Wednesday 2 January 2013
Peep Show
According to Stephen D Phillips (2012), The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Measured and Drawn, Hartlebury: S D Publications Ltd, the distance from rail height to the centre-line of the smokebox door on the L&B's Manning Wardles was 4ft. Assuming the Gibson Manning Wardle kits are accurate in this respect, and I will check, I need to raise my track bed from its current 41mm below the viaduct parapet to just 28mm.
In order to get my Manning Wardles to peep above the viaduct by just the right amount, I reckon on using a slab of 9mm ply underneath the foam, coffee-stirrer sleepers, and Karlgarin 82/7 rail. Yes, that will mean re-aligning the viaduct and station boards, but there's plenty of timber to play with in re-siting the board-joining dowels.
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The book 'The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Measure and Drawn' is by two authors: S.D.Phillips and M.J.Bishop.
The book 'The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Measured and Drawn'is by two authors: S.D. Phillips and M.J. Bishop.
M.J. Bishop
The book 'The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Measured and Drawn'is by two authors: S.D. Phillips and M.J. Bishop.
M.J. Bishop
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