Category Archives: Layout design

Off my trolley – an excellent little layout

Posted on August 16, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

Recently, I came across this rather fine little trolley layout.  Unfortunately, there are no sizes or track plan given.  The plan is pretty obvious, though I’m not sure what happens around the back of the layout.  As for size, it’s … Continue reading →

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Minories #2 – Out in the suburbs – repost

Posted on July 14, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

Number 4 is my second Minories post.  Back to normal (whatever that may be) next week! If you leave London, and head to the other end of the commuter lines, a Minories like design, sort of ‘mini-Minories’ is another option.  … Continue reading →

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A small shunting layout – repost

Posted on July 12, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

Interestingly, Number 3 is this little American switching layout. Model Railroad Hobbyist has a very nice ‘shunting plank’ in its October edition.  It’s in ‘O’ gauge, but the dimensions are a very reasonable 11’- 6” x 17’–19” with a 6’ … Continue reading →

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Minories #1 – the original design – repost

Posted on July 10, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

Number 2 is this one on the classic Minories design. There are few model railway plans that can be deemed ‘classic’.  One surely must be the late Cyril Freezer’s ‘Minories’ plan.  The plan was the result a flash of inspiration whilst … Continue reading →

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Off my trolley – streetcars and trolley layouts – repost

Posted on July 8, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

Whilst we’re on holiday this week, I’ll repost the all-time top four posts on the blog. Still the most popular post is this one trolley layouts.  If it’s so popular, why don’t we see more layouts??? Again we need a … Continue reading →

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Llanastr – yet another small layout – repost

Posted on May 24, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

I realised that, having just written my post on expoEM and Llanastr, I had already blogged this little layout.  As it’s a busy week, I’ll repost this earlier screed.  It’s coming up to holiday season again, so I may well … Continue reading →

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Another Minories

Posted on January 31, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

Last layout from the Southampton show – Spanker Lane, a Minories layout under construction in ‘N’.  The show guide states that: Spanker Lane is found in the north of England, where green DMU’s are the order of the day, although … Continue reading →

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In defense of the roundy-roundy #4

Posted on December 30, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

For my last post of 2018, a few final comments on layout design. As a member of ESNG, a modular club, where do parts 1-3 of the series leave me?  It sounds very much as if I have abandoned the … Continue reading →

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In defense of the roundy-roundy #3

Posted on December 28, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

In my earlier ramblings about continuous layouts, I missed out one excellent example, and a concept for such designs.  Chris Morris’ Little Aller is based on Aller Junction in Devon in the early sixties.  The area of the layout is … Continue reading →

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In defence of the roundy-roundy #2

Posted on December 16, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

It was before Stuttgart that I posted some thoughts on ’roundy-roundy’ layouts.  In the past month I have been looking at my modelling direction yet again.  I’ll explore my thoughts a little more over the next few posts – and … Continue reading →

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