Tallpaul70
Member
Hello to all of you,
I am pleased to be allowed to join you. I am a GWR enthusiast, modelling in 00 and planning as my retirement project my first serious layout, the successes and difficulties of which I would like to share with you.
I have a 12ftx8ft dedicated room with heat, light and power and benefiting from an outward opening door.
I did consider EM, but concluded that EM was not compatible with the space I have. This is made worse by my desire to run express trains, at a reasonable speed, which meant a round and round style of layout, although I accept that 5-6 coach is all I can run.
My prime period for the layout is 1960-2, a period that I remember well from my train spotting days. However I have stock to be able to run alternatively more modern versions such as 1977-9, 1992-4, or 2002-4. I feel careful chose of the tracks to portray, sensible scenic, and showing only the ends of platforms will minimise the compromises of multiple time periods!
My layout is called Partly Maidenhead because it portrays what I see as the operating interest and essentials of Maidenhead's layout, namely the relief lines, yard and High Wycombe Branch, the Main lines being omitted due to lack of space, with a limited number of expresses running on the relief lines.
I have WTTs and carriage working diagrams but have so far not located a copy of the steam/ early diesel Slough Locomotive working diagrams.
If there is interest, I will upload a copy of the layout plan?
Best regards
Paul
I am pleased to be allowed to join you. I am a GWR enthusiast, modelling in 00 and planning as my retirement project my first serious layout, the successes and difficulties of which I would like to share with you.
I have a 12ftx8ft dedicated room with heat, light and power and benefiting from an outward opening door.
I did consider EM, but concluded that EM was not compatible with the space I have. This is made worse by my desire to run express trains, at a reasonable speed, which meant a round and round style of layout, although I accept that 5-6 coach is all I can run.
My prime period for the layout is 1960-2, a period that I remember well from my train spotting days. However I have stock to be able to run alternatively more modern versions such as 1977-9, 1992-4, or 2002-4. I feel careful chose of the tracks to portray, sensible scenic, and showing only the ends of platforms will minimise the compromises of multiple time periods!
My layout is called Partly Maidenhead because it portrays what I see as the operating interest and essentials of Maidenhead's layout, namely the relief lines, yard and High Wycombe Branch, the Main lines being omitted due to lack of space, with a limited number of expresses running on the relief lines.
I have WTTs and carriage working diagrams but have so far not located a copy of the steam/ early diesel Slough Locomotive working diagrams.
If there is interest, I will upload a copy of the layout plan?
Best regards
Paul