LarryG
Western Thunderer
INSPIRATION:
The Cambrian terminus at Llanfyllyn provided the inspiration for my model set in the hills of northern Montgomeryshire. Llanfair Road was chosen as a working title, and i got so used to using it that it made sense to keep it. The 'Road' part in this instance refers to the railway terminus being a road to somewhere else, in this instance the road to Llanfair Caereinion and army barracks on the moorland, and the well-known Vernwy Lake with its large stone dam.
After Vernwy Lake up on the moorland was dammed in the 1880's to provide Liverpool with water, there followed some tourist traffic particularly from Merseyside. A military training camp up on the moor brought in additional traffic. The Cambrian was absorbed into the GWR on 25th March 1922 (My birthday in 1942), and BR in January 1948.
POST-NATIONALIZATION:
In 1949, the village Workhouse was purchased for the manufacture of rain wear similar to Pakamac. Werramac attracted young workers (mainly female) from surrounding areas and within a few years the daily output from Werramac required a separate parcel vans which was left in one of the loading bays all day. Q for building parcels vans! The period of the layout is circa 1956 to allow the running of some BR lined green locos while carmine & cream was still the dominant coach livery.
TRAIN FORMATIONS:
No longer bound by company boundaries, BR revised some of its train services. Llanfair M. was incorporated into the 'mainline' services from Whitchurch for convenience and because of the mileages involved, the non-corridor trains often had a corridor coach added. One unintended consequence of this was the good people of Llanfair changed their travelling habits and switched to trains that would avail them of toilet facilities!
MOTIVE POWER:
Before construction of the dam could take place, the line from Whitchurch through Oswestry to Llanfair was upgraded to take larger locomotives. The LNWR which ran into Whitchurch from Crewe had a financial hand in the upgrade in exchange for limited working rights, and so the route became joint GWR-LMS after 1923. Local services to Oswestry, Wrexham and Whitchurch are handled by non-corridor coaches while Chester and Crewe trains bring in corridor stock.
OBJECTIVES:
Peco bullhead track and DCC control for smooth control although sound will be avoided.
Not a blow-by-blow construction, but just to say I am using the base of the building to position walls until the UHU Wood glue is set. It has to be removable so glazing can be fitted after spraying...
Holding the roof down while it sets. It will only glued to the walls after painting and glazing...
The Cambrian terminus at Llanfyllyn provided the inspiration for my model set in the hills of northern Montgomeryshire. Llanfair Road was chosen as a working title, and i got so used to using it that it made sense to keep it. The 'Road' part in this instance refers to the railway terminus being a road to somewhere else, in this instance the road to Llanfair Caereinion and army barracks on the moorland, and the well-known Vernwy Lake with its large stone dam.
After Vernwy Lake up on the moorland was dammed in the 1880's to provide Liverpool with water, there followed some tourist traffic particularly from Merseyside. A military training camp up on the moor brought in additional traffic. The Cambrian was absorbed into the GWR on 25th March 1922 (My birthday in 1942), and BR in January 1948.
POST-NATIONALIZATION:
In 1949, the village Workhouse was purchased for the manufacture of rain wear similar to Pakamac. Werramac attracted young workers (mainly female) from surrounding areas and within a few years the daily output from Werramac required a separate parcel vans which was left in one of the loading bays all day. Q for building parcels vans! The period of the layout is circa 1956 to allow the running of some BR lined green locos while carmine & cream was still the dominant coach livery.
TRAIN FORMATIONS:
No longer bound by company boundaries, BR revised some of its train services. Llanfair M. was incorporated into the 'mainline' services from Whitchurch for convenience and because of the mileages involved, the non-corridor trains often had a corridor coach added. One unintended consequence of this was the good people of Llanfair changed their travelling habits and switched to trains that would avail them of toilet facilities!
MOTIVE POWER:
Before construction of the dam could take place, the line from Whitchurch through Oswestry to Llanfair was upgraded to take larger locomotives. The LNWR which ran into Whitchurch from Crewe had a financial hand in the upgrade in exchange for limited working rights, and so the route became joint GWR-LMS after 1923. Local services to Oswestry, Wrexham and Whitchurch are handled by non-corridor coaches while Chester and Crewe trains bring in corridor stock.
OBJECTIVES:
Peco bullhead track and DCC control for smooth control although sound will be avoided.
Not a blow-by-blow construction, but just to say I am using the base of the building to position walls until the UHU Wood glue is set. It has to be removable so glazing can be fitted after spraying...
Holding the roof down while it sets. It will only glued to the walls after painting and glazing...
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