Tuesday 1 May 2012

Buffer Stops (part 3)

I think I've solved the mystery of how the buffer stop at Dunmere Wharf might have been constructed. Below are a few photos of the current buffer stop at Boscarne on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway. Apart from Dunmere buffer stop having a wooden buffer beam this one seems to be very similar to the photos in my previous posting on buffer stops here.




These photos help to resurrect the idea that this style of buffer stop could be installed on my Tredethy Wharf...

1 comment:

Flymo said...

Are you thinking of modifying (e.g.) a Mikes Models cast whitemetal bufferstop to make one of those?

If not, you'll need to be able to bend rail in the sideways direction. There used to be a tool for that, and the Scalefour Society is just in the preliminary stages of seeing if we can manufacture a re-run of them. Watch the Society website for news if it happens...

Flymo