons with other control
systems but the transmitter kit cost me £22 and the receiver
and switch etc about £30. As the transmitter will control up to
twelve locos, this is an expenditure that only has to be made
once. At the moment there are more problems than answers
about converting the other locos. Obviously the batteries have
to be able to give enough power to run the locos for a reason-
able running session. These have to be able to fit into the body
shells. Modern motors are more efficient than the old ones
and may be smaller and run on lower voltages. That probably
means re-motoring and chassis modifications. All my locos
were built many years ago when half a crown was still worth
‘Toby’ and ‘Henrietta’ pose at Pendre loop on the Tal-y-llyn layout.
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two and sixpence so upgrading is not necessarily a bad thing.

As I have made clear, I am not a technical bod and I would

not have attempted this without help and feeling pretty sure
that the result could be worthwhile. These are early days and
as yet I have not fully discovered what else might be out there
in the way of suitable smaller batteries and motors. It would
be interesting to hear about other members’ experiences. If
anyone is thinking of having a go, I suggest reading Frank’s
article and following his advice. If I can do it... nuff sed! Now,
what was that Ohm’s Law again?
ST DAVID’S DAY AT WEDNESBURY
David Churchill
March 1st saw the West Bromwich Model Railway Club’s ex-
hibition at Wednesbury Town Hall. Although it was a general
show, it included five 009 layouts and one in 00n3, plus a G
scale and Peter Dale’s The Pavillion tramway, so became a sort
of unofficial Members’ day.

A close up of ‘Toby’. The connector for the charger is just

visible in the upper right hand cab.

Oxfordshire Narrow Gauge

Modellers
(www.oxngm.org.uk)

invite you to their second

Open Day
to be held on Saturday 28 June at Steventon Village Hall,
The Green, Steventon, OX13 6RR from 1000 until 1600.
Llantwy by Dave Jeanes is a layout I had not seen before, and
Admission: 009 Members £3, Non-members £4, won the public ‘best layout’ vote. A model of a Welsh country
Accompanied children under 16 FREE town in the 1930s served by a 009 railway and a canal. It was
Layouts include: aptly described to me as a scenic model through which an
St Frazel le Chateau – Nm – Sy Newitt occasional train ran. The canal basin and lock are particularly
Wildschönau – HOe – David Coates attractive and effectively modelled.
St Brayden – 7mm NG – Rutherford Appleton Model
Railway Club
Dolfriog – Jim Owers – 009, HOf, HOn3z
Corris 1930 – 009 - Rod Allcock
Journey’s End – 009 – Nicolas Wheatley
Coleford – 009 – John Wilkes
Roestock – 009 – Ian Turner
St Etienne-en-Caux – HOe – Charles Insley
Bergeller Bahn – HOm – John Laister
Bryn y Felin – 009 – Matthew & Helen Kean
Wantage NG Tramway – 009 – Richard Holder
Sib Valley & Jacob’s Wharf Railway – 009 – Keith Hicks
Cefn Ddu – 009 – Nigel Matthews

Also attending:
The 009 Society Sales Stand
Chris Ward Railways
Worsley Works
A1 Models
The Slim gauge Circle
Support Group for the Talyllyn Railway
A closer view of the canal boats, The tarpaulins on the barge
at the rear do look very good.

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 This was due to be the penultimate exhibition for Julien
Webb’s Lathams Brewery, which is to be retired for re-mod-
elling. This is one of my favourite views of the layout. Busi-
ness at the brewery does seem to be a bit slack.

A study in concentration, with Robert Jackson as the man

in the middle. This circular layout has a compact fiddle yard
which means that each move has to be considered carefully to
Nicolas Wheatley’s Journey’s End (change for Styx Cross- avoid becoming ‘entangled’ – which I know from experience.
ing) is a regular on the exhibition circuit. The picture shows
almost all the layout, hopefully the 4 coffins on the roof of
the railcar are just visible! More greenery had been added
since I last saw it and the vast number of hearses seems to
have grown yet further.

Hillside Works by Dave Griffiths. A compact 009 layout set

in the Welsh Borders in the 1960s / 70s. Unusual in being
set in late November, with bare branched trees, a very ef-
fective autumn sky backscene and working lamps.
The loco is IOMR No16, Mannin itself, on Peter Cullen’s well
known 00n3 layout Mannin Middle. At this time the layout was
operating with the locos in the light green ‘Ailsa’ livery.

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 LETTERS
Narrow Gauge North
I should like to thank all the members of the 009 Society
who participated in Narrow Gauge North 2014.  As a result
of their participation, we have been able to donate £5,200
to Sue Ryder-Wheatfields hospice. It is hoped to stage next
year’s show on the 14th March.
If any member of the Society is interested in exhibiting a
layout at future shows, would they kindly contact me with
details at info@narrowgaugenorth.org.uk.
 
Peter Kirkby
Hon. Show Organiser
Point motor resistance
[We had a number of comments about Neil Machin’s ar-
ticle on point motors in the March 2014 009 News. A note
from Hugh Norwood follows, and Neil’s reply - ED]
I wonder if you could bring the following to the atten-
tion of Neil Machin regarding his article on using servos for
point motor control. He has shown two 270 ohm resistors
in parallel in the first diagram.
The total value of resistors in parallel is always less then
the values of the separate components. In the case of two
270 ohm resistors, they are 135 ohms in total.
Now, since 540 ohms is not a recognised value for resis-
tors I think he as really used two 270 ohm in parallel and so
the text should have said “... around 135 Ohms 1 Watt. ....”
Kind regards
Hugh Norwood
The confusion over the resistor values is my fault - com-
pletely forgetting how Ohms law works between resistors in
parallel and in series. The resistor values of 2 x 270 Ohms
in the diagram (reproduced below) are correct as per the
original article on which my experiments were based, it
was attempt to calculate this back to a single resistor equiv-
alent that is in error.
As I mentioned in the article I did manage to get the servo
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to operate on a lower voltage, so some experimentation
with the points you will be using could be worthwhile. The
best resistance value would seem to me to be the highest
value, which allows the servo to still throw the point relia-
bly and hold the point blades across if needed, as this will
minimise the current draw.
As for leaving the current to the servo at all times. This
was again as per the original article and does seem to me
to offer a number of advantages. Firstly that it will hold the
points, so can work on points without an over centre spring
(or ones where this has weakened over time). Also there is
no need to ensure that you hold the switch for long enough
for the servo to move fully, just throw the switch and leave
it. This will also leave an indication of the direction of the
point. The other reason for leaving the servo active, men-
tioned in the original article, was that unpowered servos
can drift over time, especially if they are also operating mi-
cro switches etc for frog polarity or signalling.
My next experiment with servo control will be to fit this to
a layout constructed from foamboard, ensuring that the ser-
vo is mounted securely so that it does not come adrift when
operated, and also that it does not generate so much force
that it can damage the board - which could be a problem
whichever type of point motor is used, not just with servos.
Neil Machin
An achievement
Have I achieved a world first? This week I managed to
wear out not one, but two, slitting discs in my mini-drill,
right down to the mandrel. Normally they shatter after
about the first twenty revolutions.
Martin Collins
Wanted
Does any member have a spare Ibertren Cuckoo chassis MI-
NUS its motor they would be willing to part with? If you can
help please contact me on
Many thanks,
John Thorne
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April 2014
SUTTON COLDFIELD
26th Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s 2014 Annual Exhibition
27th Bishop Walsh School, Wylde Green Road, Sutton Coldfield,
West Midlands, B76 1QT
Opening times: Sat 10:00 - 17:00 Sun 10:00 - 16:00
Layouts include: St Etienne en Caux by Charles Insley,
Brandeight by Peter Hardy, Cader Idris by David Wilcox and
Roberta Andrew, the West Midlands 009 display cabinet and
the (under construction) group project.
May 2014
NORTHAMPTON
3rd Northampton Model Railway Show, Malcolm Arnold Academy
Trinity Avenue, Northampton, NN2 6JW
Opening times: 10:00 - 17:00
Layouts include: Tanybwlch by Nigel Smith
BRADFORD
3rd Bradford Model Railway Club, Whitcliffe Mount Sports Centre,
4th Turnsteads Avenue, Cleckheaton, BD19 3AQ NEW VENUE
Opening times: Sat 10:00 - 17:00 Sun 10:00 - 16:00
Layouts include: Angst-Lesspork by Hugh Norwood
BOGNOR REGIS
17th Small and Wonderful Industrial and Narrow Gauge (SWING)
St Mary’s Centre, Grassmere Close, Felpham, Bognor Regis,
West Sussex, PO22 7NU
Opening times: 10:00 - 17:00
Layouts include: Southwold (1922) by Stewart Green and Lyn-
don 1870 and The Woods both by Lyn Owers
MIRFIELD
17th Mirfield Parish Music Guild 5th Annual Model Railway Exhibtion,
St. Mary’s Community Centre, Church Lane, Mirfield, WF14 9HU
Opening times: 10:00 - 16:00
Layouts include: The Village 1918 by Darryl Foxwell and a
modelling demonstration by Darren Hedges
BROCKENHURST
24th New Forest Model Railway Club, Brockenhurst Village Hall,
25th Brockenhurst, Hampshire, SO42 7RY
Opening times: unknown
Layouts include: Bottle Kiln Lane by John Thorne
June 2014
WIGAN
7th 2014 Wigan Model Railway Exhibition, Robin Park Arena &
8th Sports Centre, Loire Drive, Wigan, WN5 0UH
Opening times: Sat 10:00 - 17:30 Sun 10:00 - 16:00
Layouts include: The Clydach Railway by Richard Holder, Roe-
stock by Ian Turner and St Etienne en Caux by Charlie Insley.
Plus narrow gauge modelling demonstrations by David Gan-
der, Frank Allen, Tim Ellis, Roger Christian and Denise Insley,
and the 009 Society Showcase & Publicity stand with Garry
Whiting and Bill Luty.
CHATHAM
14th The Chatham Show 2014, Medway Park Leisure Centre,
15th Mill Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 1HF
Opening times: Sat 10:00 - 17:00 Sun 10:00 - 16:00
Layouts include: Coleford by John Wilkes, Khan by Julian Evi-
son, Crumley & Little Wickhill by Hull MRS and The Corn Mill
by Henk Wust.
MERE
21st Mere Model Railway Exhibition, Mere Lecture Hall,
22nd Salisbury Street, Mere, Wiltshire, BA12 6HA
Opening times: 10:00 - 16:30
Layouts include: Aldborne by Adrian Ponting, East Quay by
Angus and Sheila Watkins, Castlederg (00n3) by Andy Cundick
and Tom’s Boatyard (1:55) by Tom Snook.
May 2014
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June 2014
STEVENTON
28th Oxfordshire Narrow Gauge Modellers’ Open Day,
Steventon Village Hall, The Green, Steventon, Oxon, OX13 6RR
Opening times: 10:00 - 16:30
Layouts include: St Frazel le Chapeau by Sy Newitt, Wildscho-
nau by David Coates, Roestock by Ian Turner, St Etienne en
Caux by Charlie Insley, Bergeller Bahn by John Laister, Bryn
y Felin by Matthew and Helen Kean, Wantage Narrow Gauge
Tramway by Richard Holder, St Braydon by Rutherford Apple-
ton Laboratory MRC, Dolfriog by Jim Owers, Corris 1930 by
Rod Allcock, Journey’s End by Nicolas Wheatley, Coleford by
John Wilkes, Sib Valley Railway by Keith Hicks and Cefn Ddu
by Nigel Matthews.
MANSFIELD
29th 009 Society East Midlands Group Open Day, Portland College,
Nottingham Road, Mansfield, Notts, NG18 4TJ
Opening times: 10:30 - 16:30
Layouts include: Corris 1930 by Rod Allcock, High Stamley
by Paul Windle, Eastbrook and Woodend by Stephen Penn,
Crummack Valley by Roger Christian and Stan Williams, Tates
by Graham Morfoot, Angst Lessport by Hugh Norwood, Green
End by David Gander, Greetwell Wharf by Tony Wall, Ivor the
Engine Book by Andrew Glover, Radio Control demonstration
layout by Frank Allen, Tal-y-llyn by Roger Bugg, Vale of Belper
by Paul Bardill, WW1 diorama In Flanders Fields by Paul Lolley,
Narrow Narrow Gauge (006.5) by Sam Lolley, Kent Cement
Quarry by Mark Dale, plus further modelling demonstrations.
July 2014
LEIGHTON BUZZARD
5th Leighton Buzzard Railway Model Railway Show,
Page’s Park Station, Billington Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 4TN
Opening times: unknown
Layouts include: Coleford by John Wilkes
BRIDPORT
26th Bridport Model Railway Club, United Church Hall,
East Street, Bridport, Dorset
Opening times: unknown
Layouts include: Purbeck by John Thorne
August 2014
REDCAR
2nd Cleveland Model Railway Club 2014 Exhibition, Redcar &
3rd Cleveland College, Corporation Road, Redcar, TS10 1EZ
Opening times: Sat 10:00 - 17:00 Sun 10:00 - 16:00
Layouts include: Moorton Bottom Yard by Paul Windle
MANCHESTER
9th The International Discworld Convention, Palace Hotel
Oxford Street, Manchester, M60 7HA
Opening times: unknown
Layouts include: Angst-Lesspork by Hugh Norwood
(Convention runs 8th-11th, see www.dwcon.org for details)
For a full list of events check the website, www.009society.com. All exhibition
entries are printed in good faith, but the 009 News cannot be held responsible
for incorrect information in this list. Always check the modelling press for full
details before visiting.
For inclusion in the 009 News and on the Society’s web site please send full
details of your event or exhibition your layout is attending to: John Jacobs,
or email to:
diary@009society.com. The only criteria are that the event / exhibition must
include a layout from or be organised by a member of the 009 Society.
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News, views and comments from our Local Groups
Oldham Group
Next meeting: 14th May
Contact: Paul Titmuss,
There were ten of us at the March meeting -
Alan, Andy, Bill, Charlie, Garry, Hugh, John,
Roger, Stuart and Paul with one apology.
My thanks to Andy who had brought along his
developing layout in box files named, appropri-
ately, Boxley. The track layout consisted of a loop
and several sidings. Given a thorough test during
the meeting one or two issues were raised with
some of the track work, especially one point, re-
medial action is now required (and has probably
been undertaken).
Boxley became the test track for the evening
with what turned out to be a loco festival – at
least 30 were on the layout or table at one
point. Noted were a Fourdees ‘Premier’ (see last
month’s News), a Paul Windle Peckett, at least
three Chris Ward 3D plastic loco’s and enough
French locos (plus stock) to service several mi-
nor French railway systems. Sneaked away in a
corner on the diorama of Lispole was a 12mm
gauge Ruston 48DL (Brian Madge), now opera-
tional after an 18 month pause.
Meetings are usually held on the evening of
the second Wednesday of the month, starting at
8.00 pm. Following the meeting date above in
Grasscroft another is planned for June 11th in
Alkrington. For further details please phone Paul
or e-mail sptitmuss@waitrose.com
East Midlands Narrow gauge Modellers
Next meeting: 23rd April
Contact: Bob Telford,
Paul Bardill, Roger Bugg, Mick Drake, Andrew
Glover, Steve Hewitt, Tony Wall and I descended
on the Leicestershire village of Blackfordby for our
March meeting on the 26th hosted by Chris Boyd.
Great strides had been made scenically by
Chris on his branch extension with a new
scratchbuilt station building, a second convert-
ed from a Hornby cricket pavilion, and con-
vincing lineside vegetation advancing steadily
towards the terminus. NG trains running on
both the original continuous loop and the new
branch were overtaken by sound-equipped SG
trains on Chris’s 00 DCC main line. Paul pro-
duced his latest model of a 4 vehicle NG PW
train, comprising a 4 wheel coach, 2 vans and
a flat wagon laden with track sections hauled by
a ‘Castle’ diesel all finished in ‘Dutch’ grey and
yellow. Surprisingly, Paul’s loco fell foul of low
tunnel clearance which Chris’s Holywell Castle,
produced from the same kit and powered by an
identical mechanism, managed to clear. My Idle
Valley Tramways Lewin tram loco Idle, discretely
rejuvenated by the insertion beneath her skirts of
a Minitrains diesel chassis, slipped on the sharp
gradient inside the tunnel and suffered the ex-
treme indignity for an old lady of having to re-
verse out and seek pilot assistance from one of
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BRANCHLINES
the resident diesels.
Roger brought out photographs of a new siding
installed at Brynglas on his well known Tal-y-Llyn
layout, plus 2 new loco bodies of TR diesels pro-
duced from A1 Models kits and the Rod Allcock
engineered tiny chassis for his Ruston Midlander,
which had acquired band drive replacement of the
original geared drive and a larger motor to provide
more power. Over refreshments and amid talk of
our forthcoming Open Day appreciative com-
ments were passed on the appearance and layout
of recent editions of 009 News.
Visitors and prospective new members are wel-
come at our meetings, which are normally held
on the 4th Wednesday of the month in members’
homes, currently throughout Derbyshire, Leicester-
shire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. Contact
me on
Wessex Narrow Gauge Modellers
Next meeting: 10th May
Contact: Will Booth,
(evenings only please)
By the time you read this, Narrow Gauge
South 2014 will have been a triumph for
WNGM and the blood hosed down off the
walls from the AGM lecture theatre. Hopefully
some photos appear elsewhere in this journal.
Earlier in March, we met at Lee Bryant’s home
for final briefing, thanks to Lee for stepping
in at short notice. Howard Coulson brought
along some H0e French and Belgian stock -
SNCV Steam Tram, French “Bicabine” and
centre-power-car multiple unit whilst Dave
Collins had a couple of nice freelanced 009
steam locos (Larger scales were also represent-
ed by Jerry Oakey with a 16mm gunpowder
van and Arthur Budd’s Ixion “Coffee Pot” 0n30
railcar he’d converted to a vertical boiler).
Next Meetings: 10th May at Graham Lind-
ley’s in Fareham. 19th July at Jerry Oakey’s in
Portchester. 20th September at Lee Bryant’s in
Chandlers Ford. For details of the group call me
on (evenings please).
Buccabury Group
Next meeting: 25th April
Contact: John Gilby,
 
For our March meeting I had set up the Buc-
cabury station and brickworks boards for a mini
operating session, also known as a get-our-heads-
around how best to operate trains from station to
brickworks and back again. Much head scratch-
ing took place and once the all important suste-
nance was consumed, we thrashed out the best
way to hand over trains to/from the Brickworks.
Now all Muggins has to do is write up the pages
of notes so we don’t end up forgetting it all again!
Future meetings are on April 25th in Stevenage,
May 23rd in Chesham, our annual steam-up on
27th June in Beaconsfield and 18th July in Mill
Hill for the Summer Holidays. For details of the
group and meetings please contact me.
Beds & Bucks Narrow Gauge Modellers
Contact: Tony Clarke,
Seven members gathered at my house for our
March meeting. We welcomed Nigel Bartram
to his second meeting with the group. He has
started building a test track for his 009 stock and
hopefully received much useful advice regard-
ing the wiring of it. Two members were absent as
they were exhibiting at Alexandra Palace.
Des brought his new 1:22 scale model of the
Dungeness marshes which, although it is not
009, was built to his usual high standards. The
layout included a beached boat and a simple
track plan all within a space of about 5ft x2ft.
The loco was battery powered with infrared
control, which allowed it to run beautifully on
very realistically rusty track.
I showed the partially completed Royston and
District Model Railway club 009 layout which
gave all of us a chance to run our 009 stock.
If you would like to join us for future
meetings, contact me by phone or email to
Suffolk & Norfolk NG Modellers
Next meeting: 3rd May
Contact: Richard Doe, 01502
Eleven people met together for the first Suf-
folk & Norfolk NG Modellers meet, with peo-
ple travelling from across the area including
Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, Diss, Attleborough,
Norwich and Barsham. There were five differ-
ent scales of NG modelling represented with
009 being in the majority.
Three layouts were on display alongside peo-
ples latest projects and works in progress.
With tea, coffee and plenty of biscuits provid-
ed, it was widely agreed that the location at Bar-
sham Village Hall would be suitable for future
meets and overall the meeting was a success.
Future meetings are currently being planned
with the May one being an open day in Wattis-
field, Suffolk (see advert on page 8).
Oxfordshire Narrow Gauge Modellers
Next meeting: 3rd May
Contact: Richard Holder,
Only Tony Thomas and Keith Hicks were
able to make our meeting on 1st March. They
continued the landscaping work on the group
layout. On the same day, Richard Holder
was exhibiting ‘Wantage NG Tramway’ at the
Abingdon Model Rail Show, ably assisted by
our youngest member, Aaron Matthews. The
following weekend Richard and Stuart Taylor
travelled to the Macclesfield two-day exhibition
with ‘Clydach’. Tony was due to travel with them,
but he had to pull out after suffering a severe heart
attack on the previous Wednesday, spending that
weekend in Intensive Care at The John Ratcliffe
Hospital in Oxford. We are so pleased to report
009 News
that Tony is making good progress and he hopes
to be able to go home very soon. We decided
to cancel our second planned meeting in March,
as a number of members were unavailable due
to illness or family/work commitments. Richard
and Stuart were away for the weekend again,
this time taking ‘Wantage’ to Nailsea. Plans for
our Open Day on 28th June are progressing
well. We hope to welcome many 009 Society
members to Oxfordshire on that occasion.
If you are interested in joining us, do not
hesitate to contact Richard by e-mail at
or by phone on
the number shown above.
Surrey Narrow Gauge Modellers
Next meeting: 26th April
Contact: John Thorne,
For our March meeting I took Bottle Kiln Lane
to Surbiton and the layout was duly inspected
by the fourteen Group members who attended
the meeting and the layout was operating prior
to NG South. My stock boxes were also open
for inspection so a good evening was had by all.
Our April meeting is being held at Jeremy
Cole’s in Ealing on April 26th starting at 2:30
pm. Jeremy will have his HO/Hoe layout oper-
ating and will be demonstrating the latest devel-
opments on his layout. As usual super cakes and
tea will be served. Please phone me on
for full details.
 
Sussex Downs Group
Next meeting: 25th April
Contact: Martin Collins,
March 7th was interesting as I took “Lland-
ecwyn” to the club for an operating session, hav-
ing hastily sketched out a sequence on the back
of an envelope the previous evening. To my
surprise (and probably everybody else’s), it pretty
much worked, apart from double booking a very
short siding with too many wagons and a coach.
Friday 21st March was a planning meeting
which finished quite early as Simon Wilson and
I had a very early start the following morning, in
order to get to Alexandra Palace for the London
Festival of Railway Modelling, taking the show-
case and its associated square pizza layout, in
order to promote the Society. Judging by the
amount of talking we did, maybe it should be a
“waffle” layout rather than a pizza. An excellent
show as usual, well patronised, and as ever, well
organised, especially the clear up on the Sunday
afternoon. Whether our esteemed chairman and
Stephen Sullivan were quite so happy having
to gaze at us from across the gangway behind
“Holbeach Estates” is another matter...
On April 4th we shall be back on the clubroom
test track, and drawing up the shopping lists for
Sparsholt, but again, it won’t be a late night as
I’m aiming to be setting up just after 0800 on
the 5th. The following weekend, Tim is exhib-
iting “Elmgate & Thatcham” at the Crawley
MRC show at Horsham, and as Good Friday
intervenes, our next meeting will be 25th April,
when Simon Wilson is bringing “Southwold” to
the club for a gremlin sorting session.
May 2014
West Midlands Group
Next meeting: 17th May
Contact: Julien Webb,
(7-9pm only please)
Our March meeting saw us gathered at David
Churchill’s in Solihull. David had recently fin-
ished a conversion of a Joueff Decauville, fitting
a new motor and DCC chip and had a 3D print-
ed Talyllyn “Midlander”. Steve Mann had been
busy, with a Chivers Quarry Hunslet on an Ar-
nold 0-4-0, Quarry Bagnall on an Ibertren 0-4-
0 and Peco Jeanette on a Fleishmann 0-4-0 to
show for his efforts. He also had a Paul Windle
“Aluminium” class Peckett 0-4-0T running on
an N-Drive chassis that had just been delivered.
These ran on David’s test track with one of the
new Minitrains “Fiddletown & Copperopolis”
sets bought by John Walker and Julien Webb’s
latest project, a 2-6-0T Hunslet (modified Chiv-
ers Tralee & Dingle kit) on a Farish Black 5 chas-
sis. There were also discussions about the groups
presence at the Bishop Walsh Show (April 26th
and 27th see http://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/
SCRS/exhibition.html for details) and our August
members day over coffee and cake.
Our thanks to David and Diane (and Moss) for
hosting the meeting. Next meeting will be Saturday
May 17th at Robert Jackson’s (
tel; from 2pm onwards. For more
information about the group please contact Julien
Webb on
SWOONS Group
Next Meeting: 26th April
Contact: Geoff Bowyer,
Our March meeting saw 14 members congre-
gate at Geoff’s in Taunton to view various models
in various narrow gauge scales and catch up on
the latest news. It was nice to see Ed there after
he was forced from his house by the Somerset
floods. A decision was made on the layouts for
the Exeter MRE on May 31st/June 1st and the
date of July 3rd was confirmed for our annual
visit to the Devon Railway Centre. It was decided
not to have a Society stand at this years Taunton
show as it clashes with Swanley and as far as we
know no 009 layout will be present.
Our next meetings in 2014 will be at Geoff’s
in Bishops Hull, Taunton on Saturday April 26th
at 2.30pm and on Tuesdays May 20th and June
10th at 7.30pm and the annual meeting at Dev-
on Railway Centre on July 3rd. For directions
and details of all these contact Geoff Bowyer on
or
Tyne Tees Group
Next meeting: 26th April
Contact: Peter Hogarth,
Six members met at Bob Berry’s on the 29th
March. The mantelpiece track was occupied
with two Windles. One of which was a Hudswell
Clarke 0-6-0 recently acquired by Peter H as
well as a classic diesel from A1 models which
Peter H is in the process of completing.
Discussion was about members’ layouts for
the Open Day in Sept as we are now six months
away from the big day. Several technical issues
were talked about and we saw how far Bob’s
layout had progressed, it is coming along nicely.
Conversation was brisk alongside the view-
ing of a DVD about the WHR/Ffestiniog. Many
thanks to Bob and Shirley for their hospitality
and catering. We meet again at Peter Cocker’s
house in Shiny Row nr Chester-le Street usual
time of 2:30pm. Old and new members wel-
come. Contact Peter on if you
need directions.
M5-M50 Narrow Gauge Modellers
Next meeting: 28th April
Contact: Nicolas Wheatley,
Even with several ‘regulars’ being absent,
31 people turned up to enjoy our usual range
of activities and social interaction. Some
group members had been either exhibiting
or trading at shows since last month, includ-
ing Leamington Spa and Nailsea, neither of
which were specifically 009 events. Sever-
al group members are expected to attend
the 009 Society’s event at Sparsholt, taking
place only a few days after our meeting.
The absence of Chris Ward (and Christine)
is now showing quite how much work he
regularly put into organising the group. Sev-
eral people have now taken over different
activities, each of which need to be done to
make such a large group function success-
fully. It’s a bit like a swan gliding serenely
and apparently effortlessly, but there’s a lot of
activity below the surface! Shirley and Geoff
Harper are also sorely missed, and good wish-
es are extended to them, especially as Shirley’s
health continues to be worrying.
Sadly, Bob Ayers was not able to stay for the
whole meeting, having made a considerable
effort to bring the box of refreshments for the
rest of the group to enjoy. The absence of such
stalwarts as Bob, Chris and Shirley showed
how much the group has come to rely on their
always much appreciated inputs.
On a happier note, one member brought
along some new Peco 009 Setrack curves,
which generated some admiring views.
Hopefully these products, and the rest of the
Setrack range, will give a boost to 009 mod-
elling, especially in conjunction with Peco’s
splendid RTR carriages and wagons. What
we need now is another British outline RTR
steam loco to add to Heljan’s proposed Lyn-
ton and Barnstaple 2-6-2.
We meet on the last Monday of the month,
our next meetings being on 28th April and
26th May (Bank Holiday), starting at 19:30
hours at Twyning village hall near Tewkes-
bury, Gloucestershire, GL20 6DF. All nar-
row gauge enthusiasts and modellers in
any scale are most welcome. For further for
details, contact Nicolas by phone or email
.
Please send your Branchlines reports to
production@009society.com
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