Running Trains and Testing the Branch Line

[@gailraby2423]

As I've said before, I worked track side in the 80s, on the East coast main line. these videos really take me back, great work.

[@supersonic6637]

I have been following this channel for about 6 years now, absolutely love how this layout has progressed and it's so satisfying to watch the trains go round - I could never get bored

[@garyhodge7861]

4k modelling from a VHS era, absolutely stunning.

[@andrewpalm2103]

Well, as a plumber did 945 $US of work on our sink faucets yesterday morning, I binge-watched old Everard Jct. videos with a miniature chihuahua on my lap. And here I am, watching another and enjoying it immensely. I must say that I am impressed not only by your skills, but also by your willingness to take a section of layout and completely rework it to better represent your vision. I consider you and the Dean Park guy to be the spiritual UK descendants of John Allen and his Gorre & Dapheted. Cheers from Wisconsin.

[@EverardJunction]

Thanks Andrew, I'm glad you enjoyed it. More videos on the way.

[@martinworrall5888]

A very impressive layout you could almost think it was a full size. I am very impressed with the finish of the track very very realistic Richard 👍

[@brianartillery]

Nice to see 'CAST' and 'BELL' containers - I work at a dock, and those are two old friends I have not seen for many years.

[@nathong3229]

Favourite view at 16:10 - So much detail, it's such a good layout - Makes me want to go out and start a track!

[@marchough2424]

Just loving the 80’s sound track ….. perfect

[@ModelTrainOutsider]

I know how much work and energy you put into your usual videos, so all the more reason to just sit back and enjoy your running session and just enjoy the amazing nuances and watch the trains and cars. Supreme work, you are a legend, and deservedly so.

[@EverardJunction]

Cheers Anthony. Took several evenings to film this one, glad you enjoyed it.

[@dcrrails3402]

I thought the trees were swaying at 6:45! Great job. Enjoy watching your layout videos. Thank you for sharing.

[@mikehitchen3153]

Inspirational stuff, observation is what's making this realistic, too often layouts are packed with huge MPDs and unbelievable scenery, excellent work look forward to your next film.

[@EverardJunction]

Cheers Mike. I settled on very few sidings and no yards when I planned the layout. Cramming the layout with track makes its difficult to look realistic.

[@stuartyboy8301]

I know absolutely nothing about model railways but I love this channel 👍🏻.

[@EverardJunction]

Brilliant! Glad you enjoy it, more vids on the way.

[@FerryDierckxsens]

Absolutely great running session. I'm following your channel for quite some time now, and learned a lot of interesting things with your modelling work. Thank you for sharing.

[@sub39h]

I’ve pretty much fallen out of love with model railways but watching your videos gives me immense joy. Such an awesome layout!

[@donaldtracey4541]

I was a driver on the east coast main line , Kings Cross . Only Engine that's missing is the Class 55 Deltic . Great Layout .

[@jasonparison]

Branch line definitely looking better with the angles. I'm sure you haven't, but don't forget the limited clearance plates on the bridge girders! Looking forward to some station work!

[@kipsome45]

You beat me to it!

[@gregoryhale2202]

Richard, what a cracking video, I could easily watch it everyday. In fact I might even do that. You are in my top three. Cheers Greg

[@2H80vids]

Just out of interest, what's your other two?😁

[@trainmanbob]

All those long hours Richard, and the hard work. My goodness the success is clear for all to se in this video. Excellent. Cheers, Bob

[@davidcann4329]

It's all coming together, it's great to see you having a fun time running trains on your amazing layout, you have a nice variety of rolling stock and locomotives, this does take me back to the times I used to go by train from Hayes to Reading to attend courses.

[@coldwarmotors]

Imagine how much better off the world would be if people watched an hour of this every day at 6 instead of the "news". Terrific work as always! Cheers from Canada.

[@charlescrompton2009]

Well done Richard its amazing. Nice speeds to just right. Love the sound of the rail joints. It does look like the real thing and sounds like it to. The street scene with the moving cars superb. You are Mr Motivator to all of us. Thank you for sharing. Best wishes. Charles. Canterbury.

[@EverardJunction]

Thanks Charles. Long way to go yet but I'm quite pleased with how things are looking. Cheers

[@daveharriman2756]

Nice range of different view points there Richard, you can't beat trains running! excellent work.

[@francis1247]

Just smashing, your weathering skills are amazing. Also thank you for all of your tutorial. Hope you're enjoying the car and your new job. Regards.

[@richardknox4753]

the branch line cutting is spot on

[@Mark-Herbert]

Your layout just gets better and better Richard, I especially like the branch line snaking it's way down from the main line.. Well done!

[@fircombehallrailwayoogauge1430]

Your opening footage looks so realistic! A testament to your modelling skills Richard.

[@philcorrin1035]

I love me some running session. When I think back to the time when you first decided to scrap EJ1, I am amazed by how far you have come with EJ 2. Your skills have progressed so much. Your TEA's look amazing and the container train looks amazing with some containers missing. Thanks for sharing.

[@stewartd4435]

Just like to say how I always enjoy & look forward to your videos. I'm unsure how long you've been producing these but it must be many years that I've had the pleasure of viewing your content. It's an impressive achievement that you've maintained such regular and informative material. Thanks for sharing your work.

[@galahad6334]

Thanks Richard, you are making my week. its nearly surreal to see 2 videos in one week. You did a great job there! Im pretty interested how the station will turn out, once its finished.

[@richardandrews6754]

Hi Richard, looks real or as close as you can with 00, coming together very nicely looking forward to the station build. I think the ballast and grass is the best I have ever seen on any layout. stay safe.

[@Zebrails]

What an improvement populating your trains with people inside them! John Canada

[@davidscott6468]

Your attention to detail is superb, I need to spend more time getting my scenery up to scratch.

[@Birchy]

I gotta say, the angle at 7:16 looking up from the street is properly impressive. Lovely job.

[@joshuaritchie3836]

Dear Everard Junction your layout makes me thing of reading before great Western mainline electrification and the rebuilting of reading station.

[@2H80vids]

Yep, I always think of it as being Reading, by no means a direct copy but that's the feel I get from the place. I suppose Slough could be another possibility, the station's more the right size.

[@joshuaritchie3836]

@@2H80vids the reason why it makes me think of reading more than any other station in the NSE sector of British rail because of the diesel mainline and third rail branch line.

[@dodosrockinshow1195]

Fantastic been following this build from the beginning.

[@MetalMania3DTV-TAS-AUS]

600 thumbs up love your layout fantastic always watching cheers KC Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺🤝😎🙂👍

[@johne5854]

Fantastic video. The variety of trains, realistic running speeds and the camera angles. Great.

[@carlsonrobb]

I would love to see an full room shot all the way around. I have a mental picture but I can’t imagine what’s on the other side of the room!

[@ThePeejRR]

Damn those super elevated curves really make the train look good. Leaning in and speeding through. Great video, cheers!

[@ronaldmorritt4100]

Brilliant running session Richard reminds when l used to spot arrows Oxford and Didcot Ron @ Willenhall Parkway.

[@modelrailwaynoob]

Fantastic. Your track work is so good Richard

[@DudleyCentral]

Layout is looking superb! Fantastic running session! Joe

[@darrelldeltic807]

Fantastic fantastic! Great running session Richard 👍 thanks for putting together and sharing, cheers Darrell

[@davidstrains4910]

This is what the hobby should always be about it is always good to see trains being made and ran on a great layout.

[@tjfSIM]

Stunning as always Richard. Your videos always make me want to get my layout running again!

[@trainsontuesday]

I don't think even Clapham junction could be that busy but I loved the running session. Well done Richard.

[@2012busboy]

Great videos has always. Ever thought doing a video of behind of scenes or bloopers one . Any change see track cleaning on next running video Please

[@glenshielrailway5696]

Amazing as usual, Richard. The none-stop action of a busy main line! Too late now, I think, as it doesn't seem you have the pointwork to support it, but I think the branch line would have been absolutely perfect for that big tanker train you have. I can just picture those tanks snaking their way over the points and down through the brush to some imaginary refinery somewhere in the distance. Oh well, local passenger services it is then. You definitely need a cheeky Pacer screaming along those tight curves. The passengers will be thrilled! All the best. Mike.

[@EverardJunction]

I'd like to add a decent 142 to the layout. One is in development, looking forward to it.

[@Mapplewell_Park]

Love the branch line one of my favourite parts of your layout 👍

[@diesel1395]

Really enjoyed the running session and all the locos and rolling stock 😊

[@jeffreydavies9036]

An excellent running session. Thanks for posting. Jeff

[@Diaspora1759]

At 5:21 on right side, it would be great to see parked cars outside the block of flats, actually a Reliant Robin wouldn’t look out of place for that era ;-)

[@AddingtonSquare]

Great Opening Music ( & Layout ! )

[@roystudds1944]

Fantastic video. Thanks for sharing. Roy.

[@UndergroundEric]

Looks great man, wish you had sound in a few of the models would bring it to life even further if used in a subtle way

[@IronHorseRailways]

I'm not so sure Eric, DCC sound is all well and good, but it's not the be all and end all! Besides, it's nice to hear the wheels clicking and clacking! 😁😁😁

[@UndergroundEric]

@@IronHorseRailways its not but if done well and not stupid loud ect it can just add to the overall immersion

[@IronHorseRailways]

@@UndergroundEric getting the volume of the models balanced with the ambient room noise, track noise, any other additional audio such as music or environmental sounds is a tricky task! Takes a lot of trial and error to get it spot on. Also you can't really say what's too loud or not, after all you can't assume those who watch have the same set up at home and that will have a bigger affect than anything else on the final result... Cheers!😁

[@flyingcod14]

Cracking opening tunes! Very late 80s!

[@floydfan27]

It looks superb mate. So so realistic. Always eagerly await your videos as they are always so interesting and informative.

[@SonicFlare]

One of my favorite channels!!! Love your passion for these models!!!

[@harperlarry49]

I don't normally watch running sessions. However, your layout is so beautiful I must stop everything and watch. Great video and a great layout. Cheers - Larry.

[@grahamparkyn1590]

Wow, what a great realistic journey, your layout must be massive….great stuff…..

[@AVFCAM]

Sometimes people open their gardens up for horticultural folk to come and see it and marvel at it’s excellence…some even sell tickets…if Everard Junction ever did the same (unlikely as who wants total randoms in their house and loft) I’d be at the front of the queue…

[@stretchedits]

Very very very enjoyable.................I've always enjoyed seeing a 50, yet your Large Logo 47 on the NSE rake sure did look wonderful. All the best and thank you, Dave.

[@markanderson9995]

This is such an inspirational layout par excellence !!!!! Astonishing detail. !!!!. Just starting out in N gauge and your kind of ballasting is what I'm aiming for . I'm actually aiming to paint most of my points a concrete colour as well as more of these are on the main lines these days. All you need now is that class 59 in a mustard and grey ARC livery and you're done !!!! Please hurry up PECO....You need that code 60 third rail and i could do with some more unifrog points !!!!

[@tonyknight3690]

Looking very nice, need to sort my loft out and build me a layout

[@Grychon]

Came here from the Hornby TV programme, staying because of the quality content 👍

[@ngaugefouroaksstreetstatio6932]

Very nice Richard, some great views

[@going2thedogs]

Great running session Rich.

[@mh1793]

I've never been into model railways or model-building. I wasn't even alive during the time that your layout is based on, but I just love these videos and I don't really know why

[@anthonycallan7964]

Just excellent one of the very best.

[@JamesPetts]

Custom destination blinds - excellent!

[@johnmichaeldorienjohn467]

Another Fantastic Running session,! So much Variety in rolling stock !😀

[@johnmichaeldorienjohn467]

& Locos of course!

[@NathanielKempson]

I hope you know, I paused Friends to watch this.

[@lewisfitzgerald7146]

Good, friends is shit

[@NathanielKempson]

@@lewisfitzgerald7146 Not as shit as ya nanas shed.

[@2H80vids]

@@NathanielKempson 😂🤣👌 Can't think of a good enough comment but that made me laugh more than it should have. Poor Nana.😂

[@Mark_Kenneth]

Excellent video again Richard can’t wait for next one

[@PoxiGameing]

Love your work hope one day I can make my layout one day.

[@warwickroadmodelrailway]

Absolutely fantastic

[@jtveg]

Thanks for sharing. 😎👌🏼

[@Easternspotteralfie]

I love these intros! There brilliant!

[@rwd88]

The 101 would look great with the 121 as a 3-car to work in tandem with the 3-car 117. Lots of mix-n-match around the Thames Valley in your era.

[@EverardJunction]

I'd like to do that in future. Will take a bit of setting up but certainly quite common during the late 80s.

[@Morganstein-Railroad]

as an addenda, I would say that you are an expert in the scratch building scene.

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

So Wonderful to watch!

[@rechnin6680]

That's cool that you managed to get the third rail parts finally.

[@creesey26]

Superb as always! 👍🏻

[@ottovonbismarck2443]

This is the rate of videos I've always requested, young man ! :-) Needless to say it is excellent as usual. As a "Continental" I'm not too familiar with British HSTs; what is that "ugly" thing at 10:00 ?

[@aidaholloway4994]

The train was a concept built in the 70's as a gas turbine powered high speed tilting train called the APT-E (Advanced Passenger Train - Experimental), never saw mainline service though, more of a proof of concept. The real train is in the national rail museum in the UK. This model was a start point for Rapido trains in the UK market and proved to be interesting to model, the nose cone was 3D scanned to ensure an accurate replica was made. I do believe Everard junction also did a review of the model when it came out in 2015-16 time so it might have some more information there. Hope this helps!

[@ottovonbismarck2443]

@@aidaholloway4994 Thank you very much, that helped a lot.

[@dave.6275]

Great work, very enjoyable to watch 👍

[@kittonsmitton]

Great running session, great editing.

[@jameslear2938]

Richard, ever considered getting this Model Railway plus the rolling stock insured or making sure it is on the house, contents insurance? Lol even though you say this is a hobby, it still competes against some professionals who do this for a living!

[@NicholassTrainChannel]

Great running session Richard 2 videos in one week I could get use to that.- Nicholas.

[@wheezypalacemodels7726]

No words really….Brilliant would cover it I reckon!!

[@johneyres3045]

I would love to see some freight traffic on the branch.

[@alastairwilson457]

What a brilliant video Richard, always so inspired by what you do. Can I ask a non railway question? Please can I ask what car you drive? Saw an interior shot on your warley diorama competition with Richard from New Junction. Love the Granada restoration too

[@coop_coop007]

Bang! Hard core 80's electric disco music, where have I landed? Cool. Thanks very much.

[@alzeNL]

Thats not a scale prototype - its ART ! wow.

[@madcaphal2080]

I'd love it if you stuck a little camera on the front of a train and showed us that run!

[@anthonyborden2513]

Great layout

[@ChrisHamblypopsidelad]

Random question (sorry if it’s been addressed before) with the branch going to be electrified with 3rd rail, how will the EMU get to and from Everard from a movement standpoint. Granted modellers licence says anything goes, just wondering if you’ve got a back story for the branch and if it connects to the juice off the Southern out of Waterloo etc (Hope that makes sense) Keep up the cracking world Richard. You’re a true inspiration

[@EverardJunction]

Think Reading but on a much smaller scale. Imagine the branch line heading to Guildford or somewhere similar.

[@MM-vt1ir]

A pleasure Richard, an absolute pleasure 👍👍 Iain

[@benGBRf]

Brilliant layout, really inspires 👍🏻

[@richardknox4753]

great video mate keep up the hard work well worth it

[@JamesSmith-mv9fp]

WARNING: I don't recommend the Peco 3rd rail pots ! I quickly discovered they are highly prone to damage during track cleaning, even though I had superglued them in place. I therefore use Peco's little brass nails, every fourth sleeper. Having tapped them almost into place, I then add a little blob of solder on the head. I then heat the rail with the iron, so it sinks into the blob. This give a pretty good impression of the real life china pot. The rail used is Peco's recommended code 60 bullhead rail. Last, finally adjust the height of the nails. The 3rd rail in real life was only 3 inches (1mm in OO scale) higher than the running rail. 3rd rail ends at pointwork needed a 6-9 inch drop (2 - 3 mm bent downwards over roughly 20mm of length in OO). Due to the fact British OO scale actually runs on HO 16.5mm track this presents a slight problem for the distance between running rail & 3rd rail. I settled on 4mm which seems to give the "right look" !!! As you are airbrush weathering your track, like me, this will hide the shiny brass rails. 3rd rail if you examine the real thing, gets covered in carbon shoe black crud. EMU shoes as a result get thinner and thinner as they wear out. The 3rd rail in reality is NOT fixed to the supporting pots, it simply sits in a "U" shaped metal support which itself is moulded into the head of the china pot. Which is why whenever trains derail the 3rd rail usually get tipped into the ballast with a few large flashes ! Technical info about shoes on real EMU's. Up until BR days EMU shoes were simply sprung metal skates. Due to the arcing they caused and a number of shoes welding themselves to the 3rd rail, BR changed to carbon shoes from around 1948. There were two methods of ensuring shoes stayed pressed to the flat 3rd rail surface. All EMU's up until the 1964 Brighton line 4CIG/4BIG's had heavy wooden shoe beams usually on the outer end bogies of 2 & 4 car types. The shoe was hung from this wooden beam with a downwards pressing spring. Hence 3rd rail ends had to be bent lower than the lowest extent of a hanging shoe. From 1964 the method was changed to what is called a Height Limiting Bar. So instead of a heavy wooden beam, there is now a slimmer insulated bar, which only prevents the shoe from rising any higher. But the Shoe is NO longer attached at this point. Instead each shoe is hung on the end of a long bar emanating from the bogie centre. It's lowest droop is therefore now more reliably limited to an exact lowest drop point. This also allowed a reduction in the amount of 3rd rail end drop necessary. Oddball stock: 4REP power pack units with 3,200hp had 4 motor bogies in a 4 car set, with shoes on all 4 bogies and 2 shoes per bogie side not the usual 1. Class 73/0 & 73/1 Electro Diesels have retractable shoes. Two on each bogie side. The shoes are fixed to the end of short sprung arms, which are themselves hinged at the inner end, and require a small electric motor to lift them. This is necessary for 2 reasons. First to avoid hanging shoes bashing rail ends as these locos were designed to go places where they was no 3rd rail, such as goods yards. Secondly when used on P.Way trains in areas where track workers were relaying track, the 3rd rail is switched off. But if a Class 73 bridges the gap between a live section and a dead section it could fry the workers who often sat on the 3rd rail !!!! Specially for "Everard Junction" as you are doing NSE era. There was a withdrawn Class 33 used as a special test vehicle to test the retractable shoes to be used on the Eurostar Channel tunnel sets. The loco was fitted with Eurostar type bogies and retractable shoes. These had to be specially designed, because in France 3rd rail shoes could interfere with the French Automatic Warning system and upset their signalling, because they place the responder boxes right next to one of the running rails. The Class 33 as far as I can remember had its engine removed to reduce weight for these tests, so had to be dragged around by another locomotive. It was a frequent sight around Clapham Junction, and even got shipped to France by the train Ferry (before the tunnel itself was complete) for final testing, to satisfy SNCF ! Hope that helps all 3rd rail modellers. Happy modelling.

[@CraigLYoung]

Thanks for sharing!