Graham Muz
Active Member
I thank you for the welcome in the new members area and as a result of the request for pictures of my layout Fisherton Sarum I thought I should start a layout topic. The pictures below in this post are courtesy of Hornby Magazine and the very talented Mr Chris Nevard of this parish. Some of you may have seen some of the images before as the thread develops I will post some newer ones in due course.
Fisherton Sarum is Southern Railway MPD layout, using Salisbury (as it has a family connection) as the inspiration, and the basis for the structures on the layout. Set in the period 1946 to 1949. It enables the exhibiting of a large and varied range of Southern locomotives and rolling stock
from the period.
The name comes from the fact I wanted to retain the link to Salisbury without actually calling it Salisbury. The current station at Salisbury, to differentiate it from Salisbury Milford (later closed to passengers and kept solely for goods traffic) was originally called Salisbury Fisherton as it is located on Fisherton Street, with the original pre 1901 shed called Fisherton shed. Old Sarum, of course, is the famous hill fort and Roman centre forming part of the origin of Salisbury.
The key elements taken from Salisbury were as follows:
Coal Stage and ramp, Turntable positioning relative to coal stage and water tower, Substantial water tower building with stores and engineman dormitories below, LSWR design style of shed albeit reduced from ten roads to four, Slightly elevated running lines and siding at the rear of the scene.
The shed itself reduced in size has been transposed to the east and is accessed by a kick back arrangement rather than a fan of sidings to balance the space utilised and enables baseboards of 3ft depth to be utilised.
The up and down running lines at the rear of the layout allow main line trains to pass the shed in the background. Locomotives arrive and depart the shed either from or to take over trains on the main line. Also coal, ash and other shed supply wagons are shunted within the shed too.
Other details include
Fully detailed interiors to shed and coaling stage
Water column braziers
Working Yard lamps
Workers filling wheelbarrows with ash
Loco crew and cleaners on duty
Boys loco spotting trying to ‘bunk’ the shed (one represents my father)
Working signals on the main line
Gangers working on the main line (one represents my grandfather)
Further details can be found on the blog at www.grahammuz.com
Fisherton Sarum is Southern Railway MPD layout, using Salisbury (as it has a family connection) as the inspiration, and the basis for the structures on the layout. Set in the period 1946 to 1949. It enables the exhibiting of a large and varied range of Southern locomotives and rolling stock
from the period.
The name comes from the fact I wanted to retain the link to Salisbury without actually calling it Salisbury. The current station at Salisbury, to differentiate it from Salisbury Milford (later closed to passengers and kept solely for goods traffic) was originally called Salisbury Fisherton as it is located on Fisherton Street, with the original pre 1901 shed called Fisherton shed. Old Sarum, of course, is the famous hill fort and Roman centre forming part of the origin of Salisbury.
The key elements taken from Salisbury were as follows:
Coal Stage and ramp, Turntable positioning relative to coal stage and water tower, Substantial water tower building with stores and engineman dormitories below, LSWR design style of shed albeit reduced from ten roads to four, Slightly elevated running lines and siding at the rear of the scene.
The shed itself reduced in size has been transposed to the east and is accessed by a kick back arrangement rather than a fan of sidings to balance the space utilised and enables baseboards of 3ft depth to be utilised.
The up and down running lines at the rear of the layout allow main line trains to pass the shed in the background. Locomotives arrive and depart the shed either from or to take over trains on the main line. Also coal, ash and other shed supply wagons are shunted within the shed too.
Other details include
Fully detailed interiors to shed and coaling stage
Water column braziers
Working Yard lamps
Workers filling wheelbarrows with ash
Loco crew and cleaners on duty
Boys loco spotting trying to ‘bunk’ the shed (one represents my father)
Working signals on the main line
Gangers working on the main line (one represents my grandfather)
Further details can be found on the blog at www.grahammuz.com
.... a four year wait to get this layout !
