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Category Archives: Inspiration
Petts Wood, again, and Redhill
Two more excellent Petts Wood photos. Both are by Bryan Hardwick, who gave permission to post them. They are on one of the link tracks around Petts Wood junction. My grandparents lived 1/4 mile away, but the bottom of their … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1003
Here’s another “operational incident.” This must make a good model for someone! More pictures here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/02/all-cetaceans-go-whale-sculpture-stops-dutch-train-crashing-into-water A fun video about the old LTSR/District services to Southend. I have always wanted a model of the coaches used for this service ever … Continue reading
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Petts Wood, 1950’s
I saw this photograph posted on Facebook by Derek Martin, and asked if I could share it. It’s a fine shot of the up Golden Arrow passing through platform 1 of Petts Wood station. I was brought up in Petts … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1002
An “operational incident” from Duncan. Ramsgate, I think….. we’ve all done this on a layout… less so in full scale! How silly can you get? Couple posed on rail line for wedding shoot Some interesting ideas here: Five innovations that … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1001
An interesting prototype – New York City warehouses early last century. Certainly a good basis for a small or micro layout – and to use up all that Peco SetTrack. A little humour, via Simon. Mind you, I’ve laid track … Continue reading
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An expensive Sunday video
In case you missed it on RMWeb – $2,000,000 worth of damage, and that’s just to the cars. Now, this would be a challenge to model?
Book review – I couldn’t resist a bargain!
Unfortunately I couldn’t resist Strathwood’s lockdown offer – buy five books get the cheapest free. So a large parcel arrived with some great reading – all Southern Railway orientated you will note. I’m sorely tempted by the volumes on the … Continue reading
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Sad to see a rail closure
Sad to see, Kerr’s Miniature Railway is closing after 85 years. It has been a feature of Arbroath’s seafront since 1935, but there has been a decline in visitor numbers over the last decade. Hopefully, the rolling stock will find a … Continue reading
Monday miscellany
Was this really published 30 years ago? I still think this is the most influential book on railway modelling ever published. It introduced a string of new concepts into modelling – for example the ‘cameo’ layout, and ‘staged’ layouts with … Continue reading
Scaleforum 2020 – online
I am a firm believer in looking at other scales other than ‘N’. And I can’t cope with criticisms of exhibitions that moan about, “Not much ‘N’ there.” Surely, one can take inspiration from any scale or gauge, and they … Continue reading
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