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REGISTRAR NEWS APRIL 2000 “Welcome to the following new members...”
NAME
Beadle, Robin Uden, Michael Iles, Helen Andrews, Paul Jensen, Norton Pollard, A Cooper, Stephen Flude, Bill
Nind, Phillip Senior, Stuart Parslow, Sean Sears, John Lynn, E
ADDRESS
493 London Road, Bread and Cheese Hill, Thundersley, Essex SS7 1AQ 1 Broadway house, Broadway, Llandrindod Wells, Powys LD1 5HT
3b West Street, Banwell, Nr Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset BS29 6DA 39 Overdale Road, Quinton, Birmingham B32 2QP
2 Goddington Road, Strood, Rochester, Kent ME2 3DD
32 Gainsborough Court, Lime Grove, Shepherds Bush, London W12 8HS 8 Norman Way, Acton, London W3 0AU
Hillview, Peter Street, Frocester, Gloucestershire GL10 3TQ
The Dormers, Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire SN6 7PB
78 Palace Road, London SW2 3JX
135 Mundesley Road, North Walsham, Norfolk NR28 0DD
5 Hallsalls Cottages, Halebank, Nr Widnes, Merseyside WA8 8NN
10 Park Road, Lynemouth, Morpeth, Northumberlamd NE1 5XH
TELEPHONE SCALE/S RAILROAD(S) Y/N*
Change of address
- Y CB Y - Y CR/NJ/SEPTA Y UP Y
- - EL/Eastern roads Y ATSF/SP Y - Y - Y BNSF N - Y - Y
CSX/UP Y ATSF Y BN Y N WC Y
Butcher, Don Wyatt, Alan Gristwood, Robin Balderstone, Alistair Hatherill, David Hopper, Chris Morris, Bruce White, Chris Keuneke, Mark Trigg, Mervyn Woodcock, Karl Tricker, Michael Kenward, Les Russell, James
Other Changes
Remnant, Brian Sewell, Alan Abbott, Mark Yeoman, L C Schofield, Harry
Re-rail
Dee, Stephen
6 Ogwell End Drive, Ogwell, Newton Abbott, Devon TQ12 6FB Ivydene, 26 Newport Road, Stafford ST16 1BH
197 Goosemoor Lane, Erdington, Birmingham B23 5QS
9 Meadow View, Hopeman, Elgin, Morayshire IV30 5PL Mole End, New House Lane, Redhill, Surrey RH1 5RA 103 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol BS31 1HZ
c/o 28 Sittingbourne Road, Maidstone, Kent ME14 5LP 41 Clareville Road, Orpington, Kent BR5 1RU
10 Westminster Court, Eleanor Way, Waltham Cross, Herts N8 7SH 42 Hereford Street, Grangetown, Cardiff CF11 2SZ
52 Yeomans Way, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B75 7TZ
98 Green Street, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, TW16 6QJ
14 Chartwell Close, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 2AW
15 Hedgemere, Thorpe Marriott, Norwich, Norfolk, NR8 6GG
Polvarth Frimley Road, Ash Vale, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU12 5NN 16 The Avenue, Bengeo, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 3DR
11 Ulverston, Brownsover, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 1EE
134 Banks Road, Liverpool, L19 2QG
51 Ewart Road, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS22 8NY
4 Romway Close, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9DT
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Send any changes to the REGION REGISTRAR:
Vernon Stone, Capilano, Moneyrow Green, Holyport, Maidenhead, Berks SL6 2NA.
(The full Region Directory is issued once a year, we suggest that members pencil in such changes as are announced periodically, to keep their current Directory up to date.
THE NEW DIRECTORY is issued with the December edition of Roundhouse.)
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RAILROAD REVIEW cont...
be better to remove the springs and solder fine wires from the roof conductors to the floor ones.
5) I don’t much like the jungle of rather stiff wiring that connects the loco and tender. However, it looks a bit better if the wiring and outside of the plugs is painted grimy black. Some owners have reported derailment problems when reversing this set-up around curved track. It could be dispensed with if DCC is never going to be used, but some lesser form of wiring will be needed for normal operation and for the lighting.
6) Check carefully the position of the loco driving wheel wipers. I’m not too crazy about these either, but we are stuck with them, so check that each makes a good contact, in the right position, on the inside of each driver rim. The wipers can be gently bent with small pliers to line them up if off target.
One odd thing about this example of the loco is that the left side eccentric crank is set incorrectly and, so far as I can tell, it cannot be altered without somehow removing the
crankpin and resetting it. The top end of the crank should angle towards the cylinders but this one angles away. This doesn’t affect operation (in the model at least!) but it is an irritation. If it were my own loco, I’d have to do something about it, which would probably involved cementing the crankpin in a slightly different position so that the crank lined up correctly. I don’t entirely agree with the
Bulletin review opinion that the loco packaging is good. The sponge box lining is of the hard black variety with little give in it. Ordinary soft sponge as found around most brass locos is perfectly adequate and the models easier to remove without scratching or damage.
Also, as the loco has fiddly wiring connections to the tender, it would be better if the box were long and narrow so the loco and tender could be stored as one unit without undoing the
wiring plugs.
Finally a note of caution. When handling the mechanism of this loco, have care around the valve gear eccentric rod, where the end of the Baker gear linkage fits into the plastic valve gear hanger (see sketch) - it comes out awfully easily and is a bit of a pig to put back in! ●
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