Charlie, I’m an 18 year old studying contemporary music in Bristol, let’s just say there isn’t the most comprehensive model railway community here! Your videos really help me get my modelling fix vicariously through the internet. I’m subscribed to all the major channels: Everard junction, budget model railways, 00Neal etc. but your videos are heads and shoulders above the rest, just the right amount of prototypical nerdyness, comedy value and friendly community feel along with the impressive layout. That prize is very well deserved!
Congratulations on your second award Charlie - very well deserved! (And thanks to all the viewers who voted for you) Hat-trick in '24??? I'm impressed with the number of plan submissions that you got (another indication of how well you engage with your audience) For me, the the main requirement is that the freight yard needs to serve a purpose if we are doing something more that "just playing trains". Why do trains travel across a fairly long single track line to reach this terminus yard? There has to be some demand that is being serviced. The second requirement is concerned with the practicality of operation. Can the required movement be performed? Does the shunting puzzle have a solution? Some great submissions and I'm sure you'll have fun building this.
Thanks Lee, I’m so pleased that you found this video interesting. The submissions were really interesting, and so hard to pick a winner. Take care mate, regards, Charlie
Congratulations on your award Charlie. As someone who has only begun his modeling journey, I was thoroughly wowed by the other submissions and will come back to this video when I put together my own yard. I was given many ideas, learned a lot, and I want to thank you for your feedback.
Congratulations once again from the "happy wife, happy life" chap! Your videos are simultaneously entertaining, extremely well edited and produced, informative and contain substantive content, delivered in a way that appeals to all within the hobby. Just one thought regarding the freight yard: many such places would have originated prior to BR dieselisation days, so a redundant cattle dock, or out of use coal siding/coaling stage would still be prototypical and would possibly add interest value, especially if there were a couple of vintage wagons (or even an early failed Modernisation Plan loco?) slowly crumbling/rusting away on the disused stub of a once busy siding.
How fantastic that your hard work and the pleasure you bring to your viewers is recognised again. Having helped run all sorts of events for many years, I am always grateful to the First Aiders who attend the events and make sure they are safe. I have seen them called upon to do everything from a cut finger to someone going into labour.
Congratulations again Charlie on the award. I think this video exemplified everything there is to show about your channel. You went through the track plans with care and consideration and I'm sure all the contributors were grateful for you comments. I would agree that GETS was indeed a good show, but it was difficult at some times to get to see the wonderful layouts on display. It just goes to show how popular this hobby of ours is. I went on the Sunday, but trying to spot you amongst the hundreds of people there was finding the proverbial needle in the haystack. I was looking forward very much to having a quick chat. Anyhow keep up the brilliant work with Chadwick. Oh I almost forgot that Class 13 with slave is an absolute peach of a model. Regards Kevin
Thanks Kevin, I’m so pleased that you enjoy the channel and found the that Model railway show was a great success. Yes it was busy, but I imagine it wouldn’t be popular if it wasn’t! Take care mate, regards, Charlie
Ah, so you're the 'other' case who Paul was dealing with, the 'other' person having medical distress was at our Stand, he'd come over very unwell and I sort of jumped on with his son to stop him falling to the floor and then I ran off to try find first aid - and along came these lovely people to help! Thankfully he was okay, bit warm and came over very unwell, bless him! It Was also great to meet you too sir 😊 (large man with beard at DCC concepts stand) Great gift too, that class 13! Very nice!😎😎
Congratulations Charlie a well deserved win. There are a good number of model railway UA-camrs around but you have a very special extra something that makes you and your channel stand out from the others. Best regards Mark
Again Charlie, congratulations on the award. As you mention going through the track plans, there are some different ideas that merit thought. The idea of a disused branch could be utilised on the last presented plan ( which seems to be your preferred one), continueing on at the end of the outside line and going off scene. Would give a little something to a mainly industrial aura. Arthur
Hi Charlie, congratulations on your well deserved award. The time and effort you put into filming and editing your videos clearly shows in the quality of their content. There were some interesting track plan submissions and for what it’s worth, if I were you I would also choose the last one you showed. Regards, David
Congrats on the award. A worthy recipient as you can keep someone like me without a train layout interested. Carefully balanced content that doesn't assume everyone knows everything you are talking about. Well done. 👍
Congratulations on the award Charlie, very much deserved, watching your videos has inspired me I am well on the way with my 8ft x 4ft layout. Thank you. Bob G.
And that’s why you win awards Charlie. It was a great idea to get fans to submit freight yard plans but genius to talk thru the pros and cons and the practical/operational side. So many great points that budding modellers wouldn’t have considered. Your vids are always great but this was fantastic. Thanks again
Congratulations on your award and I'm glad they had suitably qualified medical staff on hand (pun intended) to attend to your injury! Never heard of the Class 13 but I'm very impressed with it too. Cheers
A few thoughts, apologies if already covered. I think you're trying to fit a gallon into a pint pot, it's either industry or goods yard, not both. The only industries needing an associated yard with plenty of wagon storage would be steelworks or similar large establishments, a biscuit factory or similar would be fed by a trip working of exactly the number of vans it needed from the local yard. Have you not considered sticking a peninsular extension on to give more length to the yard. You don't necessarily need a run round loop, a lot of sidings were operated on a shunt release basis. You don't seem to be allowing for fouling points. I'm not sure you would necessarily need a shunter allocated to the yard as the train engine would do the shunting, depending on the track layout of course. I'm not trying to be negatively critical, sorry if it comes across that way, after all, at the end of the day rule 1 applies!
I do understand your point of view Mike. However, it’s inducing enough playability into that small area to make it entertaining for an operator. The prototypical aspects really do come second place to enjoyment with friends. I hope you can see my point of view. Regards, Charlie
Congratulations on the award Charlie. All your hard work has been rewarded for a well deserved, interesting and informative channel. A big thumbs up to the medics who help out at all sorts of events.
Well done on the award Charlie and from watching other channels it seems many many shook your hand, i initially thought that is how the injury may have occurred. One day i will venture over and potentially have that pleasure. Like the plan and like the way it's explained in that track plans generally serve a real purpose. All the best
Hi Charlie - It was good to meet you at GETS and well done on the award . I did spot you going into the First Aid room and wondered what you had done !! The last track plan does seem to offer lots of operational playability and the Class 13 is unusual and a very nice addition to Chadwick. Keep Safe .......................................Cheers Kev
A Power Packed Episode this one Charlie, containing Lots of info I didn’t know was of Interest to me, so thanks for Broadening my Horizons- Looks like you’ll have to extend the head-shunt of the New Yard to Accept the Class 13 😉 A Great Response to the Track plan Appeal and I have to say that I’ve “ScreenGrabbed” a couple for Future Reference - I hope your Injury Heals Speedily, and that the “Other guy” is on the mend also 😜 Chadwick MR is a winner with me Every Fortnight, not Just Once A Year, Many thanks 🏆🙌🏻
Hi Charlie Congratulations once again. Very well deserved. I am now converted to shunting and freight (goods) yards.! Something I really hadn't thought too much about before. Now I will have to plan one next to my future main line terminus.? Would that be prototypical? Once again well done. I am pleased that you are recognized for all the efforts and professionalism. Many thanks. Stay safe. Howard
Thanks Howard, that’s very kind of you to say so. Yes I’m sure there are freight yards co-located with stations. Good luck with your project, regards, Charlie
Well done Charlie on you😊r trophy, you deserve it....again. The class 13 is really a nice model, if they were Bachmann classes the cabs slide off, I'm making 2 for my layout.....not sure about Hornby class 08 cabs?? I like watching your shunter video and now you can add a 13 to your collection. Nice to see folks getting involved in the layout competition some good ideas there. I think folks like to give something back and those gifts are a way of saying thank you for a down to earth 🌎 channel 😊. Looking forward to seeing the progress, take care🎃
A super model of the 13; bet Charlie's well-chuffed with it. Whilst, of course, the three locos of the class only ever worked at Tinsley (Sheffield), that model really looks at home on Chadwick. As only two were ever needed at Tinsley at any one time, and indeed two of the three were actually scrapped at Swindon, one could easily justify having one reallocated to Chadwick. Sometimes we can get all too serious with our modelling... Oh, and congrats on your well-deserved award. I wouldn't have the patience to do such a well-thought-out fortnightly video.
Charlie, another superb video and glad my vote made the difference! I am still reeling from the positivity of GETS and glad that my my feelings about it echoed yours. Sorry, I missed you. The Class 13 is superb and although niche, has identified a model of interest for so many, maybe an opportunity for a manufacturer? I loved the input onto you yard by so many. It makes a change for you not built it, lift it, build it, lift it and build it again! (Like we all do) Can you fit a hump into it? Your explanations around your choices were superb. As usual, it made me think again about my goods area and industrial sidings but probably can’t change much. I am sure this will be a well thought out, fun addition to the railway. Thanks for forcing my Railway Mojo into overdrive
As to the "problem" of points over the board joist: I ran into a similar problem with a double ladder in my fiddle yard, and quickly resolved it with MB MPT motors surface mounted, in some cases with a long throw rod off to the side in a small trench, as it were. This approach removed the tail that was wagging the dog, and allowed my double ladder of six lines to cross over a length of 2 meters, using #5 points. As to AnyRail: the program has helped me visualize and construct a two-layer railway, and make mods I never could have imagined on paper (ignoring certain small kinky pieces of connection that the real world can deal with in construction), BUT, even with the latest PC version, I cannot get it to color various portions of the layout. I have been reduced to using the bridge, huiden, and embankment highlights to separate various areas. Comments?
Well deserved. WOT! No awards speech? Saw you on Sunday morning but you were busy. When I came back for a chat you were nowhere to be seen. Next time. Bob
Wouldn't it be nice for a manufacturer to produce a class 13 rtr it should be fairly simple for Hornby or Bachmann to convert their existing tooling but all manufacturer's seem to be more interested in copying existing models ! So come on, Accurascale or maybe not? Or cavalex!
Nice video, as usual, Charlie! A pair of EMD SW-series switchers, one of which is cabless, was called a "cow and calf" over hear. I think their original purpose was to haul transfer runs between yards in a metro area and maybe heavy switching duties. Cheers from Wisconsin!
You obviously did not experiance the parking. Many many people had to Park at the Bowl. Fair enough but there was a Q of about 400 people waiting buses , I had to wait for an Hour for a ride into Gets. Well done to Key Model world , they refunded the cost of the ticket due to the horrendous transport issuses , I can't say I will be tempted to go next year. The show was fine though. Congrats on your award.
Well done on award. You have no serious competition. Hope the finger has mended. Best wishes from fellow Friday traveller from last week delayed on route from Shepton up to MK. Looking forward to seeing freight yard built and operating.
Well I do hope your journey to MK was easier than mine. I got snagged up at Oxford for half an hour. I’m so pleased that you enjoy the channel, regards, Charlie
Charlie, I hate to inject a negative note on the otherwise superb yard track plan, but I would avoid Peco 3 way points if possible, especially where shunting of small wheelbase vans or wagons is required. They are usually fine pulling a train through from the non toe end, but as they are in effect two small radius points jacked together, when pushing through the point, I have had endless derailments, so won't be using again. Check out the guys on the excellent Smallwood exhibition layout, they had exactly the same configuration on the lower freight line of two facing 3 way points, and the last time I saw the layout, they had swopped them out for a left and right point at each end. Well done on award, totally deserved. Rob
Well done on the award. But the show? Track plan after track plan. By the time you'd got to the end of them I'd lost the will to live. Far to drawn out. Not good. And as for the major injury? Come on. Not your best show
I’m sorry that you didn’t enjoy the video Bob, but you are the 1st to mention it. The least I could do to the people who submitted was show their work. Regards, Charlie
Congratulations on your second award 2 years running it’s well deserved for everything you do giving all your subscribers an insight of what you have achieved with chadwick and inspiration for us to do projects on our layouts l thought I saw you with something wrapped around your hand glad you got it sorted l bought some hunt magnetic couplings from chris at west hill wagon works for my 3 sets of hst’s and forgot to get some for my class 56 to CDA clay wagons which ones would you recommend l have seen your video on couplings but not sure which would work best informative video on your track plan options nice to meet you last week and have a chat it was great to see the amazing layouts and stands with great stuff to buy but I agree it’s the friendly people who we meet at these events that makes our hobby great anyway take care Kev Beighton Parkway Sheffield
Many thanks Kev. Sadly, regarding your class 56 I can’t help you on the coupling front. However, I’m sure Chris Bower of West Hill wagon works, can. He was great to catch up with you, and so many other subscribers, Regards, Charlie
Congratulations on retaining you title of best UA-cam contributor for a second year in a row. just one observation concerning the track plans sent in by viewers and their point placements over baseboard joints. maybe its your choice of using two boards is as much at fault ? maybe 3 or 4 smaller boards would have been better, or one extra large board instead of present ? Or , dare I say it?, Open Frame construction that could provide greater flexibility of point positioning. Bottom line is your skills are way beyond my meagre abilities ..
You make an excellent point David. Board joints are a nightmare. If I made more smaller boards the problem being worse, and if it was just been one board, it would have been too heavy to manage. I’m afraid two boards seem to be the happy medium. Regards, Charlie
Hi Charlie congratulations on your award well done you deserved your Chanel is always sooo interesting and full of tips. I have took down y layout and starting again I just hope I live long enough to see it up and running LOL I had a lot problems with my last one and could not put up with it any longer, my son is building all the the new boards for me and and making a much better job of than I in the loft. anyway Charlie yet another great video, and great to see people putting in there suggestions just shows how popular you and though I have never met you you have become a a UA-cam friend if you get my drift. cant wait to see the next video and the track down. Best wishes Charlie.
Hopefully the track laying won't go so poorly that the hump shunter will be put to prototypical use! A wonderful model that surpasses the sum of its parts, like the real 13s.
Congrats on your award Charlie. For someone new to the hobby I have found your videos very helpful. One question about this video, how do you put a motor on a 3 way point? Cheers, Glenn.
I loved the format of going over your fanbase's submissions. It was extremely watchable and even parts of the ones you rejected gave me some ideas for my own projects.
Congratulations on winning again. I commented in a previous video that you have the best channel in the world. You are getting closer to that goal. LOL!
will you be attending abrail 24? its the 50th anniversary show and their first 2 day show. from everything i have seen and heard its going to be pretty big. in previous years they have had a good selection of layouts. might be worth a visit?
Congratulation on yout award. It was great to see you there. I enjoyed it very much and meeting all the youtubers there. Well done and thank you for your inspiring videoes.
Congratulations Charlie on the award for the best youtuber. I tried to say hello Sunday morning but it seems you were off on a mission to the bar area. I know you were probably very busy, maybe next year.
Congratulations on your second win. Interesting analysis of the submissions. Some freight yards have no reason other than being for storing and marshalling stock as in the sidings near St Annes Bristol on the line to Bath. Perhaps the board joint is in the wrong place?
🇺🇦 Hi Charlie. Did see you at GETS on the Saturday, but you were in deep conversation with someone so didn't disturb you. Highlight for me was meeting the other UA-camrs, as I've just started my own channel, had a lot of encouragement and help from them. Maybe say hi next time ay. Stay safe. DELPH JUNCTION (Pete)
fab as always Charlie huge congratulations on your award well deserved railway is looking fab looking forward to the next update already the class 13 looks great and what a kind jesture and will look fab in the freight yard again well done on your award
Well done Charlie i voted for you again this year, carry on with your great videos and your good sense of humour, also love the bloopers from time to time
Good to meet you at GETS (on the table next to you at the awards with the hat on) and congrats. Track plan looks good. The shunters would likely have the 08 positioned close to where it will be needed when the train comes in to save on time later. Building the train up on that inner section is the right idea too, as you say it adds capacity so another freight can arrive. Id also have the exit signal a whole train length (inc shunting engine) past the first set of points if you can. Look forward to it. Eric
Hi Charlie, congratulations on winning the award again richly deserved. Thank you also for showing my submission and for going through each and everyone of the others. Well done to all the other contributors. I had a whale of a time building mine and getting it to work. There was just enough space to take the triplets off and shunt them to the industry sidings. It looks a big space but its quite tight. Did you see the video I made operating it? My class 8 shunter didnt like travelling the points but the class 20 made mince meat of them and hasnt been used in many years. Had a lot of fun doing it as I do watching your videos!! Have a great weekend!! PS Maybe someone has done a video showing how to fit capacitors to those class 8 shunters🤔🤔🤔🤔😅😅
Thanks David, and also for your submission. I have fitted a stair alive in an 08, it was in my first couple of videos. Stay safe mate, regards, Charlie
Hello Charlie, hope your doing well. I heard that your yard will primarily focus on Van traffic and Conflat traffic. Certainly under BR Van and Conflat trains did not require a brake van. However in the event there was a Van in the consist that was unfitted, this would brake the rule and a brake van would be required. Same applied for Mineral Traffic. The general consensus on BR was that Bauxite liveried Vans and Mineral Wagons (16/21ton) were fitted with through braking. Whereas Grey denoted unfitted Vans or Mineral Wagons (16/21ton) and a brake van would be necessary. Conflat wagons were fitted. By the era your basing your layout Van and Conflat traffic was largely fully fitted and the requirements for brake vans were very shallow. Hope this will help in some way, Kind Regards. James.
Many thanks for your comment, James. I do understand the intricacies of fitted and unfitted stock. However, there are literally thousands of occasions where brake vans are coupled to vacuum fitted stock. Furthermore, I like the use of brake vans to enhance the complexity of shunting operations. Take care, regards, Charlie
Congratulations on the award, Charlie: richly deserved. You're a lucky lad with that 13, and you made me laugh with your comment about the overqualified applier of sticking plaster. One question, and one observation, if I may. 1) Given that yours is a (relatively) fixed layout that's not being dismantled and moved all the time, could you explain more what the issue is with points near the baseboard join? Obviously you'd want to avoid needing to add a point motor directly over a cross member, but there are ways round that, and there must be another issue I'm not seeing. 2) I wondered if you were getting a little too hung up on shunting triplets. That clearly is a brilliant solution for McKinley, but that's on a rather different scale to Chadwick. If you accepted breaking down goods trains into single or twin wagons, rather than always triplets of wagons, that would make shorter headshunts more workable, and increase the shunter's workload (which may or may not be desirable).
Hi Andrew, Yes, you’re right, I do focus on the layouts ability to be dismantled. I don’t believe that this is my forever home, and one day, the whole lot might need to move. Whilst it will take several guys several days, it’s something I don’t want to turn my back on. Having said that, occasionally, I may need to lift a board for major modification or maintenance and that will be much easier without having to lift points. Moving onto my use of triplets, I do find shunting one wagon at a time to be a little tedious. However, by moving them in rakes of three, does allow a reasonable mixed freight train that can be broken down quite easily. However, the whole shunting idea is not about a prototypical representation, more of an interesting evolution for the operator. I do hope this makes sense, regards, Charlie
In the final design, because you've divided the arrival/departure track to the north and the yard classification and industry to the south side, the yard lead/headshunt on the west side near industry 2 is basically unnecessary/useless as you have to foul the main line anyway when breaking up the train. So if you were ebenezer "the railway tycoon" scrooge, that point really should be eliminated -- it's an expensive curved point and has no really function. The new double slip also goes in there and the trailing curved point is a total waste of space. The working rule is that you want to use the minimum amount of points for the maximum functionality.
I take your point Chris. However, the main reason for the yard is so the operators can assemble and disassemble trains to feed other parts of the layout. It’s simply for their enjoyment, not a prototypical evolution. Regards, Charlie
@@ChadwickModelRailway Come to think of it, there is another thought of considering the question of how the yard has been reconfigured with respect to your time period, i.e. it would have been bigger/different in the steam days and now has been repurposed without the need for coaling and watering but perhaps those track are still there but some stuff has been knocked down. The National Library of Scotland has side by side maps that show how the landscape=train lines has changed from then to now maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side Just pick your fav place and look at the Ordnance Survey maps
Hi Charlie, Congrats on the award! Well deserved!! I have a reverse loop question. Does the loop need to come back to the same switch? Mine does not and I've configured a Digitrax PM74 with a reverse loop configuration. The loop at the end with the correct polarity - same as the switch - is fine. But it shorts when the train hits the other end of the loop - where the polarity must change for the loop entrance to the rest of the track. I have reset and reconfigured the PM74 several times, but to no avail. I have a track plan in AnyRail and also jpg I can share. Thanks for any help you can provide. -Jeff
Check out this link from FishPlateFilms. It’s a bit tongue in cheek, but should answer your questions. I have never used the PM 74 or PM 42 for reverse loops, but hopefully this should provide some insight. Regards, Charlie ua-cam.com/video/jC_CXLl9Alo/v-deo.htmlsi=5WWnKczloX8YYxyt
Well done on the award Charlie, definitely deserved! Great explanations on what works & what doesn't for the yard. Really helpful as I am planning a new layout here in Cusco, Peru. My last one was unplanned & over 43yrs ago!
I wanted to submit a suggestion, but time beat me before I had a design that I was happy with. Did you consider that some of the submissions would have worked if the train locomotive was a shunter running a trip working? This was a common sight upto the 1970s in some areas. There is a photo on a certain photo sharing website that starts with an F of a Class 08 servicing a scrap yard in the Skipper's Lane area of Middlesbrough. Class 03s also hauled such trip workings.
Congratulations Charlie, well deserved mate! I was so bloody busy this week that I completely forgot to finish the track plan I started last week 🙄 I di some scenery sketches which took up so much time I didn’t get to finish a presentable image of the track. I don’t suppose there’s any point me just giving you the basics in case there’s an idea you like? 🤔 Once again, we’ll done mate 👍
Congratulations on another Hornby Magazine Award. Not wishing to be unduly critical, I feel that some of the unsuccessful trackplan submissions have been dealt with rather dismissively. Each of them took time out of their life to try to make something for you and I feel that was rather undervalued. Even the less good ones made a significant effort and some of them with a little amendment, may have been quite workable.
I’m sorry you feel that I should have given them more airtime, however they’re also comments saying I shouldn’t have shown them at all. There is no happy medium with this I’m afraid. I am so grateful for all the submissions and hopefully I tried to make that clear. Having reviewed videos analytics, you can see how the viewing figures dip during the review of submissions. Regards, Charlie
@@ChadwickModelRailway I think it’s borderline rude of people not to show interest in the submissions. But UA-cam is a fickle bedfellow to be sure. I can only imagine the frustration of being a ‘creator’ (ghastly term) and the sheer unpredictability of what goes down well and what goes down badly. Still - number 1 model railway channel - can’t be sniffed at.
the issue then become how you get from 1 side of the lay out to the other when you have a dis,connect , I don't know how shuntingf is done in the UK over here the smaller shunter is part of the consist usually decouples from the power units so they can get serviced back in a loco yard I don't know the practicality of brake vans are today are, though i know within the dmu/dpu world they become a waste of spave as gradient typically requires power to get up them you have only covered be track portions of the layout you haven't considered how you interface it with the existing track
Hi Jason, in the UK during my era of early 1970s, shunters remain at there depots. Similarly, brake cans are constantly in use with vacuum, or unbraked trains. Regards Charlie
@@ChadwickModelRailway Charlie you might might model tracks cira 1850's I merely gave an example of how the indian pacific runs into perth here in Western australa. your track may stay the same however operations might be brought up to a modern standard as i said within my last post...
Well deserved award Charlie. The interest of your viewers in what and how you present it is key. The level of interaction for your yard is amazing. Keep up the good work.
Am I missing something? If the base boards are permanently in situ, Not being broken for transport, I see no reason for not placing points over the join of the board. I am prepared to be enlightened.
There are two factors at work here Paul. The first being, one day I might want to move house! It would make it much easier with smaller modular boards. The second being, should I get an unserviceable point motor, I will have to lift the board to replace it. Lifting just half the board would make the evolution much easier. Regards Charlie
@@ChadwickModelRailway Tank you Charlie, I see your "point". I also thought after writing this comment, that any joint might make it difficult to fit point motors. I come from the old school of mechanical point changing.
Of course you won the U tube, because your site is honest, funny and enjoyable. What happened with your track plans was exactly what I expected you would get. You used a Warship, but I thought you would use the longest locomotive you had (barring steam).for the measure.
Charlie, your UA-camr of the year award is most truly deserved. Time and again, I find my self looking at your older videos. I am just approaching the verge of 800 subs....but I will never forget who and what inspired me to start. The only regret I have is that I could not make GETS this year due to health. Maybe around Christmas time if the club is having an open day. Love to you and also Margaret mate x
😂😂😂 This has made my day Charlie! Much love, ‘Paul the paramedic’ 😁 hope the hand is ok!
I’m so pleased that your presence was recognised mate, you’re a real star. Stay safe, regards, Charlie
Charlie, I’m an 18 year old studying contemporary music in Bristol, let’s just say there isn’t the most comprehensive model railway community here!
Your videos really help me get my modelling fix vicariously through the internet. I’m subscribed to all the major channels: Everard junction, budget model railways, 00Neal etc. but your videos are heads and shoulders above the rest, just the right amount of prototypical nerdyness, comedy value and friendly community feel along with the impressive layout. That prize is very well deserved!
Thank you George for such a heartwarming comment. It’s remarks such as these to make the channel worthwhile. Take care, regards to Charlie
Congratulations on your second award Charlie - very well deserved! (And thanks to all the viewers who voted for you) Hat-trick in '24???
I'm impressed with the number of plan submissions that you got (another indication of how well you engage with your audience)
For me, the the main requirement is that the freight yard needs to serve a purpose if we are doing something more that "just playing trains". Why do trains travel across a fairly long single track line to reach this terminus yard? There has to be some demand that is being serviced.
The second requirement is concerned with the practicality of operation. Can the required movement be performed? Does the shunting puzzle have a solution?
Some great submissions and I'm sure you'll have fun building this.
Thanks Lee, I’m so pleased that you found this video interesting.
The submissions were really interesting, and so hard to pick a winner.
Take care mate, regards, Charlie
Charlie, that award is well deserved and you should be right proud about that.
Well done you.
Thanks mate, it’s great to have you on board. Regards Charlie
These days it seems like behaving like polite normal people is outside the normal. What happened to our society?
I couldn’t agree, more, people are becoming so intolerant, good behaviour seems bizarre. Regards, Charlie
Congratulations on your award Charlie. As someone who has only begun his modeling journey, I was thoroughly wowed by the other submissions and will come back to this video when I put together my own yard. I was given many ideas, learned a lot, and I want to thank you for your feedback.
Many thanks Aqua Marine, especially for your submission. Stay safe, regards, Charlie
That award is well deserved, Charlie. Thanks for making great videos!
Thanks mate, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie
Congratulations once again from the "happy wife, happy life" chap!
Your videos are simultaneously entertaining, extremely well edited and produced, informative and contain substantive content, delivered in a way that appeals to all within the hobby.
Just one thought regarding the freight yard: many such places would have originated prior to BR dieselisation days, so a redundant cattle dock, or out of use coal siding/coaling stage would still be prototypical and would possibly add interest value, especially if there were a couple of vintage wagons (or even an early failed Modernisation Plan loco?) slowly crumbling/rusting away on the disused stub of a once busy siding.
Many thanks for your congratulations, Steve . Thanks for the excellent point you made regarding redundant, rolling stock et cetera. Regards, Charlie
To everyone who submitted track plans Thank you they were Great and to all the Fans that support this Channel make it what it is today
Thanks Chris, that’s very kind of you to say so. Take care, regards, Charlie
How fantastic that your hard work and the pleasure you bring to your viewers is recognised again. Having helped run all sorts of events for many years, I am always grateful to the First Aiders who attend the events and make sure they are safe. I have seen them called upon to do everything from a cut finger to someone going into labour.
You make an excellent point, these medic types are clearly unsung heroes that we normally would never see. Regards, Charlie
Congratulations again Charlie on the award. I think this video exemplified everything there is to show about your channel. You went through the track plans with care and consideration and I'm sure all the contributors were grateful for you comments. I would agree that GETS was indeed a good show, but it was difficult at some times to get to see the wonderful layouts on display. It just goes to show how popular this hobby of ours is. I went on the Sunday, but trying to spot you amongst the hundreds of people there was finding the proverbial needle in the haystack. I was looking forward very much to having a quick chat. Anyhow keep up the brilliant work with Chadwick. Oh I almost forgot that Class 13 with slave is an absolute peach of a model. Regards Kevin
Thanks Kevin, I’m so pleased that you enjoy the channel and found the that Model railway show was a great success. Yes it was busy, but I imagine it wouldn’t be popular if it wasn’t! Take care mate, regards, Charlie
Ah, so you're the 'other' case who Paul was dealing with, the 'other' person having medical distress was at our Stand, he'd come over very unwell and I sort of jumped on with his son to stop him falling to the floor and then I ran off to try find first aid - and along came these lovely people to help! Thankfully he was okay, bit warm and came over very unwell, bless him!
It Was also great to meet you too sir 😊 (large man with beard at DCC concepts stand)
Great gift too, that class 13! Very nice!😎😎
Thanks IHR, and thankfully the real patient was fine. Regards, Charlie
Congratulations Charlie a well deserved win.
There are a good number of model railway UA-camrs around but you have a very special extra something that makes you and your channel stand out from the others.
Best regards Mark
That’s very kind of you say so Mark. It’s comments such yours, that make it all worthwhile. Regards Charlie
Llongyfarchiadau/Congratulations Charlie well deserved. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge (and the bloopers).😄
Thanks Steven, I’m so pleased that you find the channel enjoyable mate. Regards, Charlie
Well deserved. Excellent....must "hand" it to you.....a "cut" above the rest !
That’s very kind of you to say so, Rob. Regards, Charlie
I enjoyed looking through everyones track plans, a real interesting selection of ideas. Well done Charlie on the award.
Thanks Matt, and I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the review of the submissions. Regards, Charlie
Again Charlie, congratulations on the award. As you mention going through the track plans, there are some different ideas that merit thought. The idea of a disused branch could be utilised on the last presented plan ( which seems to be your preferred one), continueing on at the end of the outside line and going off scene. Would give a little something to a mainly industrial aura. Arthur
Many thanks Arthur. Yes the disused line idea is certainly worth considering. Stay safe, regards, Charlie
Lol this feels like a prof grading his students’ papers. As a university student, I’m not sure if I should be enjoyed or scared 😂
But such great work to mark. Regards, Charlie.
Congratulations on your 2nd win and wonderful channel 👍
Cheers from Oz
That’s extremely kind of you to say so mate. Take care, regards, Charlie
Hi Charlie, congratulations on your well deserved award. The time and effort you put into filming and editing your videos clearly shows in the quality of their content. There were some interesting track plan submissions and for what it’s worth, if I were you I would also choose the last one you showed. Regards, David
Hi David, I’m so pleased that you agree with the track plan selection and enjoy my videos. Regards Charlie
Congrats on the award. A worthy recipient as you can keep someone like me without a train layout interested. Carefully balanced content that doesn't assume everyone knows everything you are talking about. Well done. 👍
Thanks Glen, for such a kind comment. Regards Charlie.
Congratulations on the award Charlie, very much deserved, watching your videos has inspired me I am well on the way with my 8ft x 4ft layout. Thank you. Bob G.
Thanks Bob, I’m so pleased that you find the channel useful. Regards Charlie
Congratulations on winning the award again Charlie, well done.
Thanks Jon, I’m so pleased that you enjoy the channel. Regards Charlie
And that’s why you win awards Charlie. It was a great idea to get fans to submit freight yard plans but genius to talk thru the pros and cons and the practical/operational side. So many great points that budding modellers wouldn’t have considered. Your vids are always great but this was fantastic. Thanks again
Thanks Kev, it’s comments such as yours that make it all worthwhile. Regards Charlie
Congratulations on your award and I'm glad they had suitably qualified medical staff on hand (pun intended) to attend to your injury! Never heard of the Class 13 but I'm very impressed with it too. Cheers
Thanks Davey, it was great to be treated by such a qualified doctor. The class 13, the only made 3!
A few thoughts, apologies if already covered.
I think you're trying to fit a gallon into a pint pot, it's either industry or goods yard, not both. The only industries needing an associated yard with plenty of wagon storage would be steelworks or similar large establishments, a biscuit factory or similar would be fed by a trip working of exactly the number of vans it needed from the local yard.
Have you not considered sticking a peninsular extension on to give more length to the yard.
You don't necessarily need a run round loop, a lot of sidings were operated on a shunt release basis.
You don't seem to be allowing for fouling points.
I'm not sure you would necessarily need a shunter allocated to the yard as the train engine would do the shunting, depending on the track layout of course.
I'm not trying to be negatively critical, sorry if it comes across that way, after all, at the end of the day rule 1 applies!
I do understand your point of view Mike. However, it’s inducing enough playability into that small area to make it entertaining for an operator. The prototypical aspects really do come second place to enjoyment with friends. I hope you can see my point of view. Regards, Charlie
Congratulations on the award Charlie. All your hard work has been rewarded for a well deserved, interesting and informative channel. A big thumbs up to the medics who help out at all sorts of events.
Thanks chrome blue wing, yes, the medics are very much unsung heros. Regards Charlie
Well done on the award Charlie and from watching other channels it seems many many shook your hand, i initially thought that is how the injury may have occurred. One day i will venture over and potentially have that pleasure. Like the plan and like the way it's explained in that track plans generally serve a real purpose. All the best
Many thanks four oaks, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the freight yard explanation. Regards, Charlie
Hi Charlie - It was good to meet you at GETS and well done on the award . I did spot you going into the First Aid room and wondered what you had done !! The last track plan does seem to offer lots of operational playability and the Class 13 is unusual and a very nice addition to Chadwick.
Keep Safe .......................................Cheers Kev
Thanks Kev, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the video and also GETS. Stay safe, regards, Charlie
A Power Packed Episode this one Charlie, containing Lots of info I didn’t know was of Interest to me, so thanks for Broadening my Horizons- Looks like you’ll have to extend the head-shunt of the New Yard to Accept the Class 13 😉 A Great Response to the Track plan Appeal and I have to say that I’ve “ScreenGrabbed” a couple for Future Reference - I hope your Injury Heals Speedily, and that the “Other guy” is on the mend also 😜 Chadwick MR is a winner with me Every Fortnight, not Just Once A Year, Many thanks 🏆🙌🏻
Many thanks Donni. It’s comment such as yours that make the channel worthwhile. Take care, regards, Charlie
Well deserved award excellent informative you tuber. I really should get out more😂
Thanks Craig, and perhaps we all should! Regards, Charlie
Hi Charlie
Congratulations once again.
Very well deserved.
I am now converted to shunting and freight (goods) yards.! Something I really hadn't thought too much about before. Now I will have to plan one next to my future main line terminus.? Would that be prototypical?
Once again well done. I am pleased that you are recognized for all the efforts and professionalism.
Many thanks.
Stay safe.
Howard
Thanks Howard, that’s very kind of you to say so. Yes I’m sure there are freight yards co-located with stations. Good luck with your project, regards, Charlie
Well done Charlie on you😊r trophy, you deserve it....again. The class 13 is really a nice model, if they were Bachmann classes the cabs slide off, I'm making 2 for my layout.....not sure about Hornby class 08 cabs?? I like watching your shunter video and now you can add a 13 to your collection. Nice to see folks getting involved in the layout competition some good ideas there. I think folks like to give something back and those gifts are a way of saying thank you for a down to earth 🌎 channel 😊. Looking forward to seeing the progress, take care🎃
It’s comments such as yours, that make the channel worthwhile.
Stay safe, regards, Charlie
A super model of the 13; bet Charlie's well-chuffed with it.
Whilst, of course, the three locos of the class only ever worked at Tinsley (Sheffield), that model really looks at home on Chadwick. As only two were ever needed at Tinsley at any one time, and indeed two of the three were actually scrapped at Swindon, one could easily justify having one reallocated to Chadwick.
Sometimes we can get all too serious with our modelling...
Oh, and congrats on your well-deserved award. I wouldn't have the patience to do such a well-thought-out fortnightly video.
An excellent comment, Peter, and hopefully the class 13 will feel comfortable in its new surroundings. Regards, Charlie
Charlie, another superb video and glad my vote made the difference! I am still reeling from the positivity of GETS and glad that my my feelings about it echoed yours. Sorry, I missed you. The Class 13 is superb and although niche, has identified a model of interest for so many, maybe an opportunity for a manufacturer?
I loved the input onto you yard by so many. It makes a change for you not built it, lift it, build it, lift it and build it again! (Like we all do) Can you fit a hump into it? Your explanations around your choices were superb. As usual, it made me think again about my goods area and industrial sidings but probably can’t change much. I am sure this will be a well thought out, fun addition to the railway.
Thanks for forcing my Railway Mojo into overdrive
Thanks time fellow, and I’m so pleased that the channel gives you a little motivation. Regards, Charlie
As to the "problem" of points over the board joist: I ran into a similar problem with a double ladder in my fiddle yard, and quickly resolved it with MB MPT motors surface mounted, in some cases with a long throw rod off to the side in a small trench, as it were. This approach removed the tail that was wagging the dog, and allowed my double ladder of six lines to cross over a length of 2 meters, using #5 points.
As to AnyRail: the program has helped me visualize and construct a two-layer railway, and make mods I never could have imagined on paper (ignoring certain small kinky pieces of connection that the real world can deal with in construction), BUT, even with the latest PC version, I cannot get it to color various portions of the layout. I have been reduced to using the bridge, huiden, and embankment highlights to separate various areas. Comments?
Thanks Jack, I two have invested in MTB, buying 12 MTB 10s yesterday. Regards, Charlie
I will admit, I'm very disappointed that those double-08s for Tinsley couldn't have been designated as Class 16. ;)
Excellent Matthew, I laughed out loud at that one. Regards, Charlie
Well deserved. WOT! No awards speech?
Saw you on Sunday morning but you were busy. When I came back for a chat you were nowhere to be seen.
Next time.
Bob
So sorry Bob, hopefully next time mate.
Regards Charlie.
Wouldn't it be nice for a manufacturer to produce a class 13 rtr it should be fairly simple for Hornby or Bachmann to convert their existing tooling but all manufacturer's seem to be more interested in copying existing models ! So come on, Accurascale or maybe not? Or cavalex!
I’m unsure if there would be that much interest, Mike. Regards, Charlie
Nice video, as usual, Charlie! A pair of EMD SW-series switchers, one of which is cabless, was called a "cow and calf" over hear. I think their original purpose was to haul transfer runs between yards in a metro area and maybe heavy switching duties. Cheers from Wisconsin!
That’s most interesting, Andrew, over here, we call the master and slave, stay safe, regards, Charlie
You obviously did not experiance the parking. Many many people had to Park at the Bowl. Fair enough but there was a Q of about 400 people waiting buses , I had to wait for an Hour for a ride into Gets. Well done to Key Model world , they refunded the cost of the ticket due to the horrendous transport issuses , I can't say I will be tempted to go next year. The show was fine though.
Congrats on your award.
Many thanks Peter. Hopefully next year won’t coincide with a home match for Milton Keynes. Regards Charlie
Well done on award. You have no serious competition. Hope the finger has mended. Best wishes from fellow Friday traveller from last week delayed on route from Shepton up to MK. Looking forward to seeing freight yard built and operating.
Well I do hope your journey to MK was easier than mine. I got snagged up at Oxford for half an hour. I’m so pleased that you enjoy the channel, regards, Charlie
Thank you for a great video I fancy building Sean's Freight Yard. Any chance he would share his plan for me to use on Anyrail software
Hi John, can you email me please at Chadwickmodelrailway @gmail.com.
Buzzin you won again, Congrats Charlie, you couldnt deserve it more if you tried 🎉🥳🍺
That’s most kind Tez.
Regards Charlie.
Charlie, I hate to inject a negative note on the otherwise superb yard track plan, but I would avoid Peco 3 way points if possible, especially where shunting of small wheelbase vans or wagons is required. They are usually fine pulling a train through from the non toe end, but as they are in effect two small radius points jacked together, when pushing through the point, I have had endless derailments, so won't be using again. Check out the guys on the excellent Smallwood exhibition layout, they had exactly the same configuration on the lower freight line of two facing 3 way points, and the last time I saw the layout, they had swopped them out for a left and right point at each end. Well done on award, totally deserved. Rob
Thanks Rob, for your useful advice. However, I will give it a go but of course, nothing is final in the world of Chadwick! Regards, Charlie
Clicked on the link through Patreon and watching subscriptions!
Thanks, Jane, regards Charlie
Congratulations, Charlie... another fine year! [I enjoyed every minute].
Thanks Kevin, that’s very kind of you to say so. Stay safe, regards, Charlie
Well done on the award. But the show? Track plan after track plan. By the time you'd got to the end of them I'd lost the will to live. Far to drawn out. Not good. And as for the major injury? Come on.
Not your best show
I’m sorry that you didn’t enjoy the video Bob, but you are the 1st to mention it. The least I could do to the people who submitted was show their work. Regards, Charlie
Congratulations on your second award 2 years running it’s well deserved for everything you do giving all your subscribers an insight of what you have achieved with chadwick and inspiration for us to do projects on our layouts l thought I saw you with something wrapped around your hand glad you got it sorted l bought some hunt magnetic couplings from chris at west hill wagon works for my 3 sets
of hst’s and forgot to get some for my class 56 to CDA clay wagons which ones would you recommend l have seen your video on couplings but not sure which would work best informative video on your track plan options nice to meet you last week and have a chat it was great to see the amazing layouts and stands with great stuff to buy but I agree it’s the friendly people who we meet at these events
that makes our hobby great anyway take care
Kev Beighton Parkway Sheffield
Many thanks Kev. Sadly, regarding your class 56 I can’t help you on the coupling front. However, I’m sure Chris Bower of West Hill wagon works, can. He was great to catch up with you, and so many other subscribers, Regards, Charlie
Congratulations on retaining you title of best UA-cam contributor for a second year in a row.
just one observation concerning the track plans sent in by viewers and their point placements over baseboard joints. maybe its your choice of using two boards is as much at fault ? maybe 3 or 4 smaller boards would have been better, or one extra large board instead of present ? Or , dare I say it?, Open Frame construction that could provide greater flexibility of point positioning.
Bottom line is your skills are way beyond my meagre abilities ..
You make an excellent point David.
Board joints are a nightmare. If I made more smaller boards the problem being worse, and if it was just been one board, it would have been too heavy to manage. I’m afraid two boards seem to be the happy medium. Regards, Charlie
Hi Charlie. Many congrats on your award. An interesting selection of track plans.
Thanks Paul, I’m so pleased that you found it interesting. Regards Charlie
Congratulations on your second award Charlie. I agree with all the other comments, well deserved and please keep going with your channel.
Thanks Kevin, that’s very kind of you to say so mate. Regards, Charlie
Hi Charlie congratulations on your award well done you deserved your Chanel is always sooo interesting and full of tips. I have took down y layout and starting again I just hope I live long enough to see it up and running LOL I had a lot problems with my last one and could not put up with it any longer, my son is building all the the new boards for me and and making a much better job of than I in the loft. anyway Charlie yet another great video, and great to see people putting in there suggestions just shows how popular you and though I have never met you you have become a a UA-cam friend if you get my drift. cant wait to see the next video and the track down. Best wishes Charlie.
Thanks Tony, it’s comments such as yours that makes the whole thing worthwhile. Stay safe, regards, Charlie
Hopefully the track laying won't go so poorly that the hump shunter will be put to prototypical use!
A wonderful model that surpasses the sum of its parts, like the real 13s.
Many thanks for such an excellent comment. They are a little gem. Regards, Charlie
Congrats on your award Charlie. For someone new to the hobby I have found your videos very helpful. One question about this video, how do you put a motor on a 3 way point? Cheers, Glenn.
Many thanks, Glenn.
Regarding the three-way point, you need two point Motors. I will explain this in a few weeks time when I do mine. Regards, Charlie
I loved the format of going over your fanbase's submissions. It was extremely watchable and even parts of the ones you rejected gave me some ideas for my own projects.
Thanks Ste, I’m so pleased that you found the video interesting. Regards Charlie
Congratulations on winning again. I commented in a previous video that you have the best channel in the world. You are getting closer to that goal. LOL!
Thanks Rob, that’s very kind of you to say so mate. Regards, Charlie
will you be attending abrail 24? its the 50th anniversary show and their first 2 day show. from everything i have seen and heard its going to be pretty big. in previous years they have had a good selection of layouts. might be worth a visit?
Hi Timothy, Abingdon is a fold hike for me, and I think that the new NEC show and the Bristol show are around the same time frame. Regards, Charlie
Congratulations Charlie! I voted for you again. Love the channel and will vote for it again next year for sure.
Peter, that’s extremely kind of you mate. Stay safe, regards, Charlie
Great to meet you again on Sunday at GETS with some gentle ribbing from Lord Al of Dragon Junction lol. Well done on the award.
Thanks mate, the pleasure was all mine. Regards, Charlie
Congratulation on yout award. It was great to see you there. I enjoyed it very much and meeting all the youtubers there. Well done and thank you for your inspiring videoes.
Thanks Duncan, that’s very kind of you to say so mate. Stay safe, regards, Charlie
Congratulations Charlie on the award for the best youtuber. I tried to say hello Sunday morning but it seems you were off on a mission to the bar area. I know you were probably very busy, maybe next year.
Thanks Anthony, and I’m so sorry that we didn’t have a chance to chat. Maybe next time, regards, Charlie
Congratulations on your second win. Interesting analysis of the submissions. Some freight yards have no reason other than being for storing and marshalling stock as in the sidings near St Annes Bristol on the line to Bath. Perhaps the board joint is in the wrong place?
Julian, the board joint comment made me laugh out loud. Take care, regards, Charlie
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Hi Charlie.
Did see you at GETS on the Saturday, but you were in deep conversation with someone so didn't disturb you.
Highlight for me was meeting the other UA-camrs, as I've just started my own channel, had a lot of encouragement and help from them.
Maybe say hi next time ay.
Stay safe.
DELPH JUNCTION (Pete)
I’m so sorry Pete, but it was such a busy event. Perhaps next time, regards, Charlie
fab as always Charlie huge congratulations on your award well deserved railway is looking fab looking forward to the next update already the class 13 looks great and what a kind jesture and will look fab in the freight yard again well done on your award
Thanks mate, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the video and your support is very much appreciated. Regards Charlie
That was very interesting - and novel. When you win the award next year, you'll be a triplet winner. Sorry ...
Now that’s an interesting thought! Regards, Charlie
Did you know when you search model railway on UA-cam this is the first video to show up?
I’m humbled, to see how popular the channel has become. Regards, Charlie
You'd need a lamp shed on the brake van siding, right? somewhere for freight guards to get themselves sorted out between trips?
You’re right RA, it’s something I need to sort out. Regards, Charlie
Well done Charlie i voted for you again this year, carry on with your great videos
and your good sense of humour, also love the bloopers from time to time
Thanks Maurice, many thanks for your support and it’s great to have you on board. Regards Charlie
Brilliant! The last 3 minutes were particularly enlightening.
Thanks John, I’m so pleased that you found the video interesting. Regards Charlie
Good to meet you at GETS (on the table next to you at the awards with the hat on) and congrats.
Track plan looks good. The shunters would likely have the 08 positioned close to where it will be needed when the train comes in to save on time later.
Building the train up on that inner section is the right idea too, as you say it adds capacity so another freight can arrive.
Id also have the exit signal a whole train length (inc shunting engine) past the first set of points if you can.
Look forward to it. Eric
Thanks Eric, I was looking into the signals yesterday. Regards, Charlie
Hi Charlie, is there a possibility the last track plan can be made available to download?
If you email me, at Chadwick Model railway @gmail.com, I’ll email it to you. Regards, Charlie
Hi Charlie, congratulations on winning the award again richly deserved.
Thank you also for showing my submission and for going through each and everyone of the others. Well done to all the other contributors.
I had a whale of a time building mine and getting it to work. There was just enough space to take the triplets off and shunt them to the industry sidings. It looks a big space but its quite tight.
Did you see the video I made operating it? My class 8 shunter didnt like travelling the points but the class 20 made mince meat of them and hasnt been used in many years.
Had a lot of fun doing it as I do watching your videos!!
Have a great weekend!!
PS Maybe someone has done a video showing how to fit capacitors to those class 8 shunters🤔🤔🤔🤔😅😅
Thanks David, and also for your submission. I have fitted a stair alive in an 08, it was in my first couple of videos. Stay safe mate, regards, Charlie
Well done on winning again this year, Charlie, well deserved. Shame I missed you as went on the Sunday,would of loved a chat. Atb Graham 👍🙂
I’m so sorry that we didn’t meet up Graham, I was there Sunday morning and disappeared just after lunch. Regards, Charlie
@ChadwickModelRailway very busy Charlie so was going to be a tall order I reckon. Never mind, there's always next year. Happy modelling Graham ☺️👍
Jennifer Kirk made a Class 13 from two 08s.
So I believe TW. Regards Charlie
Hello Charlie, hope your doing well. I heard that your yard will primarily focus on Van traffic and Conflat traffic. Certainly under BR Van and Conflat trains did not require a brake van. However in the event there was a Van in the consist that was unfitted, this would brake the rule and a brake van would be required. Same applied for Mineral Traffic. The general consensus on BR was that Bauxite liveried Vans and Mineral Wagons (16/21ton) were fitted with through braking. Whereas Grey denoted unfitted Vans or Mineral Wagons (16/21ton) and a brake van would be necessary. Conflat wagons were fitted.
By the era your basing your layout Van and Conflat traffic was largely fully fitted and the requirements for brake vans were very shallow.
Hope this will help in some way,
Kind Regards. James.
Many thanks for your comment, James. I do understand the intricacies of fitted and unfitted stock. However, there are literally thousands of occasions where brake vans are coupled to vacuum fitted stock. Furthermore, I like the use of brake vans to enhance the complexity of shunting operations. Take care, regards, Charlie
Not a problem Charlie, I had a funny feeling you might well have known that already. Take care.
Just came to congratulate you on your Hornby MAG win
Thanks Vince, that’s most kind. Regards Charlie
I missed the notification but I see a class 13
My day has been made😂
I’m so pleased that you found it interesting. 2155. Regards, Charlie
I could do a proper plan because I think I khow what you need
Sorry Jake, the plans are now in concrete. Regards, Charlie
Congratulations on the award, Charlie: richly deserved. You're a lucky lad with that 13, and you made me laugh with your comment about the overqualified applier of sticking plaster.
One question, and one observation, if I may.
1) Given that yours is a (relatively) fixed layout that's not being dismantled and moved all the time, could you explain more what the issue is with points near the baseboard join? Obviously you'd want to avoid needing to add a point motor directly over a cross member, but there are ways round that, and there must be another issue I'm not seeing.
2) I wondered if you were getting a little too hung up on shunting triplets. That clearly is a brilliant solution for McKinley, but that's on a rather different scale to Chadwick. If you accepted breaking down goods trains into single or twin wagons, rather than always triplets of wagons, that would make shorter headshunts more workable, and increase the shunter's workload (which may or may not be desirable).
Hi Andrew,
Yes, you’re right, I do focus on the layouts ability to be dismantled.
I don’t believe that this is my forever home, and one day, the whole lot might need to move. Whilst it will take several guys several days, it’s something I don’t want to turn my back on. Having said that, occasionally, I may need to lift a board for major modification or maintenance and that will be much easier without having to lift points. Moving onto my use of triplets, I do find shunting one wagon at a time to be a little tedious. However, by moving them in rakes of three, does allow a reasonable mixed freight train that can be broken down quite easily. However, the whole shunting idea is not about a prototypical representation, more of an interesting evolution for the operator.
I do hope this makes sense,
regards, Charlie
Thanks Charlie. That makes sense. Thanks for taking the time to respond.
Charlie well done for the 2nd year of winning and what wonderful stories with the peeps giving you those things at the show ah. Very touching
Thanks John, it is very humbling when people make such gestures. Take care mate, regards, Charlie
In the final design, because you've divided the arrival/departure track to the north and the yard classification and industry to the south side, the yard lead/headshunt on the west side near industry 2 is basically unnecessary/useless as you have to foul the main line anyway when breaking up the train. So if you were ebenezer "the railway tycoon" scrooge, that point really should be eliminated -- it's an expensive curved point and has no really function. The new double slip also goes in there and the trailing curved point is a total waste of space. The working rule is that you want to use the minimum amount of points for the maximum functionality.
I take your point Chris. However, the main reason for the yard is so the operators can assemble and disassemble trains to feed other parts of the layout. It’s simply for their enjoyment, not a prototypical evolution. Regards, Charlie
@@ChadwickModelRailway Come to think of it, there is another thought of considering the question of how the yard has been reconfigured with respect to your time period, i.e. it would have been bigger/different in the steam days and now has been repurposed without the need for coaling and watering but perhaps those track are still there but some stuff has been knocked down. The National Library of Scotland has side by side maps that show how the landscape=train lines has changed from then to now maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side Just pick your fav place and look at the Ordnance Survey maps
Congratulations on your award Charlie, as always a good video.
Thank you so much, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie
Hi Charlie,
Congrats on the award! Well deserved!!
I have a reverse loop question. Does the loop need to come back to the same switch? Mine does not and I've configured a Digitrax PM74 with a reverse loop configuration. The loop at the end with the correct polarity - same as the switch - is fine. But it shorts when the train hits the other end of the loop - where the polarity must change for the loop entrance to the rest of the track. I have reset and reconfigured the PM74 several times, but to no avail. I have a track plan in AnyRail and also jpg I can share. Thanks for any help you can provide. -Jeff
Check out this link from FishPlateFilms.
It’s a bit tongue in cheek, but should answer your questions.
I have never used the PM 74 or PM 42 for reverse loops, but hopefully this should provide some insight. Regards, Charlie
ua-cam.com/video/jC_CXLl9Alo/v-deo.htmlsi=5WWnKczloX8YYxyt
@@ChadwickModelRailway Thank you Charlie! AR1 on order.
Well done on the award Charlie, definitely deserved! Great explanations on what works & what doesn't for the yard. Really helpful as I am planning a new layout here in Cusco, Peru. My last one was unplanned & over 43yrs ago!
Thanks Mike, I’m so pleased that you find the channel useful. Regards Charlie
I wanted to submit a suggestion, but time beat me before I had a design that I was happy with. Did you consider that some of the submissions would have worked if the train locomotive was a shunter running a trip working? This was a common sight upto the 1970s in some areas. There is a photo on a certain photo sharing website that starts with an F of a Class 08 servicing a scrap yard in the Skipper's Lane area of Middlesbrough. Class 03s also hauled such trip workings.
You make an excellent point, Neil, and I intend to use my class 14 teddy bear for such evolutions. Regards, Charlie
@@ChadwickModelRailway your welcome.
Congratulations Charlie, well deserved mate! I was so bloody busy this week that I completely forgot to finish the track plan I started last week 🙄 I di some scenery sketches which took up so much time I didn’t get to finish a presentable image of the track. I don’t suppose there’s any point me just giving you the basics in case there’s an idea you like? 🤔
Once again, we’ll done mate 👍
I’m so sorry, Tim, but the ship is sailed. I really can’t backtrack on the winning submission. Stay safe, regards, Charlie
@@ChadwickModelRailway: no worries Charlie. I might actually use it myself to be honest! 😉
Congratulations on another Hornby Magazine Award.
Not wishing to be unduly critical, I feel that some of the unsuccessful trackplan submissions have been dealt with rather dismissively. Each of them took time out of their life to try to make something for you and I feel that was rather undervalued. Even the less good ones made a significant effort and some of them with a little amendment, may have been quite workable.
I’m sorry you feel that I should have given them more airtime, however they’re also comments saying I shouldn’t have shown them at all. There is no happy medium with this I’m afraid.
I am so grateful for all the submissions and hopefully I tried to make that clear.
Having reviewed videos analytics, you can see how the viewing figures dip during the review of submissions. Regards, Charlie
@@ChadwickModelRailway I think it’s borderline rude of people not to show interest in the submissions. But UA-cam is a fickle bedfellow to be sure. I can only imagine the frustration of being a ‘creator’ (ghastly term) and the sheer unpredictability of what goes down well and what goes down badly.
Still - number 1 model railway channel - can’t be sniffed at.
Many congratulations, Charlie! Well-deserved. That final track plan is functional and elegant and seems to tick all the boxes.
Thanks Michael, and I’m sure it will work out just fine. Regards, Charlie
Brilliant, you deserve to win again, 😊😊
Thanks Lee, that’s most kind. Regards, Charlie
Hi Charlie, well deserved award simple as that!
Steve
Hi Steve, that’s most kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
the issue then become how you get from 1 side of the lay out to the other when you have a dis,connect , I don't know how shuntingf is done in the UK over here the smaller shunter is part of the consist usually decouples from the power units so they can get serviced back in a loco yard
I don't know the practicality of brake vans are today are, though i know within the dmu/dpu world they become a waste of spave as gradient typically requires power to get up them
you have only covered be track portions of the layout you haven't considered how you interface it with the existing track
Hi Jason, in the UK during my era of early 1970s, shunters remain at there depots.
Similarly, brake cans are constantly in use with vacuum, or unbraked trains.
Regards Charlie
@@ChadwickModelRailway Charlie you might might model tracks cira 1850's I merely gave an example of how the indian pacific runs into perth here in Western australa.
your track may stay the same however operations might be brought up to a modern standard as i said within my last post...
wholesome and great episode of chadwick lore
Thanks mate, I’m so pleased that you enjoy the channel. Regards Charlie
Well deserved award Charlie. The interest of your viewers in what and how you present it is key. The level of interaction for your yard is amazing. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Filip, I’m so pleased that you found the video interesting. Regards Charlie
Am I missing something? If the base boards are permanently in situ, Not being broken for transport, I see no reason for not placing points over the join of the board. I am prepared to be enlightened.
There are two factors at work here Paul. The first being, one day I might want to move house! It would make it much easier with smaller modular boards.
The second being, should I get an unserviceable point motor, I will have to lift the board to replace it.
Lifting just half the board would make the evolution much easier.
Regards Charlie
@@ChadwickModelRailway Tank you Charlie, I see your "point". I also thought after writing this comment, that any joint might make it difficult to fit point motors. I come from the old school of mechanical point changing.
On the favoured (last) plan, does it matter that the gaurds van cannot be turned round 180 degrees to go the proper way out of the yard?
No Michael, that type of gun van can run either direction. Regards, Charlie
OK, thank you.
Of course you won the U tube, because your site is honest, funny and enjoyable. What happened with your track plans was exactly what I expected you would get. You used a Warship, but I thought you would use the longest locomotive you had (barring steam).for the measure.
Many thanks Don, however, I really wouldn’t be using a class 50 or falcon on this freight run. Regards, Charlie
You are right but I remember Westerns being used on freight. I thought it quite sad.@@ChadwickModelRailway
I agree, Dom, but I have got planned a western on a MGR!
Charlie, your UA-camr of the year award is most truly deserved. Time and again, I find my self looking at your older videos. I am just approaching the verge of 800 subs....but I will never forget who and what inspired me to start. The only regret I have is that I could not make GETS this year due to health. Maybe around Christmas time if the club is having an open day. Love to you and also Margaret mate x
Thanks Roger, that’s most kind mate. Sorry to hear that you’ve been under the weather. Stay safe, regards, Charlie
could only be one winner grats m8 geoff
Thanks Geoff, that’s most kind.
Regards Charlie
Where has the viaduct signal disappeared to
That’s all part of the “Big Signal” episode. Regards Charlie