Guest nzflyer Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Hi all, My definition of modern image is from the year 2000 forwards, mainly because most of my favourite modern image layouts are set in that period. My most recent favourite is Hooper's Aggregates that featured in October 2016 issue of British Railway Modelling along with a few others. I'm always curious as to what constants are located on a modern layout. In the steam era, it would have been watering and coaling facilities, signal boxes, ground frames, lamp huts, cattle docks, goods sheds, engine sheds and functioning goods yards. These are just some of the things I can run off the top of my head. What are some features that should be included on all or most modern image layouts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 The more obvious 'constants' for modern layouts are mobile phones, Health and Safety, hi-intensity LED lighting (on and off locos) and palisade security fencing. G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
11B Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Electrical sub-stations for overhead line supply, concrete trunking for the cables - with some of the lids off, radio masts Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Location boxes near points and signals; built-up ballast shoulders on running lines; buddleia; old van bodies replaced by containers for storage; gas containers in secure compounds; hand-rails on walking routes on embankments and cutting sides. Google 'Tonbridge West Yard' for more, even though it's based on the 1990s, rather than after the turn of the century. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 7, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 7, 2016 Hi all, My definition of modern image is from the year 2000 forwards, mainly because most of my favourite modern image layouts are set in that pteriod. My most recent favourite is Hooper's Aggregates that featured in October 2016 issue of British Railway Modelling along with a few others. I'm always curious as to what constants are located on a modern layout. In the steam era, it would have been watering and coaling facilities, signal boxes, ground frames, lamp huts, cattle docks, goods sheds, engine sheds and functioning goods yards. These are just some of the things I can run off the top of my head. What are some features that should be included on all or most modern image layouts. Lineside rubbish - the odd fly-tipped washing machine - especially in urban areas. Overgrown sidings - even some of the running lines. Contemporary modelling can feature old railway buildings alongside new apartment blocks and industrial units. Disused goods yards are prime flat sites for residential and retail development. One advantage of modelling the near-current scene is the sheer variety of history and architecture around the railway. Stone bridge abutments with new steel or concrete decking for example. Another is that it is still there - you can just go out and photograph it (Not easy from NZ though!) or search the internet for pictures. Flickr.com is a good resource and I'm often looking beyond the loco or stock in the picture to what's at the side of it. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBill Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Graffiti! Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted December 7, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 7, 2016 Not a constant but steel sleepers aren't that uncommon, particularly if there's little or no heavy freight or high speed trains. As well as conversion to home or office space former goods yards are often convenient for station car parks - a decent bit of parking is common (although certainly not universal). Perhaps some disconnected but otherwise still present sidings. There may well be more litter and overgrown ground but conversely bridges and buildings generally won't need the same degree of grime weathering as they would've done in the steam era. Fences at the top of platform ramps are quite common (although I don't recall them being that common going back to 2000). TPWS grids - I don't remember seeing them on modern image layouts very often, although it's entirely possible they were there and I didn't notice them, but even details you don't actively notice can still make a difference to the impression a layout gives. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 7, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 7, 2016 Another one - portacabins. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Road rail machines and their access points 1T bulk bags ready for weekend engineering works Gravel footways in the cess Blue netlon fencing around worksites The orange army- head to toe in orange. Hard hats are colour co-ordinated too by the rule book Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted December 7, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 7, 2016 Overgrown and disused tracks. Unstaffed stations. If you are modelling the Southern region - no trains! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moggs Eye Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Amongst all the fine examples mentioned above, don't forget that the modern railway is grown out of the steam age, so you often don't have to look very far to find remnants of that age; signal boxes (in use and boarded up), still a few semaphores around (many on massively over-engineered modern posts, fogsignalmen's hits (even on the ECML), loading gauges lurking in overgrown sidings, quietly rotting platelayers' huts, manual level crossing gates protected by multi-aspect signals. I love the contrast between the very old and very new on the modern railway. It's fascinating what you can spot out of the window when you're trundling along your favourite line. Have fun. Ben. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CloggyDog Posted December 7, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 7, 2016 Something I've noticed with increasing regularity in recent years in the sprouting of LED lighting banks, approx 4-6ft high, by junctions, especially recently renewed ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted December 8, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 8, 2016 Amongst all the fine examples mentioned above, don't forget that the modern railway is grown out of the steam age, so you often don't have to look very far to find remnants of that age; signal boxes (in use and boarded up), still a few semaphores around (many on massively over-engineered modern posts, fogsignalmen's hits (even on the ECML), loading gauges lurking in overgrown sidings, quietly rotting platelayers' huts, manual level crossing gates protected by multi-aspect signals. I love the contrast between the very old and very new on the modern railway. It's fascinating what you can spot out of the window when you're trundling along your favourite line. One quite common one (at least I've noticed a few) are white patches on bridges that were there for sighting long-vanished semaphores. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted December 9, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2016 Another one that occured to me on the train on the way to work this morning - a bike shelter and / or lockers on platforms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted December 9, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2016 A coffee vendor in one of those small huts on the platform or a micro-van outside the station entrance. Slightly bigger, those old-fashioned Citroen vans seen to be a popular choice for an artisan coffee/snack seller Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig1989 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Shopping trolleys is one that springs to mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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