We were back at Wimborne School for the third time and our second appearance at Wimrail.
There were a number of gremlins on Saturday morning - the turntable refused to index properly, I suspect that during the recent extension work some dust has got into the light sensor so after a quick tweak of the programming to lower the sensitivity levels, it finally settled down.
A short occurred in the rear section, which also affected the turntable sidings. After lots of head-scratching and removing one of the sidings completely, the fault still hadn't cleared. Eventually the fault was found to be with one of the new patch leads - when we packed down at our last exhibition, we forgot to unplug the leads and one of them was ripped out of the connector as we dismantled the boards. I suspect it's the same lead and thankfully I made spares.
As for casualties, two this time - Dorchester Castle refused to move and Ludlow Castle failed towards the end of the second day, slowing to a crawl before it was taken off the tracks.
The newly refurbished blue & grey coaches made a successful debut, as did the additional coal wagons, although wagon number 20 had to be removed as the rake wouldn't fit in the rear siding!
This was the last scheduled outing as a 16ft layout. Work now continues to have the layout extended by the next outing at Abbey Hill.
With thanks to the Wimborne Model Railway Society for their hospitality and for keeping us well fed!
Pictures below...
New acquisition, genuine City of Liverpool made an impressive debut!
Ludlow Castle, shortly before it failed!
More double heading.
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