The Heybridge Railway, 1889 to 1913

[Richard Gawler]

I took one of my Intentio cassettes and their access ramp along to NEEGOG last month.

Here is Lady Marion doing her party trick.

Thank you to Julian Best (not sure if he is on WT) for filming this and uploading it to YouTube.

 

[Dog Star]

Excellent demo of what has been discussed on here.

 

[Richard Gawler]

I think Julian's filming is rather imaginative. I really like the pan along the length of the cassette, I would never have thought to include this.

The wonderful thing is, I can assemble a train off the track and out of everyone's way. Drive the train onto the railway, do some laps, and then remove everthing just as swiftly. I can even get to connect up the 3-links at a decent height above the floor and not stooping over the track

 

[Richard Gawler]

The Intentio cassettes have relatively deep sides. I have assembled another cassette, this time cutting down the sides to improve access to the stock.


I have shortened the sides and put in some strip wood to reinforce the floor. Aluminium angle might be better but I settled for some wood I had to hand.


The mildly stylish “slash cut” arrangement suits my left-handedness


The electrical connections are the same as on my other cassettes. I didn't show how I took the wires from the terminals to the rails, so this is how I did them.


Four pre-grouping wagons (plus brake) are likely to make the longest train on the railway.


I have a functioning fiddle yard. Two "short" cassettes (far left) match up with one "medium".

I am a bit surprised how flat the modified cassette sits on its baseboard. If warping occurs, I can think about fixing some aluminium strips along the sides.