Landscaping at Chadwick Model Railway | 244.

It's time to start the landscaping at the Chadwick Parkway Station area.
Commencing with the incline to the Freight Yard, great advances are made. Check it out at Chadwick Model Railway 244.

Patreon Link.
or

Affiliate Links

Modelling Light

My Amazon Shop

Amazon Links

Video Gear
Adobe Premier Elements.

DCC Shortcut Sheet

Scale Train Length Calculator

Chadwick Videos Spreadsheet

[vernonhamel]

Charlie, I love your videos! Very informative, and I learned a lot. What I like the most is your humor and genuine love of the hobby!

[grahamlawrance]

Brilliant. This is why you keep winning the awards. I learn so much from your videos. Thank you.

[LocoCL_BPMR]

Hi Charlie, happy new year to you. I’m a mainline driver in the South East with 16 years experience, 11 of which are driving freight. With such large regional variation in signalling practices over the years, I doubt you’ll get a definitive answer to the right or wrong placement of signalling equipment or anything else to do with the railways to be fair.
As far as I’m aware double banner repeaters were generally seen on the Great Western region originally and only recently have I seen them being introduced elsewhere on the national network. The most likely scenario for the time period of your layout would be a single mechanical type (not LED) placed somewhere on your curve after the start of your retaining wall. Perhaps attached to the retaining wall it’s self on an arm bracket (similar to a station wall clock) by the first group of cows on the hill, so that the trains pass beneath it, that might be an interesting scratch build project for you instead of it just being on a post by your signal box like a standard signal. In reality you wouldn’t usually have a banner on a right hand bend in the landscape you’ve modelled unless the signal was being obscured by something like a bridge etc however as we modellers know, curves are greatly exaggerated to fit in the space we have.
Also worth noting, the embankment that you’ve built goes right up to the running rails in the bay platform track. This wouldn’t usually happen as this is a derailment risk in the event that heavy rain could wash debris down the embankment. Of course there’s always going to be an exception somewhere on the British rail network, and I’ve only ever seen this allow to happen in sidings and freight yards. Because it’s a low speed section of track approaching a dead end, a full spaced out cess wouldn’t have been necessary so I would expect a very small retaining wall, perhaps only 3-4 scale feet in height (only 2-3 brick height plus coping stones) would have been built to hold back the soil with the wall being as close to the trains as the platform face would be on the other side. For extra interest, you could even cut in a couple of refuges with enough space for drains.
It’s all just suggestions, keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing more for 2025.

[jeffbrownlee]

Last week I was working on forming some white foam into a mountainside. I lamented that I had essentially caused a snowstorm all over the train room. My wife came to me and said, "Dear, don't be upset. Even Charlie makes a mess sometimes.". Made me feel better. Thanks for all you do. (Even the messes)

[tbschenker]

Hi Charlie. Speaking as a train driver regarding your dilemma about a "stepped banner repeater", applying it to your layout wouldn't be necessary, as the route to the Branch Line station/yard would be a relatively low speed divergence, compared to the speed of the main lines. So any train signalled that way would usually approach the signal at red, which would then clear to a proceed aspect and the No 1 junction indicator when the train hit a certain track circuit (referred to as "track approach" in signalling terms).

Therefore, with regards to the station (and also the line coming down from the high level goods yard) you would require a single yellow if a train was required to go to the branch line/yard. Any train for the Mainline can get a green.

Regards,

Tim Blazey.

[edithl.simonsen]

Hi Charlie, I enjoyed the different cuts where you made mistakes. But it has nothing to do with age. I have made mistages all my life and I am not finished yet. So keep up the good work. I like to watch your work. Kind regards Per/dk

[anthonymoscatello]

I’ve been watching your videos for years and enjoy them more and more each time. Simply said, you are the best!!!! Thank you.

[WickfieldLaneJunction]

I was half expecting you to use my technique of building embankments 😂

[johntaylor-tztd]

Your ok to swear Charlie it bloody hurts it is looking really good

[laszlokaestner]

That looks really good and the video was filled with handy tips. I hope you cleaned that spoon off before she returned though! 🤐

[chrisfarr]

Always an education, watching your great videos. You are my first point of call if I want to understand how you do a particular job when it comes to model railways. Keep up the great work.

[jonathanstanley]

Hi Charlie, Happy New Year and thanks for another entertaining and educational video. You need a stunt man to handle the hot glue burns - we appreciate your sacrifices.
I don't know about the repeater signals but in the era you are modelling signalling was still largely controlled by the traditional manual signal boxes where each box covered a separate signalling block. In your case the station box passing control to the junction box. Due to the compression of distance on a model you often have to omit some signals otherwise you end up with (signal) pole pollution. The station box can start a train from the platforms or yard ramp once the junction box has accepted the train (meaning the line is clear to the junction). This would only need a starting signal from each platform and the yard ramp (controlled by the station box) The junction box now has control of the train and the next signal is the junction signal with the route indicating whisker. This can only be cleared by the branch station box confirming that they can accept the train if routed for the branch or the helix box if the train is routed on the main. In real life there would originally have been distant signals in between the station box and the junction box but the short distance (barely a single train length) renders them impractical. In semaphore days these would either have been on the same post as the starter signals or on a single post just past the station box to warn the driver that the next signal may be at danger. I suspect the same applies to your repeater signals - there is simply not enough room for them. The colour light signals replace the need for distant signals by indicating how fast the train can go or whether the next signal down the line is at danger.
I don't know the correct terms but basically they are 1. Proceed with care next signal is at danger. 2. Proceed a bit faster the next signal is clear. 3. Go like hell (green) the next couple of signals are clear. Given this scenario the branch trains would never get a full green from the station as there are only two signals to the terminus. (Distance compression at work again).
I will be interested to see what the professionals have to say. If you are assuming a centralised signal control point you need to board up your signal boxes as they would no longer be in use.
Cheers
Jon

[RGJTrains]

Can only PRAY we can get ours to anywhere near half way as good as yours

[IanWheller-rvzi]

Hi Charlie here's a little tip for you when using hot glue, a small mixing bowl fill it with ice cubes and cold water. Once burnt quickly stick fingers in bowl & relief is almost instant. Regards

[darrylmeredith]

Hope you have a fantastic '25 Charlie - full of good health, happiness and model railways!! As always, loved the video and learnt heaps along the way.

[SteveS]

Love the way the backscene blends in with scene you've modelled here Charlie.

[danielsellers]

I had the Hornby hydraulic buffers on my old model railway.

[Longgonerailways]

Thanks Charlie, another cracking video with some great tips

[chrisuddin]

Hi Charlie. You always make me laugh my friend and in this video it's been no exception. I love the fact that you just keep it real.

[vernoncox]

Charlie, regarding the signals, something stirs in the back of my mind, that the driver should be able to see the signal for 8 seconds at maximum line speed. Other wise thats where the repeater comes in. I'm not sure how that eqautes in model form but I know when I started to signal my layout it was very complicated as so many needed to be in a short space. Literally a sea of signals! So quite a few had to go.
Keep up the good work.😉