Mike140 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 (edited) Hello all. (Big Edit : "Glenfinnoch" renamed to "Glenshiel" / "Bridge of Finnoch" renamed to "Bridge of Shiel" etc etc etc!) This is my plan for my attic layout, which has been in the planning phase for well over a year by now, Glenfinnoch! (I hope that doesn't translate to anything naughty!)Glenfinnoch is the name of the layout as a whole, the station being named Bridge of Finnoch. The name is a mash-up of various stations and locations that led to the design of this layout - Bridge of Orchy, Glenfinnan and Rannoch. It's based on and is inspired by the West Highland Railway and I aim to capture the absolute remoteness that comes with it, but I also want to capture the stunning surrounding landscapes. I have combined parts of several landscapes in the plan, including Glenfinnan viaduct, which will definitely be a center piece. The viaduct scene will be modeled both vertically as well as horizontally. I plan on having the back scene rise far above the track bed and have a massive valley dropping below. Much like the real thing, the layout will have a single bi-directional line running throughout.It also has a large 8-road fiddle yard. The lines are more than long enough to house an 8-coach HST - Rule 1! Following the line clockwise will take you through the different scenes! (excuse the horrible colour!) Edit - Station name changed to Bridge of Finnoch. The space I have to work with is roughly 490 x 280cm / 192 x 110", give or take - had a big fight with the tape measure! The two main baseboards, either side, will be 60cm / 23.6" wide, just a nice size for a single line and some scenery! One will house a simple, yet probably over-complicated by WHR standards, station that will feature an island platform to allow two trains to stop, a large passing loop for goods or none-stopping services and a branch line from Pl.2 served by a DMU service. The station area takes up about 1/3 of the total running area. The 60cm wide boards allow me a large operating well of around 160cm / 63", where I hope to set up a number of 'photo spots', where I can move a chair to and enjoy the layout from a number of different angles. My goal is to have trains undergoing a long, uninterrupted run through the entire landscape.The track plan may seem barren to some, especially when it comes to N gauge, but that is the point! I want the main focus of the layout to be the vast landscape and scenery with trains cutting through that. Remember, the landscape was there first and the trains came later! Bridges, lots of bridges, will be included through the line. I find bridges add such a nice sense of dimension to a layout. The track bed will be elevated by four inches above the baseboards to allow plenty of contours in the landscape. After growing up watching eight trains chasing their tails all at once, I am very much looking forward to seeing one single train travel through a large landscape and navigate some iconic scenes! The running of the trains will be automatic!Another goal of the layout is to have everything automated, from trains to signals, and being able to sit and watch a railway operate itself.While only one train can travel through the majority of the space, the station allows a second train to slip away in to the fiddle yard and there is always the possibility of a DMU appearing as another train makes its way through the valleys. I am a big fan of simplicity, and it's these simple movements that will keep me entertained! I also want it to be transportable - You never know! That's all for now! Let me know what you think and any ideas are more than welcome! Mike. (Formerly MKR140) Edited January 3, 2019 by Mike140 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted January 15, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2018 Looks interesting, but I'm guessing that you are basing it on the West Highland Railway, which of course, was operated by the North British Railway, and not the Highland Railway. I do like the idea of a small train in a large backdrop, something that should be easily achieved with N. Andy G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal.n Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) Loooking forward to see this develop, you have clearly chosen the best set of locations for inspiration from the WHL and the extension. Even from the plan, it has the right 'feel' for a WHL layout, like the island platform and the car park underneath with an underpass. The station trackplan reminds me of Crainlarich with the junction off to the Oban line. Re the HST: the 2+5 car New Measurement Trains HST has been up to Fort William and Oban in the past so its not entirely implausable. For signalling, are you thinking of using semaphores or the more recent addition of RETB? If you are planning on making it automated, RETB may be easier, if a little less romantic. Semaphores would give a use for the signal box, although many are now cafes, museums, hotel rooms etc... Good luck. Edited January 15, 2018 by cal.n Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike140 Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) Looks interesting, but I'm guessing that you are basing it on the West Highland Railway, which of course, was operated by the North British Railway, and not the Highland Railway. I do like the idea of a small train in a large backdrop, something that should be easily achieved with N. Andy G Right you are, Andy! I'm not familiar with the area at all and sometimes mix things up. Google images has accounted for about 90% of my research so far! I'll go back and edit that first post shortly. Signalling. I was going to go with semaphore signals as I do like the idea of having brackets for the various routes around the station area. Instead of going for the costly DCC ready option, I am toying with the idea of kit bashing the signals and have them operated by wire-in-tube via micro-servos. I like the idea of having a display of servos all churning away as trains travel around. That HST certainly does look interesting. Unfortunately mine has a more black and cream colour to it Maybe it's been diverted? Extremely diverted! Mind you I am still waiting for Dapol to decide to release their coaches! I bought the loco-hauled ones by mistake, didn't I? Edit - Slight name change! Edited January 15, 2018 by Mike140 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike140 Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 So far the layout has progressed from the "Clean out the attic first" stage to the "Just push everything back and work around it" stage. For the past two weeks I've been locked away from mankind, trying to get rid of the flu and have used that time to collect images from Google to inspire the build. So, I thought I'd share some of them to try and give an idea of what I hope the layout will one day look like. Again travelling clockwise. Trains will emerge from the fiddle yard via a tunnel mouth and over a viaduct. The land will rise up to meet the track bed. Then sink back down to allow a long embankment spanning a tundra. There will be a number of smaller bridges along this stretch, with a long steel viaduct just off center. There will be a fast flowing shallow river below. Note the background in the first image here. Definitely something I want to replicate! The land will then rise up sharply to form tall mountains. This is where the baseboard will drop down for the valley. Glenfinnoch Viaduct will curve around. The land will rise up sharply again to track level before dropping in to another valley. The line will curve around sharply. This area will be densely populated with trees. Of course, there will be an abandoned stone barn somewhere. Youtube has also provided a huge amount of inspiration with videos like this. The clip at 12:20 perfectly captures what I'm looking for on the layout. Watch as the train makes its way around the valley, passing over multiple bridges. Imagining this is the layout, the train has just passed over the first viaduct after the fiddle yard, making its way around the valleys and then approaches the station behind the camera. There will be a short run through a second tundra before entering the station. Right smack dab in the middle of nowhere! Hot drinks and sandwiches are available at the station café. The station will be accessed via subways leading to the station car park and a narrow footpath. There will be a number of hidden references to my favorite video game, Skyrim, through the layout. The first of which will be hidden away somewhere around this area. The line will then split off in two directions. The main line heading South and the branch line, served by DMU's, heading East. The two lines will disappear in to something like... what ever this is! I have no idea what it is, but it will make a decent scenic break! And hopefully that paints a picture of things to come! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 This will be some layout and if you get the scenery right will be a spectacular one to,I would reccomenr a dvd Hellensbouro to Fort William this is an excellent product for your ideas it is produced by 225 studios no commentary just the train and scenery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike140 Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 Thank you. I can't find anything online but I will keep an eye out for it! Another two hours of cleaning up and planning baseboard tonight. I should point out that there are already boards in the attic from an older railway, the frame only needs adjusting to get the size I'm after, but as soon as that is done the layout should fly up!I found a bag with a few old trees in and bunched them together. I like the result! They were from a 00 scale layout, but it seems certain trees are completely immune to the effects of scale! I reckon they would look the part in small bunches on the higher ground with a few smaller trees around them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Log on to 225studos they have an excellent website based in Bromley Rd Colchester Essex 01206824100 website 225Studios.com very good service and helpful I have many of their productions ,hope this helpful . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike140 Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) I completely forgot to show the change to the plan!!After the attic visit tonight I decided to reposition the station area to the other side of the layout, as this side is under a window and it's my preferred place to sit so would make the ideal control area when I'm actually running the trains. This is where I hope to have all the servos positioned with tube-in-wire connecting them to the turnouts around the station and fiddle yard. Until the layout is ready for automated control, I'll be operating the turnouts manually using the tube-in-wire. I think this change has made a big difference for the better. It all seems to flow better and I like the way the trains will almost immediately traverse the main viaduct after leaving the station. The passing goods loop looks better at the back, too. The biggest impact by far is in the fiddle yard. This slight change has now allowed me to add three more through lines to the fiddle yard, allowing all of the trains to run through continuously if I waned them to, instead of the DMU's journey ending in a dead end siding. This will also allow me to send shorter trains down the branch line. Edit - Tinkering with the plan again to show land heights. Bright green is around track level, darker green is below track level, grey representing steeper mountains. The steep hill to the right was a tricky one as that will be made up of three different heights. I mentioned there would be some Skyrim references on the layout. So far there are four, can you find them?? I'm particularly proud of my fiddle yard throat! It doesn't matter if the lines are too close beyond the straights as no two trains will ever pass. This is mirrored at the other end. Edited January 19, 2018 by Mike140 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike140 Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 (edited) Confession time!I usually tend to spend more time browsing model railway shop websites than I do actually getting anything done. Combine that with the mind set of running four goods trains to every one passenger train, with four passenger trains in each direction per day, meaning I need a lot of goods trains! Right from the get-go I wanted to run plenty of goods trains through the layout to add as much variety as possible, important when you're only seeing one train move at any given time. When it comes to passenger trains, we're talking about something along the lines of - Class 37 and five blue and grey coaches. Rinse and repeat! It's surprising how quickly little projects get added to the To Do list. Almost everything that touches the rails needs something doing to it. Brand-new out of the box this morning, Cargo Waggon's. I was surprised at how light these are and they just sound amazing! Heavy weathering added to the list! Where do I even begin here? Top to bottom... The hoppers need a coupling overhaul to close the gaps. The sprung Rapido's push the wagons apart, causing the train as a whole to be way longer than It should be. If this rake were to be compressed - pushing the couplings together - I could add two more wagons to the rake and it would still be the same length!The vans are pretty much good to go. I've converted the two end vans to Easi-Shunt couplings. I'll be looking to add more VBA's to this rake. The tankers need de-branding and repainting. They are ICI Methanol and I am after a rake of plain black tankers. I could have just bought the black ones to begin with, but where's the fun in that?! SPA wagons arrived last week and BAA's arrived this morning with the CW's.- Quick question. Would these two rakes be realistic if combined in to one? I did try looking up images of steel coil trains but only saw one kind in bulk - I love the diversity in these two rakes. I must have spent at least a hour messing about with the loads in the SPA's and the BAA's just keep on giving.Loaded. Unloaded. Cradles. No cradles. Stanchions. No stanchions. It's like a 6-for-1 deal! There is a slight issue. This... Goes on this... Add three steel coils. Times that by five. Then add the slightest of bumps. What do you get? This... And I have six of them! I'm already trying to come up with a way of securing the load but still have it removable.Add it to the list! Edited January 22, 2018 by Mike140 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted January 20, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2018 The line will then split off in two directions. The main line heading South and the branch line, served by DMU's, heading East. The two lines will disappear in to something like... what ever this is! I have no idea what it is, but it will make a decent scenic break! tunnelmouth.jpg And hopefully that paints a picture of things to come! This is on the Kyle line and is intended to protect the permanent way from rockfalls at that particular spot. You'll see the road shares the stricture, and it is customary to lean on one's horn as one drives through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike140 Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 This is on the Kyle line and is intended to protect the permanent way from rockfalls at that particular spot. You'll see the road shares the stricture, and it is customary to lean on one's horn as one drives through. Ah I see! Hmm.. There won't be any cliffs around that area so I'll have to rethink this one. Thanks for the info! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted January 20, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2018 (edited) How about trying to incorporate this: A little to the east of your area, and of Caledonian origin, this is the Glen Ogle viaduct. Edited January 20, 2018 by scottystitch 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike140 Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 (edited) How about trying to incorporate this: I little to the east of your area, and of Caledonian origin, this is the Glen Ogle viaduct. Added to the inspiration folder! I am in love with that backdrop. After changing the plan the other night the viaduct has moved down slightly away from the tighter curve, so would actually look more like this than Glenfinnan, possibly a bit longer. Thanks for sharing this with me! Edit - Is this the one on a closed line? I remember watching a video that showed either this, or something similar, and thinking what a shame a viaduct like this is not longer in use. On a side note. I've just worked out that either of the two longest roads in the fiddle yard allow the rake of HAA's above to be extended to 30 wagons! There are 18 in the rake so far. Another train of similar length can take up the other road. Edited January 20, 2018 by Mike140 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted January 20, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2018 Yes, this is on the Caledonian route to Oban, which left the old Scottish Central mainline, between Stirling and Perth, at Dunblane and then crossed under the West Highland at Crianlarich. The viaduct is in Glen Ogle, between Lochearnhead and Lix. A rockfall here in 1965 prematurely closed line completely, as far as Crianlarich, as it was deemed uneconomical to clear the debris and repair the line, particularly when there was an alternative route to Oban (the West Highland) from Glasgow. The route through Glen Ogle is now an established footpath. The viaduct from the other side 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishlocos Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Confession time! I usually tend to spend more time browsing model railway shop websites than I do actually getting anything done. Combine that with the mind set of running four goods trains to every one passenger train, with four passenger trains in each direction per day, meaning I need a lot of goods trains! Right from the get-go I wanted to run plenty of goods trains through the layout to add as much variety as possible, important when you're only seeing one train move at any given time. When it comes to passenger trains, we're talking about something along the lines of - Class 37 and five blue and grey coaches. Rinse and repeat! It's surprising how quickly little projects get added to the To Do list. Almost everything that touches the rails needs something doing to it. goods1.jpg goods2.jpg Brand-new out of the box this morning, Cargo Waggon's. I was surprised at how light these are and they just sound amazing! Heavy weathering added to the list! goods4.jpg Where do I even begin here? Top to bottom... The hoppers need a coupling overhaul to close the gaps. The sprung Rapido's push the wagons apart, causing the train as a whole to be way longer than It should be. If this rake were to be compressed - pushing the couplings together - I could add two more wagons to the rake and it would still be the same length! The vans are pretty much good to go. I've converted the two end vans to Easi-Shunt couplings. I'll be looking to add more VBA's to this rake. The tankers need de-branding and repainting. They are ICI Methanol and I am after a rake of plain black tankers. I could have just bought the black ones to begin with, but where's the fun in that?! goods3.jpg SPA wagons arrived last week and BAA's arrived this morning with the CW's. - Quick question. Would these two rakes be realistic if combined in to one? I did try looking up images of steel coil trains but only saw one kind in bulk - I love the diversity in these two rakes. I must have spent at least a hour messing about with the loads in the SPA's and the BAA's just keep on giving. Loaded. Unloaded. Cradles. No cradles. Stanchions. No stanchions. It's like a 6-for-1 deal! There is a slight issue. This... baa3.jpg Goes on this... baa1.jpg Times that by five. Add three steel coils. Then add the slightest of bumps. What do you get? This... baa2.jpg And I have six of them! I'm already trying to come up with a way of securing the load but still have it removable. Add it to the list! Mike The BAAs never ran on the WHL but its your railway and you can run what you like! If they did run i think stanchions would have been more likely as they would have been used for Aluminium ingots also you could probably just about get away with the methanol tanks as a chemical for the Papermill or Aluminium works. You have made a great start can't beat a 37 with some Cargowaggons if you want a run down on WHL freight give me shout Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike140 Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 (edited) Mike The BAAs never ran on the WHL but its your railway and you can run what you like! If they did run i think stanchions would have been more likely as they would have been used for Aluminium ingots also you could probably just about get away with the methanol tanks as a chemical for the Papermill or Aluminium works. You have made a great start can't beat a 37 with some Cargowaggons if you want a run down on WHL freight give me shout Dave Cheers, Dave. Any suggestions for prototypical trains would be very much appreciated. The period will be anything from the 1970's right up to the mid 90's. The BAAs signify my greatest weakness I'm afraid - I have such a wide range when it comes to stock preference. I like everything from early diesels right up to modern day DMUs. I am made up with the BAAs and how many different options they allow you. Great little models. ! Early warning for everyone - Be prepared to see a Northern Rail 142 on this line. It will happen ! Despite all the complaints they get I absolutely adore them. However for the most part I will be trying to stick to prototypical trains when it comes to photos or videos of the layout and try to run trains from the same period, but when the camera stops rolling it's anything goes! This was the image that caused the Cargowaggon impulse buy and I regret nothing! Saw the picture and they were here two days later. I have an older 37 in Intercity with a burned out motor, so that's getting ripped out to make it free-rolling, that I think would look the part double-headed with the CW's. Can anyone identify the tankers at the back? I thought they were Silver Bullets but I'm not quite certain. Slight difference in liveries but ah well. While I'm here I may as well share another version of the same picture that I keep uploading! I came to the sudden realization that the operating well would make a pretty convincing loch if I filled it with water. So, entirely fictional of course, the line now encircles Loch Finnoch! I was scratching my head for a while trying to come up with a reason for a railway line to do a full 180 for seemingly no reason. There we go! So now almost the entire inner edge of the layout will be shoreline. It also gives the various rivers and streams something to run in to. Theoretically the lines now head in these direction. Main line (top left) - North. Branch line (top left) - West. Main line (bottom left) - South. A few tweaks here and there. I made a mock-up of the sharp curve that was in the lower right corner and was not happy at all, much too tight! So the line has been adjusted slightly on the approach to ease out that curve. It looks much better I think. A tunnel now separates the viaduct on this curve and Glenfinnoch viaduct. Had to have a tunnel somewhere! This will turn the steep hill in to one enormous mountainside reaching from the bottom of the lowest valley all the way up to the mountain top. It's going to be big! Glenfinnoch viaduct will start out straight (anti-clockwise) and then begin to curve around about 2/3 of the way through. The stone viaduct in the bottom left and the steel viaduct over the river are now perfectly straight. That river will be very shallow but have a very severe decline in to the loch. Very fast flowing. There are now more Skyrim references. For those not familiar I should show why I'm so intent on adding these cameos from a video game... This is Scotland... This is Skyrim... The game is packed with hidden little things for the player to find, anything from Star Wars to mammoths frozen in ice. Of course cameos and hidden secrets make model railways much more interesting too, so why not combine them? And thanks again for another great photo of the Glen Ogle viaduct. I'm glad it has some use nowadays and was not simply left to rot. That must be some bike ride! I took a little digital drive down the road using Google street view. I need to do it for real! Finally, some attic progress pictures... (Inhale ............ Exhale) Well at least these give you some idea of the space I'll have. Edited January 21, 2018 by Mike140 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Model.Maker Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Watching this with interest! Could I just suggest something with your naming convention? The Glen prefix essentially means "Valley of", so to have your station named Bridge of Glenfinnoch jars slightly. Bridge of Finnoch sounds more in keeping with the area, likewise the Loch would be Loch Finnoch (and the river feeding it/draining it River Finnoch - or Finnoch Water) Just a couple of suggestions from a Scot! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike140 Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 Watching this with interest! Could I just suggest something with your naming convention? The Glen prefix essentially means "Valley of", so to have your station named Bridge of Glenfinnoch jars slightly. Bridge of Finnoch sounds more in keeping with the area, likewise the Loch would be Loch Finnoch (and the river feeding it/draining it River Finnoch - or Finnoch Water) Just a couple of suggestions from a Scot! Thank you. Noted! Would the viaduct remain as Glenfinnoch? And I never thought of the river flowing AWAY from the loch. Hmm... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Model.Maker Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Thank you. Noted! Would the viaduct remain as Glenfinnoch? And I never thought of the river flowing AWAY from the loch. Hmm... Yep, Glenfinnoch viaduct would stay the same. Land locked Lochs are drained by rivers, and fed into by streams, whereas sea lochs' are fed by rivers generally (there are always exceptions to the rule no doubt!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike140 Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 Yep, Glenfinnoch viaduct would stay the same. Land locked Lochs are drained by rivers, and fed into by streams, whereas sea lochs' are fed by rivers generally (there are always exceptions to the rule no doubt!) Thanks again. Topic edited accordingly! I've just realized that water level is now a factor due to the loch, so my deep valley is no more! :cry:The deep valley was supposed to drop down below regular baseboard level, ergo below water level. Ah well. I'll bump up the track height to five inches and that should give me a decent valley down to water level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted January 21, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2018 (edited) Yep, Glenfinnoch viaduct would stay the same. Land locked Lochs are drained by rivers, and fed into by streams, whereas sea lochs' are fed by rivers generally (there are always exceptions to the rule no doubt!) I would politely and respectfully disagree with the last statement. Freshwater lochs are often fed and drained by rivers. Just off the top of my head I can cite Loch Tay being fed by at least two rivers, Dochart and Lochay; Loch Tummel is both supplied and drained by River Tummel. Loch Rannoch is fed by at least two, Gaur and Ericht and possibly more, and is drained by River Tummel. These are only three that I am sure of so there must be more. (I appreciate you added a caveat about exceptions, but I think it is much more common than an exception) Best Scotty Edited January 21, 2018 by scottystitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike140 Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 It does seem to go either way after a quick look on Google maps. We need to throw canals in to the mix just to spice it up a bit! Loch Oich, for example, is fed by River Garry coming down from Loch Garry which is fed from Loch Quoich - which has a huge dam at one end. Might model this on the West side of the layout, in front of the fiddle yard if reach allows. Loch Oich also seems to be drained in both directions by rivers and canals - North via River Oich and the Caledonian Canal in to Loch Ness (draining North still beyond that) and South via the Caledonian Canal (a river before it was a canal?) in to Ceann Loch and on to Loch Lochy - what a name! I could tell which way the water was flowing by the lock gates on the canals. And zooming in shows plenty of little streams feeding the Loch. So it all seems determined by just how high up the land the Loch is. If it's the highest Loch in the land it'll most likely be fed only by streams and drained by rivers. If it's mid-land it'll be both fed and drained by rivers and also have streams feeding it. I like the idea of having it fed in to by both rivers and streams and then drained by that dam. If it proves too awkward to reach over I'll just assume the Loch is drained by a river on the West end somewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike140 Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) Any suggestions for what I can do with these? I have rakes of MK.1 coaches in both Intercity and Regional Railways but am really struggling to find evidence of them in use! MK.2s seem to be the preferred mode of transport. I can always restrict them to rail tours. I do wonder why they released MK.1s in these liveries instead of MK.2s... and why I bought them! Then I found THIS at 10:25 Edit - Just found a video of an excursion train on the line to Kyle of Lochalsh made up exclusively of MK1 Intercity coaches. They're saved! I need the buffet car, though! There's also an interesting rake of blue/grey's with an inspection saloon on the end that was used as an observation car. I've managed to replicate the train with the inspection saloon Edited January 22, 2018 by Mike140 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWsTrains Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) Hi Mike, having just made our pilgrimage to the Ft William Mallaig line last year, I'll follow your ideas with interest. This is my favourite video, the actual loco and coaches operating the day we went but then I'm an old Steam buff. Colin Edited January 22, 2018 by BWsTrains 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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