Shipley Model Railway Society http://shipleymodelrailwaysociety.fotopic.net/ 9 rows en-gb 60 Flemingsburg Jct http://shipleymodelrailwaysociety.fotopic.net/c1784469.html American standard and narrow gauge layout in 7mm scale Monday 23 November 2009: American standard and narrow gauge layout in 7mm scale

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]]> Mon Nov 23 2009 Leicester South http://shipleymodelrailwaysociety.fotopic.net/c1759830.html 4mm finescale OO Tuesday 1 January 2008: 4mm finescale OO

Leicester South (GC) is a new 4mm scale OO gauge layout being built by the team that produced the multi-award winning ‘Tebay’, with help from new members. The layout will model an actual location a few hundred yards south from Leicester Central station as it was in British Railway days between 1948 and 1963. The layout measures 30 feet x 14 feet, based on the ex Great Central route a few hundred yards south of Leicester Central station in the period 1948 to 1963 so BR and ex LNER, LMS, SR and GWR stock will be seen along with the two named trains, the Master Cutler and the South Yorkshireman. As a result of our research we intend to model 50 trains, so extensive storage sidings are required to hold these trains for realistic timetable operation. We are delighted to be awarded a grant from Awards for All and this will enable members to construct the main control panel, to purchase point motors for the storage sidings and to install fluorescent lighting units. Buildings and infrastructure - Double track main line & parallel double track goods loops (on a rising gradient facing north), Carriage shed and sidings, A large goods yard and goods shed, Line leading into the engine shed (but not the shed itself), Four bridges over a river (and the river!), Houses and commercial buildings Trains - Express trains including Master Cutler and South Yorkshireman, Semi-fast and local trains, Empty coaching stock, Parcel trains, Fish trains such as the combined Hull and Grimsby-Plymouth service headed by Standard Class 7 Britannia 70044 'Earl Haigh'. Freights including the famous high speed Annesley-Woodford ‘Runners’, The twice weekly Newcastle - Park Royal Brewery Guiness train, Trip freights, Light engine movements to and from the engine shed, Extensive shunting in the goods yard Rolling Stock - Because the time period chosen covers both Eastern Region ownership (up to 1958) and London Midland ownership, and because of inter-regional trains, coaches of BR, Southern, LMS, LNER and a few GWR origin ran through with a good mix of goods and parcels stock. Locomotives were also very varied and included the BR standard 9F, Britannia pacifics, standard class 5, A3 pacifics such as 60052 Prince Palatine (seen above passing under the Midland Railway Leicester-Burton upon Trent line at Bridge 379 with a London Marylebone to Manchester London Road express), V2 2-6-2s, B1 and B16 4-6-0s, K3 2-6-0s, Ol 2-8-0s , the LMS Jubilees, Black 5s, Royal Scots, DMU’s and lots more.

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]]> Tue Jan 1 2008 Hungerford http://shipleymodelrailwaysociety.fotopic.net/c1759796.html 4mm EM Monday 1 December 2003: 4mm EM

This layout was featured in the December 2003 issue of the Railway Modeller. The model is based closely on Hungerford station, situated on the Great Western Railway main line from Reading to Westbury and Taunton, as it was in the late 1920s. Much research has been done to accurately show the railway structures and buildings, and the adjoining section of the town. Very few of these buildings still exist 75 years later. Due to having to for-shorten the ends of the layout, some town buildings have had to be omitted or reduced in size. A section of the Kennet and Avon canal, which runs close to the railway immediately east of the town, has also been modelled. The track layout through the station area is to scale length and generally accurate, with the exception of a cross-over at the London end of the platforms which was not added until the 1940s. Intended operation is a sequence showing a representative selection of trains, e.g. West of England expresses, Plymouth boat traffic, parcels, and milk to London. Somewhat surprisingly, Hungerford was both the terminus for commuter trains from London and Reading, and for local services from Yeovil and Westbury. Freight traffic was limited to local pick-up services, but there was considerable livestock movement, especially race horses. The plain track is SMP, while turnouts and crossings are of soldered construction using brass rivets on EM Gauge Society wood sleepers. The turnouts are operated by solenoids on the scenic section of the layout, and by Tortoise slow-acting motors in the storage sidings, which simplified the wiring for route selection. Buildings are constructed from various materials including embossed card, pasticard, plywood and scribed plaster. Locomotives and rolling stock are the products of most of the 4mm scale kit manufacturers, along with some ready-to-run items, all suitably modified for use on EM gauge. Prototypical three-link couplings are currently used despite operator eyestrain! A main controller is used for each mainline, one for the up and one for the down. The turnouts are used for power routing and isolation to lengths of track incluiding sidings and run round loops. The goods yard has its own controller while two more power the rear fiddle yard enabling its operators to marshal trains ready to depart. The turnouts are electronically interlocked to the signals and LEDs on the main control panel show their status. All other switching is done by relays. The layout is viewable on 3 sides and occupies a space of 24’ 10” x 11’ 0” (excluding barriers).

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]]> Mon Dec 1 2003 Fylde North http://shipleymodelrailwaysociety.fotopic.net/c1759780.html 4mm OO modern image Saturday 1 January 2000: 4mm OO modern image

A medium sized modern image layout was required by the club and Fylde North is the result. It has been built using the skills of members from various different sections of the club. The period modelled is from 1995 onwards. The location is the Fylde coast somewhere between Blackpool and Fleetwood. There is a terminal station and a small EWS fuelling and servicing depot. Nearby docks are served by different companies whose locomotives can be seen on the depot. The passenger trains are mainly DMUs, serving many parts of the UK, but there are also 'Club trains' to Manchester and Liverpool as well as a Virgin cross country service. Parcels traffic also features as well as an oil train serving the EWS fuelling depot. For more pictures of this layout visit the Fylde North Gallery - see link on main page A Northern Rail 153 heads an arriving service. A Virgin Voyager departs.

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]]> Sat Jan 1 2000 Garfield Avenue http://shipleymodelrailwaysociety.fotopic.net/c1759039.html 3.5mm HO American Saturday 1 January 2000: 3.5mm HO American

Garfield Avenue is a HO scale layout. Set amongst the bustling urban industrial districts of Chicago (Illinois) we see the daily grind of cars (wagons) being ceremoniously shuffled from the large outer yards to the customers and industries nestled amongst the suburban streets in the Garfield Avenue district of Chicago western suburbs. As this area is served by rail from all railroads that congregate around Chicago various railroad companies operate the trackage, so it is common to see eastern railroads as western railroad motive power together. The main industry at this location is the Cargill Grain Silo which receives an constant supply of hopper cars daily from the BNSF and UP in the west, and due to the location trackside space is at a premium. Another busy industry is the City Storage Company that handles car loads of foodstuffs The engineering plant handles small car repairs and fabrication work giving a varied supply of different and odd cars around the spurs. Down the line there is as small intermodal transfer hub which takes containerized traffic and piggyback vans, also US Mail roadrailers can be seen. A small yard area for holding the supply of cars to these industries are found at the east end along with a loco fuel and sanding track to keep the power fuelled and ready. The last industry is a furniture manufacturer requiring raw wood loads, paint etc and finished products going back out. The layout is 22 feet long built with a box frame of MDF with a plywood top covered fiberfloor board. The track is all Peco code 100. Operation is supplied electrically by DCC giving the flexibility of having as many operator driving as many locos and the ability of switching all turnouts from there own walkaroud hand controller.(No section switches and only 4 wire to each board). The layout has it own pelmet lighting and integral legs for each of the four boards in the straight configuration. Exhibition requirement are:- •space of 22 feet by 4 feet to allow for operating from the front •overnight accommodation for 4 operators where required. Transportation is usually by 2 cars.

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]]> Sat Jan 1 2000 Kadee http://shipleymodelrailwaysociety.fotopic.net/c1757737.html Tips on fitting Kadee couplings to UK stock Monday 28 August 2006: Tips on fitting Kadee couplings to UK stock

For a significant proportion of UK stock the advice contained in Model Trains International issues 23 and 24 is recommended. The Model Trains International articles(on line at http://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/other/mti_article.html) also show how Kadee NEM couplings can be used as a direct replacement for screw or rivet fixed tension lock couplings by the simple task of drilling a hole in the NEM shank. This first picture shows an how Kadee couplings can be fitted to non-NEM clip fit socket that originated with Airfix but which has also appeared on some Mainline, Dapol and Hornby stock due to the transfer of the Airfix tools between those makes, as well as being utilised on some new stock from each of those manufacturers. The method is outlined in the Model Trains International articles, with a Kadee NEM coupler (18, 19 or 20 depending on the length of the buffers and the radii on the layout) glued into place in the non-NEM tension lock coupling clip fit socket (contact adhesive or a hard plastic superglue are suggested). The coupling clip-fit cover has been removed for the photo but should be retained. The biggest problem facing the UK modeller is replacing tension lock couplings which are moulded as part of the model or are of non-standard size. These photos show how some of these can be tackled, although given the wide variety of Kadee couplers they are not necessarily the only solution. It should be remembered that the Kadee system was designed for the American market, and the longer versions will often be neccesary for British rolling stock due to the presence of buffers. The commonly found Kadee no.5 is principally designed for use on American models and if fitted on British rolling stock the draft box usually has to be fixed projecting from the buffer beam. The unattractive effect of using Kadee no.5 couplings is shown on a Triang-Hornby Ferry Van. The unattractive effect of using Kadee no.5 couplings is shown on a Triang-Hornby Ferry Van. In common with many of the long wheelbase wagons in the Hornby range the tension lock coupler is on the end of an exceptionally long protrusion from the unauthentic pivotting wheelset. Fixing the axleboxes to the underframe and removing the plastic tension lock coupling protrusion as shown by Iain Rice in Detailing and Improving Ready to Run Wagons - Model Railways Illustrated Handbooks No.1 greatly enhances the models.Apart from length variations, Kadee couplings also come with height differences, centred shank (as with the no.5), underset shanks which raise the knuckle height or overset shanks which lower the knuckle height. The no.42 and no.47 Kadee couplings are overset / underset shanks of the same length as the no.5. More useful on British stock are the no.41, 46 and 49 which have longer length shanks and the knuckle underset, centred and overset respectively. The 30 series have the same shank lengths and knuckle heights, for example a 36 is the same as a 46 apart from the draft box, and the coupling and draft boxes can be mixed about such that a coupling from a 36 pack can be used with a draft box from a 41 to make a 46. Kadee also produce a 20 series, which is the 40 series (to which the no.5 belongs), with extra components for use on specific American models and which do not appear to be particularly useful on British models.Metal axles are attracted to permanent magnets and any stock not run in rakes should be fitted with non-magnetic axled wheels. On Bachmann Bullied coaches a Kadee 30 series can be used, screwed to the underside of the coach body. The 30 series can be fiddly to construct and have a very limited contact area for gluing the draft boxes together. The older design Kadees (6,7,8,16) are a possible substitute for the 30 series but have an equally restrictive glue contact area and seem less positive in action. Both types really need to be screwed to the model to ensure retention of the lid of the draft box. As with the Bullieds the Thompson coaches from Bachmann also have the coupling moulded as part of the bogie. The Kadee 41 is a longer version of the popular Kadee no.5 and has the shank underset so raising the knuckle height. In comparison the Kadee 46 has the same long length but the shank is centred on the knuckle as with the no.5. Both the 41 and 46 are extremely useful as they allow the draft box to be fitted out of sight behind the bufferbeam. A further version, 49, lowers the knuckle height but this has less use due to the need to get the shank below the bufferbeam. Photo shows a long 40 series Kadees in use on kit built stock. The Kadee 41 is a longer version of the popular Kadee no.5 and has the shank underset so raising the knuckle height. In comparison the Kadee 46 has the same long length but the shank is centred on the knuckle as with the no.5. Both the 41 and 46 are extremely useful as they allow the draft box to be fitted out of sight behind the bufferbeam. A further version, 49, lowers the knuckle height but this has less use due to the need to get the shank below the bufferbeam. Photo shows a long 40 series Kadees in use on kit built stock. Turning to locomotives a tender driven Hornby 8F posed an interesting challenge as its front tension lock coupling had not only been removed but the diecast pony frame had been cut back to the wheel with guard irons added. While a NEM type Kadee could be easily screw fitted to the tension lock mount on the tender the intended use of the loco on an end to end layout caused a need for a front coupling. This was solved by adopting a NEM type Kadee in the same manner as that fitted to its tender, cutting the NEM prongs off and with the help of plenty of epoxy resin gluing it, with a screw to act as an extra glue contact area, to the rear of the bufferbeam. Turning to locomotives a tender driven Hornby 8F posed an interesting challenge as its front tension lock coupling had not only been removed but the diecast pony frame had been cut back to the wheel with guard irons added. Turning to locomotives a tender driven Hornby 8F posed an interesting challenge as its front tension lock coupling had not only been removed but the diecast pony frame had been cut back to the wheel with guard irons added. While a NEM type Kadee could be easily screw fitted to the tension lock mount on the tender the intended use of the loco on an end to end layout caused a need for a front coupling. This was solved by adopting a NEM type Kadee in the same manner as that fitted to its tender, cutting the NEM prongs off and with the help of plenty of epoxy resin gluing it, with a screw to act as an extra glue contact area, to the rear of the bufferbeam. The new Hornby West Country and Rebuilt Merchant Navy locomotives pose an equally interesting task. The tender was easily dealt with by use of a NEM coupling in the manner shown at the top of this page (NEM mounts have now been adopted by Hornby). Again a front coupling was needed but while a NEM coupling screw fitted to the tension lock fixing hole on the bogie worked it would not allow for the fitting of the front steps as the swing of the bogie caused the rigid plastic shank of the NEM Kadee to knock the steps off the loco. Once again it was a long 40-series Kadee that solved the matter. First glue a piece of 20 thou plastic card on top of the bogie between the cast front wheel springs taking care not to get glue on the axle to the front wheels. Then refit the bogie. Now assemble a Kadee 46 trimming off the side screw mounting holes and the front lip on the draft box lid.Once the plastic card is fixed firmly lightly spread some contact liquid polystyrene glue (ie Humbrol not MekPak) on it and the bottom of the assembled Kadee 46. Slide the Kadee 46 into place ensuring that the knuckle is postioned appropraitely taking the buffers into account.Glued on top of the bogie the sprung shank is not strong enough to knock the steps off once they have been glued in place with a strong epoxy resin. The Bachmann Queen Mary Brake van is very tight for space and a 30 series Kadee was tried at one end. The fixing screw was chopped down just to fill the hole through the draft box and to increase the glue contact area with the underside of the model. The draft box protrudes and a neater solution might be a NEM Kadee coupler adopted as described for the front of the 8F locomotive. The Bachmann Queen Mary Brake van is very tight for space and a 30 series Kadee was tried at one end. The fixing screw was chopped down just to fill the hole through the draft box and to increase the glue contact area with the underside of the model. The draft box protrudes and a neater solution might be a NEM Kadee coupler adopted as described for the front of the 8F locomotive. At the other end of the Bachmann Queen Mary Brake van one of the older (6,7,8,16) types was tried. Again The fixing screw was chopped down just to fill the hole through the draft box and to increase the glue contact area with the underside of the model. The draft box again protrudes and a neater solution might be a NEM Kadee coupler adopted as described for the front of the 8F locomotive. At the other end of the Bachmann Queen Mary Brake van one of the older (6,7,8,16) types was tried. Again The fixing screw was chopped down just to fill the hole through the draft box and to increase the glue contact area with the underside of the model. The draft box again protrudes and a neater solution might be a NEM Kadee coupler adopted as described for the front of the 8F locomotive. The Bachmann Mk1 coaches have NEM mounts but these are fitted too high. Bachmanns own EZmate couplings have a NEM version that is cheaper than the Kadee types, however the EZmate is fixed with no centring spring and for stock requiring a lot of uncoupling the Kadee NEMs are far more reliable. The EZmate is suitable for coupling Mk1s together as coach rakes tend to be fixed. For the outer couplings on a rake of coaches an EZmate coupling can be adopted in the following manner, and the same could be carried out with the Kadee NEM type:Cut the loop off and remove the coupling hook from the tension lock coupling supplied with the Mk1. Then drill a hole through the EZmate coupling, as if it was to be screw fixed to a tension lock mount as in the Model Trains International article. The parts should look like the photo. Align the chopped tension lock coupling under the EZmate using the NEM prongs and drill a 1.6mm hole through the chopped tension lock coupling using the hole in the EZmate as a guide. 2mm tap the 1.6mm hole.Cut the EZmate coupling off to the rear of the hole drilled in it, and screw it to the chopped tension lock coupling with a 2mm bolt passing upwards.Using a razor saw cut the protruding portion of the bolt and file down flush with the plastic. Fit the adopted coupling to the Mk1. If the adopted coupling is too high remove it from the model, unscrew the parts and reassemble with the remains of the tension lock coupling turned upside down. If the adopted coupling is too low fit an offcut of brass (from an etching) between the coupling and the bottom of the NEM mount. This is useful generally in respect of NEM mounted Kadees and can be seen protruding from the NEM mount in the photo of the adopted coupling fitted to a Bachmann Mk1 coach. If the EZmate part of the adopted coupling pivots around the bolt, loosen the bolt, apply epoxy resin and retighten.

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]]> Mon Aug 28 2006 Wilton http://shipleymodelrailwaysociety.fotopic.net/c1669316.html 4mm OO Thursday 19 March 2009: 4mm OO

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]]> Thu Mar 19 2009 Members Layouts http://shipleymodelrailwaysociety.fotopic.net/c1516470.html Photographs of layouts owned by members of Shipley Model Railway Society Sunday 25 May 2008: Photographs of layouts owned by members of Shipley Model Railway Society

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Evercreech Junction 4mm Finescale - sold in 1988. The layout was featured in the June and July 1984 issues of Railway Modeller Evercreech Junction 4mm Finescale - sold in 1988. A pair of Somerset & Dorset 7F 2-8-0s doublehead the Pines Express through Evercreech Junction. Evercreech Junction 4mm Finescale - sold in 1988. Evercreech Junction 4mm Finescale - sold in 1988. Following the formation of the society the 4mm Finescale Group constructed a layout of Evercreech Junction on the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. There is a village called Fossebridge. It is a very small village in Gloucestershire, but it was passed by in the railway age and it never had a railway. However as is the want of many modellers we have taken licence, changed history, and given it one! Our Fossebridge is set in the late Twenties, early Thirties and is a thriving market town of some ten thousand people served by a branch line terminus, and supports among other things a dairy, a pub (of course, what else!) with the towns folk going about their daily work in the smithy, on the farms around the town, in the dairy etc Our railway as we see it at Fossebridge represents the Great Western Railway at its zenith, one might argue, and is often the case just before its fall. An organisation which filled the role of common carrier, as indeed did all railways of the day, willing and able to handle any kind of merchandise, raw material, stock; human and otherwise, from milk to coal, explosives to pigeons. The wonderful palmy days of steam, full employment on the railway and a public which could afford to travel and no leaves and no snow. Our Fossebridge station runs to a very busy schedule, far busier of course than would have been the case in those far off days. Likewise locomotive stock represents a far wider range than one would have been likely to see at the time on a branch line! We offer the opportunity to view classes of GWR locomotives examples of which are now lovingly held in preservation hands, but some also that are now extinct! Fossebridge can now accommodate three trains simultaneously, or four with careful planning as well as longer trains than before. The layout has an eight road fiddle yard. This Great Western branchline has undergone some significant changes over the last few years in order to enhance its operating potential. The layout was originally constructed as an elongated letter J with a shed, turntable and station approaches. This area survives but an extra three boards have been added making the layout 46 feet long. It is 2'6 The brewery at Fossebridge Fossebridge shed. This layout was sold in 2006. Griffin Road N gauge (now sold) - a modern image layout which represents a fairly busy terminus station at the end of a double track line is set in the early 1990's. A selection of passenger and freight workings can be seen, which were typical of the area. Most stock operating on the layout, including locos, coaches and wagons are detailed ready-to-run items, with majority of coaching stock and multiple units close-coupled to give a more realistic appearance. Horton N gauge layout. (1) A freelance layout based on the Settle & Carlisle line and sold in the late 1980s. Horton N gauge layout. (2) A typical Midland Railway style country station was depicted in both pre and post nationalisation eras. Horton N gauge layout. (3) Set in moorland surroundings were a small goods yard and a limestone quarry served by a private siding. These provided sources of freight traffic. Horton N gauge layout. (4) Passenger services comprised both local passenger and express trains. Rattlesnake Pass - American N gauge layout now dismantled. This layout represented a fictious railroad built around 1865, the Ogden Northeastern Railroad. Rattlesnake Pass formed a bridging link across Wyoming, originating at Ogden Utah, heading North to the Union Pacific near Kemmerer, Wyoming, crossing the Great Divide through Rattlesnake Pass and on to connect with the Great Northern at Red Lodge, Montana. Rattlesnake Pass - American N gauge layout now dismantled. In 1931 the Ogden Northeastern was purchased jointly by the Southern Pacific & Great Northern for handling perishable products going to the northeast and Canada and returning with forestry products for the west coast. Rattlesnake Pass - American N gauge layout now dismantled. Today the 750 mile long line is operated jointly by the Burlington Northern and Southern Pacific / Denver & Rio Grande to expidite container and piggyback traffic around the heavily trafficed Nebraska coal fields where track capacity is a premium. Rattlesnake Pass - American N gauge layout now dismantled. A wide range of mixed freight operates over this line along with an Amtrak passenger service between Chicago and Los Angeles. There are two major industries at the town. Railroad ballast is provided by the gravel quarry as well as the odd coal load as a coal seam has been broken into. The local farmers co-op is served by the grain silo and during the harvest season grain trains are backed up waiting to ship out the grain to the major cities in surrounding states. The town is also served by local freights dropping off a few cars, and a local switcher is often to be found when traffic is at a minimum. Tebay 4mm finescale layout as exhibited at Wigan. This layout, which was sold in 2004, allowed the observer to pick a lineside spot, imagine that they were in the period between 1948 and 1963 and enjoy watching the trains go by..... From the right came trains heading North and trains from the left were heading South. You would have arrived by train or the A6 - no motorway existed (yet). Tebay is situated in the beautiful but wild and remote Lune valley in the Cumbrian hills. It often rains and the winds frequently blow down Tebay Gorge or down from the high fells. You would have been fortunate, the summers day was fine and visibility good. In between the passing trains and shunting movements all you would have heard is the bleating of sheep. The West coast main line stretched before you in both directions. Looking as far as you could see to the south, the line crossed the river Lune on a girder bridge immediately prior to throwing off a loop on the down line. The loop was well used, principally by goods trains, to avoid delaying following faster freight or passenger trains. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. The station was used primarily as an interchange station by passengers using the branchline which ran to Kirkby Stephen, then further east, over Stainmore summit, and eventually to Barnard Castle and beyond. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. The engine shed, code 11D (12H after May 1960), had an allocation of locomotives for banking heavy trains up Shap bank and for local trip freight. The shed building was in good condition having been rebuilt between 1948 and 1950. The 50’ turntable, 53’ with its extension rails in use, was long enough to turn the longest locomotives allocated to the shed, the 2-6-0 lvatt “Mucky Ducks”. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. The distinctive coaling and ash plants were brought into use in 1956. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. Foremost in this view is Fowler 4MT 2-6-4T no.42396, a 1933 built variant with a side window cab of this 1927 designed class. The distinctive coaling and ash plants were also new being brought into use in 1956. Running down the back of the shed were the North exchange and engineers sidings. Seventy one houses were built for railway employees alongside the line and some of these could be seen overlooking the station. In quiet periods a closer look at the houses would spot the railwayman who had slept in. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. Running down the back of the shed were the North exchange and engineers sidings. Seventy one houses were built for railway employees alongside the line and some of these could be seen overlooking the station. In quiet periods a closer look at the houses would spot the railwayman who had slept in. Tebay OO finescale layout. A banking loco buffers up to a frieight on the River Lune bridge. Tebay 4mm finescale layout sold in 2004. Fowler tank no.42379 heads for Ulverston with a special train for convalescent miners. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. Fowler 4F 0-6-0 no.44020 passing through Tebay with an unfitted freight. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. Tebay was built to a scale of 4mm to 1’ and ran on hand built OO track using SMP rail and copper clad sleepers. All structures were built as accurately was possible using for reference whatever plans and/or photographs turned up in our research. The overall size was 30’ x 13’. In order to include in a model of this size all the features described above it was necessary to compromise by shortening the length of the locations and buildings, hopefully in a structured way, that still captured the overall prototypical appearance. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004, Duchess 4-6-2 no.46257 gets to grips with Shap bank heading the Down Special Travelling Post Office. Over 40 trains ran on the layout, all individually researched and modelled as running in our chosen time period. Some individual locomotives were not necessarily those which ran through Tebay at the time but were representative of their class. We were criticised for running trains too fast for visitors to see properly and for running too slow on occasions! Express trains ran down Shap and through Tebay at up to 90mph and Northbound passenger trains not requiring a banker were also moving quickly to get a run at the bank. In order to try to please as many people as possible some trains were ran at (our interpretation of) scale speed assuming a clear line while others slowed for signals!. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. Ex-works Jubliee 4-6-0 no.45711 Courageous pulls away from Tebay with a Warrington-Carlisle train. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. Princess Royal 4-6-2 no.46208 Princess Helena Victoria crossing the River Lune. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. A Durham-Furness coke train arrives at Tebay having travelled over the North Eastern branch. It was fascinating to watch passenger train movements here as all trains changed engines and many Newcastle and Durham-Blackpool trains were joined into one train at Tebay with the reverse happening in the opposite direction. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. A turntable could also be seen alongside the branch line. The locomotive sidings were still used for servicing locomotives using the branch. The goods sidings at the other side of the branch running lines handled a small amount of interchange traffic and were used on occasion for storing freight trains changing engines at Tebay. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. G2 0-8-0 no.49449 crossing the River Lune. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. Unnamed Patriot 4-6-0 no.45517 tackles Shap bank, its mixed freight being assisted by a banker at the rear. A video production Classic Model Railway Layouts No.1 Tebay , featuring the layouts' operation in conjunction with archive footage, is marketed by British Railway Modelling magazine. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. Fowler 4F 0-6-0 no.44459 brings an unfitted freight past some of the houses built for railway employees. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. Patriot 4-6-0 no.45517 passing through Tebay. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. 71000 Duke of Gloucester hurries the The Mid-Day Scot past Tebay No.1 signal box. After crossing the Lune on a stone built viaduct the 5 mile plus climb to Shap started. Trains requiring a banker give three crows on the whistle when approaching No.1 box then stopped opposite the indicating post restarting when the banker had come on and whistled. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. A Crab hauled train of steel pipes from Glasgow runs through Tebay station. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. Tebay 4mm finescale layout - sold in 2004. Wetherby OO layout sold in 2005. Between 1848 and 1902, the York and North Midland, later the N.E.R, developed a system between Harrogate, Church Fenton and Leeds with a triangular junction at Wetherby. Wetherby OO layout sold in 2005 Wetherby OO layout sold in 2005. The old Wetherby station at the Church Fenton corner was superseded by a new one at the Leeds corner of the junction, serving both Harrogate and Church Fenton. Wetherby OO layout sold in 2005. In addition to normal passenger and goods, this new station handled traffic from across the county for the local horse races, a perfect excuse for modellers licence! Wetherby OO layout sold in 2005. The scenery was 95 percent scratch built with all buildings and structures based on the original prototypes Wetherby OO layout sold in 2005. Trackwork was Peco OO gauge. Wetherby OO layout sold in 2005 Wetherby OO layout sold in 2005

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