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From Rugby, Warwickshire; Went to Marlborough Secondary School; Studied at Rugby College of Engineering Technology; Worked at HM Forces - British Army; Studied at Royal School of Military Engineering; Former Maintenance Technician at International Computers Limited; Former IT Support at GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd; Lives in Letchworth

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Wednesday 8 February 2023

Arlesworth redevelopment 2023

Arlesworth redevelopment 2023

A major redevelopment of Arlesworth station was started in January 2023, an 18” extension to the platforms and repositioning the station building over the platforms. The base is made fro 5mm MDF recovered from an old wardrobe back panel the side arches are repurposed from a broken Hornby R180 Viaduct. 2 Hornby Inclined Piers support part of the upper road level to brick piers support part of the other upper road level disguised as lift shafts for good trolleys. I used the step sections from the Hornby Dublo footbridge (see Hornby Dublo footbridge refurbishment 25/08/2020.)

07/02/2023 LED lighting strips were added. The track weathering and Ballasting completed. Fitted 3 Peco SL-29 De-couplers and screwed down the platforms.

 

 


 









 

 

 






Monday 6 February 2023

Rebuild of “Pacer Set” from Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive continues


 


Today 12/11/2022  due to poor running quality’s of the old Hornby model I rebuilt the pickups to enable both case to collect current from all wheels. This has made a vast improvement to the running no more stuttering.