Photos, maps, diagrams of John's Model Railway system. We are
currently developing version 3 of the JMR - to be known as the
Fran Court Railway, or The FRailWay for short.
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crossover installed, track laying incomplete
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| 20211230 |
first crossover pointmotor operational
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| 20210719 |
further progress in track laying
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view from east end looking west |
Xclass emerging from platform road |
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| 20210718 |
Rclass running again
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in the platform road |
in the platform road |
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| 20210709 |
tracklaying progress at storage sidings exit
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looking south |
looking west |
looking east |
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| 20210130 |
Cellar carpet now completely laid |
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in the main area, |
and down the corridor too |
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| 20200529 |
Drawer fronts now finished
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| 20200524 |
Almost finished! This rather significant sub-project is
nearing completion, with just four drawers to have their
front panels inserted. You can also see the new ramp at the
top that runs down to the storage sidings drawer, documented
elsewhere.
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| 20200517 |
Installation of the first column of drawers in the last
section of benching. The drawers are of different heights
and lengths to allow for clearance at the backs of the
drawers.
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| 20200511 |
A revised bench top to allow for increased radius curves.
The old tighter radius curves were causing some problems.
You can see in this photo the planned siding into the
corridor extension (towards the orange box on the
left). Also visible is the full-sized track planning paper
schematic, partly laid to show where the planned tracks are
to go.
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| 20200420 |
The first running train! A 1 minute movie of a loco entering and
exiting the storage track drawer.
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| 20200413 |
A close-up of the locking device to ensuring that the
storage drawer tracks are aligned with the exit portal.
Made from Meccano, and shown in the unlocked position.
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| 20200408 |
A start has been made on the framing for the final section
of the bench top. This framing will include 9 drawers
underneath (where the bucket currently is), and a bench top
to allow connection to the corridor extension (see 20200224
below). In between the two benchtops will be a recessed top
with access to the storage drawer and a turntable. The
first column of drawers can be seen at 20200517
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| 20200309 |
Further progress on the third arm of the layout. Here we
see the wall panelling in place, and one of the drawer
bearers (in blue) ready for the installation of the drawer
slides (seen at the bottom of the photo).
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| 20200224 |
The shelves down the corridor part of the cellar have now
been installed. Note the wine racks have been moved to the
end of the corridor (they were previous in shelves on the
other side). The empty shelf is earmarked for storage
sidings on the model railway.
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| 20200207 |
We have nearly completed the panelling on the third arm of
the U-shaped layout. Building the drawers under the
baseboard remains.
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| 20200123 |
The first arm of the U-shaped layout is nearly finished,
complete with drawers under the baseboard. The only thing
remaining are the front panels to the drawers, and a small
open strip at the rear of the baseboard. This opening is
intended to allow inspection of the wall, and for ease of
cabling.
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| 20200104 |
The first panel is complete, along with the accompanying
drawer. This drawer is intended to store rolling stock,
hence its width and depth (1.7 x 1m).
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| 20200103 |
Progress has been made in constructing the new baseboard for
the revised system. The new layout will be completely
different, and current planning envisages a point-to-point
layout (possibly with turning loops at ends), together with
(stage 2) and upper level and spiral connecting track.
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House Renovations
From Aug 2016 to Feb 2018, the house was renovated, and from
Feb 2018 to Jan 2020, the cellar was reconstructed.
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| 20160820 |
The site has gone off line as the railway has been dismantled
for renovations
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| 20120620 |
The site has been re-engineering to include signalling and
safe-working interlocking.
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| 20101026 |
The site has been extended to allow for persistence of route
selection.
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| 2009 |
Work started on designing a web page interactive controller
for the railway.
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None of this would be possible without some suppliers. Here is
a list of suppliers I have used (or intend to use):
The first model railway at this address was John's Model Railway
(JMR), which went through several versions, culminating in
version 2.4. Images created as part of my link from prototype
railway pages have been moved to a
separate page, along with
miscellaneous information pertaining to that implementation.
